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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1920.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
SCOUTS PLANNING Bolsheviki River Drenches
GOOD-TURN WEEK .Soiitli^^ War
Public To Be Asked To Texas and Oklahoma
Join In Applying Stage Fight Over
Motto $200,000,000
BY A ® COUT * BY GLENN PRICER.
Americus Hoy Scouts will observe HL'RKBURNETT, Tex., Jon. 31.
National Scout week here in true (Censured by the Postmaster)
Scout style. Sunday, February 8, is | War—for $200,000,000 worth of oil
the first day. On this day we arc | land—between Texas and Oklahoma
asking all the ministers of the city to I is raging amid a steady bombardment
call attention to the Americus troop's of injunctions, court decrees, appeals,
plan of celebration. I counter-appeals, and writ's. Also]
The purpose of this observation, plenty of words are hurled across No
or celebration is not to advertise the Man's Land from the Texas front to
Scout movement, but rather to bring i the Oklahoma front, and vice, versa
before the public the serious side of as the legal experts, trailing with
Scouting and bring to the public that both armies, put it.
which makes the Scout movement so' Main responsibility for the war I
beneficial. The public will be invited i have placed upon the Red River. This
by the Scouts to join them in the Bed River thorough investigationaa
"Do a Good Turn Daily" for one (after thorougli investigation. The
week. There will be given out at R,, d River is Bolshoviki. It isn’t sat-
each of the churches on Sunday morn-, "f" d with the course it pursues, and
ing of February 8 a badge, or rather forever changing its channels.’ The
a symbol, of the Scout motto. We ti"d 'River is troubled with perpetual
want the public to join us in this unrest.
MANGET RAPS |
MISUNDERSTOOD
DRUGGISTSHERE
PAGE THREE
D&4WA/ By PP/CE&
OV THE BATTLET/POMT
^WICHITA FALLS
week of helping others. We want
yon to think about it and when the
opportunity is offered wo want each
individual who will faithfully prom-
to do a good turn daily for one
weed: to permit one of the Scouts to
pin on him this symbol of useful-
Al| Worked Up.
Accordihit to the map the Red
R;vvr ouirht to separate Texas from
Oklahoma. But according to the oil
men it doesn't. Oklahoma oil men
>ay the Red River is in Texas at this
point; Texas oil men insist the Red
ss. River is in Oklahoma. Texas courts
On Friday night of February 13 ba ck up Texans. Oklahoma courts
RED RIVER WAR MAP—Sketched on the battlefield. Shaded dia-
trict shows relative positions of both forces, the southern part of this
area, south of the river, is what used to be on the north bank, and is
now c aimed by Texas and Oklahoma. It was here the river made for
crself a .new channel. Texas claims the river is the boundary line; Ok-
a oma insists the boundary line is where it was and not where the river I «*« woo uoing
happen, to be f]ow, n *. That’s what the war is about. them aif injustice by his inferences in
mc C | d r? ay ’/ eKet 1° «nt. for cl 0 -! fled that tho EllaviUe high school
rate nnwT da p “V up J three BC Pa- 1 '«ill share in the $100,000 appropria-
ra e powders, delivered. This ro-1 tion made by the last legislature for
as * any 'nrascri" r"**’ ^ aurelythe consolidated schools of the state,
ruling^ r Mr ’.Manget's j It is expected also that tho school
"o e y ^ ° char K° <rf i will receive aid for high school work,
fm- deliver •?nTH OUn M ,n f; 15 centa as application has been made and
the ,! r ,™ ?„’,| d , doubie ‘ho cost of State Inspector of High Schools J.
-p , ~ ! be «noih ,r r ntr ‘ V ' h,tl1 “""'di S ’ Stewart has been requested to
Telegram Injustice, They cento h ’ ° r “ t0taI of 50 | inspcct thc The school here
c„u: C" *! .. T ' h . , numbers more than 200 pupils. It is
aay, Setting Forth „ “ as . clt *^ a ‘ t,le “»>e merely fully equipped with all modern ap-
FactS i rulinv woi.m 8 °5 * ac ‘ ‘hat the plianccs for teaching and every de-
— , h ® 7 I , not affect pricC3 here, 1 partment is under efficient manage-
, . . 88 ‘ho. local druggists already wore ment.
