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SEMI-WEEKLY T1MEB-ENTERPRI8E, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1*22.
THE TIMESENTERPRISE
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
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Write or wrong la the way the re
porter* get It.
Tbs man that bolts bis food will
soon be meat for the undertaker.
Room at tbe top I* always resenred
for tbe big things, eren In pe
crates.
Tbe bootlegger has ne recourse Is
law, but be relies on the Jury tor his
release.
A blank check la about tbs moat
useless thing, when you want to put It
te use.
Oil
on the troubled waters doesn't
an excess of gasoline In a mud
puddle.
You rarely ever hear from tbe
shimmy these days. Must have wig
gled Itself out of a Job.
that sort of etutf In Georgia at this
time, and we are a long way from even
common sense when' we talk about
spending several million dollars on
bonus measures when we have hypo
thecated some of our annual Inoome
for five years to pay back debts sad
still are far from catching up with add
ed expense for pensions, facing us this
year. Great Is tbe spender, but It Is
time some of tbe Georgia spenders
were forced te raise the money they
spend.
That Egyptian beer made three
thousand years ago, stilt contains tour
per cent, alcohol.
We bare candidates for county com-;
mlssioner now, eo the thing Is tU filled
out ready ta ride.
Fast thinking doesn't often pay as
well as the slow reasoning processes
that some men Invoke.
Even tbe boll weevil has taught us a
lot about taming that we never would
have known otherwise.
Tbe bathing beach mosquitoes are
atiil wondering at the excess of ma
terial for supper at hand.
Tbe fudge never gives away all of
his time, even though be gives aa
much as a man can take.
Is there any prejudice or bias, rest
ing on your mind, either for or against,
the prisoner at the bar? '
Illinois seems to be the hotbed of
most of tbe trouble that has arisen
from the shopmen’s strike. ”■ *
You may always be able to tell the
difference, but the reaeon for the dif
ference is something harder.
The man who always says what he
thinks may have a few friends, but
he evidently hasn't talked about them.
Beggars shouldn’t be choosers, but
they can be by turning into tblevee.
You can save a lot besides money
by not eetlng so much during hot
weather.
Our Ides of nerve Is tbe skinny man
that essays to play golf In knee
breeches
It seems that moet of Ireland’s trou
bles are only cured with the lose of n
little blood. . • . i v. ...
KING WATERMELON
To wbat ettenl did the proclamation
of Governor Hardwick, regarding Wa
termelon Week, affect the people of
this country? An off hand view might
make us think that it was a piece of
grandstand play that didn't amount to
anything. Yet a recent copy of tbe
Anaconda Standard, a newspaper with
an immense circulation in a Montana
town of fifteen thousand white people,
caught the proclamation and used a
very attractive July Fourth editorial
which Is entitled "King Watermelon."
and Is as follows:
Coming north within the next four
weeks from their native habitat in the
South are 20,000,000—If you're in a
hurry, don’t stop to count them but
take the agricultural department's
word for it—20,000,000 watermelons.
Or speaking In shipping terms. 20,000
carloads. The crop Is unprecedented
In both quantity and quality. Abnor
mal weather conditions have so affect-
the growth la some parts of the
melon belt the usual steady flow from
field to" market will be interrupted.
All tbe melon states have begun to
make heavy shipments of thts perish-
able commodity and there Is danger
of tbe market becoming glutted.
For tbe first time In American bis-
lory tbe watermelon has been made
the subject of official pronouncement.
Governor Hardwick, of Georgia, bas
Issued a proclamation In which, after
felicitating hls people upon their whop
ping big crop, be goes on to say:
"Therefore. 1. Thomas W. Hardwick,
governor of tbe state of Georgia, do
hereby issue this my proclamation and
designate the week of July 3, 1922, as
Watermelon Week, and urge the co
operation of governors of other states
and fellow Americans in disposing of
this great crop.”
Celebrated long in song, story and
negro festivity has long been Georgia's
pre-eminence in watermelon culture.
