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PAGE TWO OLD GUARD OF i ANDERSONVILLE i REFUTES TALES CORDELE. Ap ril2l. —A. J. Child ress, who was a sixteen-year-old guard at Andersonville prison one year of the Confederacy, is here on a visit from his home in Rutledge. He went to Andersonville the other day, the first time since he left the mili tary prison. The preposterous in formation he gathers from the monu ments erected there makes him burn with indignation. The intimation that a bloudburst ; opened up the spring in the prison ' grounds for water for the imprisoned men was resented by Mr. Childress [ who saw the spring running in all nature’s purity before even the stock- | ade was completed. The site was! chosen because of the fresh water. * He defended Major Wirz as a braze and fearless officer full of human! sympathy and well qualified for his duties, and performing them well and faithfully. He recounted that this of ficer was courtmartialed and shot af ter peace, an illegal procedure that made his death a statuatory murder. Mr. Childress declares, he knows of the fact that Major Wirz would have been given his liberty if he had re vealed the whereabouts of President Davis of the Confederacy. That test was put to him and he chose to die rather than betray his leader. Major Wirz was a Swede, but a fine man, Mr. Childress declares. Mr. Childress says the prisoners got as good as the Confederacy could give as provisoins and none of them suffered from hunger or thirst. Only one man was shot during the exis tence of the prison, and this was a crazy prisoner trying to escape and whose mental condition was not known to the guard who shot him. He says he distinctly remembers the stockade, the hospital, and the daily ration. The stockade, he believes, and also the hospital, were both approximately what they are in mod ern warfare, much the same as those used today with the armies fighting Germany, so far as he has seen. Mr. Childress was at the north gate of the prison, not far away. One time he was standing on his rail at his stoop at rest, the only relaxation allowed. He heard a rumbling. This was possible to hear because he was on the stoop and bending his head to the rail. He called for the corporal of the guard and a deep tunnel was disclosed with men in it cut off from behind by the fence wall of heavy timbers which had dropped into the upper wall of the tunnei. These were prisoners trying to get away. Mr. Childress is now "2 years of age and is often questioned on mat ters concerning treatment of the pris oners at Andersonville. He is val uable to the Confederacy today as a historian and what, he has to say as of his year as a guard at Andersonville should become part of the perma nent records whcih are kept in the South as a refutation of the Northern claim that Andersonville was an in ferno for federal prisoners. irsw~ BEGIN ON SALTS • Flush the Kidneys at once when Back achy or Bladder bothers—Meat forms uric acid. No man or woman who eats meat regu larly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma tism, "headaches, liver trouble, nervous ness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kid neys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi ment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a tablespoonful ia a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithia and has been used for generations to flush, clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neu tralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and can- f not injure; makes a delightful effer- , vescent lithia-water drink which all reg- , uiar meat eaters should take now and I then to keep the kidneys clean and the ■ blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid ney complications USZTHEOID OWSHALL’S WCATARRH/S/I ynurr □n* «t all Drutsuta. ar »ent prepaid by Vw Wuxuuas Mea. Co., Oxvcuuao. Ohio For Sale at Howell’s Pharmacy. 108 If. Jackson SL Americus, Ga. i MERE MENTION | | ABOUT TOWN | Just Received shipment of new SHEET MUSIC. BELL, Itc Jeweler. 23-ts “I have never seen the allies in the downtown section cleaner than they are right now,” said Fire Chief Nay lor today after he had completed an inspection, following the periodical clean-up ordered by him. He declar ed he had received excellent co-oper ation from the business men. Wanted—Five or six good median ics, regular work, with good pay for right men. fan use few helpers who want to learn the trade. Americus Automobile Co., Walter Rylander, Manager. W. B. Brannan, of Albany, was in Americus today on a business mis sion. Automobile Livery. Ring Americus I Taxicab Co. Phone 825. Res. Phone j 646. L. L. Compton. 