Because of being slightly misquot-; wcl1 within the limits or profits fir-d i ■
«l in thc state press, and also because i by . M , r ', Man 8 et - It was specifically .
"f an evident misunderstanding uoon statctl ‘ h, “ w c did not intfcnd to raise'. 868 b “ P ro J'" “ will ewe Ma.
S?3?
price drug h' 3 ^ 8 la and curb profiteering, since our ,ow Plne Mooring, Celling and Siding
nvlda- C wishtl] ^ 8 , rC We . d *, 0,(1 sc,, o<loIo is considerably fow« / any house in south Georgia. Com!
any controversy ^tVsirin”^’ ! th ? n thc n,aximum Prices lie fixes, our jh”™ and let ns show you. 'We found
other hand to^o errata' V h ®' pr ' ces of th = P" 1 should come in for !°" K a *° th a‘ the trada was demand-
ta C di«u™ g r U Were V'T* ‘0d"y! I 0mm8 "!!^‘^ha !L rebuke. ,
expressed themselves, howler, Th as EllaviUe School To We. V of courae T havo be3 the° be h* 4-
feeling that as n result of Mr. Man-
<gft's misunderstanding he was doing 1
for th.
the f.
Oklahomans.
Hefore oil was found nobody cared
where the Red River meandered, nor
the Scouts will camp, if the weather
will permit, somewhere in or near
the city. Supper will be prepared by
the Scouts themselves and we want
Americus to visit us at that time. — inn(1lu , JLrii .
Or. Saturday, Feb. 14, the Scouts • , .... ,
will ask the people of the city to be- Watch Bond f r™ Can ii° '•*’
come associate members of the Amer- j a i ea f badK ® s * He ls
icus Boy Scouts. There will be no ku < l,n * ofJTroop No. 1.
“ ■ rf t
«.» r b ""'‘
hundred people in the city who would
iike .» join at one dollar per mom-j Thl , I!ibl( , has dc ' nl to say about j ——
K that 'the Sc U onta ca^Lfi'n'buIld:
the log cabin, that will he ae- thc
Mp.cci ae uc onlj need help in this need to fear thc storms. There isn't
building. We earn our own running a better pat<rol in Geor) , ia 0lH , cor .
* lp,:1,cs ' tain member sleeps late hut he's
oil, e , , „ , there when you do get him un. This
Car Humber and Claud Bond are i troop bas an <)ra|0 l ; |ina h n .
first class Scouts. If any one needs cicr( doctor nnd tho balancc
how, nor when. But with oil there j to go
came a sudden and touching fo.id- Judge
ness for the old river. Oil men bored junction against ‘anyone"oncrdach-'
on both sides. Homesteaders who ' ing on the claims of Texans. This
had Starved on the land became rich ( was a heavy shell rig.it into the front
°'ru, r "i i line trenches of the Oklahomans.
Oklahomans became a race of mil- They retailated with a threat to
honaires on the north bank of the j disregard the injunction.
Red River, and the Texans were oil Governor Hobby (Tex.) ordered
plutocrats on the south bank. Peace , out the rangers, first lino defense of
reigned. (Texas.
But the Rod River being Bo!sn*-1 Both sides appealed to the U. S.
