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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.
Published every afternoon, except Saturday; every Sunday morn-
JBK, as a weekly (every’ Thursday.)
•’M.S. KIRKPATRICK?Editor; LOVELA* E EVE, Business Manager.
~ OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR?—City of Americus, Sumter County, Rail-
Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court,
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A GREAT COMBINATION.
Both the county and city are to be congratulated upon being
•bfe. tc effect the new line-up of engineers as announced yesterday.
fr would be impossible for any city of any size, or any county, no
jasatier how great or how important, to secure two men in whom the
pub<hc they were to serve had greater confidence in their integrity
ability than the people of this community have in John Ansley
and Walter Tiedeman.
Jn Mr. Ansley taking charge of the highway construction for
the county the city administration realized that it was giving up the
WETvx-es of a man w'ho long ago proved himself one of the most im
portant links in our city government. But it was realized at the same
time that it was not really losing him, after all, for he remains here
•*n<£ will serve the whole county, of which the city is an important
part. and that in taking up his new work his opportunities for careful
public service will be greatly broadened. Os the half million dollars
cd rural highway money voted by Sumter county and to be spent
xmdkr his direction the City of Americus will contribute a large share,
and it is to the very material interest of the people of the city to have
» charge of the expnditure of this money a man whom thy have
learned to trust implicitly and of whose skill and ability there is not
the slightest doubts
Mr. Tiedeman has lived in Americus only a couple of years, but
it b» doubtful if a man ever won a higher place in the hearts of the
people who know’ him in a similar lentgh of time than has he. Com
ing here in government work, with large responsibilities, he perform
ed his tasks in a highly efficient manner and won for himself merited
itoyE recognition. That because of his love of home and the dislike
traveling about, as has been required in his new government du
toea. the city was able to secure his srvices is distinctly a bit of good
Srertune to the city.
In having Messrs. Ansley and Tiedeman in charge of the city
county engineering, and the assurance that they will work to-
in fine harmony, there is one other important consideration,
And that is that the anti-malarial drainage work in this county, brought
to a state of completion by the government under Mr. Tiedeman s
supervision, may be expectd to be intelligently and correctly main
tained hereafter at the smallest cost by the <_.iXy and county jointly,
these two organizations having in their employ engineers expert in
this line of work.
EDUCATED INGRATES,
A plan has been outlined by the district superintendents of New
York City to refuse diplomas to high school graduates who refuse to
sstgn a pledge of loyalty to the United States government.
This emphasizes a condition from which all the industrial cities
suffer to some extent, but particularly the coast cities of New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. Aliens who pay no taxes to help support
Bfirru have the same rights to send their children to American public
schools as have the native-born taxpayers. This is all right and as
it should be. \ It is America’s pride that her schools are open and thsff
tibey are’ free. ’ The process of Americanization is carried on, in theory
least, best through her public schools.
But to these coast cities, and some interior ones, come many
people who are not children, but older persons who had no educa
ticKjal opportunities in the countries of their birth, Russians predomi
nating among the number. They are obliged, if over school age, to
pay a tuition fee, but this is small and easily earned. They make use
«if our schools for their own advantage, and for the spread of the
slanderous doctrines which they have imbibed abroad.
Jt seems ridiculous that people who have been students in our
iugh schools should need to have pledges of loyalty exacted from
tfcem. But it is true. Hundreds of these students are ready to bite
like hand which feeds thfem with the food of learning.
There is no reason why such students should l be barred from
American schools. There is, in fact, every reason why they should
be encouraged to attend them, for there they will find influences to
3»me degree counteracting their earlier destructive ones. But close
watch needs to be kept on students of foreign birth.
BIG BERTHA’S BABY.
As a matter of strict accuracy it was not the baby of Big Bertha
wii’.vh did the damage to Paris, but the grandchild. Robert Haven
Schauffler’s story about it is quoted in the Literary Digest.
Forty-five degrees is considered the best angle for distance-car
wymg. Big Bertha was shot at an angle of 60 degrees. ,
"When the 1 5-inch shell reached a certain height the force of
gravity began to pull it down. When it reached an angle of 45 de
grees, it shot a smaller shell—a 9.8 shell—which did the actual dam
when it reached the mark. This theory had already been ad
vanced by artillery experts, but the objection had always been raised
lira I the first shell would not have stability enough to fire a second.
». "The tremendous rotation of the 1 5-inch shell, however, when
at an angle of 60 degrees, gave it sufficient stability to fire the
secana shell. This second shell, being smaller, was carried further by
lhe tremendous velocity than the larger shell was blown back, thereby
reaching an unheard-of distance."
A ll of this is interesting, and shows to what lengths artillery
problems have been studied in this generation, but it isn’t the real
point of the story.
The distance covered by Bertha's deadly granddaughter was an
accident. The Germans had expected the gun to fire 60 kilometres.
Airplanes were waiting to report the spot—but they could not find it.
Kexi day reports came in from a village I 18 kilometres (71 miles)
»raj that an unseen airplane was bombarding them with heavy stuff.
Use airplanes investigated and found that the shells from the big
grm had landed there. Then the decision to shell Paris was made.
How long ago it all seems! And how short a time has really
ejapsed since the nations were at each other’s throats. Is America
Ser forget it all so easily—the horror and the danger? Is she going to
Bose her chance to sit with the other nations of the world to put a
check on war and its atrocities?
* NOT A JOKING MATTER.
* The Brooklyn man who is to marry his mother-in-law sees noth
■ag unusual in his act. He rails at the press humorists who profess
go see in the affair a huge joke.
