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CUPIE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
0111 ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published by THE TIMES-RECORDER CO., (Inc.) Arthur Lucas,
Resident; Lovelace Eve, Secretary; W. S. Kirkpatrick, Treasurer.
Published every afternoon, except Saturday; every Sunday morn
ing as a weekly (every Thursday.)
WM. S. KIRKPATRICK, Editor; LOVELACE EVE, Business Mana-
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:—City of Americus, Sumter County, Rail
road Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court,
Southern District of Georgia.
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tained are also reserved.
If Congress refuses again to admit Victor Berger, maybe the
German parliament will take him.
FRIENDLY MIGRATIONS.
Just a few years back Uncle Sam confessed to being not a little
concerned at the stream of emigrants leaving the United States for
new homes in Canada. The Dominion had plenty of cheap land to
offer, and was doing some skilful advertising.
Something seems to have turned the tide, however. Official fig
ures recently made public show that 44,003 emigrants crossed the
bord't r going north during the last fiscal year. That is 9,000 less than;
Ae number who went into Canada from the United States in the
preceding year. There were only 30,223 American citizens in that
army of emigrants. The year before the number had been 36,000.
In this same fiscal year 96,075 immigrants came into this coun
try from Canada. Os that number 22,441 were American citizens
coming back to their old homes.
All this visiting back and forth may cause the official mind some
anxiety. but perhaps on the whole it is a good thing for so many peo
ple on both rides of that 4,000 miles of unguarded national border
to become acquainted with conditions and people and manners and
donate in both great democracies. It should help to create better
understanding and warmer sympathy.
THE COMMON BEGGAR.
The professional beggar who sits beside the public way, or goes
from house to house appealing for charity from all who pass should,
as a rule, be regarded with suspicion rather than sympathy, and the
aims he begs should be reserved for the deserving case, hard to find
because it is too proud to let its needs be known.
An official in a weiVr city l as been doinj; a little investigating
proDtsional beggars in his home town. His findings are both
Startling and amusing. The well-known beggar who sat wistfully
playing the accordeon is known among his associates as the '‘million
aire/’ He was formerly an instructor in the state school for the blind,
but gave up his job and took to beggary because it paid better. His
daily graft upon a generous public averages about S3O, and he spends
bis winters at fashionable hotels in warm climates. The poorest and
lest skilful tapper of the public funds was held rather in contempt
among his fellows because his methods were so crude they only net
ted him about $lO a day.
fa many towns professional beggary is forbidden by statute. It
should be so everywhere. A world which expects its blind and crip
pled soldiers to return to their places as self-respecting and self-sup
porting members of society should not permit the lazy and dishonest
to take their toll unchecked. There is work for everybody, either
in some institution or out of it. For those who actually cannot work
there ia public provision or shelter and funds. Common beggary
whkh steals from the deserving and robs the honest should have no
toleration.
AUSTRIA PERISHING.
Fhere is much dcubt whether the new republic of Austria set up
last year can continue to exist. With a few millions of population, de
aerfted as Germans of the purest type,” it is in no sense a complete
country. It lacks seaports, industries, credit. It is a little more
than the big empty capital of Vienna, surrounded by a small area of
farm land hopelessly inadequate to maintain such a city. It lived ana
Hived well, on the Empire; it cannot live by itself. Says a dispatch:
v 'The process of disintegration and dissolution has begun. Pov
erty. bankruptcy, disease, famine, unemployment and despair are all
working together still further to crumble what was once a flourishing
empire. President Renner, going like an humble mendicant to beg
assistance from the Paris confemce, is a pathetic figure. His object
is not mly to save the life of Vienna, but the very existence of his
zsation.” j
President Renner may be honored for his patriotic efforts; his
pewpile' aare to Be pitied, and helped, if possible, so far as their real
needs are concerned. But as rgards this shrunken center of the Aus
tro-Hungarian Empire, why should the rest of the world bother to
save it?
ft was this same Austria that kept in bondage many races now
free, and for centuries played the part of the master criminal in
European politics. It was this Austria whose arrogance, personified
in its ruling class, drove Serbia to desperation and plunged Europe
into the great war. For that, crowning its many other sins, the Aus
trian Empire has been cut to pieces like its ancient prototype, Baby
lon. Why not let the parallel be complete? What better lesson
be left for future ages, what more compelling argument for
than that wolves should howl in the streets of Vienna and
Austria should remain only as a name in history?