viki in character and disposition,; curls
changed her channel and did her host Sum Sparks, former state treasur-
,,, ma Tt, 0 k,a " t ' s 7 ,cre scraps p f er (Tex.) is commandor-in-chief of
Th.n t l„rT h '.' T?' u northward., the Texan forces. He holds tho oil |
That left and which had been on ■ leases, valued at $20,000,00, quite a I
rth bank on tho south bang, j tidy sum to battle for
f"' . Tc * an5 . crabbed the oil-soakcd ; The battlefield is in the rich Burk-1
hind. Oklahomans tried to fccll on. j burnett oil district, north of Wichi-1
Texas courts sided with Toxins. Ok- j ta Falls. The contested arc r includes 1
Inhoma s courts did as much for Ok-1 45 sections of land, immediately
south of the Red River channel (once
■ * o ■■ "• "* course, have the cheaper
Share Special Funds f ra ' lc> ? nd hcnce are wo11 p«pared
H * Unas to supply your wants. Come down
W.r i. about. | ‘"joswee oy n,s imerences in, l-, , and let us show you our stock nnd
• t L le telegram, and that tho incorrect- "LI.AVILLE, Jnn. 20.—The school figure with you on vour hill nf
chase themselves. District, ness of Mr. Manget's understanding ! offlclal '‘ of this Plnce have been noti-1 ber| Jno. W. Shiver Phone 117
Calhoun (Tex.) issued an in- ] should be set forth. -■ 1 I B 1 ‘ 1 '
ion against anyone encroach. I Tha Tala...m -
Puratone
The new medicine
every one is talking
about. , .
For Sale
Exclusively By
Carswell
Drug Co.
Lamar St. Americus
We know who will be the York of
'the next war. In fact there are sev-
' oral in thc Flying Eagle patrol.
I All together for the Good-Turn-
Week. If you don't know how or
' where to begin just call James Col-
jlins. James taught those I’hiladcl-
j I'hians how to put into practice that
! brotherly-love creed.
Sumter Man Praises
nu.v,„ ET * ryb 1 dy [ north of it). Casualties reported'ta-
Oklahomans defied T«xas courts,, elude a score or more of black eyes
Texans invited the Oklahoma courts I physical and legal. y ’
G. W. Walters Out i sa ‘d Dr. Mathis. “I cannot under-
For Tax Collector stand where thc re P° rt originated, un-
j i ess it came from some one’s specu-
Tha Telegra....
Following is a copy of Mr. Man
get's telegram, which was identical to
all of them:
“ , Americus, Ga.:
"If telegram published here af
ternoon papers correctly quotes
you, Americus druggists should
get somebody interpret my drug
order to them. If people Ameri
cus being charged twenty-five cents
for calomel and soda, Santo is four I
hundred per cent above Atlanta’s !
old price. After Sunday they won't '
pay but five cents, if this office is !
notified. Your charge that drug- !
gists under my order may chargo i
fifty cents for same is cither ignor- I
ant or wilful misstatement, my
opinion being that your unfound
ed charges are made to cast reflec
tion on effort being made to se
cure fair prices for Georgia. Spec
ial agents department of justico
will see that citizens Americus will
not pay fifty cents for five cents
worth of calomel and soda after
Sunday. JNO. A. MANGET,
Georgia Fair Price Commissioner.
Incorrectly Quoted.
"In the first place," said one of the
druggists, “we were incorrectly quot-
Dental Notice
Dr. E. E. Parsons
THE COMMERCIAL CITY BANK BUILDING
From 9:30 A. M. to 12. From 1 to 6 P. M.
Night Service by Engagement.
We Are Prepared to Render Good Service. Work
That Will Pleare You.
FOR CONSTI P AT I O N
Another surprise developed in Sum- lation on the fact that I had previous-
ter county politics late last week he,d ttle ° mce * 0T * en years in
when George W. Walters 5, * arlon c3un ‘y. my old home. I left; uruggrsis, -we were incorrectly quot-
«f the most widely known men in — ° ffl< 7 ° n ,‘ bc advice of my phys-1 p «* in thc Atlanta papers; we do not
Sumter county, hut heretofore I S,c ' an ’ who told me that unIe33 I did charge 25 cents for calomel and soda,
mentioned inconnection with office" r° l ^iV *"7! ° nly 0 ! ‘ h0rt ,imo to j As statc<i ln Thc Times-Recorder
announced his candidacy for tax col-’ i‘ VC ' , have been out cvcr ain «. and 1
lector in opposition to I Brown Small; | 0 T a t “hfs'limT ‘° gCt baCk -“ ' ea5t
the incumbent, who had already an- 1 a * th t,n L C ’ . -
nounccd for re-election Mr Wal ' A .[ U "’Z r ab< ' u ‘ tbe 3tr ecta today
tors’ announcement was made shortly T ' F ’ Ga ‘ CW0 ° d / va3 pTCpa ''-
hefore four o’clock harciv in rime I K announce at once for the office
insertion in evenineWHi.to' J of clcrk of the cenrt ' A ‘ office
D 11 W I the Times-Recorder. of : of Gatewood Brothers, in the afcsenco
Boll Weevil School I -I have just now made up my mind ,v T ,’ F ' Gatc . w0 ’ J - '‘ w a 3 stated pes-
I to make the race," was mT W.lTera’' offl e V '° U,<i n<>t an,;0U, ’ C<!
