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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published By
THE TIMES-RECORDER CO. (Inc.)
Arthur Lucas, President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary;
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR
City of Americus.
Sumter County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For Third Congressional
District
U. S. Court, Southern District of Georgia.
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per Will nave our smvcie
By the way, what has become of the auditorium
project? ' (
Now the drys are talking of A. Mitchell Palmer for
President. Looks suspiciously like the hand of the enemy
was at work already trying to split the democratic party.
Here is one vote for rounding up the anarchists in
this country and dumping them in the midst of dark
est Russia, where they can have ready made what they
seem to want here.
“Columbus set sail to prove the world was round,
and Wilson went to Europe to prove the world was
square,” said a booster for the league of nations the
othbr day. Not so bad. ,
ir- BUILD YOUR HOME—NOW.
Somewhere in the heart of every man is the desire to
be Independent. Independence is the measure of one’s
standing in the community.
i ~ The first step along the road to independence, is to
own one’s own home. The man who owns his own home is
the respected, the trusted man in every community.
One of the largest employers of labor in the country
ordered, a canvass of his factories to determine what
percentage of his employes owned their own homes. At
the same time he urged all employes in the establish
ment to become home owners or home buyers.
Sound logic prompted this action. The responsible
man is the valuable employee. The home owner has a
deeper sense of civic pride. He is established; he is re
sponsible; he is interested in everything that tends to
ward the peace and security and upbuilding of the com
munity.
The example set by one manufacturer will be fol
lowed by others. It will daily become more requisite to a
man’s securing responsible employment that he owns his
own home.
There is little excuse for a man not owning his own
home. The great L berty loans have instilled into the
American people lessons of thrift that will endure through
the coming days of peace. Every man can and should
own his own home.
' There is no appeal from the man who seeks a posi
tion that is treated so lightly by private and public
employer alike, as the appeal which comes from the man
who has everything to gain and nothing to lose.
■ The independent man always owns his own home—
Build yours now.
You couldn’t do yourself or Americus a more im
portant service.
LABEL YOUR TOWNS FOR FLYERS
Prominent cities and towns of the south are rapidly
grasping the future for aviation and the utilization of
the airplane for commercial, official and pleasure pur
poses.
Many requests are coming in to the different Gov
e’nment fields for ships to visit towns and it is always
toe desire of the government and commanding officers
to grant these requests and to assist in any way possi
ble, loth by suggestion and the sending of expert flyers
tn these towns to investigate the locality for proped
landing facilities as this is of great importance to avia!
tion. I 1 I i 1 I
Before the automobile could approach its zenitP
and universal use, counties began improving their ioa<r
and placing sign boards along the route with inform!
tion tvhere main towns were located and their distance! ll
now comes aviation and its requirements are good lanf J t
ing places and sign boards also; only these sign boaipf
must be placed so they can be read from the air. In
respect a prominent building of the town or the statJ er
should have in large block letters (contrasting in coloi ( (1
the roof) painted on the roof the name of the town J
also the distances to larger towns in direct line. II ra
One of Souther Field’s flyers makes jth
. Rippl mgßhqmGS
w Welt Mason.,
NEGLECTED.
SAID old Bill Jinx, " I’m poor, I ween and so I’m
always slighted; I think my neighbors pretty
mean; they bum each day their gasoline, and I
am not invited. If they would say "Bill, come and
ride, enjoy a little Luting,’ then joy would in my
soul abjde, enlarge! my heart, expand my hide—l
would not sit here Routing.” Said I, "At six o’clock
I’ll come and take yi>ur for a journey; be ready then,
you good old bum! through woodland scenes we
then shall hum by meadows lush and ferny.” And
just at six I toolfl my crock to old Bill’s lowly
dwelling; my promptness seemed to give a shock;
“Just wait ten miiutes by the clock,” I heard this
William yelling. Ttn minutes then I waited there; I
waited more than twenty; and I was sorer than a
bear for I had ® cheap time to spare—l thought
I’d waited plenty! Old Bill alone would have a ride
and breathe thervening zephyrs, and see the bab
bling streamlets fide across the verdant country side
where graze thelpangled heifers. But he’s too dense
to realize that ffks object to waiting; so he stands
around and sign, and beefs about us moneyed guys
and does a spel of hating.
