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$34,000 ORPHANAGE TO
BE BUILT BE NEGROES
Structure To Be Ra sed a Masonic
Orphanage Here—Woik To
Start March 15th
The Negro Masonic Grand Lodg-.
of Georgia has jujst let a contra t
to R. E. Tharrow, of Atlanta, for the
erection of a three-story brick build
ing on the Masonic Orphanage pro; -
erty in North Americus. Tharrow
is a leading negro architect, and all
of the plans for the building were
drawn by him. The cost of the struc
ture when completed is estimated at
$34,000. Work on the new building
will begin March 15, the trustees an
nounced today. It is planned to
; finish building operations before the
Grand Lodge holds its annual ses
sion here next June.
The building, which will be erected
as an adjunct to the present build
ing. will be known as the 11. R. But
ler Boy’s Dormitory," and will con- ,
tain 18 living rotps on the second
’The entire lower floor will be
dSVtHed to class rooms and an audi
torium. Both floors will be equipped
■with numerous bath tubs, showers
and other conveniences. The whole
third floor will be given over at least
• temporarily, to playground purposes.
The school gymnasium will be lo
cated there, and facilities provided
for developing students along athle
tic lines.
Prof. S. S. Humbert, well known
Americus negro, is superintendent
of the orphanage, and with bis wife
will reside in the new’ building af
ter its completion. They will bo
in direct charge of all the residents
there. **
Preliminary work was begun upon
the building March, when IL R. But
ler, Grand Master of the Georgia
Grand 4judge. Atlanta; A. S. Staley,
secretary of the board of trustees,
Americus; -A. L. Felton, treasurer
of*tK<4>o^d-of' trustees, Americus,
Bishop William Johnson, of Texas
• and Mexico; Prof. W. 11. Spencer,
principal of Columbus’ negro schools;
G. L. Binyard, Savannah, and J. 11.
. Covington, Atlanta, prominent negro
Masons, turned toe first earth in the
excavation fo r a foundation. This
• work was* begun with fitting cere
monies*, being attended by a num
ber of—prominent Americus negroes.
City officials, cooperating with the
Grand Lodge, have agreed to ex-
tend the municipal sewerage system
so as to permit the orphanage to con
nect therewith without expense, and]|
already city water mains have been
extended to a point within the prop
erty, which embraces 32 measured
acres. The. institution was estab
lished here 21 years ago and during
its existence has given a home and
training to hundreds of children of
deceased negro Masons, residing in
all parts of Georgia.
» At present there are resident in
the home a total of 24 students.
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No matter what you may I
need in your office-—we have
it—or will get it for over
night.
Let us help you with your of
fice problems—maybe we
can suggest a better, cheaper,
more economical system.
Wood and Steel
Filing Cases
Loose Leaf And
Bound Ledgers
Calendar Pads
Hightower’s
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WOMANLY TROUBLES
Twas Hard for Her to Step Work,
But This Texas Lady Says She
Had to Go to Bed. —
Helped by Cardui.
Salado, Texas.—“l suffered a great
deal with womanly troubles,” says Miss
Ira Lillian Hart, of Route 1, this place.
“1 would, for a day or two, feel drowsy,
: stupid and lifeless; didn’t feel like doing
my work.
“1 would suffer pains in my sides and
back, and very severe headaches.
"I am the housekeeper, and it was
very hard for me to stop, but 1 would get
in such a misery 1 would have to go to
bed. I heard of Cardui, and that it was
good for this suffering. The very first
bpttle I took seemed to help me. I did
not suffer near so much, so 1 sent for the
second.. If did so much good for me, 1
can’t say enough for Cardui, for it certain
ly was a friend in need.”
Women who feel the need of something
to help relieve, or prevent, such troubles,
should profit by the experience of thou
sands of other women, and try this mild,
harmless tonic.
Sold everywhere. NC-149
These range in age from 6 to 18
years, and are all children of negro
Masons. These children are fed,
clothed, schooled, and instructed in
some vocation for which their sta-_
tion in life best Tits them. Agri
culture and home economics are the
chief vocational studies.
The school farm is tilled wholly by
students resident at the orphanage,
and the soil there has been brought
up during the past few years from
a comparatively low state to a high
degree of cultivation. Food, clothing
and housing are furnished all orph
ans cared for at the home absolute
ly free.
A. S. Staley and A. L. Felton,
constituting the home committee of
the board of trustees, visit the orph
anage officially once each month, a:
which time every department is !
thoroughly inspected by them. Sta
ley stated today that the orphanage
expends approximately $250 per !
month for food and clothing, all of
this money being spent exclusively
with Americus merchants, while con
tributions to the support of the insti
tution are given by negroes resid
ing in all parts of Georgia.
ENGLISHVILLE
Lucius Holloway made a business
trip to Americus Saturday.
Mrs. Gattie Saunders has been
quite ill for the past week but is
somewhat better now, much to the
delight of her many friends.
