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> PPEAL TO SERVICE
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■ 8 Insane and Blind Are Calling You,
Won’t You Help?
'nstitutions of our State are appeal
’• 4 to the law makers for more money.
hools are asking, various depart
’ nts are begging, hog cholera, cat-
, tick and all the animal ills are
’i >ng heard. The Asylum for the
i ane is crowded and needs more
‘ ds. The Academy for the Blind
!.. urgent demand for more cash to
» atijtue its work. They should have
God knows the Insane and the
. ind*should and must have the best
' . .Jre and medical attention. They
’ d all they can get, and need it
1 dly.‘ But, did you eVer stop to
< nk why we have the insane, why
’ ..".y had to be sent to the asylum and
Academy for the Blind?
You have heard of the man who
' rked diligently trying to stop the
1 k in the spigot while the contents
■ the barrel poured out the bunghole.
at is about like the way the matter
ands. We are doing our best for
' r afflicted, but bless your life, we
ve done precious little to prevent
e condition
Listen! 1,047 are in our insane
■ vlum because of brain syphilis, and
! tin structure is only one of the vital
' gans this little germ attacks. No,
o ss you, he does not stop with the .
ain but the liver, ktdaey, heart and
i "od vessels is h s fertile field. This
147 at Milledgeville is costing the
I x payers of Georgia over two
’ ndred and fifty thousand dollars per
ir for maintenance
We have 37 unfortunate children at
’’ e Academy for the Blind through
fault of their own. The light of
d’s sunshine forever cut out. The
tuties of nature and art forever de
t d them by Gonorrhea.. How fn
itely to prevent this than to
-’.ch them. The ravages of these
i eases makes one sick. To the doc- :
’ r who can read the signs, the Vener- |
< I diseases are as plain as the nose j
i your face, and yet what has been i
ne for prevention?
The present legislature is being ask- ,
< ’ to make a special appropriation to .
■ ip fight this battle in conjunction |
■ th the federal government.. Are
• u in favor of it? The federal gov
nment will put up dollar for dollar
I ■ this fight, a fight for the innocent
ris, for your daughters, and
jr nieghbors, for your gen-
• ,tion. for the innocent baby
be born. Are you on this side?
' is ravage of the innocents must
, ase. The hundreds of babies that
e prematurely born cry out to you
! ’■ protection against Syphilis. Will
u fallow citizens enlist under this
nner? Will you help to fight this
1 ’’it? Will you?
V few dollars from Georgia will
‘ ‘p. Every dollar we put up grows
i mediately into tw r o. Can you beat
i ? There is no time to be lost. The
• v making body- will soon adjourn.
We have over 300,000 in our State
r ' o has one or both of these diseases.
Won’t you come and enlist? If you
1 in favor of this cause, say so, don’t
-p quiet. Don’t be passive, be ac
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For the Bride-the
STARR Phonograph
makes life start RIGHT
SEE 1 O IT that “her” new home has
a Starr Phonograph in it. The music
of the Starr helps to make life an un
ending honeymoon.
The superiority of the Starr Phono
graph is increased by its "singing
throat ’ —the throat made of Silver
Grain Spruce.
Music isn’t music unless the throat is
perfect.
l The Starr Phonograph is an instrument of pernia
‘nent baeuty, an incomparable wedding gift.
Before you pick "her" present, come and listen to
the marvelous tone of the Starr Phonograph.
Hightower’s' Book Store
When Your Clothes Need To Be Pressed or Clea ned Just Phone 749. The O. K. Pressing Shop, Charlie Payne, Mgr payne pressing & CLEANING CO.,
J & PROPRIETORS.
OLD RULNNGERMANY
Country Still in the Clutches of
Bureaucrats.
Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor Finds Looting
Common and Immoral Plays
Thriving.
Paris—“ The German government is
the same bureaucratic regime of tne
kaiser’s day, with the same attitude
toward labor and capital, and does not
represent the forces which caused the
revolution,” says Dr. Alonzo E. Tay
lor, food specialist, who has just re
turned from Germany. He made ex
tensive investigations in behalf of the
supreme food relief council.
“Count von Bernstorff is in charge
of American affairs and the foreign
office and the bureaucrats of the old
school are in evidence everywhere,”
he added. “The Germans are becom
ing Russianized. They are afraid to
put untried men into the service, and
consequently they tolerate the old or
der of things.”
The German army has apparently
been disorganized and demobilized for
the most part, Doctor Taylor says, but
he believes it will be possible for a
well-organized bureaucracy to restore
militarism if it is deemed desirable.
