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HOGUE EXPLAINS
ADVANTAGES OF
COST-PLUS PLAN
That the cost-plus plan for build
ing is the best method to be pur-I
sued in these times of abnormal con- '
ditions, is the opinion of Ben C.
Hogue, Americus contractor, detailed
in a paper published in the current
number of the Industrial Index, of
Columbus, Ga. In the paper Mr.
Hogue shows how it works to the ad
vantage of the builder, as well as the
contractor, because on the fixed <
price plan the contractor must esti
mate a profit large enough to protect
himself against radical changes in
prices of material, labor, etc. which
in the end is very likely to make the
job cost the builder more than the
other plan. Confidence, of course,
in the contractor, is necessary, he ;
shows. Following is his paper:
BY B. C. HOGUE.
“In compliance with your request
of recent date for an article or short ,
letter from me using as a subject the : '
cost-plus plan of construction, 1 will■ 1
endeavor to give a few lines, on the <
subject, not that I have had very
much experience with same but be- (
cru-e I am an ardent supporter of <
same, especially in these abnormal 1
times, and because of the fact that <
I am deeply interested in the plan. \
and its adoption by the reliable con- i
tractors of the country. i
“As heretofore stated, my experi- r
ence has been very limited along <
these lines, and I haw only recently 1
begun to take work on this plan, at ]
present having three jobs under con- s
struetion on this plan, and having>
just completed two other jobs which ; <
were taken on this plan. And I will j ]
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RED CROSS, FIGHTING TO BUILD UP
STRONGER AND HEALTHIER COUNTRY,
CALLS ON ALL AMERICANS TO HELP
ThiHD ROLL CALL LAUNCHED FOR TWO MILLION MEMBERS TO
CARRY ON WAR AGAINST SICKNESS AND SUFFERING RED
CROSS WILL DEVOTE MONEY TO HELPING SOLDIERS, SAV
ING LIVES OF BABIES AND OTHER -'HOME WORK.”
After months of preparation by 4,000
Red Cross Chapters, with their 17,000
tranches and 30,000 auxiliaries, all
over the country, the Third Red Cross
Roll Call for 20,000,000 members, now
a is getting under way with a tremen
dous sweep in every part of the nation.
From “Red Cross Sunday,” November
2, through “Armistice Pay,” November
11, the great drive will continue.
Not only Red Cross chapters and
Red Cross workers are mobolized to
insure the success of the Roll Call in
the Southern Division, which includes
the state of North and South Carolina,
• Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, but
the organized women of these states
have pledged their aid. and the re
turned soldiers, represented by the
American Legion have pledged their
support as well to a man through
their national officers. Ministers
throughout this division and through
out the United States have taken up
the cause.
The need of the Roll Cal] and for
those who will answer “Here!” can be
set forth tersely. The Red Cross
-fights for American humanity —it
fights against ignorance, sickness, suf
ering and misery in every form. For
he Red Cross, the war is not over.
And did you think the war was over?
"hen ask yourself a few questions. Ask
/ourself what is to be done about —
The 250,000 disabled fighting men?
The 800.000 American boys who were
“unfit for service"?
The one American baby out of seven
that dies in its first year?
The 200.000 people who die annually
of tuberculosis?
The 500.000 who would die in
nother influenza epidemic like the
..st?
/The 300,000 children under 5 who die
yiually of preventable disease?
■ he thousands of children forced out
/ school by physical defects ?
!he accidents that kill 100,000 and
ble 500,000 yearly?
le one adult in seven known to
n need of medical attention?
ae 7,000 people who drown ever)
! in American waters?
hese are the things that made the
yd Roll Call absolutely necessary,
I with the 20.000,000 "dollar mem
hip” and the $15,000,000 secured
ides, the Red Cross not only will
v discharge its war obligations and “see
the last soldier clean through” his
atter-the-war problems, but will send
food to starving humanity abroad,
watch over the 125,000 sick and
• wounded soldiers still In the hospitals
es America, spread knowledge of pub
lic health with the determination to
One-half of every dollar contributed
for membership in the American Red
Cross during the Third Red Cross Roll
tall; November 2 to 11, remains In the
easury of the chapters In each com
unify where. tt.ls contributed, ac-
Ig to sent out from
•rn of the
?an Red CrSyaWr^».f s ed in the
where it is v The
lalf goes for the National and
Red Cross work, for dis
»Hef. for public health nnrefre
"ifare work, for adm ".istration,
enslon of Red Cross work.
