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TflUnSDAT, DECEMBER 25,191S.
THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER.
PAGE ELEVEN.
bacot is made
TRAINMASTER OF
SEABOARD HERE
KIEL SUCCEED 6. A
WOMAN RESENTS
POLICE OFFICER
SEARCHING HOME
DOWN Br CHIEF
Is Master Trains Alabama Lively Scrap al ibeFlahlve
Store Besults
Mr. 0- N. Bacot b&s been appointed
trainmaster for the Georgla-Alabama
division of the Seaboard railway; with
offices at Amerlcua, the division heal
quarters. The appointment was an
tounced yesterday, and Mr. Bacot will
shortly enter upon his new duties. He
lucccods Mr. G. A. Bradley, who htts
lone to Norfolk as superintendent n:
the Norfolk & Southern railway.
Mr. Itaeot Is well known In railway
circles in the state, and tho appoint
ment is considered a very excellent
Tho Clark planatlon of 170 acres ly-
hl within two miles of Amorlcus was
■old yesterday for approximately $18,-
Thls price Is a little better than
1100 an acre.
The home place with eleven acres of
bud was sold for $4,700 and the farm
buds around It sold at prices ranging
bom $150 an acre, the highest bid, to
15 an acre, the lowest bid.
After the sale, a genuine Sumter
runty barbecue wa» served to all
lose present.
1 FRIEND TO
THE WORKING MAN
For 1 eight years ho was superintend
,:t of tho Savannah & Statesboro rail
way, and has held other Important
positions as well. He will . be
luecpoded in his present position by
Hr. S. T. Grlmshaw, who Is remember-
id by many friends as a former valued
attache of tho old Savannah, Amerlcua
A Montgomery railway. Mr. Grlmshaw
to a brother of Supt. H. B. Grlmshaw,
of the Seaboard.
Mr. Bacot and family will como to
Amerlcua tomorrow from Savannah to
male this their homo permanently.
Macon, Ga„ Dec. 19.—An encounter
between Mrs. Margaret I*. Flahive an I
Chief George S. Riley resulted ths
'"ori lt.g when the latter raided he'
place of business on Cotton avenue.
The chief struck Mrs. Flahive on the
head with hiB fist, knocking her par
Rally down the staircase. He says
that she was coming at him with a
pistol, threatening to kill him, and
the policemen .who accompanied him
on the raid corroborate his statement.
Mrs. Flahive says she did not have h
pistol, and she Is supported in that
statement by her son, Joe.
Four drums of whisky, with the
name of T. McSwaln written ther
Cupid Knocks Out P. M. Gen.
Postmistress, Wed, Holds Job
Bride Upsets Department Rule
pid wins over Postmaster General committeeman and he called. A depu-
Burleson In the first round. And hc ,tatlon of Port Orchard folks-mostlf
women—were on hand and told him
that the democratic party would find
,itself In bad with a lot of perfectly
hold their jobs,
Bcored a clean K. O.
Postmistresses can now marry and '
NOW HER FRIENDS
HARRLY KNOW HER
Bnt This Does Not Bother Mrs,
Barton, Under the
Circumstance!!.
10 ones OVER
SI ON ACRE AT
POOL
on, were found In the upstairs kitch
en closet. Tho liquor was taken to
police headquarters, where It Is now
under lock and key.
When the officers called at the Fla
hive store, they were met by Joe Fla
hive, who ushered them Into the sit
ting room. He then notified
mother of their presence. Sirs. Fla
hive was In bed at the time, but she
arose and met Chief Riley, agreeing
willingly to a search of the store
premises. She objected, however, to
a search of her residence, which
located on tho second floor, above the
grocery and saloon.
POOR WOMAN TAKEN
FROM CANAL IS RIGHT;
WALDORF HER AODRESS
ANNIE NOLAN ONE OF TEE BEST
KNOWN SCRUB WOMEN IN Bit)
HOTEL
Kd Cupid and the P. M. General
vent to the mat over the marriage of
Ethel Joslin, postmistress of Port
Orchard, appointed under the new ad
ministration.
No one knows why, but it seems to
havo been an unwritten law that when
a postmistress became a wife she lost
her Job, so when the department heard
that Miss Ethel had changed her name
to Hanks, orders to appoint her suc
cessor were issued. W. E. Pitcher,
cashier of the Port Orchard bank, de
cided he would like the job.
Ethel told hubby she thought it was
real mean to fire her when she had
plenty of time to distribute the let
ters. Hubby agreed and told her to go
to bat and upset this department rule.
good voters if it discriminated against
the wives.
