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SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES-ENTERPRI8E, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1*22.
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Good roads, bonds, biennial seaslona.
and other good measures, were lost.
The grouch Is the victim of deed
hopes and frozen desires.
If you get What you want, be sure
that It la also what you need.
Nickel cigars are quite common.
You eon smell them anywhere.
The fellow that eternally thruala
himself forward has a bard Job of It
at times.
'Its dirty old straw hat can ba re
placed at much less cost than tba
original.
Stirring times are those In which
folks are forced lo stir around lively
for a living.
Lewis Philips won his Republican
contest. Just like hts friends knew ba
would.
The road hoc always decides that it
Is the best policy to take down tba
middle.
The aale of petticoats Is aatd to ha
improving with the advent of longer
akirta.
Thera are some municipal rumors
ttoatlng around regarding the next
election.
Eat. drink and be merry, for there
Is going to be some more baseball
next week.
Bowing to the Inevitable sometimes
means merely giving In for want of
ambition.
The state port threatens to take the
place of capitol removal, In the legis
lative activities.
Bainbrldge ought to be booming, In
one way at least. It bas twenty-nine
lawyers at the bar.
If Verdaman wins, Mississippi will
be in position to sympathize witb
some other states.
The wise man does not laugh at
misfortune, unless he happens to be
the victim.
The worst form of indiscretion Is
the marriage of a pretty man to an
ugly woman.
High prices always please the folks
I bat are selling, because the margin
of profit Increases.
U the hot days came In the winter
there wouldn't be much concern over
the price of coal.
Cbarlle Chaplin hasn't hired any
body to write a funny atory of hts
visit to England yet
The long road Is not alwuys the one
‘that you oughl to Jake, nor it the
short one always safe,
The pocket that carries the hootch
Is not hurt nearly aa much as the
stomach that harbors It.
More work and leas idleness and
grouching would help soma, even
light hare In Thomaavllle.
The optimist makes things look
rood, whether they are or not, and
that la all that soma folka need.
The school hoy that wrote
scenario ought to start a contest to let
the folk* Judge which one It was.
The bathing suite that we hear
about are those that are always left
at home the day we visit tbs beach.
Tba senator that calls hla colleague
a liar doesn’t hare much trouble mak
ing people believe what ba says la
ante.
The child that la cute will develop
into tba child that la Impudent, If lti
cuteneas la made loo much of by dot
ing parents.
Tba princess that swallowed a falsa
tooth la not tba one that la advertis
ing for a young and wall born Amerl-
-Sunday is a day of real, but It la
eiao supposedly darotsd to worship by
professing Christians.
Bryan has Joined the bobbed hair
THE SCANDAL MONGER
Our opinion of wulfull gossip la too
well known to need much further
e In bo ration. There are tblnga that
need to be talked of and about, and
there are things tbat ought not to be
mentioned, when there la any likeli
hood of their being exaggerated or
misunderstood. It is the human ele
ment in a lot of us thst urges us to
tell something unusual that starts
most of the gossip. It Is the continu
ation of some suspicious or unusual
act that creoles in ua the impression
that there might be something wrong
about it.
How many serious breaks In human
relationships have come from Idle gos
sip? How many people do you know
ho have not been subjected, know
ingly or otherwise, to some scandal
that has no foundation In fact, but
which was calculated to ruin Ihe repu
tation. even if it did Dot besmirch the
hararter of the person living in your
circle?
It is pitiful to see bow many people
are careful what they say about peo
ple. It uaed to be customary" for a
man to say what be knew about
woman. Now they say anything that
lumps into their minds, some of them,
of course, that haven't any particular
sense of decency or respect for others.
It is time some of them were called to
account, and that right forcibly
This community suffers with the
usual run of such gossip, it has been
infested recently with a particularly
vitrolic brand tbat sweeps aside all
other considerations and merely car-
rles on anything or everything tbat
might have been surmised, or elaborat
ed, ou some person with spleen unut
terable. or a brand of carelessness
that Isn't much less offensive.
Very few people would believe rot
ten stories about their friends unless
they have some foundation for
The story comes pretty straight," la
all the foundation some folks need for
not only believing things, but carrying
them along. Before they stop the
whole town is Infested, and the care
lessness of innate rottenness of some
one man. or woman, bas been the
medium of notonly afTectlng Ihe life
and happiness of one person, but cre
ating a suspicion against others. It Is
lb- whirlwind that carries everything
In its wake.
