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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Published by THE TIMES RECORDER CO., (Inc.) Arthur Lucas,
President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary; W. S. Kirkpatrick, Treasurer.
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A FALSE POSITION.
Some people are looking forward, even hopefully, for a business
depression which would bring about lower wages, and therefore a
reduced cost of living, says the Manufacturers’ Record. This is fun
damentally a false position, it concludes. Men who think that the
way to safety and to prosperity is through panic and depression and
low prices are absolutely without any understanding of the present
conditions. Because panics and lack of employment in the past,
ihrowing millions of people out of employment, have brought about
lower wages and lower cost of living is no reason whatever for look*
ing for such things under present conditions. >
The world has completely changed. World inflation has cut
the dollar in half, and ncypower on earth can alter this fact for many
years to come.
Wages are high, and justly so. I hey should continue high. Un
der present conditions the laboring maryis entitled to high wages, so
long as he gives efficient service. *
It is true that the ’which have come about have pro
duced a certajrt intoxication of extravagance and waste on the part of
men who are getting high wages. They are at the same time less
efficient and energetic than they formerly were, but that is only the in
evitable outcome of the mighty changes which are taking place in the
Jgmancial, economic and social relations of wage-earners and all other
■■ interests.
The man who hesitates in carrying out construction work because
»f the high cost of doing work at the present time is making a mis
take. He cannot get lower cost for years to come, except through a
business depression, which is not in sight, and which if it came would
mean a desperate revolution, costing every business man and the
country infinitely more than it now costs to go ahead as rapidly as
materials and labor are available for all work.
The country needs 1,000,000 dwellings or more. They must
be built or else the housing problem will in itself threaten revolution.
The railroads need to spend at least $5,000,000,000, possibly
double that sum, to create the transportation facilities needed. Fail- :
ure to do so will bring about a complete breakdown of transportation
and inability to handle coal, even when available, and much of the
recent coal mining trouble has been due to the shortage of transpor
ration.
When once railroad development is again under way and con
struction work for dwellings and hotels and office buildings, has
gotten well started, as it must do, the demand for labor and for !
materials will greatly exceed the supply.
The business men of Baltimore have been noted for many years
for their ultra-conservatism; but today they are carrying on an
amount of building of dwellings, apartment-houses, enormous manu
facturing plants and warehouses greater than ever before known in
the history of the city except in the rebuilding period after the big
fire. Thousands of dwellings are under construction, many apart
ment-houses costing from SIOO,OOO to $1,250,000 or more are un-
I <ler way, vast manufacturing plants to employ thousands of hands
are going up or contracts let for their construction. In this respect
Baltimore is setting the nation an example which should be followed
by the entire country. If the extreme conservatism of Baltimore
business men justifies the vast building activities in that city, surely
there is no other progressive town or city in the country in which the
same forces for upbuilding should not be at work aggressively.
THE GOOD OLD DOLLAR.
American money today may be “cheap,” but it is sound. Every
bank note, every silver or nickel or copper coin, is worth its face
value in gold. The importance of this fact is seen when attention is
turned to foreign money.
The depreciation of European currency is due not merely to big
war mortgages and unfavorable trade balances. It is due also to the
fact that European money had become so largely "fiat motley," or
stuff which purports to be money, but is not sound, because it is not
■exchangeable at face value for gold or silver. *».
In the countries whose rate of exchange ha« fallen most, this evil
is found at its worst. Theodore H. Price, editor of Commerce and
Finance, says he cannot advise anyone to buy German marks even
when they are selling at about one-tenth of their normal value, be
cause "we do not know how rapidly Germany is increasing the circu
lation of the mark. Whoever buys marks on exchange, he says, "is
facing an almost unlimited supply—is bidding against a printing press
that can work faster than he can buy."
The Russian ruble has suffered still more from printing-press in
flation. Even France and Italy. Mr. Price intimates, are not free
from this evil, and their rate of exchange inevitably registers the ef
fect. Their own people at home may take the new money at face
value, but other nations will not. And even at home it soon depre
ciates. sending up prices enormously, unsettling all values and driv
ing real money into hiding.
So cherish the little old dollar, despite the comparative con
tempt into which it has fallen. It may not be worth much, but it is
worth more than any other money-unit in the world.
SWEETENING SOCIETY.
Now the scientists have succeeded in deoderizing the skunk.
