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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879
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THE WOMEN AND SEPTEMBER 8
Thos W Hardwick, candidate for the governorship, says that
it is impossible for the women to vote in the Democratic white pri
mary of September 8. J. J. Flynt, chairman of the Democratic state
committee, has refused to call a meeting of th e sub-committee so
the purpose of amending the primary rules to permit all white worn
of voting age in Georgia to cast their ballots September .
Chairman Flynt in times past has been a Watson supporter
Perhaps there is good reason why Messrs. Flynt and Harawii k r
not want the good women of Georgia to vote on Septem er .
THE SOUTH FOR THE NEGRO
The negroes of the South are still going northward in large
numbers. They ar e leaving all parts of the South; they are paving
Sumter county. Some of them are coming back, it is true with their
eyes opened to the real conditions elsewhere but most of those who
are moving ar e going in the other direction, their imagination flushed
with the rosy pictures spread by the emigration agent.
The negro who is honest with himself, and who has made the
trip northward, knows that the "land of promise” is not the land ot
ease and equality he was led to believe in. He knows that it is a land
of hustle, of shift for yourself, and a land in which if you haven t a
dollar you haven't a friend. He knows that the colored man gets
along very well while he "hits the ball” and the money, jingles in his
pocket, but that when misfortune comes, as it comes to all some
time, he is without home, without friends, without sympathy, with
out anything. . ,
The wonder tales from the North have been siren sounds to
the ears of the colored people of the South, and more than one of
them who listened to the sound have come back to the South, broken
in spirit and body, wiser but sadder from their experiences. But they
didn't know; they could hardly be blamed. The fairy stories told
them made them shut their eyes to their opportunities right here;
made them go on the long journey far away in search of the blue
bird of happiness which all the time perched about their own doors
in Dixie. , . .
The colored citizen of the South has advantages today of which
he as a rule makes little use; he has within his own grasp opportunity
for happiness and prosperity enjoyed by the white man. The rewards
of real industry, such as is required of him when he goes north, are
as certain as those he will find in the North, and mere valuable. The
South is full of examples of negroes who by their own industry and
thrfit have become wealthy; there are thousands of colored citizens
who own their farms and homes and are not only highly regarded
by their white neighbors, but are important assets to their state and
country.
Sumter county has its examples, which might be made profita
ble lessons to the colored people of this community who fret at their
imagined disadvantages at times and look with longing eyes toward
the North. The Times-Recorder proposes to point out shortly some
of the things the industrious negroes of this community have accom
plished and are accomplishing; how they have made good and are
reaping rewards as good citizens for their industry. We propose to
recall, also some of the advantages offered the colored people here.
We believe that in doing this we will be performing a service to the
white man and the black man alike. We believe it folly for tlje ne
gro to leave the South, where natural conditions fit him best, and
where he really belongs, and we believe the white man wants him to
stay and needs him. We believe it time to show our colored people
the truth.
POWER
The richest nation in the world in water power resources is the
United States.
• Next come the Scandinavian countries.
The only way the United States—and this appears to include
Georgia—can figure out to develop its power resources is to lease
them out to private capitalists who can make a profit on their oper
ation.
But Sweden does it differently. Sweden operates its own water
power sites.
In 1919, the Swedish administration of power sites had a gross
income amounting to 13,897,649 crowns. It expended 7,622,750
crowns, leaving a nice little net profit of over 6,000,000 crowns.
Nearly every power plant in operation shows a profit to the
government, and most of the expenditures are on account of addi
tions and new construction work on power sites that have not yet
been completed.
THAT $8,000,000
If Will Hays, national chairman of the Republican party, is
not going to buy the presidential election with that eight million dol
lars, what is he going to do with it?
East Orange police demand more pay. An Irish policeman in
a place called Orange ought to have more pay.
Lieutenant Hamilton dropped 20,900 feet from an airplane.
Old General Foodprice could drop that far and still be cloud-high.
Lord Stradbroke is the new British governor of Victoria, Aus
tralia. He is not a member of the well known Stony-broke family.
One of Mrs. Wilson's evening gowns has been placed in a mu
seum, which many women would regard as a doubtful compliment.
Foch is coming to the United States for a visit, thus renewing
the controversy over the correct pronunciation of his name.
The Poles have recaptured Prsasnzsz and other towns which
cannot be pronounced unless you have hay fever.
Somebody poked a hole in the sugar bag.
HOW NEIGHBORLY ARE
WE GEORGIANS?
QUESTION SUGGESTED BY REPORT OF STATE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WELFARE. ARE THE MILLIONS DIS
TRIBUTED TO RELIEVE FAMILY DISTRESS
IN GEORGIA SECURING EFFECTIVE
RESULTS?
