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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 1879. 7UbTi~hed by THE TIMES-RECORDERCO., (Inc.) Arthur Lucas President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary; W. S. Kirkpatrick, Treasurer. WM. S. KIRKPATRICK, Editor; LOVELACE EVE, Business Manager. Published every afternoon, except Saturday; every Sunday morn ing, and as weekly (every Thursday.) OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:—City of Americus, Sumter County, Rail road Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court, Southern District of Georgia. • SUBSCRIPTION.RATES: Daily and Sunday, by mail, $6 per year n advance; by carrier, 15c per week, 65c per month, $7.80 per year. Weekly edition $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Americus, Geor gia. according to the Act of Cohgres*. National Advertising Representatives: FROST, LANDIS & KOHN Brunswick Bldg. » Peoples Gas Bldg. Candler Bldg. New York Chicago Atlanta MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclus ively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein con tained are also reserved. *J MORE BUILDING. In .the midst of a housing situation that is nearly desperate, it is encouraging to learn that the curve of building is going up at a not inconsiderable rate. It will be, perhaps, several years before building catches up with demand, but the rapid swing in the upward direction that will occur in 1 920 will be of some help, at least. The February compilation of projected building operations, made by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle of New Y ork, cov ering I7 I cities in various sections of the country, supplements the January favorable report. The total of intended outlay for building foots up to $ 1 I 2,633,266 against only $34,330,503 in 191 9, or an increase of 228.9 per cent, and a gain over 1918 of even more —2 75 per cent. In Greater New York the current aggregate of building is $24,- 577,129 against $8,125,613 in 1919, and compares with but $4,- 328,691 two years ago. Outside of New York the estimated ex penditures provided for under contracts entered into, totals SBB,- 056,137, and contrast with only $26,204,810 in 1919, and $25,- 500,000 in 1918. In the I 70 cities in the country at large, all but 23 exhibit in crease over last year. It is impossible to tell how much of the in crease is due to expansion of business such as factories, office build ings, theaters. Bringing the subject home, some of the men we look to for leadership in Americus tell us we can't build—we can’t get material and we can’t get labor. To these there is one answer: Other cities and towns CAN get labor and material, difficult as it may be. Where there is a real will, backed by civic patriotism, there is always away. Others are finding the way. "BATTER UP.” ‘ Play ball." That means something. And all that follows it means something to those who follow the great American game—a game which will open what appears to be an auspicious season on many grounds very shortly. Once the big leagues get in motion, scores of little ones, not to say a thing about thousands of games between amateur individual clubs, will be on their way. The outlook is for a bumper year. Folks are simply searching for amus/ment. And the ball game will pro vide a lot of it. The ball game provides a thrill that nothing else will. The fel low who stands up in the stands where all may see and hear, and cries out: "Paste him in the ivory, Bucky," isn’t crazy. Far from it. He's 'talkin' to ’em," just like the crap shooter does when he says: "Come on, you little Joe. Baby needs new shoes." The baseball fan is soon to come into his innings. At heart he is the same whether he is one of thousands that throng the stands tier upon tier, or whether he is sitting cross-legged, tailor fashion, along the first or third-base line in some country hamlet where the usual thrill is no greater than that supplied by going to the postoffice for the evening mail. He is the guy who wants to see Bucky paste the pill so far that it lands in the Centerfield bleachers or hits Brown’s cow pasturing far away in yon meadow. With two out, a man on third and two and three’ on the batter and one run needed to win, baseball provides a thrill beyond which it is hard to conceive one greater. By the way, Americus fans, can’t we get something going here? THE HITCH. Everything progresses—except politics. Even circuses, which are proverbially standardized, constantly develop; but the political ballyhoo is unchanging. Professional politicians are the same —yesterday, today and to morrow—before the war and after it. Regardless of party labels, all are actually of one species. And the species defies all laws of evolu tion and stands still—because the cause and object of its existence I are always the same—the securing of jobs and power. True to form, the so-called political leaders, are now very busv treating Americans to their quadrennial comedy—the race for the party nominations. Competition seems to be excellent and exciting. It is any man’s race a,nd public sentiment will determine the winner— Theoretically. But, actually, the same time-worn tactics are being employed behind the scenes. Which tactics consist of the manipulations of a .mail number of men in each party, whose particular job it is to weed rut surplus candidates at the psychological moment and pick the right man— right for themselves. The time-honored campaign comedy waxes merry—except for one hitch. This hitch is the fact that too many people are beginning to real ize that this great free-for-all isn t a genuine race at all. but just a sort of