Unvenomed, so to speak, robbed of their tiatural defense against
cruel man, skunks are on exhibition at a big poultry show. Foxes,
squirrels, coons, rabbits and fish are being shown besides the polecats
and poultry.
This is a very encouraging bit of news. We can suggest a few
more species which could suffer removal of the trouble-making glands
with great benefit to the world at large. Profiteers, for instance. And
politicians who obstruct matters of vital import to all civilization for
the sake of their own malodorous little private schemes and jealousies
and revenges. Bolshevik agitators, too —and others.
Cannot some research laboratory take up this work?
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EVERY DAY HINTS ON GOOD HEALTH |
(By The United State* Public Health Service.)-
Walk a mile each day to keep the
■ doctor away, advises the United
States Public Health Service. Try
walking to work every morning and
■see if it doesn’t make you younger
I and healthier.
Cattle are fattened for slaughter
by being overfed and not allowed to
| exercise. Many men and womeii pre
pare themselves for slaughter by vol
-1 untarily adopting the “stall fed life”.
Don’t overeat and take plenty of
healthful outdoor exercise.
Hot house people are like hot house
plants. They ean’t stand exposure to
severe weather. Sleep with the win
dows open and keep every room well
ventilated.
This is the scarlet fever season. A
clean, sanitary mouth will help pre
vent it. Compel the children to brush !
their teeth regularly and keep the!
mouth clean.
Beware bootleg liquor, for much of i
it contains wood alcohol and other;
poisons. An ordinary swallbw ofj
wood alcohol may produce death or!
blindness. Don’t risk it.
Every sore throat is a danger sig-,
nal and may indicate some acute, in
fectious disease, such as diphtheria
or scarlet fever. Take no chances.
Have a physician make an immediate i
examination. A few hours delay may
cause death.
Rats cost every person in the Unit
ed States one-half of one cent a day.
Write to Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, Washington, D. C., fbr an in
structive bulletin on how to get rid :
of them.
Keeping physically fit is the first |
rule to be observed in keeping well.
“ZIRDN IS A- 5
G33D MEDICINE”!
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Says Rock City, Ala. Gentleman, Aftei
Having Given It Conscientious Trial.
Ziron is a new scientific combination ol
mire, inorganic, official, U. S. Pharmaco
peia iron, with the hypophosohitesof lime
( and soda and other valuable tonic ingred
ients, recommended by the best medical
I authorities in the treatment of anemic
condiitous.
Ziron helps to put iron into your blood
i and this helps to build strength for you,
■ i when you are pale, weak, nervous, de
t pressed.
Read what Mr. Sidney Fry, of Rock
■ I City, Ala., says, and then try Ziron. He
s makes the following statement:
“Something over a week ago I used
Ziron for the first time. 1 was troubled
' with indigestion and had a spell of weak
> ness. Ziron helped both troubles. 1 felt
j stronger and mv stomach quit hurting. 1
really feel that Ziron is a good medicine.
r It surely helped me.’’
s Your druggist will sell you Ziron on a
guarantee that if the first bottle does not
benefit you, he will refund the money you
paid him.
Get a bottle of Ziron today!
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Y)ur Blood Needs
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORD El.
Exercise is necessary to health.
Too much sleep is almost as inju
rious as not getting quite enough. The
average adult should sleep eight hours
in every twenty-four.
One man in every three was reject
ed by draft boards for physical dis
ability. A great many of these de
fects might have been eliminated and
probably will be in the next genera
tion.
Give your physician a to
keep you well before you call hnn in
to cure you. An occasional thorough I
examination by a competent physic- |
ian will save you money and prolong
your life.
Don’t always call the aching joint
“rheumatism.” Bad teeth are some-1
times the real cause and it is always i
wise to consult both the doctor and |
the dentist. Have an x-ray made of '
the teeth.
Beware the much advertised “sure 1
etne” for disease. While experiment-1
ing, the disease often gets beyond the !
point where it can be cured by a com->
pctent physician.
“Watch your step” is a fine slogan :
to be observed in buying shoes. Get
them large enough, built on sensible ;
lines and most of your corns and bun-1
ions will disappear.
Walking “Indian fashion,” that is, i
I with the feet pointed straight to the
front, instead of at the customary
angle, has been found to be good far
! weak arches.
What do you want?' A Want Ad
I in the Times-Hecorder will get it.
Use Want Ads For Results.
LADIES! DU
YOUR GRAY M
Use Grandma’s Sage Tea and
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
will Know.
The use of Sage and Sulphur for re
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates back to grandmother'.
