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PACK TWO
OAILY TlMES-ENTERPmalt, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1922.
i NEGLECTED ASSET
NO CAU8E FOR WORRY
NEW8 PUT IN EQUATIONS.
The town that possesses an asset With peanuts quoted at one hundred
which It does not use. Is throwing dollars per ton and up, and cotton
away valuable material. The town' around twenty.flve cents, there is no
that uses all of Its assets, one hun- ( cause for downheartodness in this part
dred per cent, strong, Is the one that of the country. Cotton cuts very little
makes most progress, therefore, grows' figure in Thomas county, but there
more quickly and gets more business, has been more raised here than last
A very brilliant Georgia woman year and the price Is regarded as
came to Thomasville this week and by j satisfactory, although most of the
Inference, at least, showed this city small growers sold when the staple
where it was neglecting an asset that was lower than it is today,
tends to increase the education as well! Peanuts have shown a remarkable
as the potential value of our people as rlso In price, and while last year prices
community builders. She showed ^ were not satisfactory, there are many
where other Georgia towns had done raisers who claim that tho present
the same thing, but had seen the error price Is sufficient to allow them a fair,
of their way and are using this asset margin of profit. Peanuts are going
as it ought to be used. i to be planted next year more generally
Mrs. Ottley, chatrman of the State and so is cotton. This condition al-
I.ibrarv Commission, said that booksj ways follows a year of satisfactory
are necessary to education, which is Pric®*.
a self-evident fact, and that books un-j u
used are not performing their duty,; CHANAK, A STRATEGIC POINT
where fliere are thousands, who would IN ASIA MINOR.
like to read them, but for one reason
Translation often spoils remance.
or another are prevented. | chanak> the strategic point on the
The Thomasville library is not whol-1 Asiatic side of the Dardanelles,
iy a public institution. Mrs.’which figured in the headlines for
public in
after the fall of Symrna as a
[sort of threatened British Thermo-
particj-1 .. . „ „
' pylae, means pots scullery ware
jlarly publicly supported, instead of I according to a bulletin dealing
| by subscriptions, and ought to be func- j with the region issued by the Nation-
school house and al Geographic Society.
“The Chemistry of News” was an
nounced as the title of a tali bef«
the Indiana convention of high
school and college editors at- Frank
lin, Ind., by George C. Iiastinn, day
city editor of the Chicago Tribune,
but it wasnt chemistry when Mr.
Bastin finished. It was only the
arithmetic of the chemistry
That made it even more interesting
For instance, here are rome of nis
equations:
One ordinary man plus one ordi
nary life equals Zero
One ordinary min plus one extra
ordinary adventure equals News.
One ordinary husband plus 01
ordinary wife equa's Zero.
One husband plus three wives equals
New
One bank cashier phis cue wil
plus three children epuali Zero.
One chorus girl plus one bar
president minus $100,000 equa
One
ic man plus one auto plus
plus one quart equnls News,
le man plus one wife plus
plus one lawsuit equals Net
plus achievement equals
New
the fruit f
small community in the county. She
says that Thomasville has a wonderful
opportunity to make Its library useful.
In a more acceptable sense than it U
We agree with her most heartily.
_ | The city of Thomasville has given
ow add a very small donations to the library within
his memoirs, j t jj 6 pagt t wo or three years. Before
that time donations of small amoonts
were made at intervals to keep the
property in good shape. There never
has been any concerted movement
Ohio didn't do like New York, but put t, „„ . public basic. The ladles. 1 ^toTuTope'whTcb'hjaMry"'^
t was probably out of respect for the who bare been running it on practic-' cordfc At Mme , po t M century
resident. ' ally nothing, have made much out of and a half later Alexander led his 1
. . It and have Increased its scope of smaller but more >»ighy trained ar-
out wnat a Li. !
i hum- drum
“But though
name,” cotmues the bulletin, “Cha-
name,” continues the bulletin, “Cha-
nak or Tehanak-Kalessi and its
neighborhood have more than once
been tde stage for acts which have
radically molded the world’s history
and even the world's literature.
Barely twenty miles to the south rose
Troy, to furnish inspiration alike to
Homer and his myriad of readers.
Within a stones throw of Chanak,
Xerxes in 480 B. C. led his thou
sands of Persians across the Darda
nelles on a bridge of boats in the
J first formidable expedition of Asia-
plus one adventure c
achievement equals News.
One ordinnry man, plus one ord
nary life of 79 years equals Zero.
One ordinary man, plus one ord
nary life of 100 years equnls News.
One ordinary fire times $73 loss
equals Zero.
One ordinary fire, times $73 loss,
times one rescued canary equal!
APPLES—APPLES
Washington State
Variety
Small size, doz 20c
Large size, doz 30c
J. R. EVANS
PHONE 128
APPLES—APPLES 1
Bonar Law will
Lloyd George had
Hast situation.