Many Germans believe they will re
cover their battleships, and do not
expect to give up any territory, and in
Doctor Taylor’s opinion a grave, po
litical upheaval is probable with the
signing of the treaty of peace.
The present lull is regarded as un
natural by Doctor Taylor, who says It
was possibly created by the payment
of large Indemnities to unemployed
persons and by suspending action on
all questions vital to the future of the
nation. Unemployed men in Berlin are
paid eight marks a day, while railway
workers and street cleaners get six
marks daily. Consequently, the men
prefer to remain idle.
Plays so immoral that they would
have been prohibited under the impe
rial regime are now tolerated; thiev
ing Is prevalent; looting Is common
and the general public morale i$ very
low, Doctor Taylor remarks. He says
the food situation is critical and in
spite of the great reduction made in
rations, the nation cannot live until
next harvest unless supplied by out
side powers.
Plants That Feed on Animals.
That such plants as “Venus’ flytrap”
actually catch and squeeze to death
lies and other insects alighting on
heir leaves has long been known, but
he discovery is comparatively recent
hat the plants digest the softer parts
>f their prey by means of peptic fer
ment secreted by the leaves. These
ire real instances of plants feeding
ipon animals.
Ruby’s Significance.
Marbodens. bishop of Rennes, who
vrote early in the twelfth century,
aid that a ruby signifies divine power
nd love, dignity and royalty. It has
Iways been considered one of the
aost beautiful gems and the rarest.
GOURAUO ANO c.
YANKS WON WARi
Colonel Hayward Asserts Foe
Was Lured Into a
Shambles.
KNEW ABOUT GERMAN PLANS
Through Prisoners French General
Learned of Exact Hour of Huns'
Great Offensive and Beat
Them to It.
New York. —The story of how Gen
eral Gouraud obtained through prison
ers word of the exact hour at which
the last great German offensive of the
war was to be launched, and how, with
the aid of American troops, he hurled
back the advancing hordes, was told
by Col. William Hayward of the Three
Hundred and Sixty-ninth infantry (cql
ored), the former Fifteenth New York.
This German drive, launched on July
15, was the turning point of the war,
Colonel Hayward declared. Reinforced
by released prisoners from Russia, the
foe was at the zenith of his power.
The blow came east of Reims.
“We knew this attack was coming,
and knew it was to be the maximum
German effort,” Colonel Hayward said.
“About one hour before 1 o’clock on
the night of July 14 we captured Ger
man prisoners in a raid. They told us
when the attack would come.
Beat Them to It.
“The artillery preparation was to I
start at midnight and last for five I
hours and twenty-five minutes. So I
General Gouraud started our artillery I
fire five minutes ahead of theirs.
“That put them up in the air. Fritz ;
had to send to Hans to ask what the I
change in his plans meant.
“When the French knew when this
battle was coining, their lines did not
remain a thin blue line. It seemed
that all the soldiers and all the can
nons in the world crawled over and
took position back of us.
“General Gouraud saved the world j
for civilization. I have heard stories ■
about how hard he had to work to I
.convince General Petain and Marshal i
Foch that his plan was right.
“But he took a chance—the greatest I
chance any soldier ever took in the
world. He took his troops out of the !
front line trendies over a front of fifty
kilometers.
“Some of these trenches had cost
thousands of lives. Men had toiled
; for weeks and months to gain these
I positions. He abandoned them when
he was sure where the attack was
coming.
“And when this occurred he had
the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth
American infantry on one end of that
fifty kilometer line and the One Hun
dred and Sixty-fifth on the other.
“When the troops were withdrawn
from the front line only patrols were
left. On my regiment’s front, instead
of 1.600 men. only sixteen volunteers
were left. They were left in specially
reinforced trenches with signal rock
ets, gas shells, and a few machine
guns.
“And so the German fire fell on
these front line trenches for five hours
and twenty-five minutes —and those
shells fell on empty trenches, except
for those patrols who stayed there ex
pecting to be killed, but who, strangely
enough, practically all came back to
us In the morning.
Cut to Pieces.
“When the hour for the German in
fantry attack came they set off the
gas bombs and the signal rockets. Our
artillery saw the signal rockets and
cut loose on the massed German in
fantry.
“The German masses were literally
smashed by the terrific French artil
lery fire, and the gas shells our boys
had left smothered them with the dead
ly mustard gas.
“They never got through to our
second lines. Our boys sat on the para
pets of the trenches and watched the
‘show.’
“But on the other end they did get
through. They crashed into the Rain
bow division and the One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth infantry (the old Sixty-ninth
New York), met them hand to hand
in some of the most terrible fighting
of the war—fighting fit for that terri
ble battle.