THE GOLIATH
A- THAT we MUST
» - SLAY!
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state that in all the Cases it has work
< d remarkably well, proving entire
ly satisfactory to both myself and t’
owners.
“While 1 realize that there is a
great opportunity to run up the co:
of work taken on this basis, and 11
know of instances where same was
done, and I find the average man '
who is contemplating building does
not take to this plan at once, but it
requires a great deal of real argu
ment, and necessitates the producing
of statistics, and data to convince
him that it is a safe plan for both
parties concerned and the only real
sensible way to build.
“My reasons for putting same into
operation, and trying to promote this
plan of construction are as follows: !
put in every home in America one
person capable of caring for the sick;
extend instruction in first aid to reach
every school and factory in the land;
organize and conduct life-saving corps
to combat an annual loss of 7,000 lives
by drowning; be able 10 furnish relief
to any community stricken by dis
aster; teach patriotism and service to
the youth of the nation through the
Junior Red Cross; protect the inter
ests of discharged soldiers by its home
service department and enlarge this
department sc that it will help civil
ians as well; build up an organization
of trained nurses and volunteers that
will make epidemics almost impos
sible; provide care for babies and
mothers and thus save for usefulness
thousands of little lives now sacrificed
through ignorance.
Many of these things the Red Cross
is doing already. The Third Roll Call
a success, means that it will do them
better than ever, that the Red Cross
will fight sickness, disease, and suffer
ing throughout our country and make
it a happier, cleaner land to live m.
Membership costs only one dollar to
every person, but 20,000,000 members
means 20,000,000 dollars, and with 20,-
000,000 dollars the Red Cross will do
more for America than it ever did
before.
PENNANTS FOR CHAPTERS
THATGET MOST MEMBERS
Atlanta, Ga—Chapters of the Amer
ican Red Cross in the southern division
that make good records in the Third
Red Cross Call, November 2-11, will
not go unhonored. It was announced
today at southern division headquar
ters of the Red Cross that a pennant
is offered to the chapter in each state
that secures the largest number of
members during the Roll Call in pro
portion to the population of the county
in which the chapter is located. An
other and larger pennant will be given
to the chapter that secures the most
members in proportion to its popula
tion competing against all chapters In
the division, which includes the states
of North and South Carolina. Georgia,
Tennessee and Florida. There are 539
chapters in the entire division, and to
win the division pennant will be quite
a job as well as quite an honor, as
of the chapters already have be
gun an active campaign for members.
The pennants, which in themselves
will be a fitting ornarfient to the wail
of any chapter house, will be awarded
as soon as final results are tabulated
at the close of the campaign.
. American soldiers in the battle of
the Argonne were actually in less dan
ger than babies less than a year old in
America are now, according to statis
tics gathered by the Southern Divis
ion, American Red Cross. Whereas,
one American soldier in forty was
killed in the Argonne, one baby in
I eight, less than a year old. dies each
year from preventable diseases.
Most of these deaths are due to
ignorance of proper feeding and care
--v be r— a ]arpr
mea-urc by ir truct.cn gi', n bv pub
lie health nurtes.
First, that you can’t get around the 1
fact that the old saying is true that !
the “Consumer must pay the freight;
second, in these normal times of high j
prices of labor, serious shortage of 1
finished mechanics in the building
trades lines and strikes and unrest of
labor, together with the continued
advance and shortage below the de
mand in building materials, a con-I
tractor necessarily has to figure a
margin of profit on a flat-price con-;
tract, which really is noY justice toI
the owner, but the contractor has to ;
do so in order to protect himself I
from those things which are likely to I
happen to any of us at any time.
