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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.
WM S. KIRKPATRICK. Editor; LOVELACE EVE, Business Manager?
Published every afternoon, except Saturday; every Sunday morn-'
ing, and as weekly (every Thursday.)
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road Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional Districct, U. S.
Court, Southern District of Georgia.
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THE BIGGEST NEWS in the papers, morning and evening, for sev- j
eral days, to millions of people throughout this United States,
has been the bulletins from the bedside of Enrico Caruso. And the
word from his physicians that he now is convalescent is news that
will relieve widespread personal, although unconscious, anxiety.
People the world over are very much alike. They are inter
ested in even the most trivial events and gossip about ’those they
know personally. And in that fact lies the reason for the widespread
interest in Caruso. There are countless millions who have heard <he
great tenor sing again and again ip all the purity and power of his
voice, in their own parlors, face to face with him. No, not face to
face, exactly, but even more intimately than if he had been there
in person, for he daily has sung to every whim of his admirers, on
whatever occasion, and at whatever unseemly hour, whether noon
• time or midnight. And these countless millions have learned not
only to admire Caruso but to love him as a part of their daily lives
and of their homes- He has a real and definite place in the hearts
of the people, and that is why the intense and abiding interest in
th* lightest news from his sick bed.
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COURSE, this bit of observation is a tribute to the phono
| graph. So common has the phonograph become that its place
|ri our daily life is no longer given much thought; it is a part of our
Existence and We accept it as such, seldom considering how much we
miss it if we did not have it. But consider, a moment, all
you who love the great Caruso, and who have never had the privi- ■
lege of hearing him in person. Can you imagine the pleasure you
hfver would have experienced, had you never heard this great voice?
And so with other great voices, the best of which of the present age
now preserved for the ages.
i There is only one Caruso- His equal has never been heard by
those now living, and it may be generations before his equal is heard
again, or it may be never. But his voice lives for future generations.
Whether he is ever able to sing again or not, however long his life
miy'he, he will live forever. ♦
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WHAi IS A MODEL WOMAN? asks a newspaper. And in re
'’ ply readers are painting lovely word pictures of the women ol
tf&tYearns.
iff ‘ Now the classic tribute to a model woman was that which was
bitten by the Englishman, Jonathan Swift, in memory of Esther
Johnson. Swift described her as "the truest, most virtuous and val
friend, that 1, or perhaps any other person, ever was blessed
her Swift wrote: '
conversation she was never given to interruption, or appeared
pUt in her word.
!■ ’. ‘‘ijhe spoke in most agreeable voice, in the plainest words.
"She was but little versed in the common topics of female chat; scan
did, Ctnsurd and detraction never came out of her mouth.
■' “She read carefully the best books which serve to open and enlarge
thj£ rriihd. She bought clothes as seldom as'possible, and those as plain
arid cheap as consisted with the situation she was in; and wore no lace for
many years.
i L’.“Honor, truth and liberality, good nature and modesty were the vir
tue's the chiefly possessed. She laughed at no one’s mistakes, and if a good
thing were spoken, but neglected, she would not let it; fall, but set it in the
b'lat light to those who were present.”
’ ■ And she was as beautiful as she was good, for she was looked
Upon as One of the most beautiful, graceful and agreeable young
W'omen in London, only a little too fat.”
• ; i Well, girls, do you know of a better model than Esther Johnson?
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WONDER if ther eis a conspiracy between the Dothan Eagle and
'. the weather man. The Eagle insists that there will be a pipe
bufating freeze yet, and on the heels of his insistance comes the
prediction by the weather man of the coldest snap of the winter, due
Hcrfe the first of the week. Says the Eagle, without the benefit of the
weather prediction at the time it was published:
; “Say what you please about this mild winter, and brag on how the trees
are putting out, and how you are cutting yard grass every month in the
but we are going to have a freeze yet, irrespective of the weather
man’s predictions.. You just watch. We never go through a winter even
Here', without a freeze, one hard enough to burst water pipes. We haven t
had one* yet, although half of the last winter month is gone. You early
gardeners get ready for it, or keep your fires burning.
