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as well as take care.of the emergency
which exists at present in so far as 1
that is possible. This matter came to '
the attention of the writer several '
anontlis ago, and much thought and in- ;
westigation has been given the situa-j]
lion. It is not believed that an in- ;
crease in the city tax rate, as propos
«ed, will solve the problem. It might
serve to give temporary relief for per- i
haps a year or two, but I doubt se-
■ liously whether the income from ad-,
walorem taxes after the, first year
would be as large as at present for
the very obvious reason that many
people would, under our present anti
quated system of assessment, seek to
escape increased taxes by giving in
their property at lower valuation, in
addition to which thousands of dollars
■of personal property would ‘‘seek
cover,’ so to speak and no effective
plan is now in operation by which it
can be unearthed.
"An excessively high tax rate would
■ serve to discourage construction of new '
‘buildings, now so vitally needed, as ■
•well as keep out practically all in !
vestments; people from other sections
■of the country would not look with ■
favor upon the proposition of putting!
• their money into a city with an enor
mously high tax rate and a sharne-
Tully low assessed valuation of taxa
ble property. The inevitable result
■ would be that Americus could only go
• backward, as no city or community
■can grow and thrive aixl expand
wholly within Itself.” »
®IVES DEFINITION OF POWER
-TBeing a Description of That Which
Knows No Variableness, Nor
Shadow of Turning.
I
Power was the beginning. It dates
back to the sun. Always it lias been
twofold. Alternately it is repose and
'effort, alternately growth and birth,
«x»d always progress, Emerson Hough
writes in Pictorial Review.
Readiness and action in one, It is
both, it is neither, it is either.
The man-made motor of power purrs
gently on the level, but, opposed by
the activity, it summons itself, rouses
•nd roars alike its protest and its
Kpean.
The God-made river is power, end
less and renewed, dating back to un
ceasing snows on eternal and unchang
ing hills.
At times, it is silent, and at times
when opposed. Always it
is progress.
No power ever was or ever can be
lost. It goes from the primal unit, in
to th? Monad, and it endures, twofold.
There is no divorce in the union of
Slower. The woman mated to the man
really strong never leaves him, never
ceases to entwine her arms about his
neck.
It is the strong who give courage
and who offer faith, the weak who are
Boose lipped and unenduring.
In the monogamy of purpose there is
no wavering. The lion and the eagle
are strong tithe rabbit and the guinea
jplg are weak.
Power is the law. We love It in Its
walm, fear it in its wrath. Our arms
nevet cease to embrace It, our souls
■ never cease to implore it.
Rightfully we reverence it, rightfully
■do more than admire It. It is law It
wif, twofold —progress afid birth, two
fold.
It is the ancient of days, knowing
■no variableness, neither shadow of
turning.
It is the law. It is life!
ILET SIGNATURE BE PLAIN
Mr. Blinkinton Has Many Reasons for
Advising Young Men to Acquire
the Habit of Legibility.
*T like a man who writes a legible
band,” said Mr. Blinkinton, “and I
should be inclined to trust a man who
wrote 'his signature so plainly that it
was unmistakably clear in each and
every letter.
~The best letter of recommendation
that I could receive for a young man
would be one written by himself in
which each and every word, including
his signature, was absolutely legible
and clear, the signature being of es
pecial importance. An older man
might perhaps be pardoned for slur-.
King his signature; a famous man
unigfit write a signature that was
■quite undecipherable in itself, but
that was known because it was asso
ciated with him In the public mind,
hut a young man or a man publicly
unknown should write .his name so
tthat it can be read.
”“An absolutely clear signature
naeans that the writer of it likes his
■awn name and is ready to stand back
-nd it and that he wants you to know
M without possibility of mistake.
“When I see a signature like that
E feel that the'writer of it is stand
ing up like a man and looking me
fiMSr and square In the eye. I feel that
F 3 : »aow where to find him and that
XJ trust him. A young man could
’fca-we very few characteristics or hab-
Ite more helpful to him than that of
*n absolutely plain elgna-
How to Locate
Souther Officers
at Their Home
A number of the officers at Sou- <
ther Field live in the city of 1
Americus, but in the homes of other '■
people and, therefore, the tele- >
; phones listed in these homes do ;
’ not include the oeffier’s naame. £
Here are their phone numbers and <
> residences. Cut the lisj. out and ?:
> stick it in your phone books for > :
; reference: ?;
i Phone !
