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PAGE TWO FEMALE RULE OT TOWN MAKES GOOD; REPEATS JacjTson, Wvo., Keeps Women In Bv Land i slide Vote i 3 L £ j£?3KSD'X’ .Wyo., June 8 'By Associated Press.) Jackson, aft. r a year's trial of petticoat govei nu has fftund it good. Halt a century ago jury of women to be impaneled-in the United State:- w:<- ***’drawn in Wyoming and twenty ye..,-.- later Wyoming insisted, and won it ..tJtiaA. )t ■be admitted to tin uiVon wismut one single change in its cor.-' rational provisii n women equal suffrage right with men. Since then the feminist move nwnt-has* developed astounding!: And so, when the votes were count ed-,at Jackson Tuesday night, May 10, 'they showed the following n suits: For mayor: Mrs. Grace Miller, 57; —L, W.. Spicer, 21 . For council men: Mrs. Genevieve Van Vlueck, 67; G. R. Blaine. 19; Mrs. Faustina Haight, 66; Aimer Nelson, 18. Just a year' ago this pictureque little western town, with a population of 526 by the latest census, nestling beneath the beetling peaks of the Giant Tetons in the heart, of the fam ed Jackson’s Hole country, tart led the "natJo# by turning out its man madte.administration and installing a government made up entirely of wo men. The victory wAs the more no table because of the fact that Mr Rose Crabtree had been elected to the town council over her husband. Evidently the women of Jackson had decided to spoil the town’s glamor ous reputation as the rendezvous for bad, bold, two-gun desperadoes.. The exact issue in the campaign a year ago is a matter for argument but whatever it was the women won decisively. This year is was the same thing over, a three to one landslide. During their year's tenure, the five women of the town’s administra tion managed to keep Jackson clean, morally and physically and in addi tion they brought about a number of municipal improvements. They ! transformed what used to be coun -1 ■ try lanes into city streets; they ac -1 quired a site for a cemetery to take ’ the place of the old, familiar bury- Expert | Repair $ • 0 Man— I 10TUN-2J Ors Packards and Oldsmobiles General Repair Work On All Makes Os Cars J. W. Jones At Schneider Motor Co. 122 Jackson St. : Phone 140—Residence Phone 689 OWDADWIENTS FOR SALE FOR SALE—Over-ripe bananas, 50 cents bunch. 317 Hampton St. 7- f FOR SALE—Ten pairs White King Pigeons; 23 hens and 49 small chickens. Macon Dudley, Jr. 6-2 t FOR SALE—One small Case Grain separator. Immediate delivery. F. G. Beavers.—22-ts. FOR SALE—Six room house, and 6 3-4 acres, in good location. Ad dress “Acreage,” Tomes-Recorder.— 17-ts. For Sale—One overhead ceiling electric fan; one large iron safe; one 8- show case. Gatewood-Cogdell Hdw. Co. 1-ts FOR SALE— One overhead ceiling electric fan; one large iron safe; 1 8-ft floor show case. Gatewood Cogdell Hdw. Co. 1-ts FOR RENT. FOR RENT —Five room house on Lee street. See R. S. Broad hurst—3-tf. FOR RENT—Nice bungalow, 71 3 Forrest street. G. M. Bragg.—3tf CHOICE Georgia Mutton at Bragg’s Market—B-3t. FOR SALE— One mule, 1 one-horse wagon. If interested see us quickly. Allison Furniture Co., phone 253 8-11, Wife, Golfed 4/ Bertort BralQy~ NOW the golfer to his wife . Says farewell Ehe will lead a lonely life For a spell; He’ll come home for forty winks Now and then, and yet, methinks. It’s mostly on the link.-: He will dwell. AND of strange things he will *»speak When he’s home, “Niblick, Brassie, Spoon and i Cleek”— You could roam All around the world and back, And there’s nothing you could track Dippy as the golfiac In the dome. ‘ ■-W. z 1 ing ground; and they are now work ing on a plan for a modern, adequate water system to replace the present system of irrigating ditches’fed by nearby Cache creek. Two of the councilwomen are hold overs this year The other two, along with the mayor, stood pat on their records. The mayor, Mrs. Mil ler, is the wife of a wealthy, retired stockman and rancher who is super visor of the Teton National Forest reserve. Os the councilwomen, Mrs. Crabtree runs a hotel. Her husband is a building contractor. Mrs. Van Vieck is the wife of a hardware mer chant, and Mrs. W. C. DeLoney’s husband is a member of the Wyom ing state legislature. A few days after the election May 10, Miss Pearl Williams, the town’s 22-year-old marshal, announced that she would not seek re-appointment of the now administration. When ask ed why not she replied: “I've had plenty. Besides, Jackson has becomo so quiet and orderly that the town doesn't need a marshal any more.” FOR RENT L FOR RENT—Two furnished apart ments, containing sitting room, two | bed rooms, bath, dining room, kitchen, •nice garden and chicken yard; S4O and $45 each. Mrs. Macon Dudlcv. 