JUST how neighborly are we Geor
gians? This question is raised by
the first annual report of the State
Board of Public Welfare recently
made to the legislature. Th; board
has discovered that approximately a
half million dollars is expended an
nually in poor relief by the coun
ties of Georgia and it does not at
tempt to estimate the larger sum
which is distributed by private or
ganizations, churches, lodges, etc., to
help stricken families tide over the
financial difficulties.
Yet, with the expenditure of this
enormous sum, the state board re
port raises the question. “Are we
truly practising neighborliness? Are
we making the best use of this mon
ey to speedily return unfortunate
families to normal independence? Is
there a business-like co-operative su
pervision of these funds which as
sures a business-like return on the
investment involved.?”
The state board has discovered
that there are only twenty trained
full time family workers in all the
1156 counties. Two of them are paid
by the county commissioners.—-the
others by private agencies,—Red
Cross secretaries, and secretaries of
Associated Charities.
The report of the board insists that
if this large sum of several million
dollars of public relief is to be prop
erly administered, to secure effective
neighborliness, it should be done by
people trained to the work. “The
necessity of public charity and insti
tutional care might frequently be
avoided by intelligently assisting a
parent to rebuild the home, tempo
rarily endanged by want and dis
tress.”
The state board offers to assist
communities in planning to raise ]
their standards of effective neigh
borliness. It is ready to bring the '
latest plans of organization, and fi-i
nances, and to help discover the;
trained worker to any group which i
may be interested in developing- bet
ter family work. While only a few
months old, this board is fast be
coming the headquarters of comma-]
nities seeking aid along this line, and]
has been invited into several cities'
for consultation.
Study of the Pauner Relief.
The report of the board also has
a plan to recommend for the im
provement of the methods of distri-,
bution of the county pauper funds.!
It has made careful study of the!
methods employed in the care of pau-’
ners by half the counties in Georgia,]
79 counties, with a population of a]
million and a half. It concludes!
that thousands of dollars are being]
wasted by distributing monthly!
grants of as low as $1 per month,;
that the expense of caring for in- 1
digent people in alm=h- uses is much
greater than it would be should the
county provide them adequa' e ?e-,
lief in their homes, and suggests that!
the greatest need today is for the
distribution of these county funds]
to be placed in the hands of a train
ed full time social worker.
The plan suggested is that in force
in the counties of a good many other ]
southern states where the one county]
worker acts as commissioner of the
poor, probation officer for the ,Tuve-|
pile court and truant officer for the ]
education authorities.
Dental Expenditures.
The report goes into the conduct
of county almshouses, which will be]
reported in another article. Enough ]
to state that only twenty-six of the]
seventy-nine counties studied main-]
tain an almshouse.
Number inmates of the 26 aims-]
houses in 1919. 757. . ]
Total expenditures for the poor in I
these almshouses. $96,179.99. ‘
The renort show that seventy of ]
the seventy-nine counties studied are!
giving monthly grants to families ]
in their homes.
Number of persons receiving pe
riodical grants in these 70 counties
during 1919 2,067
Total expended in monthly
grants $86,193.66
Total expended through
organizations ... 31,245.12]
Total expended through
bureaus 4,101.30
Total relief to families in
their homes $121,540.08]
] Total expended for poor
both inside and outside
almhouses in 79 coun-
ties .$216,719.77|
WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING
SOME CURRENT COMMENT ON TIMELY TOPICS
THE UNCOMMON SQUARE DEAL
(Moultrie Observer)
THE people want the truth. They
are tired of truth half told and
truth exaggerated. Some of the lead
ing newspapers of the state are do- !
ing more to discredit newspaper in
fluence than they can imagine. Read
ers are becoming disgusted. Papers
with state-wide circulation have i
adopted the policy of coloring news
and editorial comment to influence
politics and the people are coming
to the point where they have to guess
at the truth after they read what
the papers tell about the campaigns.
Frequently the Observer hears the
complaint that newspapers cannot be
trusted or believed. Even when the
newspaper one reads advocates the
candidate of one’s own preference, ;
there is no dependence to be put in
its news reports. It is probably over- >
stating the facts favorable to that
particular candidate.
There are a few notable excep
tions, and we believe there will soon
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
This report covers only half the
counties in Georgia
The methods enployed in distrib
uting this sum are discussed in the
report. “The most common plans is
by recommendation of the Grand
Jury. The duties of our Grand Ju
ries are manifold, and while they en
deavor to be fair and just, the fact
remains that only in rare instances
are persons skilled in administering
financial relief drawn for such jury
duty. Grand Jury recommendations
can at best be adequate and their in
vestigations superficial perfunctory.
Many counties reported that periodi
cal investigations are never made.
Once on the pauper list the subject
stays there until he dies or moves
out of the county. One county re
ported that it continues ‘until death
do us part.’ Sometimes the Grand
Jury goes over the pauper list, drop
ping or adding names. County
commisisoners .in some counties keep
in touch with recipients in divers
ways. The Ordinary performs the
task in a few counties.