! Major Earl S. Schofield, com- C!
manding, 701 So. Lee St 719 ?
> Capt. T. F. Bridgman, post ?
( surgeon. Church and Jackson. .724 >
C Lieut. Floyd A. Wilson, $
J personnel adjutant, 502 E. J I
? Church 201
> Lieut. Percy M. Whitney, .
s quartermaster, 515 Barlow... .527 (
< Lieut. W. Armstrong, civil-
< ian employer, 709 So. Lee 777 >
? Lieut. David Suttle, hangar )
> officer, 614 So. Lee 55 <
> Lieut. Wallace Clark, supply <
S officer, 220 Jackson 816 ?
< Lieut. H. L. Merritt, ware- >
? house officer, 234 Taylor 116 >
) Lieut. Pouchee, 206 W. Col-
> lege 145 <
MACON TO HAVE
LANDING FIELD
AT RAM TRACK
SOUTHER FIELD, April 19.—The
State Fair grounds at Facon will be
the site of the proposed airplane land
ing fiel ,dthe center of the mile race
track bing picked for that use Satur
day by four Souther Field officers
who flew to Macon in two planes at
the invitation of officials there to of
fer exper tadvice on the selection of
a landing field for use in connection
with the coming aeronautical expo
sition. The officers making the trip,
who returned this evening, were
Lieut. Alfred W. Vance, officer in
charge of flying; Lieu' Floyd A. Wil
son, personnel adjutant; Lieut. Perry
W. Blackler and Lieut. George M.
Roper
They landed at. Camp Wheeler,
j where they were met by several Ma
con men. includling Mayor Glenn
Toole and Secretary Roger Miller, of
| the Chamber of Commerce. The Ma
con ven took them to dinner in the
city, after which two proposed land
ing fields were inspected, and the
| fair grounds sit chosen by the avia
tors. According to the airmen, when
this is rolled and put in condition it
• will be one of the finest fields in
Georgia, and will require but little
work.
1,766,999 Troops
Now Demobilized
WASHINGTON, April 19.—(8y As
| sociated Press.) —The progress of de
mobilization announced by the war
department today showed total dis
i charges of 1,769,999.
Officers resigned or discharged to
| tai 96.812.
i
Capt. Glidden is
Assigned to N. Y.
SOUTHER FIELD, April 19.—Capt
I Chas. J. Glidden, recently personnel
adjutant at Souther Field, who was
ordered to Washington this week,
telegraphed Lieut. F. A. Wilson, his
• successor here, today from Washing
ton that he had been assigned to spec
ail duty at New York city.
ALCAZAR THEATRE
MONDAY
PARAMOUNT PICTURES Presents
Darling MARGUERITE CLARK
IN
Act s “Little Miss Hoover” A i ts
She has role of young society girl who bravely does her bit for
her country as a farmerette and chicken raiser.
Admission 10c and 20c
Tuesday Wednesday
World Pictures OLIVE THOMAS
Presents i n
CARLYLE BLACKWELL “TOTON”
“LOVE IN A HURRY” Sennette Comedy
5 Acts ‘Rip AND STITCH”
MRS. LUMPKIN
TO OPEN LOAN
DRIVE TUESDAY
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ar eto be redeemed in four years, with
the government’s optron of redeeming
them in three years, and it is ex
pected this will keep the market up
to par.
The most favorable terms have been
fixed by the Treasury Department for
selling the bonds, or “notes,” as these
short term securities are called. These
terms, which will be adopted by the
banks are: Ten per cent, with sub
scription or by May 10th, ten per cent,
on July 15th, twenty per cent, on Aug
ust 12th, twenty per cent, on Sep
tember 9th, twenty per cent, on Octo
ber 7th, and twenty per cent, on No
vember 11th, with accrued interest
on deferred installments.
