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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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TWO EXTRA MILLS FOR SCHOOLS.
If there is any one thing that Americus has long
prided herself on it is her public schools. With good
buildings, well equipped, good teachers and keen public
interest, no public schools in Georgia have excelled
those of Americus.
And the people of Americus are not going to per
mit their schools to fall behind that standard. That is
why the members of a committee representing the board
of education went before city council Thursday night in
absolute confidence that they had the people with them
in their request to be allowed to join in the proposed
•harter amendment, which the approaching legislature
will be asked to pass, with a special provision permit
ting of an increased tax levy in the city for school pur
pose. 1 . ' ! |
Twelve trusted citizens of Americus —the members of
our board of education—say that more money is impera
tive if our public schools are not to go backward. THEN
BY ALL MEANS LET S HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY FOR
OUR SCHOOLS.
The board does not ask an increased share of the
present funds of the city, for no department can spare any
of its present appropriation without suffering. But it does
ask that the tax levy be increased EVER SO LITTLE
—2 mills on the dollars, or two cents on the $lO of
valuation.
We call our tax levy high already; maybe it is. But
what man or woman will ‘object to adding to whatever he
or she now pays 2 cents for every $lO of valuation if our
schools are in peril for want of the funds absolutely
necessary to keep them going properly.
No one argues the value of education and just as
surely no one will argue the question as to whether
Americus schools should be maintained as the best
schools that can be had or not. But it takes good teach
ers to make good schools, and in these days good teach
ers cannot be kept at cheap prices.
Two mills per dollar, two cents per $10; twenty
cents per SIOO of valuation. Absurdly small, but it is
the difference between good schools and bad ones, Col.
G. R. Ellis and W. W. Dykes, representing the board of
education, told the city council Thursday night. aCn
we afford it? That is not the question. The real pro
posal is, ‘‘Can we afford not to levy it?”
Flower Suggestions.
A purple twilight—a bed of violets.
A pink dawn—blossoming peach trees.
A golden noonday—golden glow, marigolds.
A crimson sunset—red poppies.
A March zephyr—windflower, coreopsis.
A violet horizon—wisteria blooms.
‘‘The uncertain glory of an April day”—larkspurs.
Perfumed dusk —Jacqueminot roses.
j THE STATE PRESS. j
South’s Business Chance.
By the organization of a foreign cotton corporation
as suggested by Governor Harding, of the federal reserve
board, the cotton growers and business men of the South,
who are interested in the prosperity of the grower, seem
to have something definite on which to act in bettering
the situation and placing the farmer in a position where
he will not be at the mercy of every squall in the market.
T he plan of Mr .Harding is right in line with the plan
proposed some weeks ago by Mr. J. Warren Smith, of the
|Ceorgia National Bank, which has been very favorably
commented upon in several banking journals of recent
date, and differs very much from the usual scheme of I
cotton growers conventions, in that the plan calls for ai ;
real business in a business way rather than everlasting
talk.
The only man really interested in making new mar
kets for raw cotton is the grower, and the best wav to 1
get new markets and uphold the ones already made is to
go and do it, just as any other industry would do.
For many years the sisal growers of Yucatan, Mexico, '
were at the mercy of the buyers of their product. They j:
organized a selling company, and not only made new <
markets but sustained their present market. The south- t
| A VERSE A DAY. j
STARS.
ALONE, in the night,
On a great hill
With pines around me
Spicy ard still.
And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz
And misty red.
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire. >
Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill
I watch them marching
Stately and still.
And I know that I
Am honored to be
, Witness
! Os so much majesty,
—SARA TEASDALE in The New York Sun.
ern cotton grower and business man can do the same,
and his government is willing to aid him, when he means
: business.
The complete organization of the individual farmers
has in the past proved a very hard proposition, but with
a great corporation in which the farmers are interested
able to stabilize the foreign market, and to go out and
make new markets, the days should come when the South
should not be dependent upon a calamity, such as bad
crop year, or a war, to get a good price for its product.
