About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1924)
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON; MARCH 5, iWI MISS ilNft COX WINr 111 TURNER PRIMARY Former Americus Teacher Nomi nated County School Super _ intendent At Ashburn » Americus friends were informed today of the nomination of Miss Nina Cox, a former teacher in the public schools here, to be county school superintendent in Turnei county. The primary there was held last Thursday and Miss Cox won her nomination in a field of three candidates, receiving more votes than both her opponents, ac cording to information received here. Miss Cox was formerly a teach er in the Prospect Heighs school here, serving there during the years 1916, 1917 and 1918, and informa tion of her success in the Turner county primary will be received with gratification among many friends made while a resident of Americus. MEMMIWI WEI GET m OH? Explanation Is Given As To Why Extra Day Is Tacked On February This Year » ATLANTA, March s.—Where do the calendar makers get the extra day which they tack on to Febraury every four years? Most of the! people talye the extra day as a matter of course without caring from whence it comes, or they will answer very vaguely that the year has 365 1-4 days in it, and therefore, every four years the ex tra pieces accumulate to make an other day. The facts are, as pointed out by an Atlanta student of such matters, that a solar year has 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 seconds in it. That is the length of time it takes the earth to travel completely around the sun. This fraction of the day is 674,49 seconds less than a fourth of a day, but for practical purposes it can be called a fourth. What, would happen if this extra day were not added every four years? i Simply this: The equinox, or the 21st of March and Septem ber when the days and nights are of equal length, instead of staying on those dates would fall later in the month at the rate of one day ever four years. Soon this wou'd throw the calendar out of order. I Although the calendar makers try to av-oid this situation by adding a day every four years, the fact that the complete revolution of the earth around the sun is 674,49 seconds less than 365 1-4 days, or about eleven minutes a year less than the calendar that uses the full one fourth of a day. This makes the true equinox slip farther up in the month' at the rate of about eleven minutes a year, or one day in about 130 years. But to offset even this veriation, Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 corrected the ten days error that had developed fro mthe use of the Julian calendar since the fourth century and de. creed that every centesimal year that is not evenly divisable by 400 shall not be a leap year. This re duces the leakage of the days to a minimum. In all other instances the leap year falls on the years that are divisible by four. TH SMIT HILL SDDH EXPIRE Those Who Over-Paid On In- Comes in 1918 Must File Claims By March 15th. ATLANTA, Ga., March 5. —Did you over-pay your income tax in the year 1918? Do you know that the time limit in making claim for a refund ex pires on the 15th of the present month? Frank Hempstead, well known tax counsellor of Atlanta and Wash ington, today called attention to this important feature of the federal in come tax acts. “If a taxpayer has any reason to believe that he overpaid his in |come taxes for the year 1918, it is " imperative that he immediately file a claim for refund before March 15th, 1924, with the collector his district, so that he automatically opens an avenue of extending the time in which to adjust his claims,” said Mr. Hempstead. The first installment of the in come tax for last year will also be due March 15th, when Unccle Sam according to tax experts, will prob ably be richer by half a billion dol lars. Regularlp thereafter, at quarterly periods, equal sums will be paid on personal incomes ano •profits. 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[solid -BUBBLES J w ■ XO ' I XL /hO 1 W4-J| ; B JI few pra ndhiH 1 BELjg’ W W. -■ v 7YC” ,v > , v; BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES — Mistaken Identity —By Martin sosgr/ FRA ( say tV o A J F ? TO GIRLS UP SO THEY WOMT J WHOM YOU RE ) WE MAIN IN IMPORTANT.' W BOOTS BOOTS gONT WAH| W \ wffib GOING TO BE \ EXPECT ME AT DINNER J DIN | WG VJITH, / ( WRE.THWS BENN V And IF\ n[7~T7TI ( ni)TABoJ? THIS EVENINO/Jxr-PNARG/ MAKE K ANYONE <r UT FoSiJp »y 7 Ifisv I IWij P J=lj tional treasury from these sources in the fiscal year. Even more may be expected in 1924. HI if dlilmiu ALLIED COHTROL BW Council Os Allied Ambassadors Virtually Agree Upon Such Course Today PARIS, March s.—The demilit aration of allied military control mission now in Germany was vir tually decided upon by the allied council of ambassadors today. At a session attended by Marshal Foch and the United States rep resentatives, the ambassadors re ceived favorable suggestion made by Premier MacDonald, of Great Britain, that the present military mission be ultimately succeeded by the allied committee on guarantee. SEEPEACEFUL SETTLEMENT N EAR Memel Question To Be Solved Satisfactorily By League Os Nations GENEVA, March s.—(By Asso ciated Press.) —Norman Davis wli > was assistant secretary of state in the cabinet of President Wilson, used to good psychological fdvan tage some of his former chief’s doc trines of international co-opera tion in delivering has address be fore the first meetig Os the League of Nations Commission, of which he is chairman, for the settlement o|’ the question of proprietorship us the Baltic seaport of Memel. This city was formerly--—German, and it has remained a knotty prob lem among the Baltic states since the signing of the Versailles Treaty. The problem of Memel arises which nation the seaport was given, refused to accept all the conditions of sovereignty laid down by tha Conference or Ambassadors, which finally turned the question over to the League for settlement because it was considered a matter liable seriously to disturb international relations. It is Mr. Wilson’s former secre tary, therefore, who is chiefly call ed upon to attain the solution under the terms of the League covenant which the former president himself compiled. Although Mr. Davis made no di rect reference to the larger prom lem involved, his report will affect the general relations between Lithuania and Poland, which coun tries. if not