Other southern states sre making more j Railroad passenger rates era still
or less progress In melos production. I very **i*h. Pullman surtaxes are still
but Governor Hardwick rightly as- j» hitter pill to travelers. It Is quite
sumes that Georgia leads, the othersj certain that both conspire to reduce
follow. Oklahoma may be a close sec- j the average Income from those trans-
ond and Texas a hot third, but when It \ portatlon departments every year. A
comes to multitudious. mammoth. jbHI was Introduced in Congress recent
monstrous, massive, mighty and mag- ly to institute an Interchangeable mile-
niflcent melons, there’s no overtaking 1 a Xc hook at a rate lower thun the regu-
grand and glorious old Georgia. The I lar fare. It has so far been smothered
Fourth Is over but Georgia still ba»j FT emasculated, so that It Is practically
her fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, i useless. , j ,. j 34k
The country at large has Its Independ-j Statisticians have figured out that
ence Day, but Georgia has her Water-!the average railroad passenger ear, or
melon Week. “ J coach, carries sixteen people when It
Ravages of the boll weevil In the ; has a capacity for sixty. It costs noth
ing more to handle double tbe num
ber, and tbe revenue at a lower rate
would be much more In the -aggregate.
The railroads always Jump sideways
whenever lower rates are mentioned,
even in tbe case of mileage books, and
yet the greatest railroad system In tbe
JUSTICE FISH’S OPPONENT
Opposition bas developed to Cbief
Justice William H. Fish, of the Georgia
Supreme Court, in the candidacy of
Judge Richard B. Russell. Judge Fish
Is a South Georgian, and has been on
the Supreme Court bench for about
twenty years, rising from associate
Justice to chief Justice. He Is a ne
phew of the late Judge Augustine H.
Hansell, of tbis city.
The best of bis life Judge Flab bas
deroted to tbe service of bis state,
and during that service has been ac
corded the unqaullfled approval of the
people of Georgia as an able and Just
Judge. He Is one of tha few public
men In Georgia who studiously avoids
politics and bis concept Ion of Judicial
etbica precludes hls entry into politics
at this lime. Tbe people of Georgia
have overwhelmingly returned blm to
bis exalted station at tbe expiration of
eaefa successive term and this record
wHl. not be broken In the good year
1922. Thomas county has always
given him a practically unanimous
vote, and we confidently predict that
It will repeat H (n the coming primary,
when such disasters threaten. Echols
bas proven that there are many In tbe
country who are willing to devote
their Interests to assisting In manltaln-
Ing law.
aa possible. Tbe registration laws of
tbe city are In a Jumble, to cay tbe
least. No registration Hat was pro
vided at tha last tax paying time and
therefore. It is necessary te either ee-
cure a new registration Hat by law, or
legalize by special enactment eome
other registration list. The sensible
thing would be a sew special registra
tion Hat, tf such is possible.
The building is necessary and the
law should be provided at once so that
tbe election can be called, the bond!
validated if Issued, and then sold
Then K will be necessary to let a con
tract tor the building, and time tor its
construction and equipping will have
to be taken Into consideration. All
things considered, it would be decid
edly to tbe advantage of tbe schools to
cal! tha election as soon as possible
and commence work. September, 1923,
will find tbe schools In a pitiable state
tor room. It will be almost Impossible
to care for tbose that come this year.
Tbe xisue bas been put off for two
longer and maintain tbe standards set
for tbe local schools.
Don’t Despise the Single Dollar
If you watch over the email things of life they will make you. If
you neglect them they will break you. Neglect the DIMES and
you will never have the opportunity to neglect the DOLLARS.
One of these small Savings Banks will help you save your dimes.
Start a Savings Account with e dollar or more and wa win legs'
you ona free.
WE PAY IN TEREST ON SAVINGS
The Peoples Savings Bank
T. J. BALL, Prest, R. J. McCLENNEY, Cash.
PINE HILL
Some of the farmers of this section,
are now engaged in fodder pulling.