The Albany Herald says that more
women, and more men. have been
ruined, as far as their reputations are
concerned, by gossip than have been
hurt by the daggers that are wielded
by aseasslns. This is true, and tbs
character assassin deserves not one
whit more consideration or respect
than the one who has thrust a dirk
into an Innocent man's back, or shot
him in cold blood. If anything, be Is
more reprehensible in the eyes of de
cent and self-respecting people.
Thomasville doesn't need ull this
gossip. It Is fast getting up a reputa
tion tor unfairness that is degrading
to its refining influences, and ealeu
latcd to create a feeling of hardness
and bitterness that will militate
against its Influences for good in all
lines of civic activity. The gossip Is
pest that should be snared by all
good people.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD
M. M. Parks, who has been named
is state superintendent of schools to
Serve during the unaipired term of
Mr. Brittain, has Indicted a letter to
the school authorities of the state, In
which he urges complete co-operation
with bis efforts. The official further
States that he likes this work and tbat
he has a real opportunity to do some
good for and In It. ,
Coincident with this announcement
the thought has occured to many peo
ple. in reading what Mr. Parks Inti
mated, that the office, minus the poli
tical considerations, which might en
ter into It otherwise than In serving
an unci piled term with no deaire for
continuation wan worthy of any
man's beat efforts and tbat any man
with the highest ideas of service for
the public could be useful therein
This surmise, whether correct
not, might well have been uttered by
Mr. Parks. There la nothing tbat so
detracts from school work, or the func
tions of the Judiciary, as tba fact tbat
the officer* are subject to political
alignments and Indignities. They
bare to play politics to keep their of
fice, end a great many of them do so,
rather than nurrender It. Such offices
should be free of all aorta or kinds of
political entanglements and the
fleers should not be subjoct to tbn
whims of the voter* and the Ul-natur-
ed and sometimes uncouth attacks of
politicians.
THE 8TATE PORT MUDDLE
The state port bond Issue bas been
temporarily defeated. It was mud
dled by the vociferous efforts of Sa
vannah and Brunswick to secure the
port site. Ssvannah first got the rec
ommendation that It was the alts and
ondeavored to have tho Legislature
put It over at once, subject to the
referendum on the bond issue. Bruns
wick interposed a vary vigorous flgbt
and stayed the matter for a year at
least.
The merits of I be two ports do not
now enter Into the proposition. If
Georgia needs a state port, and indl-*
cations certainly point in tbat direc
tion. tbe first and sole consideration
Is securing tbe funds with wblcb to
get It. This being accomplished, It
then shall be possible to select the
most available site.
In matters of this kind the stress of
personal effort on tbe part of all cities
usually mlxaa the game so that It la
shelved. This la wbat happened at
this time. The state port Idea la a
good one. Tbe people of tbe etate
want it. If they understand wbat It
means In Increased Industrial advan
Uses, and It makes very little differ
ence to most of them where it Is lo
cated, if tbe location Is made on
plan tbat #111 get tbe best results for
tbe state at large and without consid
eration in a primary degree, to the
wishes of either or any contesunta
therefor. It Is s pity that the matter
was so handled that It must ba de
layed.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION
Tbe address of Mr. McDowell, man
ager of tbe Swift packing bouse In
Moultrie, before the RoUry Club there
this week, presents tbe packing com
pany's side of a most interesting ques
tion. Mr. McDowell did not go Into
minute details, but be presented the
crux of tbe Idea lo a very concise and
readable form. His words are Inter
esting. because they give tbe other
side of a much mooted question and
one tbat is necessarily of grave Inter
est to this section of Georgia.
As he says, this section is bound to
go to live stock as tbe fundamental
and profitable plan of diversification,
as well as an augmentation and de
veloping process of agriculture. With
out live stock this county Is losing its
most glorious opportunity to serve It
self, to increase Its potential wealth
and Its actual financial returns.
Tbe necessary objective Is an all
year market for bogs and cattle, the
production of poultry and the devolp-
meat of tbe dairying buslnese. Un
less we bare a market like that pre
sented in the Swift plant, we are help
less in making the bog Industry prof
itable. Unless we divert some of our
attention to poultry and dairying we
are missing an upporlunity to sell de
sirable produce to our homo folks,
stuff they must have and for which
they have been paying millions of dol
lars annually, to some other section
of the country.
The Swift plant may be under fire,
It may have transgressed some of tbe
rules of business, as Interpreted bv
the Federal Trade Commission, it may
be making more proflt than we think
It ought to Mr. McDowell denies thle
emphatically, but with all of that it
Is right here In the midst of the best
live stock section of the country and
is ready to serve a very useful end
profitable purpose.