suggestion regaring a proper landing field:
“A communr desiring to be on an air route, and
particularly thejproposed aerial mail for all parts of
the country, mix offer as a chief inducement a desira
ble landing f ielf This proposition of a desirable landing
field is far tooiermanent and serious to be guessed at
and no effort iould be left undone to perfect such a
municipal landig field. A ship having to land on a poor
field jeoparjlizi the life of the flyer and his passenger
as well as thlship. The name and success of a town
means nothin! to aviation, but a good landing field
will serve toput the smallest as well as the largest
towns on thderial map to stay.
“A land* field suitable for landing any type of
plane now fug flown should not be less than 1500
feet by 600 let, if there are any obstructions such as
trees, house!telegraph or telephone wires at the edges
of the field if there are no obstructions other than
ordinary fee, the field may be 1000 feet by 500 feet.
The field s uld be on high ground, if possible, and the
longest in e direction of the prevailing wind; it should
be smoothed hard, free from ditches, bumps, and tall
grass, a sped surface being mose desirable.
“If ins impossible to lay off the field with the
longer ait running parallel with the prevailing wind
and it Is ipossible to grade and level the complete field
then theishould be a diagonal like the capital letter X
the sidesf the X being at least two hundred feet long
inside f field, running the full length of the field
so as tqfford a runway for the landing and taking off
of a si* this will give the flyer an opportunity to
land pjially into the wind, as it is most essential to
land al take off a ship directly into the face of the
wind. I
“Progressive town with foresight ahead for avia
tion w arrange to have its field as near town as pos
sible h also the field should be in close proximity to
high a gasoline and oil.”
I
A GRAIN FARMER.
I
Ire is an object lesson right at home in Sumter
. couf of the truth of the teachings of those progressives
• whdreach diversification on the farms of the south —
j thefltting down on cotton and the raising of live
stoiand grain. This is from the pen of Major W. L.
. Glt'er. field representative of the Southern Ruralist
wDvas a visitor to Sumter county a few weeks ago.
- Sa Mr. Glessner:
IN. A. Ray. of Sumter county, Ga., broke away
fr| all cotton years ago, and was one of the first far
rd in south Georgia to raise hay as a money crop. For
stal years he has been raising grain, and last year
Je 245 bushels of wheat on eight acres, and followed
fl fat with corn the same year and made 30 bushels
.' me acre, besides a crop of Spanish peanuts between
(rows.
. I “I always have a curiosity to know how things are
H ue, so I asked him how’ he did it. His reply was that
3 first made a fine seed bed by repeated harrowing with
-four-mule disk harrow. The seed was treated xvith a
Jution of blue stone and drilled in, one and a fourth
Pshels to the acre. The fertilizer used was 400 pounds
1 cotton seed meal and acid phosphate to the acre,
hd when the wheat was four inches high it was given
hi application of 100 pounds of nitrate of soda to the
ere.
“A couple of years ago Mr. Ray planted 60 acres
i corn, seven-foot row’s and one foot in the drill. A row
f cowpeas was planted in the middle of the rows,
elvet beans among the corn. On this field he fattened 50
ogs and 27 beef cattle, and fed 50 stock hogs, and gath
red twenty tons of beans in the pod. Next year he plant
d the field in cotton and made a bale to the acre.
“By the way, Sumter county farmers are largely
aising their own flour, there being two flour mills in
le county.”
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
PAINT
Increases the Value
of Your Farm
Facts and figures conclusively prove that in any community
where the farm homes are well painted and in good repair, the land
values have greatly increased. The cost of painting is small com
pared with the increased value of your property; besides paint pro
tects and prolongs the life of your buildings and implements.
BENJAMIN MOORE’S PAINTS '
Handled by us for 21 years—with not a kick in 10 years—with still
the very highest grade of materials—will give you longest years
of service at lowest cost. Remember
PAINTING IS AN INVESTMENT
and not an expense, therefore you should use the best paint your
money will buy—MOORE’S. They have stood the test and are
guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction.