‘Dole System’ Revealed.
The amount of the monthly grants
is another weak point in the sys
tem. Many commissioners and coun
ty clerks frankly declared that in
their opinion the sums are totally in
adequate and more of a mockery of
supporting paupers than anything
else . •
“Twenty-one counties reported
that the largest monthly grant to any
one person was $5.00 or less. This
amount of course leaves the recipient
a public charge, and increases rath
er than decreases the chances of his
becoming a pauper with broken pride,
begging from place to place. Twelve
counties were giving $5.00 to $lO.-
00 as the largest monthly grant to
any one person; fifteen counties gave
a few as high as $10.00; ten coun-!
ties gave a few as high as $15.00;
and seven counties had one or two
beneficiaries receiving $15.00 to
$20.00. j
“But the dole system is revealed
in its most fearful aspects by the
report that thirty-fuyr counties com-]
monly give monthly grants as small
as $2.00 and under; 26 counties as
small as $2.50 to $5.03. Gilmer
county maintained the highest av
erage, having six beneficiaries with
SIO.OO as the smallest grant and
$20.00 as the largest.
“Most of the counties feel that
I they must make the amount they
have for pauper relief spread out to
i reach the largest possible number.
] Since, however, few counties are in
] a position to take care of all the need
for relief in the county, it is much'
j better that they give adequate re
lief to* such cases as they do handle,
and insist on private philanthropy
] taking care of the others. A paid
I county family worker would make
better use of the county’s available!
] funds, and help to organize private
resources to meet the additional
] needs for relief.
“Such kindly deeds as sharing the
sack of flour with a neighbor, mak
ing a temporary loan, signing a note,
taking care of the baby while the
mother is sick, taking over the house
keeping during an epidemic, and the
hundred other little services which
form the basis of neighborliness are
]as common in Georgia as anywhere
under the sun,” said Burr Black
]burn, secertary of the Board, *“But
] what of those expert services which
(ordinary neighbors can not render?”
Trained Workers Needed.
When the bread winner is dead or
] permanently disabled, how does
] Georgia provide for the maintenance
lof the home life? When the wife
]is deserted whb is it that helps her
through the legal tangle that forces
the husband to finance the home?
]lf the boys have antagonized the
| neighborhood by their delinquency,
or the girls by their immorality,—
who is ready to work out their prob
lems tactfully and firmly? If mem
bers of the family need institutional
or hospital care, who is it that knows
] all the state institutions, and the
methods necessary to gain entrance?
When the family is up against a
, stone wall, and wants expert confi
] dential advice without exposing its
] difficulties to public gossip, is there
] anyone in the neighborhood trained
and ready to quietly sit down with
the father and mother and talk it
]over?”
come a breaking away from the pol
icy of suppressing the truth when
it runs counter to the newspaper’s
political line-up, and exaggerating
truth when it is favorable to the
preferred candidate. We have some
examples here in south-west Georgia
of papers telling the truth and al
lowing the chips to fall where they
will. The Thomasville Times-Enter
prise has declared that it will give
a square deal to all candidates and
do no more for any candidate than
to tell the truth for him The Ob
server has been trying honestly to
follow this olicy. The Albany Her
ald, while expressing freely in its
editorial columns its preferences,
opens its columns to all candidates
and has a very broad policy of serv
ing news without prejudice or bias.
The Americus Times-Recorder,
one «f the best of the small'dailies
of the state is pledged to an open
door policy. The Times-Recorder
said editorially a day or two ago:
“The Times-Recorder spoke clean-
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ly, and it believes fairly. And what
ever else it may have to say be
tween now and September 8 concern
ing this bitter campaign will be
clean and, to the best of its ability,
fair. The. Times-Recorder has little
patience and no confidence in the
bulk of the matter being printed
daily now by all of the Atlanta and
Macon papers, and some of the other
papers of the state, because most
of it is bitterly biased and partisan,
written not to give accurate views
of all sides and all the facts, but to
serve particular ends. The Times-
Recorder has attempted to be. abso
lutely impartial at all times in its
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news columns, and still intends to
be. It regards its news columns as
belonging to all of the people, and
right here declares that these col
umns will remain open to all parties
alike for the spread of legitimate
news and information.”
If the smaller papers cf the state
will refuse to follow the lead of the
city dailies into a policy of shameful
misrepresentation and vituperation
and mudslinging in politics, they
will soon find themselves leaders in
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MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 30, 1920
a new movement for higher ideals
in newspaper publishing. The people
will support the paper that is fair
and honest and truthful. A few
noisy politicians will growl and com
plain and rant, but ninety per cent
of the newspaper readers of the state
prefer the plain statement of the
facts. They want their political news
and political editorials separated.
Truth has been crushed in a number
of newspaper offices in Georgia but
it will rise again.