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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, APRIL 5, 1920. STOREKEEPERS TAKEPLEDGE U. S. Indictments Arouse Merchants And They Get Busy SPOKANE, April s.—Retailers in the state of Washington are weary of bearing the whole blame for the high cost of everything. Three federal indictments against leading Spokane stores have aroused merchants generally to the realiza tion that the charge of ‘•profiteer” hits them first. Therefore—enter the Washington State Retailers’ Associa tion. A research bureau has been estab lished and articles of merchandise will be followed from the raw state through every process of manufac ture and distribution to the point where the consumer asks, “How much is it?" Members of the association are pledged not to profiteer and the pub lic is promised that it will be taken into full confidence. George A. Phillips, president of the organization has appealed for the fullest co-operation between re tailer and consumer. “High prices hurt the dealer as much as they do his customers,” says Phillips. MOTHER SUREIF ISN’T VERY WELL She Tires So Easily—Seems So Let Down and Depressed PEPTO-MANGAN WOULD HELP HER A Wonderful Tonic That Brings Back Vigor and Happiness To Run-Down People Too often the old folks take a weakened and run down condition as a matter of course, when they should be feeling as vigorous and happy as ev’er. One secret of staying young in body and spirit is to keep the blood red and rich. Good blood drives away listlessness and depression— keeps .mind and body active and alert. Doctors recognize that worry, . a recent illness, impaired digestion or any of a dozen different things may prevent the food we eat from becom ing nourishing, strength-giving bolod. For this condition they re commend the taking of a good tonic for a time. Pepto-Mangan, “the red-blood builder," is heartily and widely en dorsed by physicians because of its wonderful ability to strengthen and enrich the blood of anemic people— to bring back vitality, health and happiness. Pepto-Mangan may be had at any drug store, and in either liquid or tablet form, just as you prefer. There’s no difference in their effec tiveness. But be sure you get the genuine Pepto-Mangan. Ask for it by name, “Gude’s," and be sure that name is on the package.—Adver tisement. An Attractive Showing of Dresses You will find it a very easy matter to pick from X 'y i the varieties presented, numbers of stunning styles which will be very becoming to you. I7 / IfflF Their unique American and Parisian artistry gives them a ‘‘chicness which is captivating. / i TuTF And w^en y° u note bow little are the prices s we are M uot * n g’ you w *tl went ta ke more Ik than one home with you. And, too, we are ? showing the loveliest tailored coat suits for H spring ever shown here. Price Range $25.00 to $ I 25.00 Strikingly Beautiful Are The New Spring Skirts : ’IW 11 . This season’s styles are lovelier and more becoming ' i Aid I I I ing than those of any season we can remembef. The ; / ij '• ;|| II I cleverness and originality to the models, enhanced s ‘ i || i| | I I with various artistic embellishments at just the ’ ’ PJ J * - 1 111 I proper places, defy a detj&'jyd description, so you 1 X" I k | I must see them personally tl o fully appreciate our en- Nil O' Ull | •x thusiasm over them. / 1 | ml I Every conceiva’ >le material is represented in our all » Vi I ■• & 1 I embracing array, and every pattern and color is also . W included. Novelty fabrics are prominent, and no two models are alike. The irreproachable work- I manship, perfect fit and chic, nobby appearance of these skirts will prove irresistible to every beauty- jw loving woman. SILK FABRICS 'ATVQ 117 V’Q THIN FABRICS OF ALL KINDS OJLulli I Q OF ALL KINDS BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD One of the Two Million Returns to France to Tell His Buddies How It Looks Over There Now. (Editor’s Note.—Charles W. O’Connor is a Cleveland newspaper man, wounded while serving with Co. D, 26th Infantry, First Divi sion, who returned recently as a civilian to the Meuse-Argonne bat tlfields to seek the grave of an offi cer of his company on a desolate hillside.) BY CHARLES W. O’CONNOR, Former Sergeant, Co. D 26th In fantry. “Some day, when this racket’s over, we’ll come back here in civies and see what this sunny France really looks like, eh?’’ Most every American sol dier who got ov -1 erseas remem bers saying some thing like that, ! time and again, to himself or his comrades in dug outs, on the road in billets. I recall say it often myself, i particularly one ■ X. CW.O'COMWc night in a German camp hut in Non sard woods, during the St. Mihiel drive, when the company group got reflective. Outside Boche birds were dropping tin cans, occasionally fairly close. Sergeant Jack Francis rolled an other torch and observed: “Sure, I’m coming back some day —but when I do, there won’t be any body dropping things on my dome, or playing with machine guns or whizz bangs. I want it quiet. “What’s more, you can sign the payroll; I’ll do no hiking on my re turn trip! I’ve had plenty of that, brother.” A dissenting bass from the cor ner: “You’all hear me. I reckon the juney-bugs’ll have horns before I leave Tennessee agin for France!” Anyhow, nearly every man with in the candle light’s circle that night probably was picturing to himself how he’d like to return as a Plain U. S. Citizen— And roll over those million-kilo meter roads on rubber tires, find the old trenches, that tree where he pot ted the sniper, the big shell hole that saved his life. * * * Yet too few of our typical little group was to come opportunity ever to revisit the scenes in that distant land, so sharply etched in memory by the acid of war. The winds of circumstances or ad venture will blow again towards France for very few, comparatively, of the men who were in it over there —-and who came back home. zfYor it’s a far cry from the plow, or the desk, or the saddle in Oregon or Georgia, Texas or Maine, to the Argonne, the Meuse, or the Marne. To the great majority or returned Americans, once more firmly enmesh ed in home ties, their swift dash to France will be only an amazing mem ory—a wonderful adventure never to be re-enacted. I felt that sometime I would go back to France, perhaps not for years, but sometime, to see for my self. Thea suddenly, just a few weeks ago, I found myself leaning on the War wasn’t always what Sherman said—Co. D, 26th Infantry, forgetting the war for a minute or two. aft rail of the liner La Lorraine, looking back at the Statue of Liber ty, headed once more for France — in civies! Going back, after more than a year,to the very ground in the Meuse- Argonne upon which my outfit, Com pany D, 26th Infantry, had advanc ed in those wild days of October, 1918—back to the ruined towns, and the fields and ravines where so many comrades fell, and where a machine gun finally got my range. On this return there was to be a very definite test of memory of those scenes of battle. My particular mission was to try to locate, on a desolate hillside, the grave of an officer of my company, Lieut. Thomas D. Amory, of Wil mington, Del. We had buried Lieut. Amory in pitch darkness at midnight, Oct. 4, 1918, after a mad day, near a hill- SMITH MEETINC AT 7:30 TONIGHT Friends of Senior Sena tor To Organize At Windsor Hotel The friends of Senator Hoke Smith were busy today arranging for an organization meeting to be held tonight in the parlors of the Wind sor Hotel. It was stated the meeting would begin promptly at 7:30 o’clock and it was expected that L. G. : Council will preside. Those in charge of the meeting said invitations had been accepted by a number of citi zens, and that the club promises to start with a representative member ship. Plans for entertaining the senior senator will be discussed at AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. , crest where he had been killed by . machine gun fire while leading a dar . ing daylight patrol. The grave had been marked by a i small cleft stake, bearing a silver identification tag, and a little pile of . stones—the only things we could . find, feeling around in the dark. , Later search had failed to find the I burial place. It had not been possi- • ble for me to return because I was ; hit three days later on patrol. At the request of Lieut. Amory’s i family, I sailed last December to ■ search for the grave. I knew the I spot was near a small town and a • crossroad. > And I felt I could go back thertf , and locate the wrecked stable, the ■ red-roofed farmhouse, the row of trees, the ridge, the pathway—and i the little stake at the foot of the , slope. (To be continued.) | the meeting held tonight, and inter ! esting developments are predicted. OPPORTUNITY 1W... is working overtime “Opportunity hasn’t missed a working day since the Garden of Eden was laid out in building lots." So wrote a popular writer six years ago. Today—opportunity is not only putting in a full day’s work, between sun-up and sun -down but it is working overtime. This county has never been prosperous, or its, future |so bright. Take advertising, for instance. —j.. wwEi:.: There’s opportunity right here in these pages —for the men who sell, —for the men and women who buy. Don’t miss the advertisements. Theyareguide posts to better buying. They will save you money. The Daily Times-Recorder MICH. VOTERS ARE BALLOTING ON CANDIDATES Palmer Only Democrat Who Made Campaign In State DETROIT, Mich., April s.