Naturally the man who would wed his mother-in-law would fail
. - - . _ - < rv-r-’TwciKsto
1 Will It Come To This? By Morris
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Common c
people
to tee the matter from the standpoint of the jokester. In the first
place he would have no sense of humor anyway, and in the second
place the bride-to-be probably is not the kind of mother-in-law the
humorists joke about. Even men lacking a sense of humor do not
wed that sort.
GEORGIA TOWNS AND THE I4TH CENSUS |
(Albany
Very rare is the case in which fed
eral census figures give a town or
city the population it thinks it has.
Proneness to exaggerate is strong on '
the optimistic side of human nature,
and it manifests itself strikingly when
men reply to the question, “What is
the population of your town?”
In the course of the next few
months, figures now being compiled
in the taking of the Fourteenth Cen- |
sus of the L T nited States will be made 1
known. Georgia had 2,609,121 peo
ple in 1910, according to the census,
of that year, and her population must ’
have increased about 15 per cent,
during the last ten years if the total
is to go to 3,000,000 this year.
In view of the fact that the season
of census disappointments is near,
it is interesting to consider the future ■
ratings of Georgia towns and cities
under the new count. Atlanta will,
of course, be far in advance of the,
rest, and the Georgia capital’s pres- i
nt chief concern is over what popu
lation the count shall show Birming- j
ham, Ala., to have. Birmingham was
only 22,000 behind Atlanta in 1910,
and the Alabama city’s growth during
the last ten years has been prenom
enal.
Savannah will retain second place,
and Macon and Augusta must again
scrap it out for third position. In
1910 Augusta nosed Macon out in a
recount, being given a population of
41.040, as against Macon’s 40,665.
Columbus ought easily to hold fifth
place. Athens, Waycross and Rome
will be in the running for sixth, sev- I
■nth and eighth places. Brunswick
ranked ninth in 1910, with a com
:<<rtable lead over Albany, which
climbed over several other towns be
tween 1900 and 1910. These figures
from the 1910 census are interesting
as indicating the probable close fight
ing for position between six good
towns.
Albany 8,190
Americus 8,063
l Valdosta ... 7,656
‘Griffin .7,478
Thoma-vilh- 6,727
Elberton . 6,483
The fact will not be overlooked
that Moultrie, the “South Georgia
Miracle Town,” is going to jump into
much higher rank under the present
census than it has held since 1910
when the federal count showed a
population of 3,349. Moultrie has no
doubt doubled its population during
the last ten years.
But by far the most interesting
<’'>ntest in Georgia will be between
i group of eight towns that were
closely bunched in 1910 that there
'■■•.s a difference of only about 600
b tween the population of the highest
1 that of the lowest- Here are the
’ ■ vns and the 1910 census figures:
Dalton 5,324
Newnan —5,548
IjiGmage 5.587
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
Herald.)
Fitzgerald 5,795
Dublin 5,795
Cordele ,5,883
Gainesv.Te 5,925
Marietta ...5,946
It goes without saying that these
live Georgia towns will w’atch the
census returns this year with an in
terest that will not flag till the final
count is known.
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careful regard for the interests of:
the public. Respectfully
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ONE KIND of thrift.
I EARN Six hundred bones a year, and have some fourteen aunts
1 to feed; and now that everything is dear; it takes some figuring
indeed. I’m thrifty, in the higher sense, although I play in evil
luck; my income covers mv expense, no man can say 1 owe a buck.
My neighbor earns three thousand wheels while for six hundred
wheels 1 grind and doubtless, in his pride, he feels that 1 am sell
ing the plater kind. And creditors to his abode are wearing
paths, the long year through; collectors lingeMn the road to touch
I him for some bill that’s due. My aunts are always wanting things;
I they yearn for things no spinster needs, for furbelows and diamond
rings, canary birds and widow s weeds. They say, 'l our credit
I at the store is right side up. and three feet wide; why must we al
ways walk the floor and weep for things that are denied?” I an
swer, feeling slightly bored. It is no use to scream and pout; the
silly things we can’t afford are just the thinge we’ll do without."
Herein behold the soul of thrift: To pass up what we can’t afford,
the new fur coat, the motor swift, the trotting with a gilded horde.
L. G. COUNCIL, President T E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL. (Incorporated) JOE M. BRYAN,
Vice Pres’t. * Cashier Asst. Cashier.
♦
I IHE Planters Bank 0F Americus
Resources Over $1,500,000.00
Success begins with industry,
S’*£ 2M5 conservative spending, and
consistent saving. We will
U?rC ; £Bwa It gladly welcome you into our
>,6 *w i• rBIS X banking family, and help
18 ft Jr La ‘ ’32 2 S your sav ’ n^s grow by adding
fcft *** compound interest.
’ nv ' te y° ur account, com
rejH fWiBSs, morcial or savings.
Prompt Conservative Accommodating.
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
—
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. j Cashier.
i 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.
I
Bank of Commerce
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ■.
J. W. Sheffield Lee H u< t son> John Sheffield
Frank Sheffield Cashier C. R. Crisp
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When in Need of Insurance Just Phone 849.
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INSURANCE * n AU I** Branches. BONDS,
ALLISON UNDERTAKING CO.
(Established 1908.)
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
OLEN BUCHANAN, Director.
Day Phone 253 Night Phone* 381 or 106
Bgaa—n
AMERICUS UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 167
turn er electric co.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES AND CONTRACTORS.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Lamps, Fans, Motors. Telephoas
Batteries, House Wiring and Repairs a Specialty. Combination Gas
■nd Electrical Fixtures.
SIXM£ PHONE 124 Wlad. or'Avaana. HOME PHONI Mt
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1920.