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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 1879 Published by THE TIMES-RECORDER CO., (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 Sund '• by mail, $6 per year in advance; by carrier, 15c per week, 65c per month, si.BO per year. Weekly Edition, $1.50 per year in advance.. Entered aTsecond-class matter at the postoffice at Americus, Geor gia, according to the Act of Congress. | National Advertising Representatives: FROST, LANDIS & KOHN Brunswick Bldg. Peoples Gas Bldg. Candler Bldg. New York Chicago tlanta ~MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclu sively entined to the use for publication of ail 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 What is food to one man may be fierce poison *o others—Lucretius. "UNITED THEY STAND—" Most discussion about railroads forgets the main point. Plumb planners will talk you to sleep about "democratizing the indust: y.” Private ownership stalwarts will vigorously, by the hour, ab hor "state socialism." The big fact both usually overlook is this: Railroads do not exist for the benefit of either the capital in vested in them, or the labor that operates them. The sooner railroad stockholders, managers, and workers get! that through their heads—the better for all of us. Fair returns alike on invested capital and invested labor are nec-! essary. Grant that; give it; but stop thinking about it as the MAIN | thing. Railroads should exist for just one thing—bEß\ ICE. They are the great highways of commerce, over which pass all the necessitites and the luxuries of civilized life- Without highways man would be an isolated animal. All right. Now then: Good service—CHEAP—can only come with the railroads managed as one operating unit. That doesn't mean public ownership, nor private ownership, necessarily. It can be under either, whichever proves best. We can cross that bridge in due season. There is wide divergence on the question of public or private ownership. There is no divergence at all, among posted men, on the other point. All agree that unified op eration will increase efficiency and cut costs. That is, all except, per haps, some who are selfishly interested, one way or another, as cap italists, managers or workers. It’s high time to make those selfishly interested take a back seat in discussions about this vital railroad problem. '<■ •>’ Up The sensible, obvious, right-in-front-of-us thing to do, then, is the thing all agree should be done: Combine the railroads in one operating unit. That’s a big necessary job for the next Congress. The last one talked about it. Let’s get some action this winter. CAMPAIGN ARGUMENTS Members of the present congress are hard put for vote-getting arguments this campaign. Not having achieved much of a record in two sessions they are little inclined to point at what they didn’t do. But it remained for Congressman H. Ivory Emerson. Ohio, to pick up a brand new argument. He insists the Republicans of his dis trict ought to vote for him and against his primary opponent, Theo dore E. Burton, because Burton, a bachelor, never bought a skirt for "a woman nor a pair of shoes for a baby. Burton missed a glorious opportunity to advance the argument that Emerson, a married man, has no experience sewing buttons on his clothes, nor darning his own socks. The average voter might well rate one argument as highly as the other. .But, has it occurred to H. Ivory Emerson, if congressmen are to be selected for their ability to do the shopping for their wives, why not elect Mrs. Emerson? Surely she has forgotten more about shirt bargains than H. Ivory ever will learn. ENJOY YOURSELF Let’s live while the living is good. One passes this way but once. Tomorrow may never come. The man, and the woman, who makes the very best out of every day is he who gets the most enjoyment and comfort out of life. Take the wife ana the children, father, out on that little picnic now. Just bundle them up, get into the flivver or eight-cylinder mo tor and be off. Trite, but true; procrastination persists still in being the thief of time. There’s time for work and there's time for play. And the good Lord never intended, surely, that any of his children should limit the play to his two weeks' vacation. Along with the day’s work it would seem health and wise to crowd into it a little bit of relaxation, of vigorous recreation. An hour of recreation should put two hours of pep into the brain and the