6-ts A. N. Johnson, of Atlanta, was a vls- i itor in the city today. ! E. W. Bassett, of Fort Valley, spent I the w’eek-end with Judge and Mrs. R. IL. Maynard at their home on Lee ’ street. Mayor J .E. Sheppard was in Atlanta again today to appear before the su ; preme court. He was in Atlanta sev | eral days last week on court matters, i but spent Sunday with his family here. fivegTfamilies HAVEUSEDUPII2 BOTTLESOFDRECO : Every Member Takes It and A,ll Show ; Great Improvement-—Splendid Tonic For Old and Young. I A remarkable thing came to light recently when through the endorje ' ment given the great tonic Dreco, by ! Mr. J. R. Appling, the well known | merchant and farmer of Lexington, ' Ga., it was discovered that five fami ’ lies living in his neighborhood had used up one hundred and twelve bot ; ties of Dreco. Every member of the j family from the oldest crown to the youngest took it and all show im provement. ■ i Speaking of his own case, Mr. Ap ' pling said, "Dreco did me a great deal , of good in a bad case of constipation i and liver disorder. It started my ' bowels to acting at once, and it was I easy, normal and healthy, too. No < pains, straining or griping about it. ! My liver also began to act. and that relieved my headaches, dizzy spells, spots dancing before my eyes and , that vile taste in my mouth. "I’ve told lots of people about Dreco and I do believe all the folks ’ around Lexington are taking it now. : It’s good and I put my stamp of ap ' proval on it.’’ • After taking Dreco it is noticed that ! the bowels begin to act regularly; the complexion clears; the appetite in creases, nerves are quieted, sleep be comes sound and restful; the kidneys are strengthened; food digests with out that annoying gas and bloating. The whole system takes on renewed ! vim, vigor and vitality. Try Dreco | one week and watch the change. All progressive druggists now sell Dreco and it is highly recommended in Americus by Americus Drug Co. adv wWTaiS * .. ■> Rub Musterole on Forehead 9 and Temples A headache remedy without the dan gers of “headache medicine.” Relieves headache and that miserable feeling from colds or congestion. And it acts at once! Musterole is a clean, white ointment, -nade with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can it affect stomach and heart, as some in ternal medicines do. Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, all pains and eches of the back or joints, sprains, sere muscles, braises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c j—s; hospital size $2.50 Stop Itching Never mind how often you have tried g -rd 'ailed you can stop burning, itching ■ eczema quickly by applying Zemo fur- g -ashed by any druggist for 35c Extra S large bottle, SI.OO. Healing beginsJhe | moment Zemo is applied. In a short £ time usually every trace of eczema H tetter, pimples, rash, blackheads andtj similar skin diseases will be removed | For clearing the skin and making it 1 vigorously healthy, always use Zemo | the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It# is not greasy and does not stain. When! others fad it is the one dependable! treatment for sk ntroubles of all kinds.w • The E.W. Rose Co., Cleveland. | PEANUT BUYER ! WANTS 50 CARS AT 6C IN BULK I ATLANTA, April 21—The State Bu reau of Markets has located in St. I-ouis a large sheller of peanuts who is in the market for fifty carloads of white Spanish Peanuts, and is offer ing 6 cents a pound for them in bulk, or 6 andl-4 cents sacked F. O. B. cars at Georgia shipping points. This price which amounts to $l2O and $125 per ton, respectively, is con sidered good. in view of the recent market in Georgia and is about in line with what the bureau stated they should bring, when it advised the growers last fall, to let them go at the low prices then prevailing While in St. Louis a few days ago on business for the market bureau. Director L. B. Jackson called on this firm of peanut shelters and secured the foregoing offer. The company desires a strictly high grade white Spanish Peanut, as they are to be used as food. The market bureau will be glad to put in direct touch with the St Louis firm anyone who has peanuts of this character for sate. Plan Melon Market. Plans for putting Georgia growers of watermelons and cantaloupes into touch with markets where they can secure the highest prices for their products tihs summer, are now being made by the State Market Bureau. The bureau is preparing to secure information regarding the leading brokers and fruit dealers in cities all over the country, and through them to keep posted on the actual market conditions in their respective com munities. The bureau also desires to get into close touch with growers of water melons and cantaloupes, and to have on file at the State Capitol in the De partment of Agriculture the name and address of each grower, the acreage planted, the probable yieild in carloads and when thej- will likely be ready for market. Having this information, it will be a comparatively easy mat ter for the bureau, in touch with the leading markets, to no’.iiy thj piodue er promptly where the best prices are being offered. The bureau is glad to perform (his service for the prod'ijjrs and only ask that they wu send in, a.: st on as possible the nece.isary information re oting to probable yield and tp- I i< Ornate shipping time. To Aid Hog Growers. If there are Georgia growers of hogs or a number of growers in any com munity who have, at any time, a car load shipment of hogs for, market, and will notify the State Bureau of Markets, the bureau will be glad to bring them