ACT TODAY.
“SAVE THE SURFACE AND YOU SAVE ALL.”
Sheffield Company
Phone 20 Americus, Ga.
Ha ye You Yet T ried
Golden Glow
■■■!■! I. ,11,1111 , I
It’s something new; and it’s good, too.
For the warm days
NEOPOLITAN PARFAIT
BANANA SPLIT
VANILLA CHOCOLATE
and
ALMON CARAMEL
The New Drink—Orange Crush
You’ll Like It
AMERICUS DRUG COMPANY
Phones 75 and 121
SOLDIERS artd SAILORS
FROM
Sumter County
Murray’s Pharmacy wants to
display a picture df every man in this county
Who has served in the army or navy during the world war; also
any souvenir that he can trust in our care. Send them to us at
once, with your name and address attached
Display will be made in the near future and all material will
be returned safely to you. If notified we will send after any
thing that it is not convenient for you to bring in.
This display will in no way be connected with merchandise
advertising. We have a plan that we know will please you, and
be very gratifying to hte public. Address all items and communi
cations to
MURRAY’S PHARMACY
“The Rexall Store”
Lamar Street Americus, Georgia
iVIr. Autoist:
As soon as you purchase that new car see me
about my new “Definite Value ’ Automobile
Policy—it’s a “CORKER.” Cheaper—Better.
eJ • G. Holst
Ailison Building Phone 849
Agent for: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Milwaukee
Insurance in all of its branches. Bonds.
REID THE T.-K. WAM ADVERTISEMENTS
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
0. M. COUNCIL V.-P & Ca shier J. M. BRYAN. Asst. Cashier.
INCOJIPOR ATED 18»1.
THE PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS
Resources over one and quarter million dollars
.With an unbroken record of
28 years of conservative and
S i SsOnSwwi successful banking, we re
spectfully solid, your busl
hfi:l MUJ ness. We especially call your
E®L-- ■' -.E?; attention to our Savings De-
IBtebffiralwjßak&ticil W 1 Hr 3" partment. We pay 4% Inter-
J est, co mounded semi-annu-
Wb ally - Why not begin today
Wl l£ i&S SB pßt 3 m wjjp•■ and lay the foundation for
future indep id e?
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large, None Too Small
J. W. SHEFFIELD, Pres. FRANK SHEFFIELD, V.-P.
LEE HUDSON, Cashier.
CO-OPERATION IN BANKING
It has been the policy of this bank,
since the date of its organization Oc
tober 13, 1891, to co-operate with
every sound and progressive move
ment that was for the upbuilding of
our community and our country. We
appreciate our old friends who have
dealt with us for many years. We
welcome new accounts and would be
pleased to have you call or corres
pond with us.
Bank of Commerce
Commercial City Bank
Corner Lamar and Forrest Streets
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
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Will extend to yon any courtesies con
sistent with good banking principles.
Good collateral will always get you the
money.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, ' SAMUEL HARRISON,
President Cashier.
Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Nat LeMaster, Manager
□ay Phones 88 ano 231 Night 661 and 13«
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g ESTABLISHED 1908
I Funeral Directors and Embalmers j I
g OLEN BUCHANAN, Diiector |
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| Day Phone 253, Night Phones 381 106
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NOW IS THE TIME T
TO HAVE YOUR HOUSE SCREENED
get busy
Phone 784 and let us call and make you an estimate
MIEBICUS SHUI'N & MFC, CB. ■
J. A. Davenport
INSURANCE
Country Dwellings, Barns, Mules and Feedstuffs.
Fire, Life, Accident A Health, Tornado, Plate Glass, Bonds, Automobile*.
All Companies Represented Are The Very Best.
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© | Always at your Service. •
Drive your Car around and
© ; let us Test your Tires. ©
• 1 AMERICUS STEAM VULCANIZING CO. ®
© J. W. LOTT, Manager 1; J
J * Phone 506 Lamar Street <; ®
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1919.