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|>AT GRIFFIN, of the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, has about
reached the cussin* stage in trying to make collections, if this
paragraph in his bright editorial column is an indicator:
i “I’ll pay you” when I sell my cotton and peanuts, is the cry that you
Hear now when you present a bill, and darn it. 75 per cent of those that
Gil yotl that haven’t had a bale of cotton or a pint of peanuts in five years.
It is enough to make a dog sick.
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MOW WE KNOWwho does the work on the Montezuma Georgian.
! In this week’s edition of four pages, half the usual size, appears
this paragraph in the personal column: ‘‘Mrs- E. M. Hirschburg,
Associate editor of the Montezuma Georgian, has been quite sick for
the past several days, and was unable to be at her desk this week.
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What has become of the old-fashioned blush?
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Borah may some day regret his opposition to big warships—
Especially if he ever wants to make a junket to foreign parts.
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j Tin 9 new fertilizer that killd weeds would interest our house
holders more if it kept grass from growing high enough to mow.
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Railroads are looking for a boom in passenger business since
lhe announcement that 10-<cent sodas were to be revived in Los
Angeles.
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» Judge Landis says he pulled Senator Dial out of oblivion. Gave
him a place in the sun? 1
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATION.
/ANCE upon " time there was a
: man who had a daughter. And
!he loved Musick. And as the danfsel
I grew, she sang; and the singing glad
' dened his heart and thj heart of her
j mother. And they bought her a
j Piano, and hired a Teacher, who
came to the house and g; j • her les
sons at Fifty Cents an And ’
the lesson was worth etf )arnl ’ent of
it. For the damsel p] ac d play
Scales and Exercises, ai w jyetween
times would pick out Tunv o p ith one
finger, to the great joy of her father
And when the time came that she ■
could take the Hymn Book and sit |
down on Sunday afternoon and play ■
The Sweet Bye and Bye without very ■
many Mistakes, her father wiped his i
eyes and thanked God for his daugh- i
ter and for her Musickal Attain !
ments. And there were evenings ,
when the young folk gathered, and j
she seated herself at the Piano and j
played the Suwanee River and See- |
ing Nellie Haras, and they all sang
and were glad. z ;
Now there came an evil day when
one spake unto the father saying
Thy daughter hath Musickal Ability.
Now. therefore, send her away that
she may study Musick.
So they sent her away to a Con
servatory; and they shut down the
cover of the Piano. And on Sunday
afternoon her father sail', It is lone
ly, but when she returneth she will
play to Beat the Band.
And it came to pass that at the
end of certain days she returned with
a Musickal Education. And I was
Among Those Present on the even
ing when they gave a Welcome Home
Party. And th 6 father said, To
night we shall have Musick. ,
But on that night none of the other
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS!
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Feb.
19, 1911.)
. Thirty terror-stricekn kids, partici
pants in the riotous conduct enact-'
cd on Tuesday night, St. Valentines |
night, when property at a dozen resi
dences here was wrecked by the ma I
rauders, Constituted ” the juvenile
line-up in police court yesterday and
chipped a bone each into the cash
box.
Miss Lynn Mathis delightfully en-1
tertained a dozen frifinds on Friday
afternoon at bridge, the occasion be
ing a meeting of the Silk Stocking
club. Those enjoying the unfailing
hospitlita of the charming hostess
were. Misses Mattie Chappel, Bess j
Wall. Hazel Tower, Kate Wheatley,!
Em Eldridge, Mattie Lewis Dodson,
Marie and Gertrude Jossey, Mes
dames Felton Clements, Fred Mar
kette, Ira Lowe and Alice Morgan.
Col. W. O. Jones and Col. Zach
Childers, a pair of Georgia
Reds, pluckier than the Rhode Is
landers, have formed a partnership
in law here.