“General Gouraud’s army stopped
the German rush and in an address
to his troops General Gouraud pointed
out that the American troops in his
army were my little old Three Hun
dred and Sixty-ninth, the One Hundred
and Sixty-fifth, and others of the Rain
bow division, and some railway ar
tillery batteries.”
Carries Many Seaplanes.
An Italian seaplane ship carries a
large number of planes suspended from
the sides of the vessel, where they
may be readily and quickly dropped
into the’ sea when occasion occurs to
make a flight.
Slavery.
The Portuguese were the first t®
bunt negroes in the interior of Africa
for use as slaves in the colonies. The
first shipment of negroes to the New
World took place in 1503, when the
Portuguese landed some in Santo Do
mingo. From that time to the nine
teenth century traffic in negroes across
the Atlantic was carried on.
AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER.
BIG INCREASE
IN SUMTER’S
TAX RETURNS
(Continued From Page One)
and indicate the substantial prosper
ity of this section, of which Ameri
cus is the commercial center. The
returns in detail fallow:
Aggregate returned value of
Real estate, clogs, etc—l9lß
Same 1919
City or town property, 1918
Same, 1919
Money, debts, notes, etc., 1918
Same 1919
Merchandise, fertilizers, etc., 1918
Same for 1919
Autos, bicycles, etc, 1918
Same, 1919
Textile manufactories, 1918
Sarffe 1919
Household furniture, etc, 1918
Same 1919,
Jewelry watches, etc, 1918
Same, 1919
Horses, mules, all stock, 1918
Same, 1919
Dogs, 1918
Same, 1919
Carriages, wagons, tools, 1918,
Same, 1919
Cotton, corn, other crops, 1918
Same, 1919,
All other property, not listed, 1918
Same, 1919
Total property 1918
Total property, 1919
Grand total, colored and white, 1918 ...
Grand total, colored and white, 1919
Gain
SUMTER TO MARKET
SHORT COTTON CROP
Sumter county’s cotton crop this
fall will be at least thirty per cent’
short, and rpobably more, according
to George O. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent, who has De
cently made an extensive survey of
the cotton fields throughout the
county.
The acreage planted as compar
ed with last year, probably shows a j
slight increase, but due to unseason- ■
able weather, estimated boll weevil j
damage, and insufficient labor, ex- i
perts here estimate that the farmers
will harvest little more than a half
crop this year, if that much. Light I
fertilization is another factor which |
will enter into the reduction of the i
crop, it being disclosed that many
farmers who increased their acreage
due to the high prices prevailing last !
fall, and for other reasons, were
either unable or unwilling to use
the usual amout -of fertilizers, and
the crop being retarded in growth
thereby, will lose more heavily than
otherwise through the boll weevil’s
ravages.
Already the weevil is very active
in all parts of the county with a
number of fields being reported as !
92 per cent in fested, and practically i
no new squares formeing upon which
the weevils might feed, thus saving i
the more mature bolls. These bolls
are seldom attacked while squares
continue to form upon the stalks, but
are not yet sufficiently hard to insure
them against damage by hungry wee
vils unable to secure food from the
more tender squares.
An increasing number of farmers
ar e beginning to'use the calcium ar
senate poisoning method for control
ling the weevils, but in many in
stances it is recognized even this
cannot prevent extensive loss, owing
to th lat date at which the spraying
was begun.
Mrs. B. R. Boyd and young sons, I
Robert and Billy, left Sunday morn- ’
ing on an extended visit to relatives i
and friends in Mississippi.
Fiction Concerning Sargossa Sea.
The Sargossa sea in the north At
lantic is an area through which no
ocean currents pass. It is compara
tively still water, forming a sort of
eddy into which seaweed tends tc
drift. Writers of fiction have held
that the dead ships of the ages have
found resting places in this eddy and j
I have peopled them with the spirits of
I lost mariners, The idea is pure fle- j
j tion. The Sargossa sea may be navi- j
I gated without experiencing any diffi- '
I culty with seaweed and without seeing I
| a derelict.
Literature for the Blind.
The first book in English printed in |
raised or embossed letters for the use
of the blind was issued at Edinburgh
92 years ago by James Galt. The first
attempt to provide literature for the
sightless was made in 1786 by Hauy,
at Paris, who invented a system of
printing raised letters. Hauy used the
Ilyrian or Slavonian alphabet in the
few brief works he published, and his I
project ended in failure. .
SHOW CARDS
AND SIGNS
WILBUR GIDDINGS
PHONE 503
DRY LEADERS NOT
AGAINST TOBACCO
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (By As
sociated Press.) —Wayne B. Wheel
er, counsel for th e A9nti-Saloon Lea
gue of America, took issue today i
with the opinion of attorneys for '
the United Sttes Brewers’ associa- j
tion that the proposed far-tim e pro
hibition enforcement act is uncon
stitutional.
