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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1924 ~ FUNFPAL OF DR. HARRIS TODAY Remains Carried to Benevolence With Interment There This Morning Dr, H. W. Harris, formerly a prominent practicing physician at Dawson and Ashburn, died here late Tuesday, death being du e to a complication of diseases and follow ing a lengthy illness. During the world war, Dr. Har ris served as a captain in the medi cal corps, being in charge of Hos pital No. 14, at Fort Oglethorpe and his health began to decline im mediately following his resignation from the service. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Stanley Adan s, of Covington; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris; a sister, Mrs J, W Perkins, of Benevolence, Gs.. and four brothers, W. K. Harris, of Lankeland, Fla., Fred S. Harris, of Valdosta; J. W. Harris, Jr., of Ro anoke, Va, and CS. Harris of Montgomery, Ala The remains were, carried through the country today to Bene volence, where funeral and inter ment occurred, a number of friends accompanying the remains fiom the home on Adderston street here to be preesnt at the obse quies. ROME LAWYERS OPPOSE PROPOSED ‘DUMB’ ACT ROME, May 15. Resolutions petitioning Georgia legislators to oppose a proposed bill which would forbid federal judges from charg ing facts as well as law in the trial by jury of the “dumb act,” has been adopted by the Rome Bar as sociation. The association also adopted a resolution recommending that tablets bearing the names of deceased judges and solicitors of superior and city courts be placed in the superior court room. 1000 DELEGATES TO ATTEND CONVENTION SAVANNAH, May 15.—More than 1,000 delegates representing practically every American Legior post in the state are expected to at tend the American Legion conven tion to be held here June 5-6, it is announced. A number of interest ing entertainment features have been arranged by the Savannah post for the entertainment of the visiting delegates including a ban quet, athletic contests on the beach stunt flying by army aviators, mo torcycle races, a prize fight and a steamer trip to the sea and return. LET THIS TONIC REBUILD YOU Experiments end research work prove that nearly everything can in some manner be improved. How ever. tireless effort is necessary in almost every case if real results are to be accomplished. Recent experiments and subse quent discoveries made in our labor atory enable us to guarantee greatly increased results in combatting Ma laria. Chills and Fever, Colds and La Grippe. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR 101 TONIC The IMPROVED tonic for Mala ria, Chills and Fever, Colds and La Grippe. It i< “Safe and Sensible.’* PRICE 25c Have You Thought of Buying a REFRIGERATOR, ICE CREAM FREEZER, WATER COOLER, LAWN MOWER, SPRINKLING HOSE? Get Our Prices. km AMERICUS, GA. TOILET SETS In D’jer Kiss, Mary Garden and Many Other Lines -. x . j u.’iS:* Hui NATHAN MURRAY Druggist 120 W. Forsyth St. Phone 79 b WEST END MARKET I Is now open with a complete line of meats I of all kind. We carry a complete line of I B Staple Groceries, ?• A Trial Is All We Ask J JX’ Prompt Delivery Is Our Motto WEST END MARKET Phone 73 J. J. GUwiok, Mgr. 706 W. Church St. Scores Trapped In Pittsburgs Tunnel . W..- BIH ffIOSED 1$ SPEAKER IE HIE Class-Day Exercises to Be Tues day Morning and Literary Address At Night Paul W. Chapman, supervisor of vocational agriculture at the State College of Agriculture, will de liver the literary address at the Third Distict A. & M. school exer cises here Tuesday night, May 20. This announcement was authorized this morning by Principal John M. Prance, who stated that the class day exercises have been divided into two sections, with the saluta tory, valedictory, last will and test ament, prophecy and other students exercises to be rendered Tuesday morning. This will reduce the length of the evening exercises as well as permit the'complete expan sion of all of its features. On Monday and Tuesday there will be an industrial and arts dis play in the main administration building at the school, with the both floors in the north wing being voted to an exposition of the work of the students. On the second floor, the showing will be devoted especially to a display of home eco nomic work done by the girls at tending the school and the arts dis play will be on the ground floor floor. This display will continue during both Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m., with the public invited to attend Monday night the annual class play, “The Dead Witness,” will be staged, with a number of students appearing in the cast. These stu dents have been carefully drilled for their parts by Miss Mattie Mc- Neil, and those who have witness ed the rehearsals are agreed that the play 1 will be one of the best yet staged by Aggie students. A large number of tickets have already Several policemen were over come whil e attempting to reach motorists imprisoned in the Lib erty tube. Here is one of the officers being revived. been sold which assures a good at tendance at the class play, and the student-body is anticipating with keen interest this occasion. The commencement sermon win be preached this year in Calvary Episcopal church it being the cu ;om of the Aggie authorities to rotate this portion of the commencement exercises among the various protes tant churches of Americus. Rev James B. Lawrence, rector of Cal vary parish, will deliver the ser mon, and as usual there will be a large attendance of friends of the school at this service. The ser vice will begin promptly at 11 o’clock Sunday morning, it is an nounced. yetemWm FUNDGROWSSLDWD The annual fund raised here to provide for the expenses of Confed erate veterans at the general reun ion grows very slowly, according to John W. Shiver, commander of Camp Cutts, United Sons of Veter ans, who is directing the work ot raising the fund. So far, he stated this morning, only a few cheeky have been received. These should be sent to H. D. Watts, commander of Camp Sumter, U. C. V who is now ill at his home on East Church street, but may be left with Mr. Shiver or H. E. Allen at the court house. In order to finish the task of raising this fund quickly a meet ing of those interested has been called to assemble Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the courthouse This meeting will be held in the office of the clerk of Superior court on the ground floor, and probably will