mus cle of every worker. Get out into the open. Change the pace. Mix them up. It is a beautiful world, made for every person to enjoy every minpte of every day, sunshine, cloud or storm. Get your share. WAVING RUM BOTTLE For many long years after the American Civil War politicians on both sides of the Mason and Dixon line made political capital out of that strife between brothers. By “waving the bloody shirt” these unscrupulous political trick sters kept themselves in office, and postponed the solution of many important national problems. They "fought the war over again” in the north and south from the stump and at the polls. And now, it seems, there is the same desire to fight over again the battle with rum. For the same selfish motives—to win public of fice, to regain or retain control of the nation's affairs. Anti-Saloon League politicians, who drag from the grave the buried liquor ques tion, are no better than they who waved the bloody shirt in the '7o’s and 80 s. These self-appointed leaders insist upon waving the rum bottle unmindful of the fact that it was smashed when the prohibition amendment became a part of the American constitution. Which of them holds the buckeye in the Buckeye state? Much is said these days, about the raw sugar market. Raw is right. Only Emma Goldman would know how to appreciate a jail in America. ABSURDITY OF ; CENSORSHIP 1 IN GEORGIA The absurdity of the proposed cen sorship of motion pictures in Geor gia, when the subject is given a lit tle thoughtful consideration on its merits is ably set forth in the At lanta Georgian by James B. Nevin, one of the ablest commentators Geor gia has ever produced. Says the Georgian: A NUMBER of good, sincerely re ligious men and women favor the establishment of censorship over mov ing pictures in Georgia. Just how many of the 3,000,000 residents of this State take that view is not known, for the public has had no op portunity to express its opinion. The Georgian opposed such a cen sorship, and in so doing has no apol ogies to offer. The Georgian, with out being self-righteous, takes a per fectly legitimate pride in its record ion moral issues and other issues af fecting the welfare of the people. It was the first of the big city newspa pers of Georgia to enter the lists against the liquor traffic. It hps un swervingly fought for law' enforce ment. It has not opposed progress, certainly, and its worst enemies can not call it reactionary. Why, then, does it take a positive stand against the proposed movie cen sorship law? Certainly not bect/use it resents the activity of the women who favor such a law’. The Georgian has been the unfailing champion of equal suf frage for women, and with it, all the public activity on their part that suf frage implies, believing that the influ- I ence of good women will elevate poli i tics, not that politics will degrade I women. Certainly not because some of the i ministers are zealous for the censor ship. The Georgian has not failed to uphold the ministers in their self | sacrificing work, and for months and years it has conducted a sustained campaign in behalf of that shamefully underpaid profession. Why, then, does The Georgian ap pear to take issue with some of its friends in a question which they sin cerely believe to be one of morals and social uplift? First, because censorship by law is 'unnecessary. Thirty-six other States have taken the same view, and only four have acted differently. There is in existence, and actually operating, the most effective censor ship possible—the censorship that is exercised by the individual decent people of Georgia and elsewhere. That censorship is the most effective, because it is refiectd immediately in the box office receipts of the moving picture producers. Granting that there are many people who have a “hankering” for a little wickedness and who would patronize a salacious picture, the gratifying fact* remains that the overwhelming proportion of the people are decent, and further more that most of the small minority indulge themselves in other * ways than through a pastime as generally harmless as moving picture shows. If you have any doubts as to the effect of this voluntary individual censor ship, ask the proprietor of your fav orite moving picture house what sort of picture is the most popular. And whether a movie actress whose plays are uniformly clean and wholesome, like Mary Pickford or Marguerite Clarke, for instance, draws as large house as —well pick out any of