LET THE MONEY THAT YOU PAY
FOR RENT
PAY FOR YOUR HOME
$25.00 a Month
Faya Principal and Interest on a $2,C00 00 Loan in Ten Years
Other Sixe Loans Figured in Same Proportion.
Let Us Erplain Our Plan For Making Monthly Payment Loans On
City Property.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Flantnn Bank Bldg. Americus, Georgia. Phone 830
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WORTH PASSING ALONG
HARRIS AGAINST IT.
, The people of Georgia are indebt
ed to Senator Harris for the part he
took in killing the Poindexter amend
ment to the act to regulate com
merce. Senator Harris worked hard
to kill the amendment and voted
against it when the time came to
do so.
The absolute enforcement of the
long and short principle of the fourth
section of the act to regulate com
merce as contemplated by Senator
i Poindexter, would have demoralized
i and disrupted commercial conditions
in many cases to such an extent as to
totally destroy large investments.
Commerce has developed and large
factories have been established under
the system of rates existing for many
years, predicated on competitive
transportation conditions, in some
cases on account of water transporta
tion, in others on account of market
competition, and still in others on
account of water competition and
market competition.
Particularly are these conditions
true as to the Southeast, where the
territory might be considered an is
, land, bounded on the east and south
by the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico, on the west by the Missis
sippi river, on the north by the Ohio
and Potomac rivers, pierced by num
erous streams, navigable for great
distances into the interior. Owing to
these natural transportation facilities,
industries have been developed and
trade established and adjusted on a
system of rates influenced by water
competition.
The absolute enforcement of
senate bill No. 360, known as the
Poindexter bill, would Lave destroy
ed the natural advantages existing on
account of water competition and
would have required the rail lines to
increase their rates between competi
tive points to be not less than to and
from the intermediate points, or the
carriers could have adopted the al
ternative of leveling rates to and
from the intermediate points to be
not higher than to and from the com
petitive points. The latter method
we do not believe the carriers could
have afforded to have adopted, as to
have done so would have depleted
their revenue, which they could not
have stood. Therefore it is natural
to suppose that the former would
have been adopted if the proposed
bill had been enacted.- —-Savannah
Press.
A MODERN FABLE WITH TRUTH
IN IT.
A young man who worked on a
salary went to his employer and ask- j
ed for an increase. He was on rather ’
intimate terms with his boss, and he
talked the subject over frankly with
I him.
“Honest, boss,” he said, “I haven’t
been able to save a cent this year. 1 1
can show you in actual figures where
it costs me at least a third more to
live now than it did two or three
years ago. I’m not putting a cent in
the bank.”
The employer thought it over. On
the first of the next month the young
man received SSO more in his pav
envelope. A few days later he call
ed the young man into his private
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“You got, your raise all right?”
“Yes,” said the young man.
“Now, what have you done with
that extra $50?”
The employee studied a moment.
“Well,” he said, “I needed a new
suit. I paid the tailor forty for it.
Then, just to celebrate, I gave a lit
tle party—”
“I see,” said the boss. “You told
me you hadn’t been able to save a
cent on your old salary, and I gave
you a raise so you could put a surplus
in the bank. You don’t seem to
be making much progress, do you?”
“Not yet,” said the young man,
“but after a while—” .
“You managed to live on your old
salary, didn’t you?”
“Yes, just barely.”
“Then who not take this SSO a
month and put it aside? Keep to
your old scale of living. Forget
about the salary increase. And ev
ery month take that extra SSO a
month to the savings bank. Can you
do that?”
“I can try,” said the employee.
He did, and soon found it was no
trick at all to adjust hi.nself to the
old scale of living and put his in
crease in the bank. Kansas City
Star.