sideshow to catch their attention while the main performance goes on silently behind the scenes. WHAT THEY EAT. Seattle is the "sweetest" city in the United States. Survey of what residents of I 2 large cities in the various sections of the country eat. undertaken by the U. S. Department of Labor, shows an average of .223 pounds of sugar per person consumed daily in that city. San Franciscans are the biggest meat eaters, averaging .42 pounds per day, while residents of Atlanta, with a .296 average, relish meat least. St. Paul and Minneapolis are the best exponents of vegetarianism with an average of 1.339 of vegetables per day eaten by every person in the twin cities. With an average of .927, New Orleans shows least faith in this dietary creed. Other cities lag far behind Boston in fish consumption. Boston ians eat . I I 30 of sea food a day. There is a story that an ill-starred diamond caused the kaiser’s ruin. ’ As a matter of fact, it was a club held by Uncle Sam. ■■■ “ \ The regular dyed-in-the-wool conservative will never be happy while a common working man is permitted to express his opinion in public. A Paint-Up Job We Should Like to See ' r .' I ' i y ( Roof HtcDS \ _ 1 /SB-X A DoußUc- 1 _ STfv \\ 1 I- jIoaA * | Such Is Life I QPRING is the season of lovers, The season of bursting bud, The season when Nature discovers Her deep, swelling veins in flood. Mac loves the vernal season, But not for the yearning young hearts, But for the more sensible reason That Spring is when baseball starts. Jack O'Donnell's cigar factory is ■ closed. It is the first time in many years. Twelve cigar makers asked for an increase in pay. “I’m not making a living now," O'Donnell said. “Neither are we," they replied, i “Let's all quit, then.’’ O'Donnell de- : cided, and locked his shop.—Such is a boss in Kansas City, Mo. Two thousand slices were cut and j served from a cake baked here in ; celebration of the anniversary of a i local store. It was a three-layer cake, the first story being 48 inches in diameter, the second 36 and the third 24. Fifty dozen eggs, 100 pounds of sugar, 60 pounds of butter, 125 pounds of flour, 10 gallons of milk, seven pounds of baking powder and a quart of vanilla was used in its STPAIGMT ]O 4 10 strakiht Better and more pieasing than any mild Havana cigar If your dealer car l supply you wife us i~z I. LEWIS C+GA& MF&. CO NewarkN.J Largest Independent Cigar Factor/ m theVorld / -hfc / cy- d j °- Qdt Lk.- Flor de V 12 other y CISAP ~ d2>>H| W sizer x „ vJ* ■ rfsl your dealer /or your /avon/e i .A PT F B*jß THE QUICKEST ■ i I iVZi •uZTJT' ** AND EASIEST ■ I *•■ ■ TLE waytoputtheb I PI liver, bowels I | r^"s»gr^^\ S H€SS.\ AND STOMACH IN <vf \ eng COHSL.gxlOjii-' demand the genuine B THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. I manufacture.—Such is cake in Bon ner Springs, Kan. Some day the Gideons, who see to it that there’s a Bide in each hotel guest room, are going to fix it so that the man who makes the hotel rates i has one, too. Vt omen seldom care to spend much : time in the observation of a model husband. “Who remembers," asks Colonel Al. Herron, “the grand old days when a fellow who pent five dollars for a i hat was considered something of a ‘ sport?” A statistician has figured that it would take four ounces of spider web to go around the world. Now what good could follow stringing such a gossamer around the globe? Out in Topeka a Mrs. Monkey at the zoo has given birth to a little . monkey. And the little devil is so ' thin that they’ve named it Georgette. Even the English sparrow recog nizes increased building costs. In letting contracts for his nest he’s been forced to substitute whatever is handiest, due to the scarcity of horse hair for linings in these auto motive days. BRING ON YOUR SUMMER! WHAT THEY SAY CURRENT COMMENT OF THE PRESS Some Things Being Talked and Thought About 50 NEW HOMES IN DUBLIN. We are loath to close this column without a few commendatory words in regard to the recently organized “Dublin Loan and Development Company’’ in this city. The hous ing problem, while somewhat seri ous only a short time ago, is being solved rather appreciatively, with more than fifty houses built during the past few months and more now contemplated or in progress cf con struction. The operations oif the above named concern on the building and loan association principle, will tend considerably to solve the prob lem of providing dwelling places for citizens as well as would-be-citizens of Dublin and will be quite an in centive to the “Own Your Own Home’’ movement. * There are still a majority of people who would rath er pay towards their own home, than pay rent every month, with the pros pect of having it either raised or having to look elsewhere for a home. —Dublin Courier-Herald. CHAS. R. CRISP AN ASSET TO GEORGIA IN CONGRESS. When a man or an organization has an asset that cannot be replaced Will he deliberately throw it away and cast it aside? Were he foolish enough to do this he could not do it very often for he would soon face the “wall.’’ He cannot afford to do it if he were inclined to do so. Neither can the Third Congression al District afford to cast aside the substantial asset that they have in Mr. CNsp as congressional represen tative from this district. A half-page presentation of the facts in regard to Mr. Crisp as the logical man to represent this district appears in this issue and we would like to have bvery voter who may be interested in his candidacy to read it thoroughly. This article is being run and paid for by his friends here' who are very much interested in his suc cess. It would be very hard to ever sum marize the many reasons why Mr. Crisp is the man for the place in a half-page of this paper and his ac complishments and record during the past few years leave no room for the critic of his official acts to ad vance the slightest possible reason why he should be replaced. Mr. J. Gordon Jones, of Cordele, is an able, responsible and affable gen tleman and we could hardly find a better substitute were we forced to replace Mr. Crisp for any plausable reason, he has a right to seek grati fication of his aspirations but we cannot afford to make this important matter a personal matter to be dealt lightly with. Mr. Crisp, after years of hard work in congress is now in a better position than ever before to serve his patronage, and as the editor of the Constitution affirms, his loss would be fatal to the entire state. ,We cannot afford to lose such a man even if we were inclined to place the honors of this position on an other’s shoulders—Fitzgerald Herald. New Selection I PEARL BEADS and SAUTORS | THOS L. BELL j Jeweler and Optician. || ■ _ v . . . ■• •' - ‘' ~-=:z --—. „ r - . . —■ ■ T" - 1 ■ We Make Auto Tops of All Kinds for any kind of a car, commercial delivery trucks, etc. We build them to order, so that you are sure of hav ing your own ideas embodied in the tops you get from us. That’s a great advantage. At the same time our made-to-order tops cost no more ■ than the factory-made kind. Always i the best materials usea. , AMERICUS TRIMMING CO., J. C. DIXON 111-113 Hampton St. AWHILE fc K LEE. HINGSTOg.... THE statesman strikes a noble pose and talks to benefitt the: race; the 1 senators about him doze the while he agitates is • amples from the past, he points with pride in rolling tones and mean while flour is rising fast, a suit of clothes costs ninety-bones. He heats the air from hour to hour, his language rambles in and ° u „VT e his deep pneumatic power, but none knows what he < . . „ ane finds him still in vibrant bray, time staggers on. a . nd ho “®® hald soaring upward day by day and cabbages cost eighty -• cteak cates a road to pierce from Zanzibar to Guadaloupe, w i |in ,rth prices something fierce, we live on cambric tea and soup. • gt , when evening shades prevail and dusk dims capitol and mint, he puts aside his futile tale and ends by asking “leave to print. Which’mea they put it up in bales and papi.r scarce as Five Star booze, and then it overloads the mails and comes to us who have no shoes. ISSUES OF 1920 CAMPAIGN Seen Through the Eyes of Paul V. Kellogg BY PAUL V. KELLOGG, Editor of The Survey. There will be at least two issues. The war has changed things, and foreign, no less than domestic issues, will hereafter grip public attention. How the two issues of the 1920 cam paign will be phrased, I do not ven ture to say; nor what personalities, events, legislative acts they will hang on. But my belief is that one issue will be found to lie somewhat within the question: “Shall we carry over into indus try those principles of self-govern ment and public control which we have found good in our democratic civil life?” And the other issue will be found to lie somewhere within the ques tion: “Shall we carry over into our rela- L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashlsr C. M. COUNCIL, V.- P.& Cashier. JOE M. BRYAN, Asst. Cashitr (Incorporated) THE Planters Bank 0F Americus Resources Over $1,500,000.00 £ We are equipped to rendor < * y ° U every bunking service. Strict adherence to sound Om S Udo«l3 W banki f s Principles ’ and • d - j;771.® 1 .3 Ta ™SO served reputation for conser- :& 3; ■Sh mOt ratism and strength, has won _■'for us the confidence of the public to an unusual degree. 3 ■(- Our bank invites your ac- S3Ufjn - IgßSSpifjt count on its record. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Smail Commercial City Bank AMERICUS, GA. In addition to the convenience afforded to the denosito-. of a MODERN BANK in making possible the transfer of m Ot by the use of c -ecks, the WEALTH entrusted to the BANK dc»'» not remain idle, but ’. constantly emplo ed in commerce and in dustry for the -od and up-building of the community. THE COMMERCIAL CITY BANK has done much Ar tl development of Americus in the past, and expects to do 3 deal more ourmg 1920. ” 9 Open a checking account with us ard watch your ton. C?;AWF pSide W n? EATLEY SAMUEL HARPISON Caahitr. 1 """ THE FACILITIES OF THE BANK Large resources to make the secur ity of deposits absolute. Prompt at tention to requests for loans. Pro gressive and prudent, yet courageous to protect the'customers’ interest We shall be glad to have you share in 'the abundant resources of this bank. CHARTERED OCTOMR, 13, 1891 Bank of Commerce OFFICERS .vND DIRECTORS’ J. W. Sheffield L ee Hudson, , h q Frank Sheffield Caahi er When in Need of Insurance Just Phone 849 J. G. HOLST i INSURANCE in All ot It, Branches BONDS MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1920. : tions with foreign governments the ! morality, principles and friendliness which we have found good between the states of the republic? • In a larger sense, the two questions are but two sides of one qfuestion. With the Civil War came the rise of American industry, the growth of our industrial districts—our change from an agricultural to a manufac turing nation. With the World War has come our change from a provin cial nation to a nation participating in the world’s ordering. The two questions, then, are both of them new renditions of Lincoln’s Gettys burg challenge, namely: “Under the changed circumstances of industrial life and international relationships, shall government of, by and for the people endure?”

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