“In my estimation the owner is'
absolutely safe on the cost-plus plan
of construction, so long as he is
sl.Ol SPENT FOR
EVERY $1 GIVEN
RED CROSS HAD REMARKABLE
RECORD OF ECONOMY IN
WAR.
Money Given In Third Roll Call To
Go Mainly for America and
Americans.
Atlanta, Ga. —There are two facts
about the Third Red Cross Roll Call j
which campaign leaders in the south-
- are emphasizing—one the fact that the
1 Red Cross has proved its ability and
trustworthiness to handle funds in a
business-like way, and the other, the
fact that the money received in the
Third Roll Call will be expended al
most wholly in America for the benefit
of the American people.
When anybody asks whether money
given to the Red Cross will be frit
tered or squandered, campaign speak
ers turn to its war record and point to
the remarkable fact that for every dol
lar given by the American people, sl.Ol
went to the actual purpose for which 1
the money was intended. In other 1
words, each dollar earned two cents
interest. One cent of that two cents 1
provided for expenses of administra
tion, and the dollar itself and a cent
besides went to actual relief work.
If the Red Cross could do that in
the war, when no organizations and no
nations were any too careful or econo- 1
mic in the way they spent money, Red
Cross workers declare, it is certainly
to be believed that the Red Cross will
do as well, at the least, in peace times,
and that money given in the Third
Roll Call will go, not for expenses, but
right where it is most needed and
right where the man or woman who
gave it wanted it go out when he
joined the Red Cross and paid his
dollar. |
As for the exact purpose for which 1
the money will be spent, they quote l
Dr. Livingston Farrand, national '
man of the Red Cross, who said r»- 1
rently: “The American people are not
asked for huge sums to pour into
Europe for the relief "of stricken peo
pies of other countries. Only a com
paratlvely small sum will be set aside 1
for that purpose, and It only to ad
minister supplies already entrusted to
the Red Cross by the American gov
ernment, not to buy any more supplies.
It will be merely toward defraaying the
comparatively light expenses of finish
ing a job already almost completed
By far the greater percentage of the I
money secured in this compalgn from !
the American people will be returned
directly to the American people in the '
form of better health and livirw
conditions’’ g
As a concrete expression of the ap
proval of the government of Red Cross
methods, more than ten million dollars
worth of medical and food supply
have been recently turned over to the
Red Cross by the government to b«
distributed.
More than fifty thousand women
Pledged their support to the Third
Red Cross Roll Call at a recent meet- 1
ling in Attlanta. where the heads of
the women’s organizations of Georgia
Florida, South Carolina, North c ßro .'
lina and Tennessee, gatherd at the in
vitation of Miss Rosalie Howell, direc
tor of the Women's Division. Joseph
L. McMillan, Division Roll Call ni
rector, believes that {he support of tb
organized women will the s>
I cess ol the membership drive
1 ‘ ’
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
dealing with a local or home man '
who has a reputation to maintain and
whom he knows or believes to be hon-.«
est. And it is perfectly safe for him.
in dealing with a non-local man or
concern, one who is well established,
if he will protect himself with the
proper specifications and Contract on
his work. However, some owners in-'
sist on giving their work to men or.
firms without any reputation or ties 1
which one might expect would make
a pian live up to his obligations, sim
ply because these men or. concerns
come into a community and bid on
work, get a few jobs and “skin” them
and are soon gone to other fields. l
But they really help us fellows who'
are here to stay. For this owner will >
surely not get stuck in that same
way any more. It simply means that,
we fellows who are here to stay will:
get his next job.
