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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 192 f
EVAN6IILLETTES
STIR ROLAND
Hold Prayer In Business Houses
£ Os Town During Day, Meet
ings At Night
RICHLAND, Ost. 19. The ' three
Misses Downing, of Columbus, the
well known evangelists of the South
Georgia Methodist ronference, began
their revival meeting Sunday night at
the Methodist church. The church
was sa crowded that extra chairs had
to be brought in.
The Downing sisters are members
of the Presbyterian church, but are
evangelists in the South Georgia
Methodist conference. One sister
plays the piano and sings. The other
two alternate in preaching.
All Monday afternoon, they went
from one place of business to another
having prayer, and it is their plan
to continue this kind of work up
town every day of their stay here.
So successful was their work in a
place at which they recently conduct
ed a meeting that men went out, it
is reported, and broke up their own
stiTK and destroyed their whisky.
LESLIE.
LESLIE, Oct. 19.—Orphans Home
Day was observed at the Methodist
church, the collection amounting to
$l6O.
C. R. Wade, of Macon, was a busi
ness visitor here Wednesday.
Mrs. Oscar Perry was carried to
the Wise Sanitarium at Plains Sat
urday afternoon for* an operation.
She is reported as doing as well as
< <>uld b> expected. after the opera
tion Saturday night?.
J. E. Ranev; loft Tuc May for Ml.
where he will •. i if his daugh
ter-MrS. Fred Hani , for a few days.
The Union High 'basket ball team
will have their first practice game
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock with
the Huntington school team. They
will play on the Leslie court. No
admission fee will be charged to this
game as they wish to have as large
crowd as possible out to enjoy the
games.
The people of I.c die are looking
forward to the entertaining of the
Friendship association with plocfure
W-will meet with ‘he Leslie Baptist
X eh on Wcdn sday and Thursda, .
November 2-3.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dcavoui ; and
Mrs. R. D. Winchester went to Plains
Tuesday to see Mr-. W. O. Perry,
who is a patient ■ t the Wise Sani
tarium.
The Missionary .society of the
Methodist church was entertained at
tire home of Mrs. Lasco Harvey last
week.
MO ‘UNWRITTEN LAW’ IN
GEORGIA, SAYS JURIST
SAVANNAH, Oct. 19.—“ There is
no such thing as the unwritten law,
o called, in the state of Georgia,
and most assuredly such law will not
be recognized in this court,” declar
ed Judge Peter W. Meldrim in the
course of a decision in which he de
clined to grant a new trial for Gorver
C. Curtis, thrice tried for the killing
. f Iris, the six-year-old daughter of
Allen Broom. Curtis, it was said,
shot the girl in the restaurant of her
father’s while pursuing and shooting
James F. Bailey, who, he declared,
had broken up the Curtis home.
Nearly 40 per cent of the farms in
the United Stales are equipped with
telephones.
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M’KINSTRY STUDIO
avert My Life
With Eatonic
Says H/iei-v t/cJ'se?/ WoiuEtra
’■[ was nearly dead until 1 found
Eatonic and I can truly say it saved
my life. It Is the best stomach
nedicine ever made/’ writes Mrs.
Ella Smith.
Acid stomach causes awful misery
which Eatonic quickly gets rid of
by taking up and carrying out tin
••• idity and gases which prevent good
digestion. A tablet taken after meals
brings quick relief Keeps the stom
ach healthy and helps to prevent the
many ills so liable to arise from ex
cess acid. Don’t suffer from stomach
miseries when you can get a big box
of Eatonic for a trift© with youj
druggist’s guarantee.
BRIAND ATTACKED FOR
PLAN TO VISIT U. S.
I PARIS, Oct. 19—Premier B: land’s j
plans for going to the Washington i
conference on disarmament were
j made the object of a direct attack by
I the opposition to the government
during debate in the chamber of dep.
uties this afternoon.