; time. She used it to keep her ha
beautifully dark, glossy and attrac
tive. Whenever her hair took on thai
dull, faded or streaked appearance
this simple mixture was applied witl
wonderful effect.
But brewing at home is tn ussy and
out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound," you
will get this famous old preparation
improved by the addition of other In
gredients. whieh can be depended up
on to restore natural color and beautv
to the hair. y ,
A well-known downtown drureist
says it darkens the hair so naturally 1
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied. You simply dampen a
| sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking Ol £
strand at a time. By morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two, it becomes
beautifully dark and glossy. ‘ 3
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet reauislta
for those who desire a more youthful
appearance. It Is not intended for
j d^^ re ’ j' Tlittsatian or Prevention of
KOW TO GET RiD
OF YOUR COLD
The quick way is to use
Dr. Kang’s New Discovery
DON'T put off until tonight what
ycwi cnn do today. Step
into your druggist's and buy
a bottle cif Dr. King’s New Discov
ery. Start taking it at once. By
the time you reach home you’ll be
on the way to recovery.
This standard family friend has
been breaking colds, coughs, grippe
attacks, and croup for more than
fifty years. It's used wherever Sure
fire relief is appreciated. Children
and grownups alike can use it —
there is no disagreeable after-effect.
Your druggist has it. 60c. and $1.20
ttottles. Give it a trial.
Bowels Begging for Help ‘
Torpid liver pleading for assist
ance? How careless to neglect these
tilings when Dr. King’s New Life
Pills so promptly, mildly, yet effec
tively come to their relief!
Leaving the system uncleaned,
clogged bowels unmoved, results In
health-destructive after-effects. Let
stimulating, tonic -in - action Dr.
King’s New Life Pills bring you the
happiness of regular, normal bowel
and liver functioning. Keep feeling
fit, doing the work of a man or wo
manAwho finds relish in it. AL
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GONE FOR KEEPS
MOST things come back that go away; our ship comes sailing to
*’* home; blooming flowers came back in May, the bird to its
accustomed spray, but the money burned comes back no more.
Oh, often, when old age is here, the man of sorrow walks the floor,
and thinks of joys that cost him dear, of spendthrift courses year
by year, but money burned comes back no more. To think of
chances large and fine he wasted makes the dotard sore; had he
put down his coin in brine he might possess his tree and vine, but
money burned comes back no more. Old thoughts came back to
break his heart, old memories of days of yore, when he forsook the
shop or mart to joy ride in a mortgaged cart, but money burned
comes back no more. And there were gay enameled maids who
helped him blow his scanty store; their forms come back, from out
the shades, and march along in dim parades, but money burned
comes back no more. There’s nothing sadder ’neath the sky
than seeing one whose head is hoar bewailing roubles he made fly,
recalling chances with a sigh; and money burned comes back no
more. So let us from the weekly wage salt down nine plunks, per
chance a score; then we’ll enjoy our green old age; if we still loiter
on the stage; but money burned comes back no more.
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
a 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.
Prompt Conservative Accommodating.
No Account Too Large; None Too Smail
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Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
In addition to the convenience afforded to the depositors
of a MODERN BANK in making possible the transfer of money
by the use of checks, the WEALTH entrusted to the BANK does
not remain idle, but is-constantly employed in commerce and in
dustry for the good and up-building of the community.
THE COMMERCIAL CITY BANK has done much for the
development of Americus in the past, and expects to do a great
deal more during 1920.
Open a checking account with us and watch your town
grow.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY SAMUEL HARRISON
President. Cashier.
T he policy of this bank is moulded to provide liberally for
the individual requirements of each depositor without jeopard
izing the interests of the many. Safety always and assistance
whenever good business judgment permits it.
Deposits here are safeguarded by a strong directorate, con
servative but progressive management, banking experience
and ample resources.
Bank of Commerce
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
J. W. Sheffield Lee Hudson, John Sheffield
Frank Sheffield Cashier c. R. Crisp
When in Need of Insurance Just Phone 849.
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INSURANCE in All of Its Branches. BONDS
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ALLISON UNDERTAKING CO.
(Established 1908,)
Funeral Director* and Embalmers,
n Pk° BUCH ANAN, Director.
Day Phone 253 Night p hones 381 * 1()6
AMERICUS UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 167
TURNER ELECTRICCO.
STOSE PHONE 124 Windsor Av.n».. HOME PHON■ MS..
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920.