About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1924)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1924 1 wBKiMwVI MISS COUNCIL HONORS ATTRACTIVE GUEST TUESDAY. Tuesday evening, Miss Elizabeth Council was hostess at a lovely in formal dinner party, honoring her attractive house guest, Miss Mary Stephenson, of Social Circle. An artistic profusion of lovely mid summer flowers formed an attrac tive decorations for the spacious re ception rooms. An effective pink am|. ‘laier.der color not was carried but in 1 the dining room, the table which was overlaid with a handsome filet cloth, had for its central decora tion a silver basket filled with pink and lavender asters, combined with coral vine, and encircled by silver candlesticks holding pink -unshaded tapers. ’ At seven thirty o’clock, an elegant course dinner was served. Covers were Aid for Miss Stephen Covers were laid for Miss Stepbendns, Miss Chloe Davenport, Bill Dykes, Allen McNeill, Cubby Hooks, Buck Dixon, and Miss Coun cil. * * * WEST CHURCH AND JACKSON CIRCLE MEETS FRIDAY. A meeting of the West Church and Jackijon streets sewing circle of the First Methodist church will be held Friday "afternoon with Mys. Ida Mize and Mrs. Frank Marsh, at the home of Mrs. Marsh on Jacksen street. This is the first meeting of .the circle that has been held this month, and it is especially urged that every member be present. Mrs. L. W. Rogers, of Macon, spent Monday in Americus with friends. . ~ Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Wheeler havo returned from a delightful stay of two weeks v*h nef'parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. V. Yates in Macon, Miss This is the last week. Community Swimming Poo! closes Saturday night. NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS A dividend of 6 per cent pay able to the depositors and creditors of the Commercial City Bank, whose claims- have been properly proven and approved, has been de clared, mid checks will be deliver ed such creditors upon appPcat'on at my office in Bell Building, Americus, Ga. BRADLEY HOGG, Receiver, Commercial City Bank, Ameri cus, Ga. Fish-Shrimp-Oysters Yes, we have them. Fresh Peeled Headless Shrimp; ready for cooking. Fresh Norfolk {Dysters. Red Snappers. Sea I rout. Dressed Catfish, Bream and Perch. Mullet, in fact all sea foods that are in season. Y our patronage appreciated. We will dress and deliver your orders to you. Americus Fish and Oyster Co. Phone 778 216 W. Forsyth St. SHEAFFER’S PENS, PENCILS AND INK ARE THE BEST We sell them. Their Ink is as good at their Pencils and Pens. ONCE USED; ALWAYS USED AMERICUS JEWELRY CO., z . Phone 229 Wallis Mott, Mgr. A Beautiful Line of Marinello Toilet Goods Now in stock. You know the quality Try the Drug Store First MURRAY’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Opposite P. O. CUSTOM HATCHING DIAMOND POULTRY FARM Phone 845 Eggs set in our Mammoth incubator every Tuesday at 3 c per egg in tray lots; 4c in less than tray lots. Now ts the time to hatch off your chicks for fifty and sixty-cents-a pound fryers and broilers. . We have large orders for baby chicks and we will help inS ® r ®K>f the yfer and' grow faster. Matt Wheeler, Jr., and Dan Wheeler will remain several weeks longer with their grandparents. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Poole will be glad to learn that their little daughter, Helen, who underwent an operation for ap pendicitis Monday evening at the City Hospital is doing nicely. Mrs. E. R. Ward and son, Terrell, and Mrs. J. O. Crozier, of Bern", sl ence and Mrs. A. G. Cleveland of Valdosta were gtiesfc, ol Mrs. E. A. Graham on Brooklyn Heights Tues day. Mrs. Cobb Milner, and baby daugh ter, Sara, left Wednesday night tor Charlotte, N. C., where they will spend the remainder of the summer with her sisters, Miss Susan Stephens and Miss Adelaide Sta phens. Mrs. Fred Harris and daughter, Barbara, who have been visiting Mrs. J. W. Harris on Brooklyn Heights, returned to their home in Valdosta Tuesday. 11 Mrs. B. H. Allen and Miss Mar guerite Glover, of Tampa, Fla., will arrive tonight to visit Mrs. Allen’s son, L. W. Slappey and Mrs. Slappey at their home on Lee street. Mrs. Allen is well-known in Americus where she formerly resided, and has many friends here who cordially wel come her oh return visits. W. M.. Holland (better knows as Uncle Bill”) one of Bronwood’s prominent business men, was in Am ericus Wednesday on an important business mission. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius McCleskey motored to Atlanta this morning to attend the funeral of*Mr. Lucius L McCleskey which was held there this afternoon. Mrs. Richard Tift, Mrs. Lehmon Sumter, Miss Helen Lockett, Miss Sara Warren and Hal Wightman formed a congenial party from Al bany motoring to Americus Wed- Phones: Res. 9.42 Office 363 A. B. GARDNER DENTIST Over Americus Drug Co. Lamar St. Americus, Ga. STJTE REVIHUE DEPT/ SHOWS BIG ACTIVITY Value of Department Created By Legislature Is Striking ly Showns .* ATLANTA, August 28.