BERGDOLL PROBE
j PAPERS STOLEN
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I Box Containing Records Taken
From Office Os Represent
s ! ative Johnson
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C WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—A box !
r' containing the Bergdoll investigation
r j and private papers, stolen from the
I ocice of Representative Johnsbn Mon
t! day night, was found early today on
r the fifth floor of the house o fl'ide
i j building, broken open and rifled. Em- ‘
- • ployes reported it was found in an un- I
I occupied storage room covered over ’
II with rubbish. Every scrap of paper
-’having to do with the Bergdoll in-!
[ ; vestigation had been taken, Repre-|
I sentative Johnson stated after ex-j
amination.
GERMAN PEACE TREATY
t r RATIFIED BY SENATE
3 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The ad-
ministration’s peace treaties with,
’ Germany, Austria and Hungary were
ratified by the senate last night, the
3 vote on the first being sixty-six to '
twenty, or eight more than the neces- !
•; sary two-thirds, and in the case of ;
3 the Hungarian treaty, due to the ab- !
* sence of three senators, being sixty- i
six t<» eventeen. Senators Harris!
• and Watson, of Georgia, voted i
H again: t the treaties..
The senate action completed lh<
I I administration’s immediate peace
! program and brought a full stati of
1 j peace with the principal enemy pow
i era. Remaining now are only the
3 formal exchanges of ratification ex-
G ccpt in the case of the Hungarian
; itreaty, as the government alone has
■' i yet to complete preliminary action
Jon the treaty.
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NEW PRICES OF STUDEBAKER CARS, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER Bih, 1921
f. o. b. Factories \
Touring Cars and Roadttcis Coupci and Sedans
LIGHT-SIX. 3-PASS. ROADSTER $1125 LIGHT-SIX 2 •'\SS. COUPE-ROADSTER $1553
LIGHT-SIX TOURING CAR 1150 LIGHT-SIX 5-TASS. SEDAN .. 1850
SPECIAL-SIX 2-PASS. ROADSTER 1585 SPECIAL-SIX -1 PASS. COUPE 2450
SPECIAL-SIX TOURING CAR 1535 SPECIAL-SIX 5-PASS. SEDAN 2550
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PRESIDENTWILL
VISIT COLUMBUS
He And Secretary Weeks To In
spect Camp Benning About
Next Thursday
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| COLUMBUS, Oct. 19.—President
Harding will visit Columbus and
Camp Benning next week, according
. to a telegram received here yester-
I day afternoon by General Walter IT.
! Gordon, commandant of the Infantry
i School. Secretary of War Weeks
will accompany the president and the
two will inspect Camp Benning. In
dications are that they will be here
! next Thursday.
Twenty-five prominent citizens
met last night to lay plans for the
■ entertainment of the visitors. The
following telegram received by Gen-j
oral Gordon from Major General'
i Charles Farnsworth Tuesday after-'
i noon was read last night:
' “President Harding and Secretary
’ Weeks will visit Camp Benning about
I October 27.”
WATSON SCORES
SUPREME COURT
Tells Senate Lawyers Regard
Stock Dividend Decision As
‘Rotten’
1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The
I senate got back to the task of tax re- i
! vision today with an attack on the
pending bill by Senator Moses and
i criticisms of Supreme court decisions
by Senator Watson, of Georgia, and
Senator Nelson.
Senator Watson aid the derision I
of the court in the stork dividend
case was regarded by lawyers gen
erally as a “perfectly rotten desis
ion.”
The Remnants went fast Wednes
day a s Poole’s. There are plenty
. more for Friday.—2o-lt.
THE AMERICUS FEMES RECORDER.
GASOLINE UP 2 CENTS;
DENY STRIKE RESULT ;
Gasoline advanced 2 cents a gal-1
ion in Americus Wedr.c-day morning
■ id ret; filing iov I® J
th< public at 24 cent:. The rise had J
been expected by oil men for a week.