_ Messrs. F. E. Matthews, of Plains, | explanation of why he had not an- r ‘ae office.
Emmett Hawkins and John Hodges, trounced earlier in the day. “I had
of Americus, three young farmers,(no thought of making thc race un- TIMMERMAN-PR1TCHARD i
returned home Saturday from Athens, i t‘l some of my friends got to talk-, Frank F. Timmerman, of Plains
where they attended the special 10- — - J • • 1
LITTLE LIVER
" T ~ mE
THE QUICKEST
AND EASIEST
WAYTO PUTTHE
LIVER, BOWELS
AND STOMACH IN
GOOD CONDITION
ing to me and persuaded me, and now ' and Miss Ida Lee Pritchard, of Par;-
I am in it to win. Not that I have rott, were married Wednesday, Jan.
anything against Mr. Small, who has 28, at Parrott, the ceremony being
held the office for a number of years, performed bv the Baptist,minister of
however.” that place.
Mr. U alters is almost a native of Miss Pritchard has been a popular
Sumter county. He was bom in young lady of Parrott, is a gifted
.fi‘V r cou ”‘y and ctrme‘o Sumter musician, and has many friends
w 'th nrs father when only three years! there who regret her marriage will I
°.f u h'°. and has resided here ever take her away. Mr. Timmerman is I
since. He now resides on a farm six 3 young business man of Plains, and '
miles south of Americus. One son, 'has a host of friends. i
•y oy ucinonsimron. of a large family of children, con- Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman left im-
ihow,I calcium arsenate ma- ducts the farm, and he devotes his mediately after the wedding for a
I day I,oil weevil short course offered
j by tho state agricultural school.
“It was a very valuable 10 days
I spent.” said Mr. Matthews. “They
gave us a complete farm course in a
short time, denrorfstrating each lec~
J ture with actual operations, and cot-
I ering the entire ground from boll
•evil destruction to stock raising,
e were given four lectures each day,
| each lecture period being followed
1 immediately by the demonstration.
chines, an 1 told how to combat the
weevil with early planting, cultiva
tion, using early seed, proper fertili
zation, etc., nnd how to diversify to
minimize boll weevil losses.
'Some of these same lectures, boil
ed down, because of time limit,- will
be given here February 9 when five
experts visit Americus, nnd it is my
every farmer of this county
that he do not miss this meeting.”
f A Voioe From Sioux City, Iowa, says
PE-RU-NA
Worth Its Weight in Gold
C3n; i°t mistake tho words of Mr. \V. W. Northrup, oI90H Fourth
th«»° • ’ . ,ux City, fowa. He is enthusiastic about his present health and
/r^of PK-fel'-NA and wants everyone to know it. Here is a re-
letter from him
*TK RU-NA is worth Its weifht In fold
nnd then some. 1 u»ed to think it only t wo
man'* remedy but have changed my mind.
I had • eolith, especially in the morning.
After using half a tottle of PR-RU-NA was
much better. 1 would cough up chunks of
phlegm and mucus, my eyes itched and both
ered me. Judging from the »ymptoim given
in yous almanac It w aa catarrh. My stomach
is in much better condition since osing your
medicine.”