We are prone generally to seek af
ter new industries, to create new mar
kets, and to produce new crops, and
we rail at the same time to study the
Industries and markets tbat we have
to the extent that would give us a
reasonable understanding of their dif
ficulties and handicaps, aa well ae the
good that they perform in a making a
place where we can sell wbat we raise
on a fair basis of return at any time
that our produce may be ready.
Mr. McDowell's words will be care
fully studied and It may be the me
dium of reaching many, who have
never thoroughly considered both
sldei of thle greet question. Wa have
no alibi for the buslnese methods of
any corporation, but wa do believe that
tbe packing Industry Is one that wa
can wall afford to nourish and encour
age In this part of tbe world, not for
Its profit or its pay roll, but because
of the feet that It will bring retults to
us In sctual dollars and cents.
is one that will bring relief day after
day In the various shop centers,
where troubles grow on trees and
come out almost every night for an
airing. We see where Injunctions are
secured to prevent picketing in the
sense that creates either physical vlo
lence or intimidation. They are being
violated day after day and no pres
sure seema to abate these violations
If tbe government la to undertake
to bos that tbe train* are operated
and protect the workmen, who defy
the union men formerly engaged In
shop work, it bas a real Job on ita
bands. Yet there le but one thing to
do if neither side will agree to com
promises to settle the strike. Ai
President Harding says, tbe roads
must be run. This necessarily means
tbat the government or tbe states or
tbe municipalities must see that work
ers are protected. They are not get
ting it now.
REPRESENTATIVE
MACINTYRE GIVES OUT
TIMELY INTERVIEW
Hon. W. I. MacIntyre returned from
Atlanta this morning, after attending
the session of the Legislature. Mr.
MacIntyre made the following com
ment on the situation, which will prove
very Interesting to the readers of tbe
Tlmee-Enterprlse, many of whom are
thoroughly acquainted with hla high
standing in the Legislature and hie
ability to diagnose political as well as
administrative troubles:
The session of the General Assem
bly, Just closed, bas merit In what it
did not, rather than what It did.
In tbe closing hours Increased ap
propriations. aggregating nearly two
million dollars were passed, mostly
for pensions.
It Is my opinion that all or the rev
enue of the state does not now equal
the pension and common school ap
propriations. If we closed all of the
state schools and chloroformed the
blind, dumb and Insane, ws would
still be running beblud.
- Notwithstanding this situation wo
find candidates for the General As
sembly all over Georgia, running on
platforms, advocating no decrease In
pension and common school appropria
tions and no Increase In taxes. Some
even advocate repealing the equaliza
tion law and at tbe same time de
creasing no appropriation of any size.
It Is the same old situation that I
have ho often described, only more so.
Appropriations are popular and help
politically In the county where tbe
money goes. Taxes are unpopular
and hurt politically among thoie bear
ing the burden. In ordinary times rep
resentatives follow tbe road of least
resistance and vote for appropriations,
especially if tbe money goes Into tbelr
county and against taxes, especially If
any considerable amount of it comes
from their county. Matters will soon
be so bad, however, that the public
will see the sham Involved In the
bablt above mentioned, and appropria
tions and taxes will be made to bal
ance, provided we have no bond Issues
from which money could be taken to
supply deflclences In current revenue.
If money could be taken from bond
issues, such as was Involved In tbe
proposition of the very able represen
tatlve from Talbott, tbe them could be
worked quite a while longer.
Governor Hardwick bolds tbe situa
tion before the public more emphatic
ally than have any of his predecessors,
and for so doing be Is haring very
serious opposition with some danger
of defeat. If the Governor had follow
ed the road of least resistance he
could have avoided serious opposition.
any this notwithstanding the fact
that I do not agree with the Governor
In some of his remedies; have never
voted for him In my life; and for a
Jong time considered him e political
heretic.
I am glad the candidates from Thom
as county are all of such high charac
ter and ability. I am sorry to say that
there are always some members Of
tbe General Assembly who are regard
ed with more or less suspicion by
their colleagues. The dliappolntment
of having a representative with whom
you differ politically Is aa nothing
compared to the mortification of hav
ing one whose motive! you suspect.
I am sorry the bt-ennlal session bill
failed in the Senate alter passing the
House. A* I recall the first bill I
ever Introduced was such a measure.
