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fHE AMERICUS TJME3-RECORDER.
THURSDAY, >
THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 187S.
THE TIMES-RECORDER COMPANY,
(Incorporated.)
Publisher.
Published every atternoon, except
Baturday, every Sunday morning, and
•« a Weekly (every Thursday).
Entered as second class matter at
ostofflce at Amerlcua, Ga.. under act
f March 3, 1879.
FRANC MANGUM.
Editor and Manager.
L. H. KIMBROUGH,
Assistant Business Manager.
Subscription Itutes.
Dally and Sunday. Five Dollars a
Year (In advance).
Weekly, One Dollar a year (in ad
vance).
Mr. W. Thomas Lane, Jr., circulation
manager. Is the only authorised travel
ing representative of The Timea-
Hecorder.
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The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news credited to It or not otherwise
credited in this paper, and also the lo
cal news published herein.
WHEN WILL IT COME.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—German
attacks In the near future on
Aerlcan coast cities were predict
ed today by Rear Admiral Robert
E. Peary In an address here, on
the topic of aerial defense.
“I speak no secret,* he eald,
"and I am giving no Information
that has not already been known
or discussed when I nay that a
blow will be struck on some one
or more of our Atlantic coast
cities by Germany within a proba
bly near future, and when it comes
it will come with the same startl
ing effect as when tho lf-53 put
COMING TOO PAST.
Like the Albany Herald. Tho Times.
Recorder is convinced that there have
been enough appeals, for the present.
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
Disloyalty.
The scandal mongers have been
to the generosity, philanthropy and pretty hard put recently. They don't
charity of the Aferlcan people. j know what kind of tales to send out
There will bo another Liberty Loan to injure the government m the eyes
floated In February, probably the 0 , these that have no way or are too
largest one yet, and the people will lo KMT t,. f,nd cut things. They oven
called upon to absorb it. | t officials are shot and all such
The Red Cross, tho Y. M. C. A. and bull a- f-nt. Mr. Disloyal man, don't
ctbff notable Institutions, each doing you o\cr get ashamed of the company
a vital and splendid work, bavo eu- you are In?—Bainbridge Post-Searco-
Joyed tlie bounty of the people. Mora ;fght..
than fifty million dollars have just j
been subscribed for the war activities One Wuy To Do it.
of the Y. M. C. A. Funds have also The Americus TImes-Recorder Is nf-
Don’t Throw
Away
Your old Automobile Tires
and Tubes. Bring them
to us for repairs.
Our Steam Vulcanizing
Plant is at your service.
Every job we turn out is
completed by an expert
workman.
Time will demonstrate
the wisdom of bringing
your vulcanizing to us.
G. A. & W. G.
TURPIN
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Ocorgla For
Third Congressional District
0. S. Court. Southern District of
Georgia.
Americas, Go, November 29, 1917.
PARAGPAPHICALLY SPEAK'NG
into Newport News—out of a blue been raised for sending the soldiers ter the gossiper. There is only one
sky!” j tobacco and testaments, and for pr.>»' way to silence the gossiper and that is
Admiral, Peary says that his state- Tiding them with libraries, and witli to choke her.—Walton Tribune,
ment Is no secret. It may not be In esn.p recreations and amusements* ——
official circles, where other of Ger- Ever since the war began, there ha j It Was Bather Long,
many’s designs against the United fcesn a constant drain on the purses of Under the heading “Paragarphically
States are known. But It Is news, sur. the people, so much so that there 14 Speaking,** The Times-Recorder has
prising news, to the public; and it is beginning to be a neglect of the chart., a column editorial on chewing gum.
of a sort calculated to awake them to tie* at home. j Ra’.her a long paragraph, but as a raa r -
our susceptibility to attack. ' The things will be overdone, anl tor °f fact we call attention to it to
What does the sudden patrolling of the people's patience, if not their show how closely we. read the Ameri-
tbe entire Atlantis seaboard mean,'purses, will be overworked. Lefc* cu 8 Times-Recorder—Macon News, j
unless the government apprehends the there be a cessation of these money j
probability of an attack? | raising campaigns for a while—cer- Camouflaging! As It Were. 1 LOCKSMITH.
Where troops, torpedo boat destroy- talnly until .the next Liberty Loan is* ^ no l° nger cu * s ^ er noso Sewing machines and Supplies; Key
ers. airplane fleets and other defen- floated. ‘ j t0 Wita her face - she Powders it— a nd Lock Fitting. UmbrelJaj ttepalrefl
I Aemricus TImes-Rccorder. In other and Covered. Rhone 4-U.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attorney at Law
£Planter’s Bank Building
Americus, Ca.