"Use this testimonial, if you wish. Don't
hesitate to advertise the merits of PB-RU-NA.”
(Signed) W. W. NORTHRUP.
There are thousands Just like Mr. Northrop, skeptical at first but
N ‘‘‘ ced *>y a trial of PE RU NA.
BE AN UNBELIEVER.
lflfnd. JOU i r .V 0 ! 1 ^ 0 b °f a catarrhal nature, try PE-RU-NA, then tell your
*• b fine after an attack of grip or Spanish Flu.
®o/ef Everywhere Tablets or Liquid
r ° m CATAMItH JUIO CATARRHAL CONDITIONS
FAMILY
MEDICINE
__y» This
Georgia Lady, Regarding Blacl
Draught. Relief From Head
ache, Malaria, Chill*, Etc.
attention to activities in the city most ten-day wedding trip to several
of the time. At the present he is oc-! points in Florida, nftcr which thev
nrpied as assistant to T. M. Furlow, will be at home in Mains.
supervisor of the census for the Third " ' ~
district, but this work is now nearly
finished. ,
Expert Bookkeeper d
Mr. Walters is a graduate of a big ’*
business coliepe at Pouirhkeepsie, N.
Y., and for a number of years was
connected with some of the lanrest ■
(inns of Americus as bookkeeper and i I. R„ If-
accountant, being considered as one “ Her MdMr* HO
of the most competent men in this'
line of work in thin section. He re-1
tired from office several years ago
on account of poor health, it being
necessary for him t o seek the onen tot——m o. ,, —• —
air It least foe - . open | Ringgold, Ga.— Mrs. Chan. Gaston,
air at hast for- a part of the time, i of this place, writes: “I am a --»r
His experience and training are point-1 of Thedford's Black-Draught; In tact,
od to by those urging his candidacy i it was ono of our family medicines
as fitting him for the office of tax Al, ° ln “other’s home, when I
collector. waB a child. When any of us child-
Mr. Walters has large familv con complained of headache, usually
ns tssr «Jwsss& slpsjs
his only immediate relative is a sis-1 rectify the trouble. Often ln the
t°r. A* r -"- T- -M. Furlow, the other re-! Spring, we would have malaria and
latives being numerous cousins nnd chills, or troubles of this kind, »e
" th " r tiily 1 Tl'rz* •rss z
' l f tieorg'a. f 0r )t certainly has saved us lots of
[ the race for collector, apparently, doctor bills. Just a dose of Black-
will be entirely a personal one, with! 1 Dr *“St>t when not so well saves a
no issues involved. Mr. Small, the lo ‘ni f
present collector, has a strong follow-1 t- E “aek-Draught has been
Z Tn h offi W ;" h V °‘h and -n U t a0 of ,0 s r tora7h. 5 'n"r ,n anr
him in office, he having filled the du- troubles, and the popularity which It
tics of the office satisfactorily here. - now enjoy* Is proof of Its merit
toforo for many years. Mrs. Wal-1 “ rimr Brer la not doing Its duty,
tors' friedns will also make a strong y ?? W|U ,ufrer from such dlssgree-
fight for his election * bl ° BymptomB 03 bondache. billous-
n, Mxthi. f-j. o ness ' eonstlpatlon. Indigestion, etc..
Dr E T Mnthf. f- , R “ mo ” . j »”d unless something Is dons, serious
ur. fc. 1. Mathis today spiked re- trouble inny result,
ports that he would bo a candidate! Thedford's Black-Draught has been
for thc office of clcrk of the courts! 'uund a valuable remedy for these
of Sumter county, in opposition to i troab,es - ** I* purely vegetable, and
H. E. Allen, thc incumbent, who has 1 p f? mp , t , and natural way.
far ^nODDOscd rC -' ,Kt ‘° n ’ * nd b th “* ^^to^and 0 cl^r;tag1he lt Sow P eT, i>8 oJ
farun° pp osed. Impurities. Try It. Insist on Thed-
^Ttere is absolutely nothing to It,** I ford a. the origins! and genuine. E 79
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