If It bad passed, tbe General Assem
bly not being In session so often would
likely not have made so many appro
priations.
tent let them at least conform to[
police regulations and forego their:
obnoxious and dangerous bolshevistic,
doctrines.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Advertisement!
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF GEORGIA
I hereby Announce as a candidate to
succeed myself aa judge of tho Superior
Oourta of the Southern Circuits, subject i
to the primary of September IS, 1922.
I am exceedingly grateful for your co
operation In this campaign and In the
work we are trying to accomplish.
Sincerely yours,
W. E THOMAS.
FOR STATE SENATOR
Te the White Voters of tho 7th Sens-
to Hoi District:
Thla being the turn of Thomaa coun
ty to nominate a candidate for the State
Senate, I wish to solicit the support of
the white voters of this county for tho
ty and known to moat of you. I have
never aougbt office, but believe service
In the legislature to be useful training
for a lawyer. If tho office Ja commit
ted to roy trust. I pledge you an honest
and faithful performance of every duty
thereby reposed.
The Code of 1M1 was a hook of one
thousand pages. Park's Annotated Codr
contains more than eight thousand
pages and five subsequent sessions of
tho legislature have added to this mass
of laws under which ws are living. Jef
ferson’s theory was Tba minimum o!
K vernment Is tho best governmenL”
1 to see wherein we need eight times
as many laws as our forefathers. tf
elected youi Senator, my efforts will be
bent toward preventing passage of use-
is laws, securing the. repeal of op-
V esatve. foolish and unnecessary - laws
Ad holding taxation within the limits ot
necessary governmental expense.
LOUIS a MOORE.
'for representative
Subject to the rules governing tho
whlto primary .of Thomas county. 1
v ,ereby announce my candldaey for Rep-
osootattvo. if elected I shall endeavor
to serve Thomas county sad Georgia* to
the. host of my ability, your votes and
co-operadoa are reepeotfuny solicited.
T. C. BEVERLY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
To tho White Voters of Thornes County:
X hereby announce myself s candidate
tor the Legislature, subject to the rules
end regulations of the approaching pri
mary.
Having served my county four years
i the Board of County Commission ere.
1 doom It unnecessary to say to the peo
ple that I stand for economy, and against
tho waste and needless expenditure ot
K bMo funds. My section of the county
vlng never furnished a representative
to the State Legislature I feel that we
are justly entitled to that honor.
I respectfully solicit your support, and
If elected. I promise to fhlthfully ctj*
charge every duty required of me for
is beet Interests of our State
Respectfully^ submitted.
H. R. BANI3TBR
rOR REPRESENTATIVE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
r Representative of Tboftnas county la
the Legislature of Georgia, suhjea to
the action of the
If elected. I pro
' abf
mm lias he MM* alas*.
Th* hit in a stack Is the os* that
HARDING SAYS TRAINS MUST BE
OPERATED.
Those who have read the full con-
text of the Preiident’e message
Congress os the rail and coal xtrlks
will be convinced tbat be bas finally
ma<S* op hla mind that one thing shall
be thoroughly known—tha railroads
win (be operated and the men who op
erate them win be protected-
TUi la n ttepcrtaat flfrtihfl.
ergy and ability I poeeeee in tba Interest
of all the people.
I shall oppose any attempt to take a
foot of Thomas county soil to make i
new county.
I shall enengitlcaDy work for tbe Im
provement of the common schools.
I shall Insist that we continue to iro
prove -the roads and highways of Geor-
I shall do every thing In my power
to lighten the load of the farmers, know
lng the prosperity of all the people de
pends cm their success.
X Khali try to work In harmony with
the forward looking people of the coun
ty and state.
Sincerely yc^. o9 ^
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
To the Whlto Voters of Thomaa County
I hereby announce my candldaoy for
representative of Thomaa county In the
Lower House of the General Assembly
subject to such rules aa may be made
governing the approaching primary.
If elected, I will endeavor to faithful
ly perform every duty required of me
as Representative of our county. 11
■hall not bo my purpose to further bur
den the people or Georgia with needles:
and burdensome lawn. My chief aim
will be to diligently study the financial
affaire of the State in order that I may
vote and work intelligently for the im
provement of tho State’s financial con
dition.
I will deeply appreciate the support
and encouragement of everyone.
Respectfully submltti ‘
ELDO>~
ON L. JOH
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM
ELLABELLE DISTRICT
X hereby announce myself for County
Commissioner from Rllabelle District,
subject to tbe action of tbe White Pri
mary. If elected it shall be my highest
ambition to servo each end every sec
tion of tbe County aa fairly and as effi
ciently aa la posrtbls according to my
ability, etandipg fit all times on my con-
Mivlctlona.