Mrs- George Owens and daughters,
Pearlicree and Mrs. Zollie Cain, were
the dinner gueets at the home of Ur.
G. T. Banka Sunday.
Mesdames A. A. and G. W. Cooper
and children, spent Thursday after
noon with Mis. H. E. White.
years now. but it can't go on any Hiss Jewell Fain spent last week
with her cousin. Hiss Belle Banks.
Hr. Norman White, was a business
visitor in Meigs, Friday Morning, i
Hr. Perry Davis and sisters. Jose
phine and Vivian spent, last Tuesday
afternoon with Mlseses Trndie and
Isabelle White.
Hiss Trudie Belle Nicholson of
( Albany, Is spending a few days with
| her parents, Hr. and Mrs. J. Zack
WILL THEY EVER COME DOWN?
cotton fields and the growing tendency
toward diversity of agriculture In the
South are responsible for the great
Increase of watermelon acreage, which
Increase amounts to 20,000 acres In
Georgia alone. The growers have
formed co-operative associations and
are Intent on producing melons of J country figures that unrestricted mile-
quality by use of selected seed and age books are the most satisfying reve-
PROSPECT.
Mrs. Roy Pearce and little son, of
Coolidge, spent last week with Mrs.
|„ T. Jordan, , -
Miss McCracken of Quitman, was Nicholson,
in this community, a while last Thurs
day.
Mr. Wright Peace, spent the Fourth
in Albany.
Mrs. Standi and daughters, of Pavo,
called on their cousin Mr. A. L.
Stewart, one day. last week.
Mrs, Mae Wlllla ms visited home
folks at Ozeii, Monday and Tyesday.
Mrs. Eula Banks and children, and
Mrs. Rogers and grand daughter, Miss
Rosa Rogers of Pavo. spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Roger’.
MLss Annie Mae Peace and brother.
Hansell spent Saturday night and
Sunday with their sister. Mrs. L. T.
Jordan.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mills and son,
Loy were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodie Duke in Pavo, Sunday after
noon, and while there went out to the
Cemetery to see the century plant
bloom.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Williams of Al
bany, were visitors in this section,
of the country Sunday .
Messrs. A. J. Mills, and P. A. J.
Williams, made a business trip to
Thomasville, Monday afternoon.
Messrs. Earl Manley, and Cecil
McCam of Bnrwick. were in this com
munity. Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Lee Pyles and family, visited
Mr. Dan Bardon and family, Sunday.
Mr. C. R- Quick and family, of
Dillon, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. I..
Stewart Sunday. _
WANT ADS
Mr. C. Mize of Spence, spent a
short while with Mr. H. K. White,
Saturday morning.
The gueet of Misses Trudie White
Sunday afternoon iwere: Mesdames
G. T. Banks. George Owena, and Zollie
Cgin, Misses Jewell Fain. Pearlieiee
Owens, ' Belle Banks. Trudie 1 Bell
Nicholson, and Josephine Davis, and
Messers Carl and Wright Cooper,
Major Butler and Armon Banks.
The dance given at tbe home of
Mr. G. T. Banka, last Tuesday night
was very much enjoyed by all present
Mr. Walter Minis Auburadale
Fla., was the guest of Mr. H. L. White,
Friday afternoon.
Messers Clarl and Wright Cooper,
attended preaching at Midway, Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Davis, and MLss
Josephine Davis, spent a short while
at the home of Mr. H. L. White, Mon
day.
Miss Emma Banks, was the guest of
Miss Mary Lizzy Fain last week.
Ml and Mrs. H. E. White and
daughters, Louise and Madihe attend
ed services at Midway, Sunday night-
Messers. Carl and Reuben Banks,
of near Meigs, were in this communi
ty Wednesday morning.
Misses Belle Banks, and Jewell Fain
spent Friday with Misses Trudie and
Isabelle White.