Party leaders sat up and took n
tice. It was the women who elected
democratic governor in Washington
last year. An investigation proved
that Pitcher, the new appointee, was
a republican.
"What, put out a democratic. pest
mistress to give a republican a job?
Never!"
The postmaster general was deluge.]
with letters. In the meantime the sen
ate had confirmed the appointment of
Pitcher, but the department held
his credentials and now comes the an
nouncement that Mrs. Hanks will ' bo
retained, either by new appointment
or by changing her name on the rec
ord.
Health Supervision
In Rural Schools
Five years ago I was so troubled
Mth kidney trouble and Inflammation
< the bladder that I bad to cease
%Uog my farm. Life looked dark
to me until I heard of Dr. Kllmor t
Ivamp-Root through a cured friend.
1 tried a bottle and began to feel
ktter at once. After using live or
u bottles I felt One and have cott-
to work as I had before my
Wlction.
1 want to state that Dr. Kilmer's
Inmp-Root is a kidney medicine that
Ml) cure and I owe my good work dur-
k t tho past five or six yearn to It.
Tours very truly,
c. W. MORRIS,
Prescott, Ark.
Subscribed and sworn to before mi,
^ 27th day of March, 1912.
O. B. GORDON,
Notary Public.
ni * '• to certify that Mr. C. W. Mor-
1,1 b>« bought Swamp-Root at this
““tc Is the past
GUTHRIE, JR., Druggist
New York, Dec. 20.—A flahorma.i
plying his moist and ancient calling
along the windings of the Wsllabout
canal In Brooklyn felt something en-
tangled in his lines yesterday,
was surprised to And that it was
porson struggling lu tho wator.
Grumbling because it wasn’t a fifty-
pound trout, ths man secured a boat
hook and flehed a very dismal and be
draggled woman to the ehore.
Her clothes were old and ragged,
her shoes gaped In every seam and her
wet hair straggled down over her
eyee. She was arraigned before Mag
istrate Dodgo.
'Ma name Is Annie Nolan," she told
the Judge.
“Where do you live?" ho asked he,-.
Annie drew her dripping form to Its
full height and modo an attempt to
straighten her wet hair.
I live," she said proudly, "at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Fifth avenue
and Thirty-fourth street. New York
city."
Whca they all got through laughing
an attendant went to call the hotel.
He camo back with a straight face.
She lives at the Waldorf, alright,'
said the Investigator. "The clerk
there says she has been missing from
her room for two days. Thsy-ve been
looking ror her. She's one of the best
scrubwomen In the hotel."
Annie wae remanded until today.
- l etter to
.7- KHmer * Co
sBUbsmton, N. Y.
«hat Swami
p-Root Will Do
For Yon.
ten cents to Dr. Kilmer ft Co.
thamton, N. Y„ for a sample site
kttu.
It win convince anyone. Yod
111 »i»o receive a booklet ot valua-
"• lafrti
«•?.
"Her.
"nation, telling about the kid-
and bladder. When writing, be
*»d mention the Dally Tlmes-Re-
« ^ pillar fifty-cent and one-
elee bottles for tale at all
N •lores.
■(By Ernest Bryant Hoag, M. D.)
Health work In rural schools pre
sents Borne problems entirely differed
from those found In large villages and
In cities.
Rural schools are, with only n few
exceptions, entirely unprovided with
health supervision of any nature. Yet
these are the very places most In need
of It In the larger centers compe
tent doctors are available, and I>:
the cities free medical and dental clin
ics may always be found, but In the
country, medical and dental attention
is often difficult to obtain.
Again, people In the country are lit
tle Inclined to seek aid from physicians
or dentists, simply because they have
not yet been educated to do so,
copt In serious cases. It, therefore,
happens that children ot the rural
schools are In general (contrary to
tho general Impression) more In need
of medical and dental attention than
the children ot larger communities.
There Is also a common impression
that country children are naturally
more vigorous than city children. This
ought to ho true, but, unfortunately,
It Is not In general food Is not as
well prepared In the country as it Is
very dirty; ventilation Is a negligible
quantity; outdoor tolleta are In un
speakable condition; bathing facilities
are either not provided at all, or con
sist of a pall of water, a dirty tin ba
sin, and one common towel.
What Health Supervision Hay Bnnl
Schools Ilavet
Under such conditions, how many
rural schools obtain some sort of
health supervision? Two plans aro
possible. First, the teacher herself
may be obliged to assume the entire
responsibility of health supervision;
second, county health officers may un
der some conditions act os school
health officers for part or all ot their
respective counties.