> face In the Near
usefulness
least.
! They i
i hundred per i
my into Asia on his triumpha
quest of the world,
j “It was from Chanak in 1353 that
to the point where, the Turks crossed to their first foot-
The Red Cross Roll Call is for you thejr re commend that its usefulness be 'hold in Euripe—a crossing that gave
nd you should be for it to the tune increased another cycle of a hundred 1 Europe that has bred wars and
f one dollar. ! per cent and 8UKRegt t ho county cir* I massacres and broken treaties for
Mr. Lodge ~probabIy~won't bnler <=“*>“« '«■»" *» “• b “ t ““M.'rlr. into which
tand how close he missed oblivion for means of do,ng that Everybody the Dardanelles as one steams from
while, at least. agrees that these books are not used w jd en , forms a barrier between
0 enough, that there are hundreds of Asia and Europe. The roads be-
The elephant seems to have failed hooks not used at all, that could bo'twen the two continents lie across
o step on the donkey again, but he 0 f service. Further, that there are the two straits at its ends. Con-
■* Wood In bln eye. , thirty tbou.and people In thin one at th ° " orro "“ t P°“‘
of the Bosporus, is the front door;
Paying for clothes is not as easy
lecially if they hap-
Plunketts continue
mes and it is clean, snappy and fast
they make them.
When he wants to know if she ©
look. the lady had better make
ihawing right now.
thirty thousand people In this
county, halt ot whom would Probably j cwk,”wh e 'r7 fte“Dardi'»euV,"‘ii
use this library if they had the oppor- i most constricted, is the back door,
tunity. It is a public question. What [it is natural enough, perhaps, that
' do the people think about it? j almost all of the historic invasions
football I of Europe from the East should
“ ' have been by the back way, and that
“SAVE THE SURFACE AND YOU j there again today Great Britain
i SAVE ALL” I should have made an important
J. F. PITTMAN
MILK COWS
If you want a fresh cow or want
to exchange your dry cow for a
fresh one, call and aoo me.
Phone 458 or call at residence
424 E. Clay Street, ThomMVlIlfr
J. F. PITTMAN
The Dei
i had (
It Is wonderful how much Improve- j “Castle after castle, each forti-
ment a town will show after a few fied, comes into view on both the
I coats of paint here and there. The' Asiatic and the European sides of
theDardanelles as one steams from
the Aegean toward Constantinople.
, But the narrows opposite Chanak
Andy Gump is still celebrating. He
will probably advertise a good head*
ache medicine tomorrow.
good showing man that owns a home wants it
tb: East and the last time It hap- look well, of course. Yet many
ned It was in the West. them appear neglected for yarloua and' rcaePvcd , or t hc Vnatlea of enstl...
sometimes obvious reasons. Tho coat The castle of Asia on tho right, tho
of paint that seems to be so popular Castle of Europe on the left. The
at tbla Ume In Tbomnsytlla la making Chanak fortifleationa were flrat con.
... , structed in 1470 not long after Con-
— —« • ® r ’ *° stantinople fell to the Turks. Ever
The only lively thing about tba elec- other, with new residence, are taking chn „, k h „ becn , pl , c , of
[>u was Peach county, and It more on an entirely new atmosphere. j importance. In recent decades it
an stirred up Interest. | Always beautiful, at any time of has been the point of administra-
year, Thomasville has needed In the *' on ^ or Dardanelles de
past five years a little more house
, paint. This is fast coming and more
i freshly painted houses can be seen
timid or chicken-1 now than at any time In the ante war
other things, don’t period. It looks good and it Impresses! “Chanak, too, haa been the gateway
f football. j visitors with our thrift as well as de. ■ Constantinople for •shipping,
lo appear clean and fine.
»rican that has lost faith 1
lajority of its people.
defenses—the solar plexus of the
outer straits. German artillery ex
perts resided there daring the World
War and modernized the fortifica-
The
i tight shoes.
I be'
i injury to tliemaelvi
Don't you hate a man that smokes i
smelly old pip.;, when he Is able ti
buy good cigars and give you one?
awall is sendlug a Democratic con-
sman and he ought to be a novelty
they will want to make perma-
When the women get to paying the
high tariff they will be still more
anxious for the Democrats to lower It
a trifle.
The 1
a Herald suggests a
mosquito and the b
lamned be he wh
The United States flagship Is order
ed to Constantinople and we hope It
manages to protect the world from
Turkish greed and lust.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Florida is plai
also a million d
ears. It isn’t
'hat it will be i
Ing a campaign to
lara a year for five
ery hard to guess
ed for. This Land
.f Floi
s has be
There each of the 12,000 ships that
passed through the Dardanc’les in
prewar days was held until its paper?
were found to be satisfactory; and
none could pass after nightfn 1 .!. Near
by was anchored an importaut unit
of the Turkish fleet.