the other kind that you happen to think of. He will settle that question very quickly and will probably add that a deeply religious play like “The Mira cle Man,” than which no more won derful lesson in the efficacy of prayer and the potency of faith has ever been screened, plays to packed houses longer than any other kind of film. And the producers are in the busi ness to make monev. And, furthermore, if a really ob scene or objectionable picture should find its way into any picture house in Georgia, there are perfectly good laws whereby the proprietors may be Sanitary . Pressing club W i Ed West PHONE 892 ‘'L 123 Cotton Am Mamie E. Cassady, D. C. Marcia C. Ramsey, D. C. Palmer Graduate* Cassady & Ramsay CHIROPRACTORS Hours 9:30—12 a. m. 2—5 P. M. Phone 195. Bell Bldg. RAILROAD SCHEDULES (Central Time) Arrival and Departure of Pa«»enge Train*, Americus, Ga. The following schedule figure published as information and not guaranteed: . ; CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. Arrive Leavee 11:59 am Columbus-Chgo 3:40 am. 10:38 pm Albany-Montgy 5:18 am | 7:35 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:37 ami •7:15 pm Columbus *7:10 am 2:07 pm Albany-Montgy 2:07 pt j 2:07 pm Macon-Atlanta 2:07 pm •11:45 am Columbus *2:30 pm 10:00 am Columbus 13:00 pm. 6:37 am Albany 7:35 pm 5:18 am Macon-Atlanta 10:38 pm 3 :40 am Albany-Jaxville 11:59 pm •Daily, except Sunday '.Sunday only. '■ SEABOARD AIR LINE Arrives Leavee 10:59 pm Cordele-Savannah 1:20 am 5:15 pm Richland 10:00 am 3:10 pm Cordele-Savannah 12:31 pn 12:31pm Rlchland-Montgy 3:10p 10:00 am Cordele-Helena 5:15 pig THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER COMING DOWN w/f - d M CB' F OF- 1 < gg i L/wiX JMv Aißg• sSS / -j* (bp. c ' ) \/A Ahi T W <_ I e j,—- ' * - given such punishment as will effec-t tively sharpen their discriminating I sense next time. Second, the proposed law is not practicable. There are some hun dreds of pictures shown in Georgia for the first time each day. If it re quires an average of one hour, or even half an hour, to run off each picture, and if the three members of the board should find themselves in complete accord on the propriety of I each picture, without argument, itj would be a physical impossibility for] that board, working twenty-four! hours a day, to censor any considers-j ble proportion of the films. As a matter of fact it taxes the imagina-I tion of the most cheerful optimist to | conceive of even three persons] though actuated by the same lofty purpose, assuming their honesty and ability, being governed by the same reactions in«any considerable pro portion of cases. The-e being no possible arbitrary fixed standard, other than the individual’s own stand ard, each individual finds himself try ing to judge the reaction upon others j by the reaction upon himself. Some FIRE AND CYCLONE INSURANCE Covering Farm and City Property 11 4 Bell Building MISS ANNIE PICKETT Phone 136 (Opposite Postoffice) VALVE-IN-THE-HEAD ENGINE The. Delco-Light engine is the «' ■ valve-in-the-head type—used in the ' 'N best and most povzerful airplane en-' / Rkll luTw n\ gines and in hundreds of thousands / 1 ’ Jo’l :J' Jpa f l A of automobiles. fefiWawMn lt * s a * r ' coo,e( l—runs on kerosene |H —has only one place to oil and has I, : XlMf' II ''■» Fly a sim Pl mixing valve in place of a \ * I. carburetor. \ Write for Catalog yELy Ft A. McLarty, Dealer Service Station Cordele, Ga. h - k - Etrzberger, Salesman Box 281 Americus, Ga. AIR-COOLED—RUNS ON KEROSENE DATE OF CHARTER, Oct. 13, 1891. Our officers appreciate your patronage and want your connection with this Bank to be of distinct benefit to you. as well as a pleasant relationship. We hope you will feel free to make full use of our facilitiei in all de partments. WE INVITE YOUR ACCOUNT. Bank of Commerce OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. J. W. Sheffield. Lee Hudson, C. R. Crisp Frank Sheffield Cashier John Sheffield FIRE, LIFE, CASUALTY INSURANCE HERBERT HAWKINS Plantar, Bank Building. ! very righteous and conscientious peo i pie in Salem used to burn witches at ! the stake. Even churches differ on matters of morals. Some churches condone card playing and frown on dancing. Some permit either or condemn loth. Some communities legislate against selling fruit on Sunday, while others believe in encouraging baseball and other ' sports. There are honest differences jof opinion among good people on I many questions of right and wrong. How, then, can