Wheeler also denied that League
forces intended to start an anti
tobacco campaign.
White Colored
- 2,516,551 336,236
- 286,337 104,959
$ 262,989
J. E. McCrea, a prosperous farm
er of the seventeenth district, has on
display at the office of George O.
Marshall, county farm demonstration
agent, acotton plant full fruited
and containing about fifteen open
bolls. The plant is the first to be
brought to Americus although a
number of open bolls have been dis
played here already this season.
R. T. Sheppard, of Edison, was a
business visitoV in the city today.
C. R .Hardy, of Atlanta, i s visit
ing his sister, Mrs.’?!. M. Williams,
on College street. Mr. Hardy was
formerly a resident of Americus and
I ha s many friends here who will ac
; cord him a warm welcome to his
’ native home.
Too Late To Classify
FOR SALE—New Underwood
typewriter, long carriage. Phon e 94
or 154. e 4 . ts
WANTED— Plain sewing and fan
cy work. 130 W. Church St., Amer
icus, Ga. Prices reasonable, good
Work - 4tf
Swell t
MB >'
Shirts
Every man loves nice Silk Shirts if he can get the right
make, the right fabrics, and the right patterns.
/
We have the largest and most varied stock to be found
in this part of the State, and when the question of a new
supply enters your mind, and the right sort and prices are
wanted, the answer will be found at Ansley’s. Some with
collars to match. ’Prices: $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 $6.00,56.50
$7.50, $8.50, SIO.OO, $12.50.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
There is a tremedous rise in Raw Silk and Silk Fabrics,
so, you had better buy your silk shirts of what we have on
hand and thus avoid the higher prices later.
ANSLEY’Q a
' QUALITY SHIRTS ' SIO.OO
CITIES OF U. S.
TO BE GRADED
You are interested.
We have eight cities in Georgia that
have more than ten thousand inhab
itants, and therefore con»e under the
new method of grading that has been
instituted by the United States Pub
lic Health Service. This grading is
done on the Venereal control reme
dies that the State has in operation.
A possible thousand points can be
made, and to make it fair for the
cities four gradings, three months
apart, will be made. The grading will
be grouped under four headings: Med
ical measures, including free clinic,
and will count 300 points. Education
al measures, books, picture shows, etc.,
300 points. Law enforcement meas
ures will be subdivided under 8 heads.
The enforcement of law 100 points,
but altogether 300 points.
Team work makes the last heading
and counts 100 points.
These gradings fro the 710 cities
of our Union are to be made at reg
ular intervales to allow ail to first
find out what they are to do, and
second, after knowing, they are put
into operation.
How will Georgia stand a year
hence? We sure!}’ trust that we will
lead all the rest. We can if you will
do you part, and every other man and
woman does his and her part.
Who wants to be a slacker?
The Truth
And Nothing But
The Truth
This is the Slogan of the Advertiser.
Why? Because it pays.
t
False Statements kill Confidence. Loss of Confi
dence spells Failure.
Truth in Advertising instills Confidence. Public
Confidence results in increased Sales, Strengthens
Good Will insures Success.
In this manner advertising becomes the surest,
quickest, most economical selling force known to
Industry today.
Merchants: Remember this Slogan:
Consumers: Remember this Slogan:
THE ADVERTISER OF TODAY
IS THE SUCCESS OF TO-MORROW
U.. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
W. B. WILSON, Secretary.
Director General, Information and E ’aoiAJag uoijeonp
ROGER W. BABSON
MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919
|DEATHS.
E. J. Whelam, Savannah,
Telegrams received in Americus
last night announced the death at
Savannah Sunday afternoon of E. j
M helam, who passed away following
a sudden attack at his residence 317
Tattnall street, in that city. The’fun
eral exercises will take place Tueday
morning, and interment in the cem
etary at Savannah. Deceased wa 3 a
brother-in-law of J. J. Gordan, of
Americus, and well known to many-
Americus people. Announcement of
his death was received with regret
among his friends here.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Annual examination of teachers
will be held August 1 and 3 at the
usual place—white teacher s at the
Furlow Grammar school, colored
teachers at McKay Hill school. 27-7 t
E. J. M’MATH, C. S. S. 2717 t
Full Duty Not Being Done.
Much has been done for the child,
much is now being done, but the best
is not being done. It is toward the
best that all social endeavor should
aim, and short of the best neither the
state nor the individual should rest
satisfied. —W. Clark Hall.