Under this business-like plan suggested by southern
1 bankers, men who know the South and it problems and
1 who have the interest of the South at heart, there is
hope for accomplishment.
The southern cotton farmer may now have the means
of lifting his cotton burdens from the ever-ready should
ers of the politician, and place them where they belong,
on a purely business foundation, and start out on a new
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policy of getting help by helping himself.
The farmers’ dollars back of his cotton will be worth
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more than all the speeches that could be made, and all
the resolutions that could be passed in a million years.—
Athens Banner.
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All Want It Now.
5
, Watch them go after that federal fund for road build
s ing. Strange how men are just like sheep. Get the
thing started and all of them want to go one way. One
t things is assured —Georgia is going to get some perma
-3 nent roads out of the agitation. We hope ours will be
r among the first.—Cordele Dispatch.
r
The End of the Joys of Ills.
J The other day a doctor located a patient in mid
ocean and discussed his symptoms and prescribed for
t him over the fireless telephone. Isn’t that just like a
- doctor! Pretty soon nobody will be able to crawl off
• into a quiet corner and enjoy his pet ailment all my him
self. —Waycross Journal-Herald.
Bonds For Roads.
Colquit county has been borrowing money and build
! ing roads a number of years. The county has
heretofore gone in the open money markets and borrow
ed money on promissory notes when it was needed. Now
the proposition is to borrow a large sum and issue
bonds instead of promissory notes in order to get a
lower rate of interest.
We have been “paving roads” in the county for ten
years. The proposition now made is to change the
material used, substituting cement and asphalt for sand
and clay—in order to get a permanent road.
That is all. There is nothing to the proposition but
borrowing a larger sum of money and for a longer period
of time, and using a more expensive material.
The main issue is, do we want better roads?
There is nothing in the amount of bonds proposed
to frighten any one. Aha flmillion dollars is but a drop
in the bucket for a rich county like Colquitt.
But there is danger in getting away from the main
issue and wrangling over the details that must be work
ed out later on. It may be reasonably presumed that the
County Commissioners will use the material that has
proven its value in other places. It is an easy matter
to make comparisons and find the paving material best
suited to this climate and to the local needs. As to the
width of the roads that is another matter about which
there is bound to be a difference of opinion, but the com
missioners will study paved roads in other parts of the
country and will easily determine what is the most
practical road.
If you are for paved highways do not get lost in
a discussion of minor details. We can thresh these
things out after we have voted the bonds. There wi!l
be time enough. The commissioners will not be ready
to begin road paving for many weeks after the bond
election, should the bonds be authorized.
First, decide whether or not you are for spending j
more money and securing better roads. When you have]
decided this you are ready for the details, and while
it may never be possible to build the roads to please every
one in the country, they will be constructed along lines
that have proven their worth.—Moultrie Observer.
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DATS OF DIZZINESS.
Come to Hundreds of Americus People
There are days of dizziness;
Spels of headache, languor, back
ache;
Sometimes rheumatic pains;
Often urinary disorders.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney ills.
Endorsed in Americus by grateful
friends and neighbors.
Mrs. T. L. Bunch, 1209 McGarrah
street, says: About a year ago my
kidneys gave a great deal of trouble.
They were irregular in action and my
back felt tired and languid all the
time. Dizzy spells came over me and
black specks before my eyes, blurring
my sight. My back was also sore and
lame and when I would stoop over, I
could hardly straighten. Hearing of
Doan’s Kidney Pill, began taking them
and two boxes completely cured me.
I have had no trouble with my kid
neys since that time.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills —the same that
Mrs. Bunch had. Foster-Wilburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
TAX NOTICE.
The state and county books open
Feb. 1 and close May 1. Take notice
and govern yourselves accordingly.
GEO. D. JONES,
Tax Received, Sumter County.
Americus, Feb. 1. 1919. 2-ts
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