aetualy fighting, are still inj a state of war over the city of Vilna, to whose loss to Poland Lithuania has never become re conciled. At satisfactory settlement of the Memel affair is expected vastly to improve the general Baltic political situation. “We are asked,” said Mr. Davis in his address, “to find in a few weeks a solution to a problem whieh has baffled more practiced diplo mats for many months.” Obviously, he continued, the task was not easy, but he was optimistic. He said every week that passed showed the dangers to all concerned of future delay in reaching a set tlement. But he said he was struck by the improved feeling through out Europe, where areas of peace are constantly broadening. Alluding to the Memel conven tion .sixty articles, which Lithuania i declined to accept in its Jii.irety, J Mr. Davis declared it was remark i able that an agreemMit bear, ’ reached on so mai^ 1 adding: ‘lt took the founders o THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER my country longer to agree on ot constitution, which is considerabl. shorter.’ ROACH ASKS RE-COUNT IN EVANS ELECTION CLAgON, March 5. H. M. Roach, present tax collector of Evans county, today filed a reques' for a recount of the votes cast in the primary Wednesday. Roach al leges no irregularities in his re quest, merely stating that the ma jority of C. C. Smith, the winner, was close, and that there was a pos sibility of a mistake having occured. It is also reported that some of the other candidates who were de feated by small majorities will file a request for a recount. “Have you any engagements in sight?” Coolidge asked Dempsey. Wonder if he wants to hire Jack? June is coming, and many young men will find the stepping stone to the altar is a diamond. PALE SKIN, DULL EYES,NO ENERGY? WHEN your blood needs iron your strength and energy fail, your skin is pale and blotched, your eyeg dull and your flesh flabby. Gude’s Pepto-Mangan provides iron in just the form most readily assimi -1 lated—a form which will not irritate the weakest stomach nor discolor the teeth, but which effectively enriches I the blood and invigorates the body. Get Gude’s from your druggist and ’ i begin to get the benefit of its remarkable : I vitalizing and restorative qualities. .! Liquid or tablets, as you prefer, e i Free Tablets health-builJingvalue of Gude’s Pepto-Mangan. send for free Package. M. J. Breitenbach Co., 53 Warren St., N. Y. Gude's , pepto-Ma n^ an Tonic and BloodEnrichei* HIB committee - AF(S HOUSE FOR CASH Advocates Os Bonus Present Two-Fold Plan To Ways and Means Committee WASHINGTON, March s.—The two-fold soldier bonus plan, provid- 1 ing options of full cash payments or paid up insurance, was proposed to the house ways and means com mittee today by a committee of the veterans representing the housat democrats. Closed autos are becoming as popular as closed mouths, w Lift Off-No Pain! \ \ ( \l7 ®eezonll|L Doesn’t hurt one bit! Drop a little “Freer,one” on an aching corn, in stantly thstt corn stops hurting, then shortly you Hft it right off with , fingers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of “Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn tictweeA the'to<‘S’ ahd the foot calluses, without soreness or irrita lion. DINNER GIVEN FITZGERALD, Ga„ March 5. ] One of the most interesting affairs of the season was the dinner served to approximately two hundred peo ple by the Fitzgerald Woman’s Club recently, and every product served was a Georgia product. A senator says the Teapot Dome exposure’s effect will be fleeting. We say it won’t be as fleeting as the exposed. Teacher in Indiantown, Fla., says the earth is flat, reminding us Voliva hasn’t had any publicity in a long time. A GOOD LAXATIVE Black-Draught Recommended by an Illinois Lady, Who Says It Helps Her.—“ Fine for the Liver.” St. Elmo, Ill.—“I have used Black- Draught for three years,” -says Mrs. J. W. Boyd, a well-known member of this community. “1 was visiting a friend who had used it for some time. I was in need of a laxative and I had a burning in my stomach. I was con stipated. She gave me a dose .of Black-Draught and it helped me, so 1 ’ised it from then on. It certainly benefited me. I think it is fine for the liver, too. I am glad to recommend it. “One day our pastor was visiting us, and he said his system seemed clogged and asked me to give him something to take. I gave him Black- Draught. He was much pleased with the results and bought a package, himself.” Constipation forces the system to absorb poisons that should be thrown out, causing pain, discomfort and tend ing to undermine your health. Black- Draught helps to relieve this condition by acting on the bowels, _ and by regulating the liver when it is torpid, thus helping to drive out many poi «ons in an easy, natural way. Don’t take chances! At the first in dication of constipation, take Black- Draught. Costs only a cent a dose. Your local druggist, or dealer, sells Black-Draught. NC-153 - " >->- 1 PAGE FIVE Eating sugar s I ked in perfume is a fad with Middletown (N. Y.) girls, the sweet things. Announcements FOR TAX COLLECTOR 1 hereby announce my candidacy * the office of Tax Collector, .object to the rules of the Demo cratic primary on the 19tb of March, 1924. I will appreciate the support of th e voters in said pri mary. W. B. (Claud) JOHNSON. • FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER The friends of W. T, Andeison hereby announce him as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the primary of March 13th. We desire your vot e for bim FOR CITY COURT SOLICITOR I hereby announce my candidacy in the Democratic white primary for City Court Solicitor. I believe in prompt rr.d impartial adminis tration of justice. Your support will be appreciated. T. 0. MARSHALL. FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT I am a candidate for County School Superintendent, subject to the action of the Democratic pri mary, March 19. A. B. PHILLIP’S. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONIk The friends of R. S. Oliver, of Plains, annonuce him as a candi date t< aucceed himself as a mem ber of the Board of County Com missioners, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be held March 19.' FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT To every man and every lady voter: I want your friendship and your vote, please. If elected I shall j*ivs my best to all phases of the work. E. T. MOORE. ■<
