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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919.
LONDON FETES
PERSHING; GIVEN
HONORSWORD
LONDON, July 18—(By Associat
ed Press) —London honored General
Pershing today by presenting him the
freedom of the city and a sword of
honor in the presence 'jf a distin
guished company in Guild hall. After
the ceremony the Lord Mayor en
tertained the company at luncheon at
the Mansion House.
J DE SOTO. i
Miss Chester Barr, of Banks, Ala.,
is visiting Mrs. C. C. Womack.
Mis s Beatrice Pursley, of Atlanta,
is the guest of Mrs. John Ferguson.
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith and
their daughters, Misses Ruth and
Kathryn, will leave in a few days for
Chicago and from there they will
make an extended trip through the
west. They will be gone a month.
Miss Eddie Kelly, of Slocum Ala.,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Minnie
Kelly, here.
Miss Maude Smith, of Slocum, Ala.,
has returned home after spending
several days here, the guest of Mrs.
C. C. Womack.
Mrs. S. Hugh Ferguson left Tues
day for Chicago to attend the Wood
men Circle convention.
Miss Mary Ferguson spent Wed
nesday in Americus.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johnson spent
Thursday in Americus.
Mrs. B. G. Statham, of Atlanta, was
a week-end visitor of Mrs. Geo. Bag
ley, Sr.
Dr. George W. Bagley is having
his home re-modeled which will be
equipped with all* modern conven
iences when completed.
Mrs. Howell Simmons, of Ameri
cus, was the guest of Mrs. Geo. W.
Bagley, Sr.,’ Tuesday.
A. S. Johnson has had his store
lighted by electricity.
Mrs. Allen, of Atlanta, is visiting
hua-, Mrs. Frank Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tucker, of
Madison, -have returned home, being
entertained at home of Miss Mary
Ferguson for the week-end.
The Leading Citizen.
Stranger—“ Does this man, Amos
Darby, hold any place of distinction
in the village?” Villager—“Ye kin
judge fer y’rself. When 111’ postman
t brings th’ weekly newspaper down to
Guy Parkinson's grocery store, Nrnos
tlstbe first reader!” —Life.
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The Standard
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Attractive Cretonne Special at 39*
aYard -
There is a wide choice in cool, me
dium and dark shades. The fabric is
fast colored and worth quite a littb
more. At 39c yard.
New Fail Gingham.
A new .shipment brings our assort
ment.up to about two hundred pat
terns to select from, these new Fall
Plaids and stripes are beautiful at
29c, 35c and 39c. All are 27 and 32
inches wide.
A Summer Clearance Sale of Fine 1
Shantung Silk, at 1.35.
The value of these silks today is
about SI.BO. They are 36 inches w ; de 1
and guaranteed pure silk. Come early 1
as < ur stock is limited.
300 Men’s Checked Madras Athletic
Union Suits at 75c.
Light and Cool, and above ait made
for absolute comfort. They have elas
tic waist baal. A very unusual value
at 75c.
Women’s Thread Silk Stockings at
*1.25.
Mostly white; few black; few gray.
All are seamed back of pure thread
silk with cotton tops and soles. Only
a limited lot.
Mercerized Silk Sox at 25c.
Children’s highly mercerized silk
socks, plain white and few colored
tops; regularly 35c and 50c, now at
pair 25c.
For the Glad Playtime.
Children’s rompers of fast colored i
I chambray, all sizes 2 to 6 years at I
osc, 75c, 98c and $1.25.
The Only Table Linens We Ever
Want to Sell.
Are the kind that give the greatest
service and satisfaction. We have
“ s e]e c t’ on ready priced as low as
qualities of the kind can be.
SPECIAL—
Mercerized table damask, two yards I
wide, heavy quality at 98c.
STANDARD
DRY GOODS CO. I
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce.
Americus, Ga.
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Mere Mention
About Town j
Sheaffer’s Self-Filling Fountain
! Pens. Bell, The Jeweler and Opti
cian- 13-ts
Call your grocer for Chero C >la. sc.
There s none so good. 9-ts
Fresh Water Bream; nice head
-1 less shrimp. Sherlock & Co. 18-lt
Call your grocer for Chero Cola. sc.
Mrs. Olin Williams, home econom
ics agent for Sumter county, and Miss
Rowena Long, supervisor, were at
Mossy Dell Thursday giving a dem
onstration in canning. The class
there is- a very enthusiastic one and
the demonstration yesterday showed
the girls.the manner in which to can
the 4-pound brand of standard prod
ucts. Today Mrs. Williams and Miss
Long are in Sumter to instruct a
large class in that thriving little club.
Ask for Chero Cola at founts.
PALM BEACH SUITS DRY
CLEANED 50 CENTS. PHONE 18.
Special Dinner every day at Crystal
Case. su-we-fr
Call your grocer for Chero Cola. sc.