F. G. OLVER
sive force3 are Htationed is, naturally
NEAR HELL
The little brown ben la a queou
among women these days.
informa'ion tho govortunent will keep When some men geo an attract!'., word8 * 8 ^ e P u ls U P a bluff, despite her Lee STRh
to itself, hut It is safe to assume that woma n on the streets they are re-' face.—Walton Tribune. I ^ DAVIS
every possible precaution has been minded at onoo of the date whe" th?V ^ ck. lid r I Dental Surgeon,
taken lo protect the seaboard from at- next alimony payment Is duo. i ‘ * Orthodontia, Jfjorrhea.
tack from either air or water. i | Tho Tlmes-:Rccordcr editor •*. ^ ld , nc , phon6 316 . offlC e Fhoae *18.
If this blow should strike, It will do | backs,,d on *>utterml.k and has gone Allison Bid*.
™ to singing the praises of water.—Wal
ton Tribune. i
The prohibition law has evidently
boosted tho sale of sultcasoB.
Dying for one’s country Is probably
no more painful than dieting for 1L
, ’POSSUM HUNTING,
more than all else to arouse the peo
ple of the nation, both against tho We wonder £, ho Evented ’possum-
enemy and against those mllk-and- Auntlng , and why d , d he do , t? j
water pacifists and halMoya! politic- Wbat proflt8 , t a man , f ho walkJ
1 over four counties, scratches through
ians at home.
ADVERTISING.
When someone stops advertising.
MISS BESSIE WINDSOR,
Insurance.
Beads.
Offlce Forsyth St. Pheie IS!
Not until sub marines shelled Brit- br i ar .patchos, wades through crocks,' Someono 8top ® buyins '
i3h “ ca " ort towrig and Zeppelins drop. and freozea haIf ^ deaJh , thougb ho " wben someon ® stops buying,
Paradoxical but true; high flyers am "*> borabs « Loadon dld tb ® Ea S' catches ton 'possums? j “” e 8t ° PB T*” 8 ' ‘
lt wanted In the United States aerial llsh ptople awak ® t0 tbB 8crlou8 - | Why should a man go to all this uJ ^ "“T” 8 BU>V *
it ucu k __ . *• « 1 Someone stops making,
Our idea of a sad life Is having to
ness of their own situation.
pleasantness for something he doesn’t!
Of course, any attack on tho United wan t and really won't oat after ha' ' Vhen someone 8t ° P8 maklng '
States would not be executed with CBta I bomoono stops earning.
1 When everyone stops earning,
I Keep going—ADVERTISE.
read the proof sheets of tho Sunday, an y l dea of bringing advantage to Ger- But .possum-hunting Is great sport j
“funny papers." man F' but out of pure. Tentonic mean. It has been endorsed by no less a per j imlomm
- —— ' — I neaa * ’ sonago than Billy Sunday, whose ap*
What has become of the old-fash-! It i a Admiral Peary's ldea-ln fact, prova | f t0 tho AUanta pa
ioned girl who used prepared chalk he Is tho chief advocate of tho Idea- pera , ralsCs anything to a higher stan
for face powder? to construct as many as twenty thous- dard of excellence.
and airplanes and use them both hore
_ ., .. ... You ride through wintry blasts elgh
The one thing they can t get arou d, for dofen3e and , n FraDce tor aggresa. teen or twenty m|loa (0 ^ hunt , n
in the Mrs. DcSaullos murdor trial Is |vo offense. Hc , a at leaat alert to , he grounda where ^ . poal(Ums „ e BU; ,
potentialities of the aeroplane, and pnaed t0 wttlk abroad ln tho land
nllvo to tho possibilities of our own in- Hounds that look half-fed mope about
Jury through them, and his words and negroes with crocus-socks and
that DeSaulIes Is dead.
If Mrs. DoSaulles really has “hypo-
thyrcosls,” we connoj understand how
she herself Is alive!
—Prtntors' ink.
PLENTY OF MONEY TO LEND
On both City and Farm Property at
6% Interest. No Waiting.
DAN CHAPPELL,
Attornoy-at.Law.
AMERICUS DAMP, 203, WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wodneaday night ln
Fraternal Hall. Lamar street A11 vis
iting Sovereigns Invited to moot with
us. C. J. WILLIAMS, C. C.
NAT LeMASTER. Clerk.
«HERE DO WE GO WHEN
WE GO TO SLEEP!