be well attended. It is stated that S3OO is yet heeded to finance the trip Os the veterans who will at-F tend the Memphis reunion from j Sumter county. “My Children Just Love Liv-o-lax” Mr /7U VI Air-' ;i ’w \ . /)®n\y “For some time, I have been giving the children Liv-o-lax for the condi tion which I used to think called for calomel and castor oil,” said a Char lotte mother. “I think there is nothing more terri ble than to have to give children those awful doses, which I wouldn’t think of taking myself. t “Dr. Hand told me, in his drug store, how he tvorked up the formula of Liv o-lax, just to do away with this un pleasant necessity, how Liv -*o - lax, though a pleasant-fasting liquid reme dy, acts on the liver in just the way required. Since I gave it one trial, I lave been happy to have it in house, because the children just love to take ,t. “And Liv-o-lax is an all-round family axative. It is just as good for the rown-ups as it is for the children. Get Liv-o-lax at your drug store—; Oc. Just one trial wiii convince. f? Wi? x. X- / T THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER * % \\ ' IW \ t . NATIONAL »P OFFICERS COMING Americus P. O. S. of A. Mem bers to Entertain Distinguish ed Visitors Washington Camp, No. 24, Pa triotic Order Sons of America, Which has a large membership in Americus, will have a number of distinguished visitors as their guests Monday evening. These guests will be entertained at a meet ing to be held in the lodge rooms over Nathan Murray’s drug store in Wheatley building. Special features of the meeting will be lectures by J.W. White, vice president of National Camp p. S. of A., of Jacksonville, Fla., and T. D. Ridley, of Dalton, who is secretary of the Georgia state camp. Re freshments will be served during the gathering, and a special 100 per cent American program will be carried out. On May 20th P. O. S- of A. lead ers here plan to have as many mem bers of the Americus camp as will accompany the national and state officers to Albany, where they will be entertained by Albany members of the order at 8 o’clock Tuesday night. All members of the order here are requested to accompany these officers to Albany and with the hour at which the trip will be gin to be definitely determined at Monday night’s meeting. THOMPSON There will be no B. Y. P. U. at Hebron Friday night on account of the commencement exercises held at the school house. The usual Sunday afternoon services will be -held. The subject will be: Do Baptist Believe in Apostasy? If not Why Not? Do Baptists Believe in Presenta tion? If so, Why HUSBAND SAID WHY NOTTBI IT Wife Said She Would. Result, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Made Her Well and Strong East Hardwick, Vermont—“ Last winter I was not able to do any work Rgiii kJMI jgKg ! |i> jM ij he went and got me a dozen bottles. 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Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound in the newspapers, and my husband said to me,‘Why don’t you try it?’ So I said I would, and right on the tender spot, and by the time they say Jack Robinson —? out comes the rheu matic pain and dis tress. St. Jacobs Oil is a harmless rheumatism and pain liniment which never disappoints and doesn’t burn the skin. It takes pain, soreness and stiff ness from aching ’joints, muscles and bones; stops sciat- Ga» believed to hav e been gen erated by automobiles overcame scores during a traffic jam in Pittsburg’s new Liberty tube, a long tunnel for automobile use. The congestion was due to in creased auto traffic caused by the street car strike. Twenty victims were taken to hospitals in a se rious This picture shows people waiting outside the tunnel mouth while rescue crews were at work. ‘POOR MARRIED MAN” TO BE PLAYED AT UNION HI LESLIE, May 15. “A P.<or Married Man,” a farce comedy by Walter Ben Hare, will be staged in Leslie at the Union High school auditorium Friday May 16 at 8 o’clock. The cast of characters fol lows : Prof. John B. Wise, “A Poor Mar ried Man.” —Johns Hurt Daugherty. Dr Mathew Graham (a country physician)—W. L. Lamb. Billy Blake ( A popular cottage boy)—Hugo Bradley. Jupiter Jackson (A black trump) —S. G. Wooten. Mrs. lone Ford (Some mother in-law) —Carilu Harvey Zoie (Her charming daughter) —Ruth McNeil. i June Graham (Little Freshman) I—Janett 1 —Janett Simms. Rosalind Wilson (College re porter)—Ruth Harvey. This play has made quite a hit wherever it has been staged and with the splendid home talent such as is in Leslie, we predict another great success. 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The new First National pic ture contract was also secured for the Rylander while he was in At lanta, Manager Herring announces. SHILOH Rev M. B. Brown, the pastor of Shiloh church filled his regular ap pointment Saturday and Sunday His sermons sure were interesting. Shiloh community entertained a singing at the church Sunday after noon, singers from Ellaville, Amer icus and Leslie were present , the house was filled, and we all cer tainly did enjoy singing, and hope they can come back. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dupree of Andrew Chapeel were the guest of Mr. Darden Saturday night and Sunday The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Reid regrets to learn of their’ baby getting burned one day last week, one foot and hand, but not a serious burn Rev. and Mrs. M. B. Brown were Sunday night guests of Mr and Mrs W C Jordan. 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PAGE THREE land were the guest of Clarence and W. L. Short Sunday. Mr. J. E Daniel and family were Sunday guests o f R E. Pilcher and family. Miss Elizabeth Herring, of Eber zener were the guest of Miss May Annie short Sunday. Mrs. Charlie Marshall had as her guest Saturday, Mrs. Alvin Moore, and, children, Mrs. T. J. DeVane family. Mr. and Mrs J W. Albritton were the dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs. C. E Marshall Mr and Mrs Frank Freemon of of Leslie spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. J. E Johnston English officials test oad material by building a two-foot road and using a revolving machine on it. During the 21 years ending in 1905, Japan had an average of 1461 earthquakes a year, most of them slight. , FOR WORKING PEOPLE The best of workers get out of sorts when the liver fails to act. They feel languid, half-sick, “blue” and discouraged and think they are getting lazy. 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