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) Sill hast many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all —Holmes.
THE G. O. P. AND THE SOUTH
That the Republican party is at its old tactics of antagonism to the
South was amply indicated by the net results of the first day of the
national convention at Chicago—Lodge declaring in the keynote
that the party did not fail in 1860 and would not fail in 1920; Henry
Lincoln Johnson, Atlanta negro, known as Lowden’s Georgia Peach
because of the $9,000 of Lowden’s money he got, named national
committeeman from Georgia, and Ben Davis, another Atlanta negro,
representing Georgia on the platform committee.
All this may be good politics—we doubt it—but it is not states
manship and it is not calculated to further cement together the ties
that bind the once divided parts of the nation.
Such a challenge as that sounded at Chicago should spur as
never before the Democratic party to new efforts and to a higher
standard of statesmanship than ever before reached. With high stand
ards and able leadership victory in November will not be as remote as
some pessimists have had it.
"SINS OF THE PARENTS”
Pearl Odell, a young wife, has been sentenced to the penitentiary
in New York for a term of 20 years. Her husband is in the death house
awaiting the executioner.
They were found guilty of slaying the girlhood lover of the
young wife, the man, she said, betrayed and deserted her.
The jury deliberated for hours before sending the young couple
to prison. Evidence proved that she had urged her husband to the
murder; indeed, that she herself had thrust a file-dagger into the
body of the man she once loved, after he had been bound to a tree,
helplessly pleading for his life.
The jury believed her guilty of murder. But—this young wife is
about to become a mother.
Within the year the child will come into this world. The baby
■will first see the light of day in prison, the mother a prisoner in a cell
of "murderers’ row." And if the sentence is not commuted the child
will reach the threshold of maturity before the mother’s release from
prison. That child’s life will be darkened by the shadow of the'fath
er’s shameful death, and blackened by the stain of the prison cra
dle.
Thus the sins of the parents are visited upon the children! Yes,
even to the third generation.
But that is the law of the land. The law now proceeds to punish
this unborn child for the sins of its mother and father. It isn’t ri^ht —
to the child. It isn’t justice—to the child. Os course, you may say: "It
is the parents’ fault; they are to blame.” And partly, you will be right.
But hasn’t society some interest, some concern, about the future of
this child? Clearly it is for society—the state—to choose between
punishing the mother for a criminal act, or giving justice to the child.
The law cannot do both. It must do one or the other.
It were better "that ninety and nine guilty escape than that one
innocent be punished!” Believe that way? Yes, and it were better
that one guilty mother escape the prison cell than that one innocent
babe should be compelled’to crawl out of the shame of a prison cell!
NORTH DAKOTA WINS
The United States Supreme Court has decided that the North Da
kota industrial program is constitutional. Thus the people of that
state win their long-desired opportunity of trying out a plan socialis
tic in aspect, but not nearly as “red” as the decaying Russian Bolshe
vik experiment.
The court decision is right in that it permits the people of a
sovereign state to what the majority wants done and which is riot
in conflict with the federal constitution. Seven different state elec
tions indicated what the people of North Dakota wanted—state
owned elevators, packing plants, flour mills, coal mines, other public
utilities, and a state bank to finance the whole trial program.
The rest of the nation will watch with considerable interest this
state-ownership experiment in North Dakota. The courts have re
moved restraining hands. The leaguers have the legislative and exec
utive machinery in their hands. They have their state bank under
way. If they fail to give the people of that state a better government
than they had under the old regime, a better chance to earn a living,
and a happier life, the state-ownership wave will subside. If they do
all they promise, and hope for, the wave should spread far and wide.
“WATTA NERVE"
Mere man has many times said, “life’s just one blamed thing
after another."
Well it wouldn t be a bad idea for mere man to stop and consid
er this li’l oi' life he is living.
Time was when his ancestors way back there in the old days—
“didn’t have nuthin’.’’ History makes one wonder how they ever got
along. Even a king was a bum—compared to mere man of today.
No carpets on the floor; no telephones; no automobiles; no
electric lights; no movies—just about no anything!
And here mere man is today, heir to all of the inventions of
years and years and he’s yellin’ his head off about life in general.
Oh, watta nerve!
Back in the gentle stone age the profiteer knocked ’em on the
head before frisking their pockets. .
Chinese carpenters get only 8 cents a day. Why don’t they ,-ake
their queue from the A. F. of L. ?
The Poles are still marching eastward to continue being menaced
by the Bolshevik?.
A man has more room in his pockets now that a corkscrew and
a nickel are useless.
Carranza is npt without his revenge. The revolutionists inherited
Villa, k
And you can just about judge a generation by its bedtime.
PAIR OF G. 0. P. WOMEN DOERS
The Former Countess Gizycka, Who is a Chicago Social Leader and a Hiram Johnson Supporter,
and Miss Warren, an Efficient and Important Part in the Hoover Convention Machine, Are
Presented by Neysa McMein, America’s Foremost Magazine Cover Artist. Created ip Her
Final Offering From the G. 0. P. Convention.