Fresh Water Bream; nice head
less shrimp. Sherlock & Co. 18-lt
Ask for Cliero-Cola at Founts.
CLEANLINESS ABOVE ALL.
WE CLEAN EVERYTHING. PHONE
18. 23-ts
Call your grocer for Chero Cola. sc.
PUT YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR
LAUNDRY BAG. PHONE 18. 23-ts
Ask for Chero Cola at founts.
There’s none so good. 9-ts
Call your grocer for Chero Cola. sc.
W. R. Long, of Tifton, a brother
of Miss Rowena Long, assistant
county canning club agent, who has
just received his discharge from the
navy, is visiting his sister here for a
day or two. Mr. .Long entered the
navy May 3, 1917, as ordinary sea
man, and was a first class engineer
on the battleship Vermont when dis
charged. i * i ’.I
Call your grocer for Chero Cola. sc.
There’s none so good. 9-ts
Where the Banjo Came From.
The modern banjo was introduced
into England from the United States,
to which country it was probably
taken by the African slaves, who
originally obtained the idea from In
dia. The unmusical name “banjo”
seems to have been derived from
" rt banya,” the name of a Senegambian
instrument of the guitar species.
Perfectly Safe.
“Now,” said the physician to the
poet who had summoned him, “you
are not in good health, and I must
forbid all brain work.” “But, doctor,”
protested the poet, “may I not write
some verses?” “Certainly.” the doc
tor said, “write ail the verses you wa it
to.”
Ancient Rock Drawings.
A huge buffalo with enormous horns
is conspicuous in prehistoric rock
1 drawings lately found in Algeria. The
■ African elephant is also a striking
feature, and other animals include the
I lion, leopard, gazelle and domestic
! goats and sheep.
Summer Clothing
1-3 Off
We are offering our entire Summerffl^S|.
Clothing stock at One-Third off. ||pfTpl
SIO.OO Suits for $
$15.00 Suits for'
$ 17.50 Suits for 11.671 A J
$22.50 Suits for 15.00|pw
The above prices for CASH only.
RYLANDER SHOE COMPANY
COTTON BOARD
PLANNING FIGHT
ON OPPOSITION
ATLANTA, July 48. —J. Skottowe
Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, S. C.,
president of the American Cotton
association, upon written request
from a number of the members of
the board of directors, today issued
a call for a meeting of the board of
directors of the American Cotton as
sociation to be held in Atlanta, at the
Chamber of Commerce, on July 2, at
10 a. m., to remain in session
through July 24. Other officers of
the association are Vice President
John T. Scott, of Houston, Tex., and
Secretary W. C. Barrickman, of Dal
las, Tex. Commissioner of Agricul
ture J. J. Brown, of the Georgia
state agricultural department, is di
rector for Georgia.
This meeting is exiled for the pur
pose of completing the plans for the
permanent organization of the Amer
ican Cotton association, in addition
to this, the board will consider the
plans of opposition wfiicb are being
put into effect throughout the cotton
belt. This opposition comes from peo
ple outside of the South, and it is
said, is backed by powerful money in
terests.
This opposing force has a plan for
an organization of a world cotton
association, to include farmers, mer
chants, bankers and also spinners—
both New England and foreign spin
ners. They state that this associa
tion would be along the line of a
profit-sharing organization, and that
it will prove very beneficial both to
the producer and the manufacturer.
Regarding these conditions, Presi
dent Wannamaker says:
“The American Cotton association
cannot see it in this light. The ac
tion of the opposition’ has caused
them to sit up and take notice. Great
interests are being employed for the
purpose of pushing forward the plans
of the opposition. The New England
and foreign spinner is already thor
oughly organized, and they have al
ways opposed the best interests of the
producer, and fought down the price
of cotton regardless of how low it I
was.
“Their movement today, it is
thought, is due to the fact that the
American Cotton association has
brought about wonderful changes for
the better throughout the entire
South. They realize that cotton will
never again under their administra
tion be sold below the cost of pro
duction, that the spinner realizes that
the organization of the American Cot- !
ton association means that there will
really be profit-sharing, and that the
producer will get a price for his cot
ton above the cost of production.
“A battle royal is on. No quarter
will be asked or given. We can or
ganize and manage our own affairs
without outside interference.”
President Wannamaker points out
that a plan being advanced by those
opposed to the organization of the
American Cotton association to offer
a price this fall for next year’s crop
that will induce the planting of an
enormous acreage in cotton, so as to
re-establish the depleted surpluses of
raw cotton, so as to have a club with
which to beat down prices, force dis
tressed cotton upon the market and
buy at starvation prices.
With a Proviso.
James was fond of one of his moth
er’s friends, a girl in her twenties.