M li M g ini
—We Have-
Soy Beam, Brabham Peas
Sorghum and Millet Seed
Ninety day Velvet Beans
IN
EEL BROTHER!
FEED AND CRAIN STORE *
So. Madison St.
Phone 476 & 780
WANTED—All you melon growers
who expect to sell your melons at
tbe loading place or In Atlanta, to
write me at once, telling me how
many you expect to ship, what va
riety and when you will begin ship-
plng. I will furnish you without
coat to you, the Atlanta, New York
and Chicago markets daily. Address
C. L. McCard. 40% West Hunter St,
Atlanta, Ga. Phone Main 3675-J-
nue getters that they have ever found
The bill will probably come In time,
but It Is still a long way off, and mean-
while traffic will bear the heavy fares
and use as little of It as possible. The
Pullman surtaxes ought to be called
off In all events, for It makes that fora
Neglect will account for most of the
failures ta this world, personal and
otherwise.
The average baseball pitcher Is glad
enough to let by wltb no home runs
ibis year. -
pruning of vines. One vine to a hill
and one melon to a vine Is now tha
rule. Method# of handling and grad
ing have also been modernized. The
southern grower gets about 25 cents a
melon at the shipping point. The
freight and distribution charges
amount to 50 or 60 cents. Taking alii of traffic practically Impossible to the
things Into consideration, the profit of average Investor in that commodity.
tbe Montana retailer Is not exorbitant. __
IT MUST BE DONE
The cattle dipping question Is s tin-
der-box wherever It la tried out for tbe
first time. Tbis is primarily due to
the prejudices of the cattle ownera,
and their ignorance of the real merit
of dipping, or their desire not to take
FOR SALE—1921 Maxwell louring car.
Rung and looks like new one. Bulck
“6" touring car, newly painted. W.
A. Palin. 6-4td2sw.
LOST GLASSES—Pair ot glasses in
black leather case, lost on Jones
Bridge road or road to Magnolia
Park. Reward for return to Times-
Enterprise. ll-2td-lgw
And now comes tbe Hon. Somebody
Or Other, from Somewhere, and offers
a bonus bUl for tbe grand old atate ot
Georgia. It Is not much, ot course:
twelve dollars or so for each month’s
When a lawyer gives away adviett
you always wonder If be U going to
send you a MIL
When a Woman walks la her sleep
she should guard herself very care
fully against undue exposure.
service in tbe army, and to be paid by the necessary trouble that it entails.
Our idea of real bliss la to live In a
town with a name like Ty Ty, and the
pep that you can find therein.
It looks u If all tbe blowouts come
just aa tar as it Is possible to get from
•bade, on these hot July days.
The man who speaks thirty-two dif
ferent languages can probably con
verse sensibly In at least one ot them.
Everything you buy now Is cheaper
than It used to be, which Is ona of
many things you can be thankful for.
Always speak a good word tor your
home town, even If that means saying
something nice about the fellow that
won’t.
Some men are so salt-important that
they even feel {Ike they are sponging
on good nature to ad visa with them-
anlvee.
The amatory doesn’t show where
these era any bed men buried there,
sal yet we know that they «e all pot
•way.
IT CAN NOT BE DONE
WANTED—Ten Thousand Pounds Pa
per Shell Pecans at once. Must be
cheap. Send samples and quote
price. C. B. Salter. FKxgerald, Ga.
, . . iw-. t 14-4tsw
FOR SALE—Ford touring, will make
good light truck, 160; another tour-
lng 2100.; 1—1920 Maxwell and 1
Bulck “6" touring, both newly paint-
ed. W- A. Palin. 11-ttd-ltow
k tax on oils and greases, perhaps. He
Isn’t optimistic about its success, but
he modestly claims that It Is a wise
and just procedure In view ol the fact
that other states are doing the same
thing, and In view of tbe tact that
tbe nation Is attempting to furnish a
similar example.