The latter plan Is the more desirable
one, and county health officers ought
to be appointed on full tlmo at ade
quate salaries. A plan ot this kind
would demand the services of well-
trained men, and would considerably
enlarge the field of preventive medi
cine In tho country. State aid might
and should be given to the mainte
nance of euch county health officer',
Just aa It Is now given to
Houston, Texas.—In an Interesting
tetter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton
writes as follows: "I think it is my duty
to tell you what your medicine, Cardui,
the woman’s tonic, has done for me.
1 was down sick with womanly trouble,
and my mother advised several different
treatments, but they didn’t seem to do
me any good. I lingered along for three
or tour months, and for three weeks, J
was In bed, so sick 1 couldn’t bear tor
any one to walk across the floor.
My husband advised me to try Cardui,
the woman's tonic. I have taken two
bottles of Caidul, am feeling fine, gained
15 pounds and do alt of my housework. 1
Friends hardly know me, I am so well."
If you suffer from any ot the ailments
so common to women, don't allow the
trouble to become chronic. Begin taking
Cardui to-day. It Is purely vegetable,
its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural
way on the weakened womanly constitu
tion. You run no risk in trying Cardui.
It has been helping weak women back to
health and strength for more than 50
years. It will help you. At all dealers.
Chatunoofa MtAldne Co.. USIo’
, . Chattanooga, Tann., lor Special
[nttructioiu on your case and 64-page book. “Homo
RAYMOND PLACE
NEAR AMERICUS
SOLD THURSDAY
I SUOWFUGE 111 SUMTER
Orchard of 125,000
Peacbtrees
Treatment for Wot
and 64-page b
it In plain wrai
ANCIENT SCANDAL
UNEARTHED IN LOVE
LETTERS TO KIN6
rural
BURLESON HINTS RODE
FOR PARCEL POST
Washington, D. C., Dec. 19.—Post-
oiuter General Burleson today asked
U» hoirao poatofflee committee for an
immediate emergency appropriation
of $1,000,009 to operate the parcel
poet until June 20. Of the $1,000,000
appropriated to begin the new sys
tem, Mr. Burleson reported alt bbt
$22,000 had been spent on December
advt 0th.
Ir. the city; the available variety
smaller; the houses and schools are
less well ventilated, overheating In
wtnter Is common; tuberculosis ir
not so well understood and the
rhsnces for “house Infection" are
therefore greater; and general public
sanitation Is almost without etcop
lion neglected In the country.
Children In the country are more
exposed to unfavorable weather condi-
tlona than are city children. They
often walk long distances In extreme
heat, cold or wet and alt In school
with damp clotnlng or wet Ret They
almost invariably wear too much cloth
ing Indoors in cold weather, and are
consequently overheated In the school
room and then are chilled on the way
homo. Under such conditions It It no
wonder that cold and other respiratory
disorders are cammon, and that many
country children are out of school on
account of various kinds of sickness.
The sanitation of a rural school Is
usually very bad. The common drink
ing eup bangs from a nail over the
water pall; Boon and decks aro often
schools. At present, the county health
officer la often an Incompetent madl-
cfl man; with the plan suggested.
BAY WHILE OX SPREE
IS SHOT FOB THIEF
Norfolk. Ya. Dec. 1S.-F. P. Wil
son. aged 27 years, was shot and
killed early today by Dr. C. A. Saun
ders. who mistook Wilson for s bur
glar. The Uieo'ry of Wilson’* family n
that he bed been drinking and being
left on the wrong corner by persons
piloting blm home was trying to get
Into the Saunders house, thinking It
wae his own home. Wilson and Dr.
Saunders both belonged to the earn*
Masonic lodge.
none but competent men, to whom are
offered adequate salary and reasona
ble tenure of office, should be consld
ered.
In many oasoa ths teacher herself
will have to do tho best sbe can, en
tirely unaided. Sbe should be pre
pared to observe and to recognize the
ordinary defects of school children.
The normal school ought to offer
courses Her such preparation, but
where the teach has not had training
in a normal school the should acquire
Information In the best manner possi
ble. In order that she may get it,
county superintendents should provide
study courses and obtain the services
competent physicians for special
lecture and demonstration work with
the teachers.
Superintendents would do welt
follow the plan of Michigan, Minnesota
and Virginia, and employ a specialist
to visit as many schools of the stats
as possible. In order to instruct teach
ers on school and child hygienics.