—Michi gan voters are today registering their preference for presidential nomina tions, with thirteen candidates to be voted. Seven of these are Republi cans, with five Democrats and one Socialist seeking indorsement. Attorney General Palmer is the only Democrat who has made a cam paign throughout the state, the oth ers on the ballot being William G. McAdoo, Wm. J. Bryan; Governor Edwards, of New Jersey, and Her bert Hoover. Hoover’s name appears as a candi daet on both the Republican and Democratic tickets. New Boiler At City Water Plant A new 200-horsepower boiler re cently purchased by the city has ar rived and is now being installed at the water station. This will be ready for service within a fortnight, and as soon as the steam turbine and additional air compressor which have been ordered arrive, these will be placed in operation. When the new machinery referred to is all ready to operate, the city water plant will be entirely inde pendent of emergency service such as is now supplied by the Americus Lighting Company, according to City Engineer Tiedeman. Foch To Enforce Miliary Measures PARIS, April s.—French military measures destined to force the Ger man government to withdraw its troops from the Ruhr district are now entirely in the hands of Mar shal Foch, it was said at the foreign office todav. SPENT I FORTUNE IN I I SEARCH FOH HEALTH Prominent Los Angeles Hotel Man Says He Tried Every Treatment Money Could Buy Without Getting Relief. “In 1900 I suffered a general breakdown and during these 20 years I spent a small fortune searching for health,” said Hany McAvoy, with th Alexandria Hotel of Los Angeles, one of the largest and finest hotels in southern California. “I went to the best specialists in New York, Chicago, New Orleans and Seattle. I tried every medicine and I treatment money could buy, but the ' best I could do was to get a little temporary relief. Finally I gave out I completely under the strain and had I to quit work altogether. I was ter ribly discouraged over my condition and felt that I would be an invalid for the rest of my days. “I had indigestion in ita very worst form. In fact, I was a confirmed dys peptic; nothing agreed with me and I suffered from all the terrible symp toms of indigestion. My heart palpi tated so badly I thought I had heart trouble and I would get so weak and faint at times I would stagger and several times I fell flat in my tracks before I could support myself. “I was absolutely afraid to eat, for it meant nothing but suffering after ward and I would have awful pains and burnings in the stomach and chest. Sleep! Why, I didn’t know what it was to get a night’s sleep! I would lie in bed a while and then get so restless I would have to get up and walk the floor. I was almost a nervous wreck and couldn’t even sit still and write a letter. I lost so much weight and strength I was al most too weak to walk, and I honest ly believe no man in this world suf fered any more than I did. “Last September I realized I could hold out no longer, and as I had read a great deal about Tanlac, I made up my mind to give it a trial. Well, sir, it was the greatest and happiest sur prise of my life, for I began to feel better right away. My appetite im proved, I began to sleep better and PAGE FIVE OWHt 'I ;W 1 * HARRY McAVOY, Os Lot Angeles, who declares he suffered 20 years. my strength gradually returned. So I kept right on taking the medicine and in only a few weeks’ time my troubles had all left me and I found I had gained 15 pounds in weight. From that day to this I have posi tively been in the best health I ever enjoyed in all my life. I never have an ache or pain. I eat anything I want and don’t suffer any bad after effects at ail; in fact I feel just like a new man and have plenty of strength and energy. My nerves are steady and strong I nev’er have a dizzy spell and my sleep is restful and refreshing. “Tanlac has been worth its weight in gold to me and all the money on earth could not buy the good it has done me.” Taniae is sold in Americus by the Planters Drug Company and good druggists everywhere.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, April 05, 1920, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5