Tremendous Publicity Work.
The publicity work of the fifth cam
paign has been carried out on a tre
mendous scale through the use of
“stunts’’ of various kinds. Chief of
these in the Sixth district was the “fly
ng circus,” a big fleet of airplanes,
some of them captured German Fok
ker planes, which will fight sham bat
tles over several of the larger cities
and indulge in intricate maneuvers.
The ships and flyers, with fifty en
listeidl men to care for the planes,
travel on a special train from city to
city. Their first stops were at Sa
vannah on Thursday and Jacksonville
on Friday, and Atlanta and Birming
ham were next in line. New Orleans,
Chattanooga and Nashville also are
scheduled for visits by the “flying
circus.” Several famous French and
British “aces” as well as distinguish
ed American flyers are in the party.
Publicity Director Massengale re
turned' to Atlanta this week from
Wshington, where he obtained for the
Victory campaign 3,500 German hel
mets captured in the storehouse on
the Rhine and made especially, it was
said, for the victorious Huns to wear
in their triumphal parads through
Paris. These are to be distributed
among the most efficient Victory Loan
workers in the Sixth district, through
the zone chairmen. Medals, made
from the metal of captured German
canhon, also are to be distributed
among the workers.
War Relics Shown.
War relics brought from France and
Germany will be used to advantage in
the Victory campaign, too, as they
were in former drives. There have
been shipped from Washington six
German “Seventy Seventy” guns and
six trench mortars, besides large
numbers of other trophies of the field.
Perhaps the most interesting of all
the “stunts” is the use of the Ameri
can armored tanks. Thirty six of
these formidable caterpillars were ob
tained for the district and have been
shipped from Camp Jesup, where they
were completely camouflaged, to va
rious points in the district. They will
be hand eldby soldiers, most of them
veterans from France and many wear- i
ing wound! stripes, and will be used i
in the towns and cities in connection
with rallies and public speakings.
They were to have travelled from
town under their own power, but it
was found that Southern roads and
bridges were not in shape to bear
their weight.
SENATE WILL WAIT ON
WILSON TO ORGANIZE
WASHINGTON. April 19.—,(8y As
sociated Press.) —Senator Martin, of
Virginia, democratic leader, announc
ed today that no effort would be made
to perfect an organization of the sen
ate until shortly before congress re
convenes. He said a democratic cau
cus would be called as soon as Presi
dent Wilson issued a call for an ex
traordinary session, and that he
thought this session would be con
vened about June 1.
. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. s
; Local News Items
Mr. and Mrs J. M. Weeks have re
turned from Savannah, where they
accompanied the body of their son,
Edgar Weeks, who died here early
in the week. Their son, W. D. Weeks,
of Norfolk ,Va., who came here for
the funeral, is spending a few days
here.
Sumter Lodge, No. 264, I. O. O. F„ 1
meets Tuesday night, April 22, at 8
o’clock. An invitation has been re- j
ceived from Columbus to attend the i
100th anniversary celebration of the
order at Columbus and a large num-!
ber of the local members are expect
ed to go to Columbus Sunday morn
ing, April 27.
“Please emphasize the fact that the !
Chautauqua season tickets will be
$3.00 plus war tax after April 25th,” |
Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, of the Hospital ,
association, said Saturday night. I
“There .are only a limited number of t
tickets now on sale at $2.50, plus war
tax. for adults, and $1.13 for child
ren. There is no advance in , the
price of tickets, only the war tax has
been added.”
Mrs. P. B. Williford left Friday for
a visit to her daughter. Mrs. Ralpji .
Newton, at Fort Valley.
We are proud of the confidence doc
tors, druggsits and the public have in
666 ( hill and Fever Tonic. adv.
Americus Buys 10
Cars of Peanuts
PLAINS, April 19.—Ten carloads of
peanuts were shipped from Plains this
week and more will be shipped later.
Five cars were shipped by Messrs.
Bacon and Williams and five by J. W.