BIO CHOP OF OATS IS
PROMISED IN THOMAS
Thomas vine, On., Dec. 18.—Though
the oat crop of 1212 In Thomas county
wan a hamper one. If indications go
for anything there will be one to sur-
i It in 1214. The fall crop that
bos been planted la* In very line con
dition and ths acreage will be larger
than last year. Ths constant planting
ot peas to follow the oat crop has
bad the effect of making the lands very
fertile, so that with a season at a t
favorable ths crop seems obliged to bs
> record one.
London, Dec. 16. —One ot the most
famous scandals of the time of King
William IV. (1830-1837), baa Just beau
raked up In the discovery of some 120
unpublished letters ot one of that mer
ry monarch's many favorites, Mrs. Jor
dan. The friendship existed when the
king was Duke of Clarence, and win
all the more notable from the fact that
Mrs. Jordan bad already been very
much married, without the blessing ot
the church.
The letters aro now In the possession
of an art dealer. A few, years ago
series of Mrs. Jordan’s letters were
sold, and at ths time It was bellenrel
there were few. If any, others In ox-;
lstence. But the late J. Plerpont Mor
gan knew better, and arrangement*
tor their sale were, It Is understood,
almost completed between the great
financier and the art dealer at the time
of Mr. Morgan's death.
Letters AHnded to Blackmail.
Of the letters themselves there Is nut
a great deni to be said. Many of them
are undated and cover a considerable
part of the period when Mrs. Jordan
was the favorite of the prince. They
consist mainly of expressions of trade?
solicitude ror the prince and their chi!
drea. Many aro undated, but some of
those wrtten from Bushey (near
Hampton court) contain allusions to a
man who woe blackmailing the actress
on account of previous Intrigue* whlcn
■he doubtless did not desire the prince
to get wind of.
The Raymond farm and magnificent
peach orchard or 125,000 trees, has Just
been sold by the Raymond estate, and
while It Is known that the considera
tion was high up In the thousands,ot
dollars, the exact price has net been
given out The purchaser of this
splendid plaoe Is Mr. C. B. Bond, who
has resided upon the place during sev
eral years.
The 'Raymond' Orchard," as It la fa
miliarly known, is six miles out of
Amerlcus, and the Andersonvlllc-
Thomasville highway runs through the
center of It, with vast stretches of
peach trees of selected varieties upon
either side.
The orchard of 1,000 acres, formerly
u cotton plantation, was purchased so
oral years ago by Mr. C. P. Raymond,
of Dayton,. Ohio. He planted the en
tire ared In fine peach trees, and the
Raymond orchard has since been ray
ot the show place* In Sumter. The trees
are of selected varieties and the or
chard has always been considered a
Very profitable Investment
Mr. Bond. It is said, will Improve the
orohard and make of It more than ever
an object of attraction and source of
profit In the canning and shipping of
peaches.
TO CINCINNATI
CHRISTIAN GOES
AFTER PRISONER
BRINIT ESCAPE TO AMERU3S
Safe cracker Will Be Grougbr
Saak Bare
Supt Henry Christian, of the Saut
ter county roada department left last
night for Cincinnati, where Lather
Gloer, a felony convict who escaped
from the Sumter county clialngang. la
held In custody. Supt Christian car
ried the reward of $50 which will ba
paid the Cincinnati detectives .who
spotted the Georgia safe-cracker in.
that city two days ago and arrested
him.
Supt Christian will reach the Ohio
metropolis Sunday morning and lone
before the Xmas belle ring bare Gloer
will be safely back In the Buiatsr
stockade.
Oloiar Is a long form safe cracker,
and was sent up from Fulton county
to servo a tend of seven years. He-
made his get-away fast February from
the prison stockade here In Americas.
He is a shrewd Individual and has
successfully dodged the police In sev
eral cities. Gloer Is a whits man
and had served little of bis term of
Berea years in the Sumter gang.
His escape will lengthen his sen
tence, and Snpt Christian will see to
It that he does not again Jump tha
stockade.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE POOR TO HAVE
FINANCIAL TROUBLES
Princess Lontse of Saxe-Coburg, Owes
Over $1,000,000 and Her Credit
ors Threaten to Sue
DON’T EXPERIMENT
Yon Will Make Ne Mistake It Ton
Fellow This Americas Citlien's
Advice,
Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain In the back, urin
ary disorders, dlxxlness and nervous
ness, U's time to act and no time to
experiment These are frequently
symptoms of kidney tro.ble,
a remedy which Is recommended for
the klndeys should ba taken In tlmo.
Doan's Kidney Pills is a good rem
edy to use. No need to experiment
It has acted effectively in many cases
In Amerlcus. Follow the advice of
an Amerlcus citizen.