FARM LOANS
20 YEAR AMORTISEMENT LOANS—
On the plan of the Federal Land Bank. No Joint liability and
without red tape.
10 YEAR LOANS—
interest payable annually. Privilege of paying part or all es
principal at any interest period.
5 YEAR LOANS
Written option furnished permitting payment in fall at any
interest period.
Mo-ey is available as soon as title to land is approved.
We will be glad to explain the various kinds of farm loans.
JAMES A. &JOHN A. FORT
Planters Bank Building.
LOANS Interest LOANS
FARM Lowest Rates CITY
If you have good property, either farm or city, J can make
you an attractive loan. Annual curtail of principal allowed,
stopping interest on amount paid.
Local Money On Hand For Quick Loans.
H. O. JONES
PHONES: Office 177; Residence 753. Americus, Ga.
P O Box 116 B c HOGUE Ph— «•
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DRAFTING EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR SUMTER
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Country Dwellings, Bams, Mules and Feedstuffs
Fire, Life, Accident A Health, Tornado, Plate Glass. Band. Autos
AU Companies Represented Are The Very Beet.
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How Many
people can you think of
right now who would
like to have your photo
graph, and how long
since that last one was
made?
Make The Appointment Now
It’s None Too Early.
The
McKinstry Studio
Phone 621.
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EMORY RYLANDER
Cotton Ave. Phone 364
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DARK DAYS.
’J'HERE is no coal in yonder bin, and vanished is the cordwood
•, pile; and so it’s with a ghastly grin I cull on men to sing and
smile. The tearful children cry for bread, for shredded oats and
“Utter-fat; I have to give them bricks instead, and they won't
thrive on grub like that. For everyone in town has struck for thw
or that or t other boon, a shorter hour, an extra buck, a mortgage
on the pale-faced moon. My wife demands a too of coal, the
house is like an arctic lair; 1 only murmur and condole, and watch
k r . ez * ng * n ber c^a * r - I’d keep her warm, 1 have the price, but
there is neither coal nor wood; the dealers hand me chunks of
Iceland say that they are just as good. Was ever such outlandish
U 001 coin won ‘ bu y ‘be goods we need; for all the woozy
l M Btruck and industry is gone to seed. All day the wintry
' ” aS w b°°P e d> ‘be seer foretells another storm; around a can
ewe are grouped; alas, it fails to keep us warm. The country's
u of useful truck we need, and have the wealth to buy; but all
t e world, it seerrls, has struck, and so we sit and freeze and sigh.
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L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, (Incorporated) ' JOE M. BRYAN,
Vice Pres’t. & Cashier Asst. Cashier.
THE Planters Bank 0F Americus
Resources Over $1,500,000.00
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■ Success begins with industry,
conservative spending, and
consistent saving. We will
gladly welcome you into our
banking family, and help
your savings grow by adding
4% compound interest.
We invite your account, com
mercial or savings.
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Prompt Conservative Accommodating
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
The Commercial City Bank tenders Christmas Greeting* to
all of its customers and friends, and expresses the hope that
the New Year will bring Peace on Earth and Good Will to
Men, and that the fullest measure of good health and pros
perity shall be awarded to them all.
Good Wishes to You
&“’• “ d
Nothing but the confidence which vou ■fplf in thia
specially pleased that our efforts are being appreciated* and we in
tend to improve our service in the new year. *
Bank of Commerce
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
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Frank Sheffield Cashier C. R. Crisp
When in Need of Insurance Just Phone 849
J G HOLST
INSURANCE in All of lu Branches. BONDS
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ALLISON UNDERTAKING CO.
(Established 1908,)
Funeral Directors and Embalmers,
n Ph° L 9 L « BUCH ANAN, Director.
Day Phone 253 Night phone> 381 w
AMERICUS UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Naf LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night G6l an<J
TURNER ELECTRIC CO
r SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTORS
Eatimatea CheerfuMy Furnuhed. Lamp., Fam, Motor.,
,TO “ PHONE IM WIM. „ A.„_. HOME PHONE m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.