6-4 t MONEY TO LOAN FARM LOANS—Low Interest rate i and good terms. W. W. Dykes. WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—-Grammar school pupils to coach. Glebe Kemph, phone 458 7-ts. WANTED—To coach pupils in Latin or mathematics, six weeks' course. $lO, beginning June 20. Hour pe riods. Credit given at A H. S. D. E. Pennington, 130 West Church street, or phone 577.—7-3 t. VELVET BEANS Wanted in bulk or shell. South View Stock Farm. i Americus, Ga., Phone 3202.—7-3 t. WANT TO DO YOUR fine watch, clock and jewelry repairing. Ex pert service and reasonable charges. R. ,S. Broadhurst, Jeweler, 110 La mar St., directly in front of post i office. ( 8 ) LOST AND FOUND ' LOST—3Ox3 1-2 Firestone Tire on 1 Ford rim. Reward. Return to Harris Hardware Co.—B-3t. i’T’HOUGH he be a father, kind In his ways: I > his children he is blind Nowadays. What c:.i< lie for any blame? Golfing fever lacks his frame And his mind i on the game That he plays. T*REATIES, wars and politics ‘ * Move him not, While, with all his bag of sticks, He can trot Round the course, and putt and drive, Honing sometime, while alive. He'll report one ‘‘eighty-five” That he got! (Copyright, 1921.) locaiHiefs Frank Harrold is confined at his home with erysipelas. His tempera ture was reported lower today than Tuesday, the first dav he was confin ed. Mrs. F. H. Courtney. Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Courtney, and Mrs. J. A. Gar land and baby, who were called to Americus Monday by the death of their relative, Mrs. Sarah Matthews Courtney, have returned to their home in Waycross, atter having been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Courtney at their home on Fur lew street. Miss Lillian Oldham, who has been the guest for the past, two weeks cf Mrs. Lin Bell at her home on Col lege street, returned Tuesday to her home in Loneoak, Ark. Harry Jarrard, Jr., of Atlanta, is spending the summer vacation months with hi: aunt, Mrs. Will Green Tur pin, at her home on Lee street. His many friends here are preparing to make his stay a pleasant one. Mrs. S. M. Smith is visiting her daughter, Mrs J. C. Butler, at Sale City. BANDITS LINE UP DANCERS. CHICAGO, June B.—Four bandits lined up the dancers at an inn in North Evanston early today and es caped with'jewelry and cash estimat ed at nearly $20,000, India produces more than $5,000 pen 1 ■ o f o ] c ] seeds, valued at S2OO - - , * igy -e Caoing-fo-fte Shop and Tell Jimmie Lott » ’bout tny daddy’s tires. They ain't what you'd call old, but they's run a long i time and 1 know they’s get tin’ weak and Jimmie ought to see ’em before they blows up. It’s too late then. Jimmie looks over tires, and gives you free air and lots of advice what saves daddies lots of money, and I want him to tell my daddy what he told me about VUL CANIZING and how to save money on your tires. AMERICUS STEAM VULCANIZING COMPANY. Jimmie Lott, Mgr. ‘LOTTS OF SERVICE’’ Phone 506 Rear Americus Auto Co. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. WRECK DELAYS | ROTARY PARTY: _ But I hev Had a Great 1 ime At I liomas ville Americus Rotarian; returned i home at 6:40 a. m. Wednesday from ; Thomasville, instead of on the Dixie i I Flyer at 2 a. m., as they had intend- ! led, having missed connection at Al-i bany because of a freight wreck be- 1 i tween Boston, Ga., and Albany. They ' ■ report, the Tnomasville Rotary club’s I charter presentation a magnificent ; affair in every respect. The ceremonies took place in the : evening at Glen Arwen Country club I I under a pavillion especially con- 1 ' structed to hold the large number iof visitors present. The welcoming j i address cf Thomasville was made by j District Governor Dick Smith, of At lanta, who was in charge of the meet i mg. The charter for the club was deliv ered by Mr. Smith to President J. B. 1 Jemison, representing the ThomaS i ville club, and the club was then I formally instituted by Mr. Smith, Following the institutional cere monies an al fresco banquet was served with an elaborate menu. A number of brilliant and eloquent ad dresses were made, among those speaking being Dick Smith, district governor, Atlanta; W. T. Anderson, ■of Macon Telegraph; Jack McCart-1 j ney, Savannah, a former popular: resident of Thomasville; W. W. I i Dykes, Americus H. K. Knowles, Quitman, and a number of others. The delegation prosent comprised i thirty-five