One day, when he had been particular
ly well entertained by her, he remark
ed: "Aunt Margie, when I grow up
I’m going to marry you.” Then he
looked at her thoughtfully and added:
AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER.
COUNTIES AWAIT
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF FEDERAL AID
ATLANTA, July 18—(Special)
Announcement was expected this af
ternoon by the State Highway com
r-iissior. of the a portionmen: of fed ’
eral aid funds to the vari >u.. ?..un
t'cs applying for it.
Everybody and his neighbor was in
Atlanta yesterday, most of them bent
on getting some of this federal aid
money. Only $2,000,000 to give out
and more than $18,000,060 applied
for.
When time was called at 1') o’clock
by the commission, in its offices in
the capital—it’s still here, Macon
hasn’t run off with it at this writing
—men were packed into the offices
like sardines. The fortnnates had
seats. The big crowd was standing,
a few on the floor, the balance on
tables, chairs, cabinets, etc.
Os Sumter’s delegation, one only
got a look-in. Judge Maynard break
fasted at sun-up and entered the
capital with the janitors and scrub
women. He said yesterday that he’d
be on tinje. And he was. He had an
upholstered chair and was prepared
to stay until another dawn.
Facts and Fiction Flow
All day long the oratory flowed.
Facts (and fiction) were put forth by
members of each delegation as to
why that particular county should
have all it wanted. Some of those del
egations seemed to think that to him
who talked longest and loudest would
come the greatest share of this fa
mous gift money.
Sumter had been on the groupd for
two days and knew where it stood—
or thought it did, and did not worry
about what others said and did. Reli
able information received last Tues
day showed that Sumter was slated
for just about enough of this appor
tionment to pay traveling expenses
for its delegation. All over SIO,OOO
or $15,000 that was to be awarded
could be counted clearly as pick-up
—thanks to the persistent work of
[ Judge Hixon and Judge Maynard. All
.day and all night they besieged the of
fices of the commission, of the state
engineer and of the federal engineer.
Watch for Willite.
Judge Hixon and Lovelace Eve,
who was the advance agent for the
two Sumter judges, spent Thursday
in an investigation of the paving
known as “Willite” —get that name
into your head, you’ll hear a lot
about “Willite” in the next few
months. It surely looks to be the
thing for Sumter. And Willite is an
accident.
About forty years ago a man nam
ed Willis laid some sheet asphalt mix
ed with sand on Fifth avene in New
York. It stayed. A few years ago
New York decided to tear up this
forty-year-old gtuff and put down
something else. The harder they tiled
to pry it out the tighter it stuck. En
gineers became curious and sent for
Mr. Willis. He could not explain what
was holding the old stuff. Examina
tion and chemical analysis showed,
however, that sulphate of copper had
become mixed in with this sheet as
phalt and this had precerved it for
these years past.
New York and New Jersey began
laying the new paving, using sulphate
of copper. Today it is the most pop
ular paving known -n that section ve
are told.
To Be Popular
The Georgia Highway commission
sent Enginerr W. R. Neel to look
into Willite. He has just returned and
will not give out his report for sev
eral days yet. And he can’t be quo-
ted either, but, well, Willite will be
very popular in Georgia.
It is very much cheaper than con
crete, just as good and is not as
hard on the feet of stock as con
crete. It looks like a regular find.
The Sumter men were told yes
terday that the trucks given the
county by the national government
have been shipped. They also heard
that th e counties were not getting
more than one-half the number of
trucks applied for. But Americus has
been designated as a distributing
center and a large number of trucks
will be sent here for distribution.
Certainly the county commissioners
can find away to get Sumter’s needs
out of this train load of trucks, and
it was suggested that Sumter pick F.
W. D.’s or White trucks. The engin
eers say these two makes are the
best. ■
Judge Hixon says he expects to do
nothing, henceforth, but farm a lit
tle and spend the balance of his time
seeing that Sumter’s roads are built,
built quickly, built like the people
have been promised they would be
built, and built so that the county will
get one hundred cents for every dol
lar it expends. He told Hawkins &
Thomas today to get on the job this
week, not to lose one minute. The
judge means what he says when he
says it, too.
Pity He Didn't Miss Them.
Entomology does not record the
first appearance of the cootie, but we
suppose that they were not slighted in
the trip Noah made to save two of
every living thing.
NICE
SELECTION. OF
Bracelet
Watches
Thos. L. Bell
Jeweler and Optician
How are you going to keep
them down on the farm when
they once taste our Sausage?
Is your appetite touchy?
If so, let us have the pleasure
of satisfying it for you by send
ing you an order of Home-
Made Pure Pork Sausage, call
ed Log Cabin Brand Pure Pork
Sausage.
Just give them a trial and you
will be a regular sausage eater,
because they are made from the
choicest of meats and seasoned
with seasoning like grand
mother used down on the farm.