Lt is said tlie market in the Ken
tucky distric , win h embraces Geor
gia, has been under the Louisiana
districts and other markets, and an
advance to correspond with the price
elsewhere was in order. It was as
serted the impending strike- had noth
ing to do with th? advance.
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MISS BAILEY HONOR GUEST
AT LOVELY PARTY.
Mrs. W. S. Prather and Mrs.
Charles Hudson entertained Tuesday
I at a bridge-tea at their home on Lee
j street in honor of Miss Annie Bailey,
j whose marriage will be an interesting
social event of October 26.
| Quantities of pink and lavender
cosine adorned the living rooms
where the twelve tables were placed
for bridge and 42. The same color
! motif was detailed in all the appoint
’ ments of the party.
Miss Baliey was presented with a
: delicate piece of Dresden pottery,
'with the predominating tones of pink!
and lavender.
The place cards were bride-slippers I
encircled with orange blossoms.
A delicious salad course with an
ice was served at the prettily cover
icd tables at the conclusion of the
games, and the social hour was
bright with gay conversation and
1 good wishes expressed by the guests
for the bride-elect.
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KATZENJAMMER KIDS
TO BE SEEN THURSDAY ,
The children of Americus will be
especially interested in the program
: of festivities at the Third District A. .
& M. school Thursday afternoon from
2:30 to 6:30 in the new administra- 1
tion building, because at this time
, they will be enabled to see the real
I and inimitable Katzenjammer Kids
in all their ludicrousness.
Not only this, but other pleasing
features will consist of the showing
J of “Ye Olde-Tilne Plantation,” in-J
■ eluded in which will be a repertoire ’
lof appropriate song- cull-d from the]
j old plantation melodics so dear to I
| the Southern heart.
i The Hallowe'en room will contain i
! all the mysteries of the season, gob- 1
lins, black cats, witches and all the
thousand and one things which strike
terror to the timid heart. |
The queerest animal in the world
will be on exhibition, as will the big
gest floating curiosity, and there
will be a trip around the world for
I
those who like to travel. The flying
jenny will be in evidence, also. For ,
the romantically inclined there has j
been arranged the bridal scene, with 1
orange blossoms and bride’s cake. |
A real fortune teller will disclose !
momentous events in the future of J
the guests, and the witrh will preside
over the entire carnival.
Thirty pounds of sugar have been j
made up into delicious home-made I
candy, and ice cream cones, pop
corn, peanuts and other dainties will
be disposed of for the benefit of the
Athletic association at the college.
The Sidney Lanier Literary sodie
ty will give an interesting program,
after which the carnival will be in
full swing.
AMERICUS
UNDERTAKING CO
'-'uneral Directors «nd Embalmers
NAT LEMASTER. Manager
Day Phones 88 and 281
Turner Electric Co.
Reduced Price* on Hous*
Wiring and Fixture,-:
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We are readv. Are yen? ( all
u« £ or an estimate
Phone 124
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Copyright 1921 Hart Schaffner Sc Marx
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The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes
FIRE, LIFE, CASUALTY
INSURANCE
HERBERT HAWKINS
Phone IAS 14-16 Planters Bank
BIG VALUE IN MA I TRESSES
On Lot New All-Cotton Mattresses For Sale
At Wholesale Price
While they last. Out-of-town jKX / J /' Z
orders filled. * dy ■xS*
We deliver C. 0. D. in the /{■'//■ \
country.
OLIVER MATTRESS AND
RENOVATING COMPANY X /
LARGE STOCK OF
Men’s and Boy’s Bicycles
at $35.00 and $40.00
I Each
CASH OR TERMS <• T;
Any Change Made Free V.
FREEMAN’S BICYCLE SHOP ’K
206 N. Jackson Street. Phone 937
Announcement
’ c Motor Co. : - now owned and operated
•-. C \ > Lgstjd’and M. A. Chambliss. \
n --pared to give quick and dependable
service on all makes of cars. i.
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O. V. Hogsed—M. A. Chambliss.
Day Phone 39 Night Phone 6Q,
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