Tbe arguments against such a move
In Georgia are so many and so varied
that it would be impossible not to see
why it Is Impracticable and Impossi
ble at tbe present time. Tbe payment
tor bis month of service might later
Modern cattle raisers, tbose who are
successful In business, all belleva In
it and all work tor It. Tbose who have
many cattle on tree range don’t want
It, because it Is lots of trouble and
expense, and all the expense they have
been accustomed to is In rounding up
their cattle when they want to sell
some ot them.
Echols resisted the dipping.
Lowndes did. and as other counties
did, where vats were dynamited. The
dynamiting la Lowndes and Colquitt
probably gave encouragement to the
be amended so as to include a yearly dements In Echols that did not want
stipend, as is being paid to Confeder
ate veterans, raising taxes and lncreaa-
Ing the state’! expenditures.
Georgians who are patriotic enough
to want to do all they can for the sol
diers, would approve of any measure
that took any necessary amount, to do
what Georgia ought to do tor its In
digent, Its disabled soldiers, or Us in
sane and hopelessly diseased people.
We have not been doing that success
fully, and even our prisons are tainted
wltb unthinkable practices, doe, they
say, to lack of funds.
Tbe master mind that conceived the
idea of paying out everything that
comes along, and taking la nothing
that anybody does not want to pay,
was e politician. We don’t need any of
WANLEIGH
Rev. R. G. Jackson of Thomasville,
preached a very interesting sermon at
Wanleigh, last Sunday. It is hoped
that we can have preaching here .once
a month, and Sunday school every
Sunday.
Misses Pauline West, and Arminta
Methirns, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Miss Alma Slaton.
Mrs. Ellis Slaton and children,
spent last Sunday with Mrs. J. T.
Redfern and children.
Mr. Hubert Carrel of the McClean
district, was in this community, one
day last week On business.
Miss Irma Redfeni, have returned
home after a two weeks visit with her
cousin. Miss Lorene Redfern of near
A teaspoonful of Herblne will pro
duce e copious end purifying bowel
movement improve appetite, restore
mental activity and a tine feeling of
rigor and cheerfulness. Price, 60c.
Sold by City Drug Store.
!A*rsrtlaamsnL)
Be sure your ice box is
not too small
If your family has grown you may need a larger hex. It won't
consume any more lee. It le not the size ef your box to much
at the quantity of food In K which eats up Ice. Crowding a email
one full of exposed food will melt Ice rapidly and give you poor
refrigeration.
The way to save ice
It to heve enough o* It to the Ice chamber te keep the temper
ature low. Then It melts elewly and the food keeps well. Too
email an Ice box la waeteful, Indeed.
TUOIHIU ICE 4 MFC. GO.
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MONEY LOANED
On Improved Farm Lands at «% Interest, with the privilege to the
borrower of paying part or all ot the principal at any Is ten it period,
■topping Interest on amount paid, but tto annual payment of principal
required. Loans made on Improved city property ta ThomaarlUe.
If In need of money, write u. or eome to aee ■«.
W. M. BRYAN
Offices 40640* Upchurch Building
dipping. Conditions there were highly
unfortunate, but they were not car
ried to the extent that some observers
Intimated. It wee bad enough, but it
proved tbat there wee an elemtat In
the county that opposed such action
and wae ready to stamp It out It
must always be the duty of law abid
ing citizens to unite In strict and un
swerving allegiance to the government.
ever hungry. I knew, by
this, I needed e tonic, and
ae there la none bettor than—
GARDUU
OUR REGISTRATION LIST
Thomasrille voters wlU be asl
wltb In e short time, to provide the
funds tor a new school building. Con
dition! are inch that It will be lmpoe-
title to house the children, September,
1921. If V building la to be erected
by that time, work must etart aa aeon
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Our Very Liberal Time Sale Plan
and the new prices on FORD cars make it pos
sible for all to enjoy the benefits of motor travel
Don’t Wait Longer — Let Us Prove jit
A phone cell will bring a salesman with tut obligation on you
Thomasville Sales Company
Authorized Sales and Service