into communication with the markets paying the highest prices. Investigations have been made by the bureau in this direction, and it is prepared to furnish growers of hogs with information that will be of ma terial advantage to them when they have carload lots of hi gs ,o offer. Baboons Fierce Fighters. When they are being hunted with logs an old baboon that is cornered seizes an attacker with one hand by :he nearest limb, and, gathering up a 'old of skin in the other hand, tears it iff, and throwing aside his victim, .valts for the next. In this way he will often kill several dogs before he fives up the fight. To Carry Heavy Loads. One way of carrying two buckets of vater with the least possible expend ture of energy is the hoop-carrying nethod of Macedonia. There a small >oy will carry a man’s load by walking nside a hoop which keeps the weight ’ree from the body and distributes iressure. GEORGIA MAN HAD QUITE A SIEGE In Hospital, But Improved Greatly After Taking Ziron iron Tonic. In a recent statement, J. H. Martin , of Mount Vernon, Ga., says; “I was in the hospital with stomach trouble and had quite a siege. It seemed I would never get my strength back after I came out, I had been so ill. I ached all over. I was nervous, restless and yet did not feel like get ting around. My skin was yellow. My appetite poor. I was in pretty bad shape and 1 egan to look around for a tonic. I felt like part of the trouble was lack of iron in my blood. I was so easily worried, so easily upset. I 1 heard of Ziron and knew it would help | me. I began to take it and the Im- 1 provement was great It strength ened me, renewed my nerves and toiicd up my system.” Mhen you feel that vou need strength, remember that Ziron Is a 1 perfected preparation of iron salts, combined with other strengthgiving ingredients. Try Ziron. ZN3 Your Blood Needs AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. i r —— j Hint for Pretty Spring Garment i ■ b « ■>/ Jh” JI ■ u -a ■ W & mnzs ; ! Wfe 1 * ; iijoS l I WF-i g| I W ftWI mi - , !|jk Sr When the sun grows warm and the grass starts to green, ones fancy turns 1 !to post costumes. The skirt is Kumsi i Kumsa solg woven in great squares, , the sweater a beautifully woven simple j affair.. The hat is blue straw, braid- ! ed in a darker brue. (c) Underwood & Underwood. WE WILL BUY YOUR LIBERTY BONDS, ANY ISSUE OR DENOMINA TION. J "■ 'Allison Realty Co. R. E. ALLISON (Office Rear Allison Furniture Co.) A/lison Bldg. Phone 25S i - L : BACK LIKE A BOARD? IT’S YOUR KIDNEYS TLere’s no use suffering from the awful agony of lame bacu. Don’t wait ♦ill it “passes off.” It only comes back. Find the cause and stop it Diseased conditions of kidneys are usually indi cated by stiff lame backs and other wrenching pains, which are nature’s sig nals for help! Here’s the remedy. When you feel .he first twinges of pain or experi ence any of these symptoms, get busy at once. Go to your druggist and get a box of the pure, original GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, im ported frssh every month from the Irboratories in Haarlem, Holland. I’leasant and easy to take, they instant ly attack the poisonous germs clogging your system and bring quick relief. For over two hundred years they have been helping the sick. Why not try them? Sold everywhere by re liable druggists in sealed packages. Three sizes. Money back if they do not help <r you. Ask for “GOLD MEDAL” and be sure the name “GOLD MEDAL” is on the box, KEPT HER AWAKE The Terrible Pains in Back and Sides. Cardui Gave Relief. Marksville, La.—Airs. Alice Johnson, of this place, writes: “For one year 1 suffered with an awful misery in my back and sides. My left side was hurting me all the time. The misery was something awful. 1 could not do anything, not even sleep at night. It kept me awake most of the night... I took different medicines, but nothing did me any good or relieved me until I took Cardui... I was not able to do any of my work for one year and I got worse all the time, i was confined to my bed off and on. 1 got j so bad with my back that when 1 stooped down I was not able to straighten up again ... I decided I would try Cardui ... By time I had taken the entire bottle i i was feeling pretty good and could. ; straighten up and my pains were nearly ! all gone. I shall always praise Cardui. I con tinued taking it until I was strong and well.” If you suffer from pains due to j female complaints, Cardui may be just) what you need. Thousands of women , who once suffered in this way now praise ■ I Cardui for their present gwd health. • GiveitatriaL NC-133 SOUTHER FLYERS OPEN BUSY WEEK FOR PEACE LOAN SOUTHER FIELD, April 21.