0b «$2&ITAlN.
RED CROSS HELPS
CHINESE FLOOD VICTIMS
Washington, D. C-, Aug. 21.—Ab
appropriation ot ten thousand dollars
from the national funds ot th* Amer
ican Red Cron has been made to as-
slat the work already undertaken by
Its representative in Chinn In bahnlf
of tbe vletlme of tbe recent typhoon
nt Swatow, Chairman Payne announc
ed today.
SEVEN DIE IN ENGLISH WRECK
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Friends announce lfr. Frank Pittman
for County Commissioner to represent the
Thomaavllle district, and feel assured that
hla ability and experience fit him to make
one of the moat acceptable and efficient
commissioners that could be secured. He
hae consented to aervo If elected, and we
respectfully urge the support of hla can
didacy, to the people of the county.
THE WISE MAN
Saves NOW for the Rainy Day—
THE FOOLISH MAN
waits until he hears it thunder
Be wise and start a savings account today with a
dollar or more and we will loan you one of these
BOOK COIN SAVINGS BANKS to
help you save.
We Pay Interest on Savings at—
The Peoples Savings Bank
T. J. BALL, Prest. R. J. McCLENNEY, Cash.
BE
Catering To A Hot
Weather Appetite
People are uaually fuaay about their food In hot weather. They
have less appetite than usual. Tha housewife knows aha can
not tempt tha family palate with rich, heavy or highly seasoned
food; eh* must serve erlsp. delicately flavored, cooling dishes.
Above all, the food must b* fresh; kept fresh In a w#ll Iced re-
frlgerator. '
Milk and butter must be cold, the vegetables crisp, meats' purity
thoroughly protected.
Using cracked loo on the table make* a heap of difference. A
few cents’ worth buys a dollars worth of satisfaction when tho
thermometer hovers around 90.
Thomasville Ice & Mtg. Co.
— T — B
When You Write a
Check
to meet a bill, you provide
your own receipt; for that
same check canceled is legal
evidence of payment.
When You Pay By
Cash
you may have to go through
the embarrassment of asking
for a receipt—a slip inconven
ient to file and easily lost.
You will find a check account
a great convenience, and you
are invited to open one here.
mlMloner from tho Meigs District.
Appreciating tho groat responsibility of
thla office I believe my experience on
the board hae tbe better qualified me to
fill tbe office to the beet interest of the
county, and X shall endeavor to do this
If elected*
Tour vote and support will be appre
ciated.
Tours truly,
D&8W.
DUNCAN BICKLET.
oclentlous con'
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
To th* Voter, of Thomaa County:
lfr. T. K. Hutchison bavins boon nomi
nated In n called mass meeting of the
voters of th# Firth Commlaalonera Dle-
trlct, as a candidate for County Commis
sioner. hla friends hereby submit hla can
didacy for your consideration. Knowing
him to be thoroughly competent, conserv
ative, and one who will stand for tho
economical expenditure ot th* public
We respectfully solicit for him your
>U juSyl th * ,Jth -
of
maay friend,. I hereby announce myself
a candidate for County l ommeetoner
from tho Sth Commleatonere' Dletrtct of
rbomaa county, subject to the rule* and
regulations of tbo approaching prtmagz
If elected I premia* to work and vote me
th* best Intoraata of the ,taxpayer! qf fly
sounty Tour support will bo appreciated
Respectfully su nut CAsa ^^
U. S. RAINMAKER
COES TO ITALY
London, Aug. 21.—The American
"rain-maker" Charles Hatfield, who
claims to bav* brought relief to the
drought .offerer* In tha United States
and Canada, has arrived at Naples,
having been invited by th* Italian
government, to try to bring rain to
that city vicinity which la parched by
Graveaend. Eng., Aug] 21.—Seven
workmen were killed and on* hun
dred Injured thle morning when
train crashed Into the rear end of.
their work train standing at tha at*-' • ftva month's drought, say* a Control
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Department
Bank of Thomasville
Designated Depository o f State of Georgia, County of Thomas
and City of Thomesvlllo.
B. H. WRIGHT. Pros'!
R. O. FLEETWOOD. Vles-Prcs’L
R. THOMAS, Vlce-Pres’t
P. C. SEARCY. Cashier.
J. a SEARCY, JR.. Asst. Cashier.
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AND
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FEED AND GRAIN STORE 1
So. Madison St.
Phone•
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