—The Department of Revenue, created by the legislature in December, has gotten its machinery in good wotit ing form and is* beginning to show the value of that department, to say nothing of its activities in other directions, d. was pointed out here today by statehouse officials. For the week ending August 23, 1924, Deputy Commissioner R. N. Holt, assisted by J. W. Beauchamp, motor 'ehicle inspector for Fulton county, operated in Raburn, Haber sham, Stephens, Hall and Banks counties, and collected from debn quent automobile owners $675.37, of which $565.60 was collected for auto tags, or paid for auto tags winch these delinquents were com pelled to purchase, and $109.77 in penalties. In addition to the collections made, 11 warrants were sworn out for violators of the Motor Vehicle Law, that is, violators other than delinquents. The Motor Vehicle Department has Beauchamp assist the Deputy Commissioners of the Department of Revenue wherever his assistance may be valuable. His long connection with the Motor Ve hicle Department makes him thoroughly familiar with the Motor Vehicle Law, and in every way pos sible the Motor Vehicle Department aids the Revenue Department. It was announced today that John H. Jones will be assisted bj Beauchamp in Rome, Dalton, Car rollton, and in that part ol the state. It is predicted by those familiar with the work so far done by the I Revenue Department that it is desti ned to make a fine showing. The Secretary of State said today that , the mere existence of such a depart ment has been helpful in the admin istration of the Motor Vehicle Law, and that it should be credited for u ' substantial part of the mcrease in motor vehicle revenue for the cur rent year. nesday. They were guests at the Tea Room for luncheon. Mrs. Horace Clements and Mr. and_Mrs. B. Reese, of Buena Vista, were among the out-of-town shop pers in Americus Wednesday, regis tered at the Tea Room for lunch- •uoo Mrs. F. S. Holmes, and children, Anne and Seig, Jr., of Vidalia, are guests of Mrs. H. T. Coleman, at her home on Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hawkins have returned from Atlanta, where they I were guests for ten days of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Bridges, making the trip by motor. Miss Georgia Lumpkin, Miss Mary Elizabeth Easterlin, William Fetner, Robert Hollis, Kendall Wooten, Roy Parker, Joe Mic Math were among those from Americus attending the dance last evening in Montezuma, at the Country Club. Mrs. George Oliver left Wednes day for Atlanta to join Miss Sara Oliver, who has been visiting rela tives in Cartersville, and they will visit'relatives for several days there before returning home. POLAND HAS NEW CONSCRIPTION ACT WARSAW, August '2B.—Active military service for all able-bodied males reaching their twenty-first birthday, has been fixed by law at two years. Pirates in tne cavairy or artillery, however, have to serve 25 months. In ease of war all males between 19 and 50 years will be drafted. Have Kidneys Examined By Your Doctor! Take Salts to Wash Kidneys if Back Pains You or Bladder Bothers a | Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water each day, also take salts occasionally, says a noted authority, who tells us that too much rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizzi ness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the chan nels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. To help neutralize these irritating acids, to help cfeanse the kidneys and flush off the body’s urinous waste, get fonr ounces of Jad Salts from any pliar macy here ; take a tablespoon fill in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days, and your kidneys may. then act fine. This famous salts is made from the grid of grapes and lemon juice, Combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help flush and stimulate' sluggish kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system so they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Zi im-xp<-n .j«: cau not jfi yrtrF fad *A#s*a delfihtful.gflervfcS' cent lithia-vai r diiuk, V' all uwans have your physician examine your kid neys at least twice a year, THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER • PETER PAN JUST CAN’T GROW UP '• IwF B a- A. >, ■' iK®, 1 W la ■ yßr * * f ! —I iW hMm | ■> ICJ I w wsnl ■'.*■* M i Age again gives way to youth, as Betty Bronson, 17, of Hollywood, and hardly known, is selected by Sir James Barrie to play on the screen the part created by Maude Adams (left) on the stage. More than 100 screen actresses aspired-to the role and submitted their photographs to Barrie. RAHNSEN TO DIRECT FIGHT UPON TICKS SAVANNAH, August 28.—Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, state veterinarian, arrived here today personally io take charge of preparations to eradi cate cattle tick from the big grazing territory on St. Catherine, Ossabaw, and Warsaw islands, near here. This is territory which has been in sharp dispute for some time and owners started legal proceedings recently to restrain the state authorities from operating in this preserve. LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOOL TAX ROME, August 28. Launching the campaign for a special school building tax of five mills to be levied and collected in 1925, the city board of education amd a spe cial committee of the Educational group of the chamber of commerce has issued a statement setting forth the purpose of the tax, the status of high school facilities at present and the requirements for voting in the special election to be held on September 17. Under the act au- thorizing the election it is provided that the tax may be levied if a majority of those voting in the spe cial elections favor it. The committees that issued