Miss Cleone Rouse was the spend
the-night guest of Mrs. Lucy Rouse
in Andersonville Monday night.
Rufus and Maurice Holloway and
Harold Justice were in Ashburn for
three days the past week, attending
the basketball tournament that was
held there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rouse and son,
Roy Dennis, were spend-the-day
guests of Prof, and Mrs. S. W.
Wicker at Green's mill Sunday.
Lewis Rouse was in Anderson
ville Sunday.
Mr. and rMs. Henderson Justice
and children spent the week-end at
Lowe with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Head, of
; Green’s mill, were the guests Sunday
;of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Duke.
Quite a number of young people
enjoyed the community sing at the
' school house Sunday nigfit.
Misses Cleone and Evelyn Rouse
, were guests Sunday of Miss Montez
Justice.
Lewis Lynch was the week-end
guest of Douglas Justice.
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| Three Reasons Why You Should Make Your Grocery i
| Purchases at ROGERS: I
1— The L. W. Rogers Company is owned and operated by Georgia men and Georgia capi-
tal, and buys more Georgia-made products than any other organization operating chain
grocery stores L
2 The buying power of the L. W. Rogers Co. is so immense that it can and does demand the
very highest quality of merchandise, in such h uge shipments that it is possible to get the
extra discount, and, of course, pass the 20 to 30 per cent saving on to its customers.
3 The Rogers Stores carry at all times the freshest merchandise, because it is shipped
direct from factory to consumer and does not 1 ie indefinitely in storage.
And, last, the success of the L. W. Rogers Co. has been brought about by the valued patron-
■ age of its customers,. / ;
I FREE! FREE! FREeI I
Pound Calumet Baking Powder with every OO
purchase of— E ■
24 Pound Sack of M <a
g White Lily Plain FLOUR . . . I
I No. 10 Pail 35 Large Size Market q I
I IXL | Baskets Saturday |
I Pure Lard ® Each . . . . I
5 Pounds C| c I
Fancy Grits l
100-Lb. Sack eOQC 100 Lb. Sack Purina M 7C
Purina Hen Feed <P£uOJ Chicken Chowder-
81-3 Lbs. Purina Baby 94 p 8 1-3 Lbs 94 p
Chick Feed .. tWv Chicken Chowder ...
WE WILL HAVE FOR SATURDAY A FULL LINE OF SPRING VEGETABLES. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE.
110 N. JACKSON ST.
A&bSJm Americus ’ Ga I
SMITHVILLE SCHOOL !
WILL MI RM
“Deacon Dubbs” Will Be Given
At Aud’tc’.ium March 16 As
School Benefit
SMITHVILLE, March 8. A
pleasing comedy Deacon Dubbs,’ will
be given Friday evening, March IG,
in the Smithville High school audi
torium by the faculty and student
been in progress for some time, and
body of the school. Rehearsals have
the play is being anticipated with
great pleasure by friends and pat
rons of the institution.
The proceeds will go for the bene
fit of the school ,and the charges
will be 15 cents for children and 27
cents for adults. The curtain will
rise at 8 o’clock promptly, and ev
erybody is asked to be seated by that ■
time.
Between acts a pleasing program j
will he introduced including read- |
ing and music. Mildred Childers i
will read "Moo, Cow, Moo,” and
Curtis Wilkinson will sing "The I
Good Little Boy.” Mae Mathis will I
render on the piano ‘‘The Flower
Song,” followed by "Tam O’Shanter”
by Nell Pryor. Elinor Pryor will |
read “Over the Banister,” and Mi
riam Rhodes will play “Luspiel
turn.”
The cast of characters is as fol* i
low’s:
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Deacon Dubbs —From Sorghum I
('enter, West Virginny, Mr. DeWitt
Webb. I
NEW VIGOR FOR !
WORN-OUT WOMEN
ARE vou suffering from “spring
fever”—hardly able to drag one
foot after another, and dull,
sleepy, languid and worn out?
You ought to take Gude’s Pepto-
Mangan for a short time. Get a bottle
i and begin now —you’ll be surprised to
i see how much stronger and more ambi
■ tious you feel —how much more work
you can do, how your cheeks fill out
and the rosy color comes back. _
5 our druggist has Gude’s —in both
liquid and tablet form.
Gude’s
pepto-Mangan
Tonic and Blood Enricher
’ THE TIMES-RECORDEK.’
Amos Coleman—His Nephew’, a
Young Lawyer, Mr. Isaac Farris.
Randon Crawley A. ’.Vrdf n
Sheep Clothing, Mr. Leoi. Jones.
Major McNutt—Auctioneer and
Justice of Peace, Mr. Roma Phillips.
Deuteronomy Jones—A Country
Product, Mr. Gatewood Pryor.
Rose Raleigh—The Brave I.ittli
School Maid, Miss Edna Williams.
Emily Dale-—lsie Richest Girl in
Town, Miss Dora Lillie Childers.
Trixie Coleman—Full of Fun, Miss
Christine Webb.