How little Is known about Is re
vealed by the theories of sleep. In
deed, If It could bo explained, beyond
n doubt, what' hnpponB we lose con-
.. ... , h „ „„ UB .
m * nd ' ground Into the woods. It's so da- we should have an exact science of
r. aid A. M.
AMERICUS LODGN
F. & A. M„ meets ev
ery second apd
fourth Friday night
at 7 o’clock.
FRANK J. PAYNE, W. M.
J. RESCOE PARKER, 8eCy. ^
.— . ■ , —| you can't tell whothcr you are goln psychology. As it is, all explanations
Emmett Shaw ought not to keep us uphill or down, and not until you ar ; ot 8lccp are 8,, rcwd guesses. Hence
^ “War Ananias Clubs'' are being
formed. Watch out, lest you become ' '" ’ “ “““' w „ ,, ro to i d , bat n
eligible for membership. I ,aDd th ° Albany H ° raId) 8U8p0n3B waist-deep ln water does somebody ho! ' myaterl ‘„ R ( .„ cmIcal a ' tfona , of luvlled to attend.
M. B. COUNCn,
LODGE F. and A. M.
meets every First and
Third Friday nights.
Visiting brothers are
j this way. If ho Is going to mak 0 ,. ler out to "Look out for tho creek! j understood mechanical effects.
' deadly verbal assault
The modern girl knows as little U8 - w bv I.ow-hanglngbranches Jab >x>u ln the vague physiological processes—ea;h
about the dish-rag as the old-fashion-' do< ' sn ' t he do 11 nnd end ,h ® anj ' lct Y ? j face, cockle-burrs crawl up your legs 'kucss depending on the character of
cd girl did about the towder rag I * — ! >' our Ungers become numb, and your ,h ®. Inve8tl 8 atl ° n conducted.
ed girl did about tne powuer rag. j . • | Nevertheless, experiments have
i AN AMUSING MISTAKE. ; < lk P chunks of lee. In th | Bhown conclualvclj . lhat 8 , cop
If men wero as cross among their, meantime the dogs havo wandered afup necessary to recureratc from mental
DU. J. R. 8TATHAM, W. 1L
NAT LeMASTER. Booretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14,
P. 0. S. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
male associates as they are at homej Even a legislature sometimes makes and ocealonally remind you that they and physical fatigue, and: that (here' C araa S r Ai^members ln^oMstand*
how many friends would they have? I mlstakos, as tho people of Ocorgla are living by a yelp or so. The In some relation between steop and ^g Invited to aUemi°i)enoflcl»ry"cortl-
arc well aware. i "leader' 1 among the negroes will sage- ,bo amolmt ot b l°°d supplied to the dcotea from j 2 5 0 ,oo to (2,000.00 Issued
If you don t want to see a bUl-col-j Usually the mistakes arc ot a cleri- ly observe that the dog Is now chasing ^ a ^ a ^ a *^ a j ( a b ' Vl fn memt>or * °f this camp,
lector,'Isn’t, it curious how you run cal nature, resulting in tho dischnr.-o a coon, or, if It Isn’t his dog but the s bloodless you sleep*' *'° Ur ra T. E. CASTLEBERRY, President.
Into him every time you turn a cor- or a mass of routine business. i other fellow's, ho will suggest that So, too, experiments have proved D ' REE8B ' Recd '*"
Such an erro r has just been dlsclos- perhaps the hound Is on the track o .'that the first hours of Bleep are pro-
cd in the caso of tho special commit- a rabbit, o r a fox, or evfin a hog. Wei".' foundcr than tho last, and that you
If turkeys are scarce two days he- tao appo inted to Investigate the state's h^el 'possum dogs are supposod never “ rc a “ l to drcam after the flret ,ierlod
foro Thanksgiving, for goodness sates/ printing hills. j to bark on the trail of anything but * ,Z7mn are Influenced by external
what will they bo two days before The committee held sessions l n At-' 'possum tracks. You hear, too, Ui , impressions. Hence, when you droam
Junta for five days and gravely weigh- still-mooted question, about whether Jvu aro not completely aslcop, and
ed all matters coming before they, de- big 'possums walk early" or "walk hence you stay where you are all the
Dr. F. L. Cato.
Res. Tel 55
Office Telephone 531.
Christmas?
DRS. R. E. AF. L. CATO.
Physicians and Surgeons.
Offlce Honre II t 0 12 and 2 to 4.
With both hands burned bo badly ho' cldlng only one thlDg bcforo adjourn- lato," and that other ancient and timo |“ m '' ! flM^bouiMl 1 ^atUa^wT'at Hook!"