Acme
Sanitary Market
Our Motto:
“Sanitary” next “To Please”
Corner Lee and Forsyth Streets
COHEN’S “THE SATISFACTORY STORE" COHEN’S j
PHENOMENAL JULY SALE OF ALL WASH SIRTS
Here’s What This Sale Offers You j
Silk and Cotton Sport Shirts, beautifully made,
neatly trimmed. We only have the below mention
fed amount, so come early, and take advantage ofi
these low prices.
2 Only Baronet Satin Skirts, sold for $22.50
At $15.00
I Only Silk Crepe Skirt, sold for $1 8.00
At $12.50
2 Only Georgette Satin Skirts, sold for $20.00
At $13.50
3 Only White Wool Serge Skirts, sold for $ 10
At $8.50
4 Only Gabardine Skirts, sold for $6.50 At $4.50
4 Only Gabardine Skirts, sold for $3.25 At $1.85
4 Only White Cotton Corduroy Skirts, sold
for $3.50 At $1.95
7 Only New Silk and Cotton Material Skirts
sold for $ 10.00 At $8.50
217 W.Lamar St. COHEN’S Phone 596 I
j PLAINS. J
E. Timmerman, Sr., a member of
the legislature spent Sunday with
his family.
Mrs. Louise Ferguson left Satur
day to visit her sister Mrs. E. R.
Beck at Macon.
Mrs. Oscar Williams and little son
hav e gone to Clayton for a month’s
visit.
R. D. Gay, of Corde’e, F. W. Gay
of Cuthbert, spent Sunday with their
sister, Mrs. Alton Carter.
Mrs. R. D. Gay of Faville Station
is the guest of Mrs. Bowman Wise.
Mrs. Patterson Simpson and little
children, of Lumpkin, spent the week
end with their sister, Mrs. Wells
Bacon.
Frank Timmerman, Luther Wise, J.
Faust, G. W. Montgomery went to
Columbus this week on a business
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Andrews have
gone to Indian Springs for a ten days
stay.
Miss Carrie Shropshire is the guest
of Mrs. U. L. Thomas.
Mrs. E. Timmerman, Jr., is visit
ing her parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Jim
French in Richland.
Lieut. E. W. Timmerman has land
ed in New York and will soon be
ALCAZAR
SATURDAY
Jesse L. Lasky Presents
Ethel Clayton
a w in
“Pettigrew’s Girl”
This chorus girl welcomed a poor man
with open arms, although she rejected a
millionaire suitor to do it.
Why did she smash the traditions of her
profession? Why didn’t she “grab him’’?
Come to see, won’t you?
IT WILL DO YOU GOOD
To see the class of Beef we have to fill orders with.
!L yOU .Y a ant L nt “ Choi ! :e Steak or Roast, give us your orders.
We will show you now quick we can prove it. ( <!
them 118 y ° Ur tr ° ubles ’ Poetically- Our remedies will relieve
U Rh> y °F- k ke n me fr iJ Sh F ' 8 .n today? Trout ’ Red Snapper i
and Blue Fish. Or would you like some nice Chickens ? Chick
ens are getting a little cheaper in price. Price and quality of 1
our Meats are partly responsible for this. 7 ‘
We c a n furnish you in some Fresh Beef Tongues; also is fine, •
at 20c oer lb. <
i
We have on hand for a few days Country Hams, Shoulders and 1
side meat. J
We can serve you with National Biscuit Co.’s Crackers.
You know their varieties and quality. Include some in your ‘
orders. We carry a full line. j
Our Telephone No. 181 is a constant thought in most every 1
household in Americus. ?
REMEMBER OUR TELEPHONE IS 181. |
Bragg’s Market, The Place |
Remember, Too, We Want All The Fat Beet Cattle. I
home again. He was in the thickest
of the fighting during the war.
H. S. Forth has returned home
from Marshallville.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Graves are the
guests of Mrs. R. S. Oliver.
Davidson is going to Cul
loden on a business trip this week.
Miss Claudia Tinley has returned
home from Bainbridge where she has
been teaching for the past year.
L. A. Roper from Albany and
Palmer Tinley of Bainbridge have
been visitors at the home of Rev.
Mr. Tinley this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cook gave buf
fet luncheon Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Jewell Kidd of Pres
ton, the bride elect of Emmet Har
per of Plains. The guests were Em
mett Harper, Misses Jewell Kidd, Al
la Kidd, Ruby Kidd, Mortimer Schley,
Dr. and Mrs. Lunsford and daugh
ter, Sadie. Mr. and Mrs. Cook also
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Drane last Thursday evening.
Tom Timmerman will visit his par
ents this week. He is en route to
Vidalia where he is going into the
whole sale produce business.
Mrs. Dean Ross is the guest of
Mrs. Rutherford Ross.
Mrs. Alvin Timmerman is going to
Columbus this week to visit her par
ents .
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