Miss Phellipena Povouen—With
Both Eyes on Deacon, Miss Opal
Vickers.
Yemie Yenson—-The Hired Girl
From Sweden, Miss Lovely Krivin.
SYNOPSIS
Act I. A Country Auction—The
Deacon Arrives From Sorghum Cen
ter, state of West Virginny; Deacon
Takes a Drink of Water.
Act H. A. Country Wedding
Shadows of the Part; the Deacon
Takes a Prisoner.
Act 111. A Country Husking Bee
—Escaped From the Penitentiary;
the Deacon Take a Wife.
Nash Market Rogers’
Look How the Price of Meat Has Fallen At
Our Place
loin 1n 1 pork roast 1 n
T-BONE |g 1 PORK SAUSAGE i K
PORTERHOUSE If 9 PORK STEAK |q |
STEAK I S L PORK SIDES IV
Nice Fat Hens and Fryers Fresh Oysters Today
Sliced Bacon 25C I Sliced am 39c
Puritan Whole Ham, Pound 25c
Beef Roast I? 1 , r j Pure Lard
Beef Liver | Salt Meat
On the Basis of Cleanliness, Quality, and Economy We Can
Please You
In Regers—NASH MARK.El —In Rogers
HANSFORD IS BACK AT
CHURCHWELL’S STOKE
H. D. Hansford, who for many )
years was connected with Church
v. ell’s store, announces today that
1 e has returned to Churchwell’s aft
er an absence of several weeks. Mr.
Han lord will be in the men’s de
partment of Churchwell’s and will
gladly welcome all his friends and
the patrons of the store.
PLATING
NICKEL—SILVER—GOLD
Auto Parts
Brass Beds—Silverware
Made New-
Fast Service
SIMMONS
PLATING WORKS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Established 31 Years
ROGERS
An Honest
Statement
About Sweet
Potatoes
TO THE BUYING PUBLIC:
A situation almost acute in its nature has
arisen in connection with Georgia s sweet
potato crop.
Thousands upon thousands of bushels of
Porto Rican Yams, and a few other varieties,
were raised in Georgia during the past season.
Sweet potatoes were turned to as a money
crop by thousands of farmers in Georgia when
the boll weevil made its ravages on our cotton
crop. A tremendous crop has been grown and
gathered, and the farmers of this state are en
titled to a just remuneration for their work—
entitled to fair consideration, and to the co
operative assistance of the public.
• Unfortunately, in many sections, due to lack
of definite and correct knowledge in curing
methods, some of the potato crop has not been
handled in such away as to insure its keeping
lor any great length of time. As a conequence
thousands upon thousands of bushels—carload
upon carload—of Georgia sweet potatoes are
now being offered on the market. Their sale,
just at this time, due to the condition of the po
tatoes themselves, is almost a necessity, in
order that the farmers of Georgia may realize
even a moderate amount of their labor.
The L. W. Rogers Company is doing all it can to help
farmers dispose of their sweet potato crop. We are being
besieged daily with requests from growers all over the state
to let them ship us many carloads. Os course, we
can use only a limited amount. We wish we could han
. die the entire crop of every farmer in Georgia, They are
deserving of it. (
And while we are selling a great amount of sweet pota
toes, using every care to sort and grade practically all of
the crop that reaches us, we still find that occasionally a
few bad potatoes may slip by. But we are doing the best
we can—not only to help the farmer dispose of about the
only money crop he has just now—but to insure the best
of potatoes for our customers.
We are handling this crop at this time at practically no
profit to ourselves. We are standing evep a loss in some
cases—due to deterioration "and other causes.
OUR PURPOSE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO
CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SITUATION—
TO URGE UPON THE BUYYING PUBLIC TO BUY AND
EAT MORE SWEET POTATOES.
IN FACT, LET’S HAVE /< SWEET POTATO WEEK
—OR A MONTH. THEY ARE AN ECELLENT FOOD
—THEY CAN BE PREPARED IN A DOZEN DELIC
IOUS WAYS.
WHO WOULD SWAP A SWEET, DELICIOUS,
JUICY BAKED POTATO, JUST FROM THE OVEN,
WITH GOOD FRESH BUTTER MELTED UPON IT,
FOR ANY SORT OF A DISH?
WHAT IS MORE TEMPTING OR PALATABLE
THAN FRIED SWEET POTATOES FOR BREAK
FAST? WHAT IS RICHER, MORE PALATABLE, OR
MORE INVITING THAN A DELICIOUS PIECE OF
POTATO CUSTARD—OR A BIG POT PIE, OR A
FINE POTATO PUDDING? OH, THERE ARE MANY
WAY’S IN WHICH THEY ARE DELICIOUS. BUY THEM
AND USE THEM.
And while your purchases of sweet potatoes just now will
mean but little to the Rogers Company, it will mean a GREAT
DEAL to the farmers of Georgia.
Boost and Eat
< /
Sweet
Potatoes
110 NORTH JACKSON STREET
FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 19’3