“After all the cost-plus plan is the
only one which is absolutely fair to ]
both owner and building contractor.l
If the owner is dealing with an hon-;
est, established man or concern who'
has a reputation for doing good work[
and executing contracts and busi-.
ness obligations in a straight-forward (
rrfanner, first, for the reason that the |
owner gets value received for every
dollar invested, no matter how little |
or how much he puts into the job,!
and second, for the reason that the|
contractor gets a reasonable fee for
his services, and has no chance to
lose, neither does he have a chance
to make an unreasonable amount on
the transaction.
“The general public need have no'
fear of a contractor making more i
thhn he deserves to make on any one |
job. Os course there are some ex
ceptions. But it has been my ex-|
perience that a contiactor in the
building trades line really does more
hard work and spends more hours,
per day and more thought in his work (
and at the end of the year he finds!
that he has really made less than'
any other man would in any other!
line handling the same volume of I
business.
“I am looking forward to this edi-l
tion of the Index with a great deal i
of anticipation, and am sure that I;
will get a great deal out of same!
that will be of benefit to me in my'
business.”
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION. 1
The board of county commission
ers was in regular session today at
the court house, but only minor rou-!
tine matters were considered. ' The;
board adjourned to meeting Novem- j
ber 21 for the receiving of bids for j
the first federal aid road paving pro
ject.
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blood, because what upsets one will' i
also upset the other two. | (
So, when you get bilious, tongue is’
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,DEATHS J
ALEXANDER WHEELER.
Alexander Wheeler, aged 71 years,
son of Alexander Wheeler, who was
sheriff of Sumter county for a c< n
_iderable period many years ago, died
Sunday morning at 6 o’clock at his
home at Iron City, Ga.
Mr. Wheeler, who had been ill for
ne last six years, was born and
xred in Sumter county, and was a
resident here until about 11 years
ago. He- is survived by the follow
ing relatives:
His wife, Mrs. Maggie Wheeler;
eight daughters, Mrs. H. H. Chappel,
of Sanford, Fla.; Mrs. M. J. Daoney,’
of Montezuma - Mrs. R. R. Davis, Mrs’
T.jca Kirk and Miss Jessie Whealerj
of Jacksonville, Fla., .and Mrs. Jen
nie Hamlin, of Texas, and four sons,
lexander W. Wheeler, of Reading, j
Pa.; P. B. Wheeler, of Atlanta, and I
Raymond mt.c joe Wheeler, of Iron
3ity.
The body, accpmpanied by sorrow- j
ing members of the family, reached ■
Americus at 2:17 o-clock this after
noon, and was taken directly to the
Catholic church, where funeral ser
ies were conducted by Rev. Father
Parker, of Albany. A number of
close friends and relatives of the
family from Sumter and surrounding
counties were in attendance. Inter
ment was in Oak Grove cemetery,
with the following pall bearers offi
ciating: H. E. Allen, Callie Speer,
Dr. J. R. Statham, Emmett Bolton,
C. D. Giddings and Chas. Lingo.
CHAPTER MEETING.
Regular meeting of Wells Chap
ter this evening at 7:00 o’clock. This
is an important meeting and every
member is urged to be present. Any
visiting Companions in the city are
requested to meet with..us.
S. L. HAMMOND, High Priest.
FRANK J. PAYNE, Secretary.
Times-Recorder Want Ads Get re
sults. Phone 99.
HEARTBURN
Caused by
Acid-Stomach
That bitter heartbum, belching, food
repeating indigestion, bloat after eating
all are caused by acid-stomach. But they
are only first symptoms—danger signals to
warn you of awful troubles if not stopped.
Headache, biliousness, rheumatism, sciatica,
that tired, listless feeling, lack of energy,
dizziness, insomnia, even cancer and ulcers
of the intestines and many other ailments
are traceable to ACID-STOMACH.
Thousands—yes. millions—of people who
ought to be well and strong are mere weak
lings because of acid-stomach. They really
starve in the midst of plenty because they
do not get enough strength and vitality from
the food they eat
TakeEATONIC and give your stomach a
chance to do its work right Make it strong,
cool, sweet and comfortable EATONIC
brings quick relief for heartburn belching.