Tommerman to the Farmers’ Cotton
Oil Mill in Americus. The peanuts
brought from sllO to $l2O per ton. j
The Farmers Cotton Oil Mill will be
shipping peanuts all during the com
ing week.
Tax Hearing at
Albany Advanced
ALBANY, April 19.—The meeting of
the Special Tax Commission in Albany
has been moved forward from April
25 to Wednesday, April 24, a telegram j
received by the Secretary John H.
Mock of the Albany Chamber so Com
merce, from Governor Doysel’s pro
vate secretary announced.
MINISTERS TO MEET.
The ministers of the city are re
quested to meet at 9:30 a. m. Mon
day in the study of the First Baptist
church.
CARL W. MINOR, President.
irnnmTO wt
CARD OF THANKS.—We take this
method of expressing our heartfelt
thanks to our friends for their kind
ness dlurnig our bereavement and
for the beautiful flowers contributed.
We are deeply- grateful for these ex
pressions of sympathy , and pray
God’s blessings may abide with each
one. MRS. EDGAR WEEKS, MD. and
MRS. J. M. WEEKS and FAMILY. It
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YOUNG HEROES
TO BE HONORED
MEMORIAL DAY
The U. D. C. chapter will have
splendid exercises on the morning of
April 26, honoring the living as well as
the dead heroes of the 60’s.
Hooper Alexander, of Atlanta, Unit
ed States district attorney for the
Northern Dstrict of Georgia, has ac
cepted an invitation to be the princi
pal speaker at the memorial services.
Tribute will be paid to the young he
roes of 1917-1918, and the young men
of Americus and Sumter county who
have returned from service are invited,
to attend the exercises in a body and
sit on the stage.
The ladies of the chapter will have
the veterans as their guests at a
luncheon at 1 o’clock. Any visiting
veterans in the city or county are
cordially invited to be present. Auto
mobiles will be provided for the vet
erans in going to and from the ceme
tery.
Entire Family of
Five Found Dead
DETROIT, Mich., April 19.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —Five persons, conv
prising an entire family, were found
dead in their home this morning, ap
parently the result of ptomaine pois
oning. They were James Deluvio,
his wife, infant son, brother and aged
father.
To Carry Heavy Loads.
One way of carrying two buckets of
irater with the least possible expend
ture of energy is the hoop-carrying
nethod of Macedonia. There a small
toy will carry a man’s load by walking
nside a hoop which keeps the weight
!ree from the body and distributes
treasure.
- - ~ —^==j^=-g —
Mr
g The intimate article of dress I
| known as the corset which |
| the majority of women wear '
i but know very little about”
Alice S. Cutler, M. D.
IN this pertinent way the figure to the ideal proportions
well-known medical au- ~ of its Wpe. ItL will g lve 3
thority, Alice S. Cutler, • .< q*. priceless all-day comfort. It
M. D., describes the most im- If 'OK \ wi 11 safeguard the wearer
portant garment in the ward- / \ against those bodily ailments
robe of women. / | \ t^iat are °^ ten t^ie °f
/ |H’\ ZiL-wA \ improper corsetry. It will
Buy your corset carefully,” / } \ render a wearing service that
warns Dr. Cutler. “No one | V ''j| r \ \ alone is worth the price paid
wants to be ill, and when | A\l for the garment,
women realize that the con- j® I
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corset helps to keep our hos- j Summer Gossards are superior
pitals open they will insist on I I ' w/ to those of the past season,
being properly fitted to corsets \ II A / which were generally acknowl-
instead of buying them hit or \ / I / e dged to be without equal in
miss.” meeting the needs of active
womanhood from the stand-
We unreservedly recommend point of comfort, hygiene,
Gossard Corsets, the original wear and figure improvement,
front-lacing corsets, as the Our highly specialized fitted
complete expression of modern service reflects our sincere ap .
corsetry. . very ossard Cor- 9 preciation of the important
set is hygienically correct. If f T OSSdrd relation a correctly fitted cor-
properly fitted to the figure se t bears tQ health] and
for which it was designed, and to t
carefully adjusted each time it that Ives the elusive charm
is worn, it will mould that of style
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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1919. ’