W^wmiaMH’nor ni8nt_tll,a thcy w^ro entitled to their honored dispute as to whether moon me aLnglesT'“rnonL^actimire 0 o” rbarmacy ' Tolopbone «• ’•»' w
nl 3 6 b i pol ‘ dlcm - * ' " Kbt or dark nlBbl “ aro-l » !8t - since the famous Viennese physician, c * lv0 prompt » ttenUon -
m k t rough q straw. I T ij en waa ffigcovered that one of ly. It Is announced that the dogs havo I)r. Freud, has published the results '
I t he members of the committee was not "treed.” and after walking another mil* of his startling Investigations, dreams
Mlsslssipp! fathers ought to ^*. a member at all. Bion Williams, ren. you arrivo at tho place, where tll , ba ve ceased to be mere empty vapor-
thankful for tbs law which prohibits, „ , .. . ,. v„„ n ,i a „„„ . „ |ngs. They havo a deep, symbolic
Sunday newspaiKrs. They doT^ have 1 r “* 6n,aU ’ r8 fronl Mcrlw<,thcr ' had boen h ° Und8 ttrC 8<IUaUed , ° round a 8n,nI ‘ meaning to Freud and hla d'mclples.
to read tho comic supplement, to ths “ tl0g ' “ nd ‘ tah ° U,d hiVC beCD b T U, ° t0Pm ° St t)rCa ” 8 ar ° *° Dr ' rroud tbo By “-
“ I Williams, of Ware. A clerk in mall- branch there Is a tiny 'possum, whose bollc fulfillment of wishes that ve
r j (ng out the notice of appointment on shining eyes make him easy to locate ’ refuse to acknowledge oven to our-
| selves in our waking moments.
tv. m.. .sa I 6 * committoe sent it to Blon by The tree Is chopped down, and as Brt 3
The man who has our deepest Bym* ... 'r
d mistake. , 1 ossum fills the ground tho dogs grub
'Dreams arc therefore emotional and
pathy Is tho fellow with holes In both ' VI B,u0 mental safety valves, If he le right-
heels and whoso wife Is spending halt' Now ““ commltte * must mc « t a “ blm and 8bakc h,m !,k ® tbey W0Uld » and there is good reason for believ-
her time knitting something no soldier
will over wear. *
over again, but Volnoy Williams will rat. The negroes rescue the varmint Ing that he Is.
be present instead of Blon. However, from this death, only to savo him toe. R y 80 Interpreting dreams and cou-
Illon has had the opportunity and ex- another one, perhaps, not so mereffu 1 I nesting them with our waklnv life.
With tho Jacksonville and Chatta- <'" 8 ® of C°'“K to Atlanta, and probably And that's •possum-hunting! ! ^'bere’do w^^m
nooga shipments misting, we innglnj f®'s repaid for the trouble thus thrust Of course, If during your plodding .i^p?" Wo stay right where wo are
the Christmas line around the ox.' u[,on him. For Atlanta Ls Mecca for across half the continent that night nnd continue our lives on a modified
press offlce, ! n Georgia will be some 1 a " 'Pglslators. The fifty days they >cu should stumble on a peanut patch, mental basis,
wha' thinner this year ! ®P« nd there in the summer only whet Kvhcro the vines had been pulled anl .
t:, ®* r appetites for fifty more during y°u eat two or three quarts of raw New Trolley Line Projected.
There seems to be Borne doubt as to the winter. But 1 tig not often thst peanuts, and later on you find a can"- SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 27.—Right of
what Billy Sunday means when he savg' they can make these winter trips on grinding In progress and drink a gal. way ,or tb ® trolley line to Port Wont-
“daru”—whether he means " d arn" or the state', per diem, only when clerk, Ion or so ef fresh cane-julcc. aybe, *°”^ aI “ 8 toTrtaUmmt madeTy^
"d n.' Wh are sure thst some mix np the first name, of members you feel repaid for your labors anl RetaH Mcre hants' Association, win
people dent give a darn. I who have tho eame last names. your loss of sleep. , ' a re Interested In the new llnee.
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Air Rifles Work Baskets
Foot Balls - Smoking Sets
Boys Tool Chests Jardinieres
Erectors Pottery
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Hardware
Phone 706
Saxon Four
$450
Delivered
SAXON
$1030
Delivered
A Saxon Four is the best Xmas present you
make your boy or girl or even your wife, for you
use it some yourself and it will certainly satisfy
recipient.
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Call to see or write
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209 FORSYTH ST., AMERICUS, GA-
AND LESLIE, GEORGIA
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It will be a treat to you to see how we ke p
what we furnish you in fresh meats to eat.
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