Indigestion and other stomach miseries. Im
proves digestion—helps you get full strength
from your food. Thousands say EATONIC
is the most wonderful stomach remedy in
the world Brought them relief when every
thing else failed.
Our best testimonial is what EATONIC will
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if you're not pleased, return it and get your
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I It has a most unusual purpose —to advertise ad-
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Don’t miss the advertisements in this newspaper.
> Many of them make good reading just from the
I news and educational standpoint alone.
» But more than thht:
i Advertisements keep you in touch with the
> world’s progress.
J They point the path to little comforts that were
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The Daily Times-Recorder
Longshoremen’s Strike
In New York Fails
! NEW YORK, Nov. 3—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —The backbone of the
longshoremen’s strike was believed
to have been broken this morning
when the full force of men employ
ed on the Chelsa piers returned,to
work.
The Chelsea district has been re
garded by shipping men as the strat
egic center of the strike, a majority
of the radical elements among the
strikers being employed there. At
headquarters of the Longshoremen’s
Association it was said all the strik
ers had decided to return to work
whenever needed.
j Germans Dismantling
Fortress On The Rhine
j GENEVA, Nov. 3. (By Associat
ed Press.) —The Germans have start
ed dismantling the fortress of Istein,
on the Rhine about eight miles north
of Basle. The work is being done
under the supervision of Allied offi
cers
10 Auburn Students
Expelled For Hazing
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 3.
Members of the freshnjan class of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at
Auburn, Ala., wh n were in Montgom
ery today, stated that ten members
! of the sophomore and junior classes
at the school had been expelled for
hazing, after a freshman class meet
ing last Wednesday night.
Opera House
Thursday, Nov. 6th
3—Matinee and Night—B
Children 25c. Adults 50c
(Phis War Tax.)
Jw S Jtr 4 1 k
WK 1 V -- K, ■Br BB
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Sensation Ever Scored In
Realm of Silent Drama
The Biggest and Greatest
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1919.
DOCTORS SAY CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT BEST
REMEDY FOR COLDS
~ rJX™’* Thi -
Have you tried the famous rem
dy for coughs and colds that makes
taking a pleasure? If so you appre _
ciate the wonderful virtues of
ney’s Expectorant and how delight
ful a cough and cold mixture may be t
made. Cheney's Expectorant 'ha*
been the wonder of the drug trade *
for over 30 years. Its sales have
steadily increased from year to year
During the “Flu” epidemic last year
the sale of Cheney’s Expectorant wag
so great that the manufacturers could
hardly supply the demand. Physi
cians recommend Cheney’s Expec
torant for all kinds of coughs, colds,
sore throat, whooping cough, asthma,
headaches from colds, runnings #f
the nose, and that generally miser
able feeling which coughs or cold*
afflict us with. They tell us that the
“Flu” will return this fall. Cheney’*
1 Expectorant will prevent as well a»
cure. Keep it handy.— (adv.)
' ENJOYS HIS
3 MEALS A DAY
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Ml Woolen Thinks Much of ZIRON Becausi
II Made Him His Old Self Again
Sick people do not get much out ot Ufa,
In order to enjoy your meals, to do yow
" or.: well, you must be strong an 4
healthy. 6
, -T’c, weak, nervous people frequency
nei-c iron to enrich their blood and to re
store vitality to their system, and a rood
way to supply the iron is to follow the
example of Mr. Clayton Wooten, of Scot-
I'' Ga., who used Ziron Iron Tome and
has this to say about it:
“1 have taken Ziron according to direct
ions and 1 can truthfully say that it is 8
ii-ie tonic. * It has done me all the good.
Since 1 began taking it, 1 have gained eight
pounds in weight and enjoy eating three
meals a day. I shall do all 1 can to re
commend Ziron.”
Try Zironi Your druggist sells Ziro«
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the first bottle fails to benefit. You can
not lose anything, but very likely wi®
pm much, by getting a bottle of Ziron,
today!
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