three persons be i expected to pass on the propriety of pictures for millions of other people? I Is a picture of a reception proper if I some of the guests are in evening I gowns? Undoubtedly, if the gowns are not cut too low. But just how low IS too low? How many of the censors would agree on this point? Is a picture showing a game of cards proper? Does it depend on the game —authors, rook, euchre, casino, slap jack, bridge or poker? Is it wrong to show little boys playing Indian? i Some people think that would have a bad tendency. Where is the dividing line? Who can say? “Personal liberty” is sometimes a badly overworked phrase. Its defi nitions are as various as those of an, evening gown. So we won’t raise i that question, although it is probably' the most general objection to cen sorship. i Let’s just decide the case on these points: Is censorship really necessary, in view of the voluntary censorship that exists. ? Is it practicable, in view of the ab sence of any possible exact standard? Is it wise, in view of the wide gate that it opens toward censorship of a free press and free speech? The Georgian thinks “No” to each question, and earnestly hopes the Legislature of Georgia will give full consideration to these points before approving the report of the commit tee that in the opinion of The Geor gian, acted on superficial impulse, rather than on a careful analysis of just what this bill means. 207 Muscogee Columbus Bank Building Georgia Willis Ballard, M. D. Chronic Diseases Gynecology Genito-Urinary Rectal, Venerial, Skin CRYSTAL DI-CHLORAMINET The new (non-operative) cure Cancer, Stricture, Hemorrhoids L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.- P. 4 Cashier. JOE M. BRYAN, Asst. C ashler (Incorporated) THE Planters Bank of Americus Resources Over $1,500,000.00 eWe are equipped to render you every banking service Strict adherence to sound banking principles, and a de served reputation for con servatism and strength, has won for us the confidence of the public to an unusual J degree. Ourbank invites your account on its record. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small . q COMMERCIAL CITY BANK id| d; Y V Organised Augu 3rd, IPOS. ffj RJ I | endeavor to transact with ■9 V 1 intelligence and dispatch the basb *" neat entrusted to us by ear eae« tomers, and always to co-operate '■» with them in the up-building es Ci., Bank B.iUi„ K CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, President SAMUEL HARRISON, Cashier. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1920 CAUSE OF WAR? | “WOMEN’S DRESS!”; SAY TEXAS POLICE Ninety-Nine Hundredths of All : Crime is Laid to Styles IJUUSTON, Tex., July 24.—“ The * 1920 girl’s taste in dress is a form of insanity; 99 one-hundredths of all social evils in the world are due to the present day styles; modern mothers are letting their children go to the Devil without so much as lift ing a hand to stop them.” Such is the unqualified statement of Police Superintendents G. J. Lacy and C. G. McGraw, in a signed statement reporting the findings of a six-months’ probe of southern crims causes. They say: Booze, environment and defec tive mentality have ben branded as the cauiei of crime. It is a mis take. These three features play their part; they produce but one hundredth of the crime commit ted. Ninety-nine one-hundredths may be traced to women’s clothes. * * ♦ It is possible to include every thing from the divorce evil to the late World War to what women wear—or don’t wear. * * * Our investigation has caused us to pause, worry and wonder: “WHAT IS THE WORLD COM ING TO?” • * * The report is silent on men’s share of the “responsibility for the social evil.” V* WE WILL BUY YOUR LIBERTY BONDS ANY ISSUE OR DENOMINATION. ALLISON REALTY CO. ALLISON BUILDING Office Room 9 PHONE 849 Downstairs Office Phone 253 DR. E. E. P A R S O N S Dentist. Office in Commercial City Bank Building. Office Hours: 8 to 12 m. 1 to 6 p. n. Work Solicited. Ask For a Choice Cut of BEEF or PORK We have it this week; economical prices, too. Fresh Vegetables and Groceries. rresh Mullet Fish Friday and Saturday. LEE STREET MARKET AND GROCERY COMPANY PHONE 71 DR. F. L. CATO Phones: 531 Office; 55 Residence DR. WILBUR C.SMITH Phones: 531 Office; 657 Residence Physician and Surgeon Office Hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 4

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, July 25, 1920, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6