the statement arc composed of G. E. Maddox, chairman of chamber of commerce education group. Lee J. Langley, chairman of the sub-com mittee, A. N. Swain, member of the sub-committee, Mrs. Hughes T. Reynolds, chairman of the board of education committee, and W. F Barron, member of the board ol education committee. Vacuum cleaners are being used by French police to extract dust from prisoners' clothing, Count that night lost when the slowly rising sun shows no mos quitoes or bedbugs have perished at their fun. Dr GOOD NEWS IF A FOUNTAIN pen or furniture polish is worthy, • sooner or later you are likely to hear of it. Even if you never read the advertisements, the good news may trickle down to you in time. Meanwhile, perhaps, you have tried and discarded many an unworthy polish or pen. Yet if you read the adver tisements, you can know of the best—be enjoying it from the first. Advertisements keep you alert to the new—and to the best. Advertised goods cost less, because they sell in greater quantities. Moreover, the advertisements tell you of wares that justify your faith. You can buy them, confident of satisfaction. They can’t be widely advertised unless they please. overlook the good news in these advertising columns each day. To Buy Advertised Goods Is To Travel With the Leaders THE TIMES-RECORDER TERRELL FARMERS' GET FEEDER FIGS Second Carload Ordered For Distribution At Dawson Expected There Today / DAWSON, August 28.—J. E- Cushenberry, who is supplying Ter rell farmers wun teeaer pigs to con sume surplus, grain here has ordered another carload, and they ae expect ed to arrive Thursday. This fthip jnent will weigh from 50 to 110 pounds each. A carload of feeder pigs arrived iin Dawson Friday, and by Satur day night most of them had beefl sold, so eager were the farmers for them. The pigs were shipped from Tennessee, and there wore 175 in the car. They weighed from 35 to 100 pounds each. The farmers of this section have produced unusually large crops of produce and other feedrtuffs this year, with which they will fatten the pigs and put them on the mark et next spring. The pigs cost tho farmers 11 cents per pound for those -weighing 75 pounds and under and 10 cents ;’or larger ones. LEADER OF OCCULT~ KLAN WEDS HEIRESS NEW YORK, August ’2B.—JMra. Barbara Rutherford Hatch, a daugh ter of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, was married August 11 to Winfred Nichols, an employe of Dr. Pierre Bernard, head of the cult of Tan trik, Com. at Nyack, N- Y., it be came known today. The cult came into the public eye when another daughtter of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Ogden L. MilL, married S‘ir Paul Dukes. Bernard, according to police re ports was a barber and baseball player on the Pacific coast before he came to New York to found his cult in which he has the title “Com the Omnipotent.” The > 4 KIMBALL | HOUSE / Atlanta The Home of Georgia people. 400 Rooms of Solid comfort. The House of Courtesy- Ed Jacobs and Lige Maynard, Propts- Free Garage Service. Terminal Hotelfi Macon, Same Management. PAGE THREE ABYSINNIANS PROHIBIT ALL TRAFFIC IN ARMS GENEVA, Aug. 28.—Prince Ta fairi-Mekonnen, heir to the thrond of Abyssinia, who is txpected like* Premiers MacDonald, Herriot and Mussolini, to attend the September session of the League of Nations, has forwarded to Geneva a copy of a new Abysinnian code concerning the traffic in find possession of arms and ammunition. The new law consists of an edit and detailed regulations and they forbid all persons to entei or leave Abyssinia if in possession of weap ons of war, or to import or export weapons, unless they have previous ly obtained authorization. Similarly, the sale of weapons is prohibited without specific authority, and penal ties are provided. This seems to be the hottest sum mer since last year. AN EXHILARATING EFFECT ’ A bottle of Herbine on the shelf at •'■6me is like having a doctor in the house all the time. It gives instant relief when the digestion gets out of order or the bowels fail to act. One or two doses is all that is necessary to start things mov ing ana restore that fine feeling of exhil aration and buoyancy of spirits which be-’ 8dd S by n ytQ h ' ' Price 60 °*' Americus Drug Co. Carswell Drug Co. WOMAN WEAK OIHYJAINT Found Relief in Taking Lydia E. Pinkiiam’s Vegetable Compound. Always Recommends It. Bridgeport, Connecticut.—“ I was completely run-down, had headaches, dizzy, faint feel ings and other troubles women often have. As I had taken Lydia E.Pinkham’sVeg etable Compound before, my hus band said to take it again. I have nowtakenLydiaE. Pinkham’s Blood Medicine, the Liv er Pills, and six i w u 1 Is II boxes of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound Tablets. I am feeling very good nowand shall continue tak ing them for a while. I have been telling my cousia about the medicine and she wants to take it, too. I al ways recommend it.” —Mrs. Henry C.. Smith, R. F. D. No. 3, Box 6, Bridgeport, Conn. Lydia E. Pinkham’sVegetable Com pound is a splendid medicine for such conditions. It has in many cases re lieved those symptoms by removing the .cause of therm Mrs. Smith’s ex perience is but one of many. In a recent country-wide canvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, over 121,000 replies were received, and 98 per cent, reported they were benefited by its use. Forsaleby druggistsevery where.