from Albany, headed by I President Gordon Reynold’s; ten : from Americus with Frank Lanier, president; Valdosta, twenty, headed by President J. D. Copeland; Quit man, nineteen, with President Lee Branch; Macon, represented by Pres ident J. H. Spratling and W. T. An derson. of the Telegraph; Savannah by Jack McCartney. Live Oak, Fla., . sent eight members under leadership of President George Allison and Gainesville sent nine headed by i President Fletcher Burnett. From Talahassee came Senator Lowery of j the Jacksonville club and Judge J. B. YOUR GROCER HAS Butternut Bread Ask For It By Name Cakes and Pastries on Special Order A Specialty AMERICUS BAKERY Phone 194 < * DnasEBiOTHEBS Announces a Substantial Reduction in the Price of Their Cars, Effective June the Eighth. G. W. TURPIN & CO. Cor. Lee and Lamar Sts. Phone 173 Brown of Key West, chief Justice of the Florida Supreme court, and oth ers. LASKER HEADS SHIPPINGBOARD’ WASHINGTON, June 8. —Formal announcement of the appointment of | A. D. Lasker, Chicago advertising ' man, as chairman of the 11. S. S lip- ' ping Board, was made today at the I White House. Others members of! the boad are: T. V. Connor, Buffa lo, Repub’, a/. F | mer Senator Geo. I Chamberlain, Oregon. Democrat; Ed I ward C. Plum.mer, Maine, ll publi | can; Frederick L Thompson, Mobile,' Democrat; Meyer Lissner. Los Ange-' les, Republican; Rear Admiral Ben-1 son, Georgia, Democrat. : Lasker was appointed for the term I of six years. The nominations were I sent to the senate today. First Slacker Lisi Is | Published In Record WASHINGTON, June B—The first installment of the army draft evader ' lists, containing the names of ap- , proximately 1,400 men carried on . the War Department records as hav- - ing failed to report for military serv ice, appeared today in the Congres- i sional Record. They were inserted with sanction of the house by Rep- | rcsentative Johnson, of South Da- > kota. Secretary Weeks in a letter to ; Johnson, said he was convinced the i “benefits to be derived from the pub lication of these so-called slacker lists” would outweigh all objection. Sure Relief C. M 6 Bella ns 3- Wot water fefe. 4 j Sure Relief RE LL-ANS anr for indigestion OREGON REPLY STILL HELD UP WASHINGTON. June B. The text of President Obregon's commun ication relating to the proposed treaty between the United States and Mcx- I ico, which has been decided upon hy i the American government as a fun ' damental condition' of recognition. | was still being withheld at the state I depaA'nient today, Definite word of the course Obregon will pursue was I expected to follow an early meeting i of the Mexican cabinet. | The American government has pro , posed a treaty of amity and com- I merce with Mexico, it war. announc- I ed late yesterday at the state depart- I ment in which Mexico will agree to “At the Acid Plant, iii the big old tank, They found a leak one day, It couldn’t be welded, every one said, No use to try it that way; Welders they tried the country ’round It couldn’t be fixed they said, And behold right here in your little town They found the man with the head And the skillful hands To do this work. It isn’t news, the Editor says, And they can’t print it as such, So here in this space I’m putting it down That you may know this much— Latson welds anything.” LATSON WELDING WORKS Phone 943 Second Floor Americus Auto Co. Bldg. QUICK LOANS On Improved Farm Lands at 6 1-2 Per Cent Interest. Reasonable Commission. Middleton McDonald Exclusive Correspondent for the Atlanta Trust Company 33 Planters Bank. Americus Phone 89 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921. —* tr —i"X ; j? safeguard the rights of American citi zens which attached before the con stitution of 1917 was promulgated. The signing of the treaty automatic- - j ally would accomplish American rec | ognition of the Mexican government. The department’s statement said I the fundamental question which con -1 fronted the American government in I considering its relations with Mexico j was the safeguarding of property | rights against confiscation. It was I emphasized that this question should not. be confused with any matter of personalities or of the recognition of any particular administration and the declaration was made that whenever Mexico was ready to give assurances that she would perform her funda mental obligation in the protection both of persons and of rights of prop erty validlv'acquired, there would be : “no obstacle to the most advantage i ous relations between the two peo- I pies.”