Mrs. H. C Ferguson, 300 Mayo St,
Amerlcus, Oa, says: "1 suffered from
disordered kidneys and my back pain
ed me Intensely. My kidneys also did
their work sluggtably and I felt all
run down. After taking 'medicines
prescribed for me, without getting re
lief, I was Induced to try Doan’s Kid
ney Pills. They proved to be Just
what I needed, driving sway the pains
end aches. In fact making me feel like
a different woman."
For sale by all dealers. Pries 50
cents. Fosler-MUbum Cow Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for ths Unit
ed States.
Remember ths name—Doan’s and
take no other. advt
Berlin, Dec. 16.—During his recent
visit to Berlin, It Is stated that King
Albert of Belgium, succeeded in paten-
Ing up, at any rate, partially, a satis
factory arrangement between his royal
cousin, Princess Louise, -of Sax e-Co
burg, and bar numerous German cred
itors. The princess, while living 'n
Germany and Austria after her di
vorce, contracted through extrava
gance or loans, debts, estimated at con
siderably more than ft,000,000.
- Owing to tho uncertainty as to ths
prospect or payment, her creditors
have lately bora pressing ths princess
bard for payment, and things looked
emulous for an expose, wbteh would
have bit the whole Belgian royal turn-
lly In one way or another.
Under the arrangement now made'
through the king, the creditors have
been organised Into a pool by which
$1,000,000 will bo ptld to thorn cojoint-
ly-out of the Belgium trttiury, while
an additional $300,000 will be voted In
favor of Princess Louise to defray her
living expenses throughout tbe rest jf
life. By this arrangement , the
princess will be. or should ba relieved
of ber financial embarrassments.
An element of doubt, however, Ilea
within the kernel of this financial nut,
aa It Involves the rejection of claim*
for an additional $1,000,000 advanced
by five prominent German creditors.
These men ere furious at haring their
claims thus flouted sod treated is of
no account and ire threatening prose
cutions If * satisfactory arrangement
la not reached.
MEXICO’S BIG BANK
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Mexico City, Dee. 22. — The'Bank .
of London and Mexloo dosed Its door*
today. Tho bonk was unable to se
cure currency with which to pay de
positors and was forced to suspend.
Baakors here generally agree with the
management of the Bank of , London
and Mexico in tbe opinion that the In
stitution Is solvent and tbe closing,
may bo only temporary. The bank'1*
bOlloved to hare oxoellent collateral.
Today’s suspension wan not due to .
lack ot assets,, but to the scarcity of
currency. Silver. and ' gold have
both long been scares In tbe country
and recently state bank bills turn
been refused, except In the states ,
Where, they | were f*eued. The London f
and Mexico bank has been embarrass--
ed more than other concerns be- *
cause It ha's for a -long time been ac-
oeptlng deposits, while, th^ others have i
been refusing them. , ,., u
jrOKAX WITH PISTOL
SHOOTS DOWN INSULTER
West Point. Miss., Dec. 11. — Mrs.
Estelle Henry, manager of a shoot
ing gallery connected with a carnival
cbmpany, early today shot and killed
Arthur Felton, and probably fatal!/
wounded (X C. Colbert, both young
map end members of prominent fami
lies. The woman Is In Jail.
Mrs. Henry claimed Colbert made
CIPT.PARKERIS RUNOlEU
8F OFFICERS OF Mi
The many Amerlcus friends of Leon
ard C. Parker will appreciate a com
pliment bestowed upon blm a day or
two sines. Mr. Parker, who Is taking
poet-graduate work 1st the Georgia
Military academy In College Park, was
honored by the school authorities when
bs was requested to receive ths revle-v
of ths cadet corps. This is the Drat
time In the history of tbe school such
an honor has been paid a student. Mr.
Parker is captain of Company C and
will enter the naval academy at An
ti spoils In the spring. If he passes the
exams, for which he has been studying
at ths College Park school, from,whle.i
he graduated the pest summer v ,th tha
first honors of his large,plus. '•
ELKS AT COBDELE TO
GIVE CHRISTMAS TREF.
Cordele, Go,, Dec. 18.—On the after
noon Of Christmas day the Cordele
lodge ot Elks will give a Christmas
tree at their lodge room for the chil
dren of the city between the ages ot
4 and lO.yeara and wilt present each
child with a present The event wi'l
be held especially for the benefit ot
aa Insulting proposal. Felton was a .the children of the poor and needy
bystander sad was shot accidentally.; families.
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