—Every . day is Victory Loan daj at Souther Field this week, a group of aviators leaving here for some Georgia desti nation each day until Saturday, when the entire flying force in seven planes, will appear in an aerial circus over Americus, dropping loan litera: are and boosting the campaign. The first expedition of the week and the fourth since the beginning of the I loan campaign, left at :50 o’clock ■ this morning for Swainsboro, drop | pitg literature and per.’orm.r.g aerial j stunts over the towns en route, nly crc ship made the trip, an J it cairied Lteuts. Stout and Henderson, it will spend the night at Swainsboro and re. I turn Tuesday. i The fifth Victory loan squadron, con | sisting of two planes, will leave here Tuesday morning, going to Albany and returning byway of Shellman. The sixth squadron, ccnsisting of two ships, will leave Wednesday r'ern- ■ ing from Athens and Elberton, retum ( ing Friday byway of Madison. One i night will probably be spent at Athens and one at Elberton. | The seventh squadron of two planes, ,will leave Friday morning, one of them going to Quitman and tl.e other to Thomasville. They will remain over night. the ship going to Thomasville using the new landing field which is being laid out. The eighth Victory Loan squadron will consist of seven ships, which will i make the flight over Americus ‘ in ■ a I body Saturday. The details of this ex hibition will be announced later. J. T. Hays, of Hartfield, was a vis itor in the city this morning. A ■ ml \ftft If/ . 'W U The taste is the test of ft||| I’b)! Coca-Cola quality. The flavor ' H.l I R I is the quality itself. m LI K I g | Nobody has ever been able to I R I successfully imitate it, because | | I its quality is indelibly regis- (Imll Wil tered. in the taste of the American public. r ~ m W vim (F i Demand the genuine by I wWmFSwI full name —nicknames II ' encourage substitution. I WWOJiiR Ul ''Wm iIJ ! THE Coca-Cola Co. B ATLANTA,-GA. /[ Um IMi\ M //n I h'iw I id 1 HKlr Ilf 1 —I- j[ A INS. J Mrs. R. A. Harvey, of Friendship, . visited Mrs. P. W. Harvey Friday. Mrs. Tom Wells, of Friendship, was I in Plains this week. Clarence Dodson, of Florida, is visit j ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Dod i son. Mr. Dodson has not been home in some time and so there was a family re-union given by his parents in his honor this week. Those pres ent were: Messrs Henderson Dodson, Chapel Dodson, Joe Williams, Pieman Dodson, with their families and Mrs. N. D. Britean. of Americus. Col. John Mercer, of Dawson, was in Plains Thursdap,' Mr. and Mrs. John Jennings, of Douglass, are visiting relatives here. Misses Alice Ruth Timmerman, Marguerite Hudson, Berta Will Clarke. Christine Spann and Mrs. M. L. Cham bliss will attend Grand Opera in At lanta next week. Mrs. L. J. Ferguson is in Concord, visiting her sister, Mrs. G. A. Strick land. Miss Rolalie Huggins is spending the week-end with Mrs. D. T. Jen nings. in Americus. Dolph Oliver is expected home Sun day from Marion, Ala., where he has been in school, preparing for entering Annapolis Naval Academy in the Fall. J. R. Logan has been to Montgomery on a business trip this week. CANADIAN PRIVATES RETURN RICH; OFFICERS ARE “BROKE.” WINNIPEG, Man., April 21. —Canad- ian privates are returning from Eu rope with considerable money, white many officers are reaching their homes practically penniless, according to provincial officials. Most of the sol diers had approximately SSOO to their credit when they left England, only a portion of the amount being given to them before embarkation. The pri vates passed most of their leisure at recreation camps, where little money is needed. Officers, on the other hand, follow- MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1919. ed their inclination to "live,” and with British and American officers, helped fill the London hotels, accord ing to returned officers. 1 hey say that I fraternizing with American officers proved rather costly, as Americans receive higher pay and spend it very freely. AFTER INFLUENZA- winter COLDS— BAD BLOOD You are pale, thin, weak—with little vitality. Your liver is sluggish and the bad blood causes your stomach muscles to lose their elasticity and become flab by and weak—then indigestion. Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis ; covery, made from wild roots and barks, I and free from alcohol or narcotics, is the great and powerful blood purifier of i to-day. Ingredients printed on wrapper. | This tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is , just what you need to give you vim, vigor and vitality. Take it as directed and it will search out impure and poisonous matter throughout the system and eliminate it I through the natural channels. i You can procure a .trial package by I sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ i Hofei, Buffalo, N. Y. fLay, Ky.— “ Last winter I Buffered from stomach and liver trouble and had been for about a year. I was nervous, had pains under my shoulder blade and in my left side. Had ‘gassy* stomach and heart burn and had headache most of the time. After each meal I was sick, could not keep anything scarcely on my stomach, , not even water. I didn’t '■ x k think there was a medi- * < cine made that would cure me; but in January v \ my husband got a bottle <• I of Dr. Pierce’s Golden .Medical Discovery. After using it most of my sysptoms disappeared so I got another bottle and aftev using the second bottle oil of my symptoms were gone. I now feel good and can eat anything I want and it does not hurt me. I will always praxao this niediH”'* ” — J‘izzie F*?dmck.