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CHICAGO, June 9—ls yon were to telephone the Hoover headquarters at the Auditorium and ask for “In
formation. please?’ you would be put in touch with Miss Marcia M. Warren, omniscient person in charge. And
if you were to stroll into the Johnson camp seeking a prominent woman figure, you would see Mrs. Eleanor Pat
terson Gizyska, auburn-hairqd “irreconcilable’’ from Washington.
Both of these womtn are making their debut into politics this year, yet both are putting in their best licks
for their respective candidates with a masterly touch. Mrs. Gizyska opened her career as a speaker by making
what she called her elderly maiden speech at the smart Chicago Club for Senator Johnson. Like many of the
newer women politicians, Miss Warren is a graduate of the Red Cross, having served in a canteen at Bourges,
France.
Mrs. Gizyska, the novice at politics, is a professiona 1 with the gun and plans an immediate return to her
Rocky Mountain cabins as soon as Johnson is nominated or refused the honor, where she will continue her pursuit
of the elusive deer and elk. She shoots with a specially made high power rifle and is ranked as one of the best
shots in the country. She was a countess before her divorce.
SUCH IS LIFE
In a Campaign Year
BY. O, B. JOYFUL
New Third Party Ticket
For President
SANTA CLAUS
For Vice PresidenY
TOM DUFF
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The convention got down to busi
ness today all right. It nominated.
The first ballot showed Hon. Everett
True ahead. The results were:
Everett True >376
General Humidity .194
Santa Claus 141
William Running Brook 83
O. Gosh .... 62
General Apathy 31
Tom Duff 27
Josh Wise 27
Mr. McGoosey 18
Hugh Tellem 1
Before the call for the second bal
lot began the clouds drifted away,
the sun came out and General Hu
midity’s support melted away. The
scattered vote was concentrated. The
demonstration, when state after state
swung to Santa Claus, seemed every
bit as long as it does to get a clerk
to wait on you the day before Christ
mas.
Second ballot:
Santa Clauss2B
Everett True .... 426
William Running Brook 3
General Apathv 1
O. Gosh 1
They tried to lock the doors so the
delegates couldn’t leave before the
vice presidential nominee was picked.
Bin most of ’em got away through
windows and via the cellar. W’hich
accounts for the difference in totals
ofvoting.
The ballot:
Tom Duff 36
Josh Wise —ls
Mr. McGooseyl
General Apathy 1
Only two planks were nailed down
on the party’s platform:
1— Make somebody else happy.
2 Take *a laugh out of life fori
yourself.
sine dine, as reg’lar politicians put \
it
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Pressing
Club
Wil Ed West
PHONE 892
* 123 Cotton Avo
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swat The boll weevil now
IS WARNING GIVEN FARMERS
Here are two boll weevil warnings,
put out by business institutions of
this community to stimulate the
farmers to early eradication of the
pest. The first has been distributed
by the Americus Oil Company and
the second by the Dawson National
Bank, of Dawson. They follow, that
! of the Americus Oil Company being
. reproduced first :
I “Dear Friend:—As you know, the
prospects look rather gloomy for a
fair cotton crop in Georgia and Sum
; ter county this year.
“However, from the best advice
' and information we can secure, Sum-
I ter county and immediate territory
i stands a better chance of making
cotton than any other section of the
I state. Also, it is believed by the
! best authorities that we will see
higher prices naid for cotton this
| fall than ever before; so it is up to
all of us to do everything in our
power to make as much cotton as
; possible." |
“We cannot hope to make any kind
I of a crop unless we go after the boll
I weevil ‘tyooth and toe-nail.” “Do the
boll weevil or he will do you” is a
good rule, but “Do him before he
does you” is a better one.
“A news item from the State Col
lege of Agriculture states, in regard
to the adult boll weevil which is now
in our fields, that every weevil killed
now may be worth $lO or sls to the
■ farmer, as an adult weevil can pro
| pagate thirteen million more between
I now and the end of the season, and
j those thirteen million can destroy
hundreds of pounds of cotton.
“Why not start a fight on these
grown weevils now? Go after him;l
let the children help; offer a prize,
for those who bring in the most wee-:
vils. Start the fight and keep atj
it, and much cotton will be saved.
“Hoping that the weather may be
with us from now on and that Sum
ter county will make twenty or
twenty-five thousand bales, we are
Cordially vours.
“AMERICUS OIL COMPANY,
R. L. McMath, Manager.”
“Dear Sir:—Many damaging re
ports come to us relative to the boll
weevil having already attacked cot
ton in great numbers. One party:
reporting having caught a thousandi
in one day with the assistance of a
number of hands. , j
“It is very important that these i
weevils be destroyed in? some way at i
once, either by picking them or;
spraying with calcium arsenate t
'Should weather conditions continue
hot and dry', results might not prove
disastrous, but if rain or muchl
cloudy weather, much damage might I
Mamie E. Cassady, D. C.
Marcia C. Ramsey, D. C.