“To the Western observer steam
ing up the Dardanelles the roles of
and Europe seemed reserved.
n making many ml!-j AH the scenic beauty is on ths Asia-
twenty years from tic side where the steep slopes are
clad with beautiful forests. The
(European side is rugged and largoly
barren.
“Of the beauty spots on the Asia
tic shore few surpass thnsi about
its. Land values in Florida
awns have shown marvelous lu
es. The values in one town per
annum will Increase a million dollars
and there are several towns of that (where the constricted straam sud-
cahbre. Idenly widens out to form at once
The money U wanted for a national ] th ® Dardanelles* most stalking cape
advartlalD, campaign. Juat bow tkat l * nd .. l * lr - Baralj ,i»._pil:«t to th.
will be spent makes no material dlf-
south are the rains o* ’he ancient
city of Dardanus which gives the
loronc juat .0 It I. pot wuaaderod or Itn , 1(rtlt ite n>nB , A {ew mM „
misused. Tba adrortlalcr Hat . tall, tber to tho aootheaat rlaai Mt. Ida
lion per year would buy, in addition' where gods communed and from
to the regular amount that la given (where flowed the famous Seaman.
Florida, would probably raoro lb..| ier to ,,t,r th<l ° 1 * lll ‘ Tr »J’
make itself back In one month. It
can not only be used to bring folks to
Florida for the winter but to make a
market for the millions of crates ot
Florida citrus fruit and truck that la
raised every year. It can’t do any
First Class
DRESS-MAKING
Prices Reasonable
Mrs. E. Loomis and
Mrs. W. C Lambert
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
tINGHAM « ATLANTIC
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD
Note— (**)S4inday only.
t Depot. Phono 162-j
ingham A Atlantic, Phor
The alllea seem to have gotten to
gether to stop the Turks and It had
to come. If you allow those fellows
as inch they will demand a mile.
The wets In Ohio are not so Jubilant | raised every year. It can’t do any j The Chicago council la planning to
as they were before the country dry .barm and It might prore n very vain* restrict tag days to three In the year,
vote began to coma in oTanrhalmligly! able addition. Show Floridians that which makee It Impossible for us to
jmmmi
An other Lot of
Richelieu
Salad Dressing for
20c Bottle
W.P. Grantham
Phone 11
WANTED
To rent s 5 or 6 room house,
good location for party sent
here to establish government of
fice, by Dec. let We muat not
fall to get It Who has it?
W. M. Parker
Phone 410 Mitchell Bldg.
Quality In
Engraving
Give us vour order for
wedding invitations and
announcements. When
you go visiting you will
need engraved cards. We
can get you the latest
styles. We also have
cards printed from your
plate.
Give us that order for
Xmas cards NOW.
Louis H. Jerger
Where you buy Gifts that last
Webster’s
Tested
Seeds
Large Packets
5c
CHARTER
CHOCOLATES
Assorted Nuts and Brazils
The best candy we ever
sold.
Square Deal Druggist
104 E. Jackson St
PHONE 606.
Citizens Banking & Trust Co.
CAPITAL AND PROFIT., $132,000
We do general Banking business.
Commercial and S avings Accounts Solicited.
Our Motto is: Service, Courtesy and Helpfulness.
DO BUSINESS WITH US.
J. T. Culpepper, Prest W. J. Bowen, Jr., Cash.
Closed on Armistice Day, Nov. I (th.
“YOU REX”
SILVERWARE
Is the only known metal today, excepting steel, out
of which a satisfactory knife blade can he made. It
will not rust or wear black and may be sharpened
the same as a steel knife. There is no limit on this
guarantee.
Buy “YOUREX” Silver for your table. The pat
terns are exclusive and very pretty.
Robison Hardware Co.
117-119 E. Jackson St.
This Bank Will BeClosed on Nov. 11
Armistice Day
This year we observe the
fourth anniversary of the
signing of the Armistice
which ended'the World War.
During the period that has
passed since' then preliminary
gestures have been made to
ward permanent peace. It is
to be hoped’ that these will be
followed by even greater ef
forts.
Meanwhile we can each
provide for ourselves and lov
ed ones that peace and securi
ty that financial independence
brings.
THE. UNIVERSAL CAR
Prices Reduced
on
Ford Cars
Following Prices Effective To-day:
F. O. B. DETROIT
Chassis $235.00
Runabout 249.00
Touring 298.00
Ton Truck 380.00
Coupe 530.00
Sedan 595.00
Starter and demountable rims $95.00 extra on open models.
This reduction of $50.00 on list price of all models establishes the lowest plane of
prices In the history of the Co mpany.
Place your order early to insure prompt delivery, r phone 98 for a salesman
who will rail and exp lain our liberal time sale plan without obligation.
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