Palmer Graduates
Cassady & Ramsay
CHIROPRACTORS
Hours 9:30—12 a. m. 2—5 P. M. ,
Phone 195. Bell Bldg.
BRADLEY HOGG
Attorney at Law
Fire and Lire Insurance
Phone 185
result if these early appearing wee
vils are not destroyed. We suggest
that you make at once provision for
a portion of your calcium arsenate
and machines for applying the same.
In the event weather conditions are
propitious and all of the arsenate
will not be required, you will find
that you have many damp, low bot
tom places that should be poisoned to
■get good results. Begin at once to
make every possible effort to rid
your cotton of these early weevils,
also the falling squares as long as
possible, and then by poisoning with
calcium arsenate. For early poison
ing, the plan has been suggested to
mark in some way each spot at which
the weevil appears and after picking
those, spray with the poison, there
by using as little calcium arsenate
as possible, until the forms begin to
fall to such an extent that they can
not pe picked up economically.
“The present crop expense has
been large on account of the high
cost of labor and fertilizer; the cred
it conditions of the ciuntry so badly
over-extended, that should we have
a crfrp failure the same might prove
a great disaster.
“While we know many farmers are
informed as to the great risk involv
ed, there is yet a great number who
doubt that they and their creditors
can be ruined by the weevil. Hence
we are sending this warning. If we
can be of service, command us.
Yours very truly,
“R. L. SAVILLE, President Dawson
National Bank.”
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ences Exchanged.
Confessions of a Bride
THE BOOK OF ANN
I Spend a Night of Thinking—Alonj.
Bob Had Not Returned.
Never before had I been left alone
at night in the bungalow. Bob should.
have thought about that no matter.
what his mood might be, or his en-|
gagement. I wasn’t at all afraid, still;
the house was in a lonely place. The
great Lorimer mansion faced the'
boulevard. My bungalow and Ann's
house were set on a short private
road at the back of the estate. They'
were in a lovely grove, and they look I
ed toward a tiny village clustered
about a trolley station half a mile ’
away.
It was a lonesome walk by private
paths and drives up to the big
house. More than one adventure had
happened to me in that park. There
Eloise had shot the Hun who had
attacked me. By the lily pond, in the
moonlight, I had seen Katherine Mil
ler offer her white shoulder to my
husband’s lips.
I shuddered, not at the fear of
burglars, but at the too great white
ness of that smooth shoulder.
Where was Bob?
I could not guess, but I was sure
that he was not in a hospital, a cas
ualty in an auto mix-un. Accidents
do not happen to the Lorimers. Poor
Benjie paid the price for all of them
and for all time when his plane came
down in flames.
The house was growing chilly. I
lit the wood laid ready in the fire
place, not to please myself. I hadn’t
the slightest wish to be comfortable.
I lit it for Bob in case he should
reach home tired and cold. I was
following every tradition which
shapes the life of a conscientious
wife. The house should be gay and
cozy for every man even if he came
home drunk. But even as I applied
the taper to the kindling I shed tears
enough to put out a furnace.
What temptation was alluring
enough to keep Bob from his books?
As a rule he shuts himself in his li
brary when he sulks.
Knowing that my lids were red
and swollen I went up to the bath
room to bathe and powder them. I
took off my frock with its silly fril
ly apron. It was too juvenile—better
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1920.
for Ann than for me, I thought re
sentfully. “Ann—Ann —Ann!” She
was always in the back of my mind.
Ann had made all this trouble.
Was she an innocent child when
she sent Bob to find me with Ives?
Or was she more than ordinarily
clever—and tricky?
I put on mv nightgown, taking
care it should be the slimiest cne I
owned, covered it with a slipover of
blue and gold brocade, stepped into
the little mules made to match, and
returned to the fireplace downstairs.
And then I huddled myself in a
big chair, no longer weeping, but
t’ inking quietly along a new line.
Simply by staying away from
home, Bob was saying that he held
me responsible for what had happen
ed in the park! He was obstinately
refusing to let me have an opportun
ity to explain! He Just took it for
granted that I was flirting with Ives!
And he wasn’t fair. When he put
such an impossible interpretation
upon my conduct, he was not one
whit better than the average male
with his hasty accusal of the female!
Why explain to a man who was
determined to think evil? Thus
from bad to worse, I went. Maybe
Bob wanted to go on a philander
ing excursion—maybe he was seek
ing an opportunity to stay away
from home. And therefore he had
seized upon my mis.hance and was
magnifying it to suit his desire.
Doubtless his wish was father to his
thought!
I had plenty of evidence to prove
my innocence. Chrys would testify
that I had undertaken the adventure
according to her plan.
But if Bob Lorimer was going to
review her evidence before he ac
cepted my word everything between
us was at an end.
Having arrived, triumphantly at
this stage of wifely indignation, I
counted the strokes of the clock
with a proper sense of martyrdom.
It was midnight. The pretty wood
fire had burned to ashes. The pretty
pink dress was back in its drawer.
The pretty dinner was spoiled. So
was my liife. And one was as im
portant as the other to me—in that
mood.
(To Be Continued.)