Miss Lucy Ray, of’Atlanta, will be
a fair visitor here this week, com
ing today the guest of Miss Ruth
Christian, on Barlow street.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Americus Times-Re
corder, February 19, 1901.)
The recent heavy rains caused the
dam confining the waters of the lake
let at Holly Springs a favorite re
sort near Americus, to collapse, and
now the bottom of the lake is a
Sahara desert as to dryness.
At a conference of the members
■of the First Baptist church Sunday
the following committee was appoint
ed to look after a new pastor to suc
ceed Rev. S. C. Dean, resigned; J. A.
Ansley, J. Wettercoth, T. F. Gate
wood, George Seig, J. T .McLendon,
E. L. Murray, T. Wheatley, Frank
Sheffield, J. C. Clarke, John Wind
sor, Lee Allen, J. C. Nicholson, J.
1.. Montgomery, S. H. Hawkins, O.
D. Glover, B. E. Turner, W. R. Sim-
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ravages, invades nearly FOR R
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where * V COHDiT&BS |
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toning up the nervous system and R 1
soothing the raw and inflamed mucous p
membranes. Peru na dets every oigan to 8
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thousands of others, leaia what it mean j Jo bo well. Q
JP*£OLD EVERYWHERE TABLETS OR LIQUID |
Farm Loans
Farm Loans in Any Amount Promptly Nego
tiated and Closed.
T. O. MARSHALL
36-38 PLANTERS BANK BLDG. AMERICUS, GEORGIA
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
[ girls dared play, for they had not
I been away to a Conservatory. And
j the daughter would not play, for hca
i Sheet Musick had not arrived. Nei
ther would she sing, for she said that
she was Out of Practice, having re
cently studied only Theory and Com
position and Fugue and Counterpoint
And I said unto her. It is not an
Excess of Musickal Culture that ail
eth thee, but the need of Chastise
ment. In the days when thou could
est barely play The Sweet Bye and
. Bye so that it might be told from
: Yankee Doodle, thy Musickal Talent
i was good for something. Thou wert
a joy unto t,hy father and a comfort
to thy mother; and thou couldest
add happiness to the life of thy
friends. But now thou knowest just
enough to be useless.
And I askfed, Knowest Thou any
of the sweet old Ballads, as The Last
Rose of Sumlner, or Coming
Through the Rye?
And she said, Yea; but they are
very Old and Simple.
And I said, Go thou to the piano
and play and sing. Thou hast given
thie party a Frost and chilled the
heart of all present. Go thou back
and . warm them up with something
that they love.
And she did as I told her. And the
heart of all presnet was warmed.
And certain of the other girls played
And the hour waxed late, some of
the ’young folks said: Let us sing
some of Those Good Old-Timers that
we used to like. And she played for
them.
So her Musickal Education did not
quite spoil her after all. And when
she hath a Musickal Education that
is much better, she will know better
the worth of mv lesson to her.
WILLIAM E. BARTON.
mens, Mesdames W. M. Tullis, R. E
Allison, Minnie F. Brown, P. C.
Clegg, M. Callaway, George D. j
Wheatley, G. 11. Whitaker, Miss
Margaret Worthy.
Aiderman W. Glover was elect
ed mayor pro-tern of Americus by
the city council last night.
A hearing before auditor E. A.
Hawkins in the case of the old hotel
company, or the’Americus Manufac
turing and Improvement company,
vs. C. A. Fricker et al., application
for injunction, receiver, etc., was be
gun yesterday morning. The petition
ers for injunction, receivers, etc., de
sire to have the deed to the
Windsor, now resting in C. A.
I Fl icker, set aside and the hotel prop
erty restored to them, they assum
ing the indebtedness thereon, amount
ing to some $40,000, the purchase
price advanced by a New York com
pany.
Albert Kline, who cashed a worth
less draft at a bank here some time
ago, was given a committal trial yes
terday before Judge Graham and
bound over to the City court in the
sum of $350. The prisoner pleaded
his own case and his apt knowledge
of law showed him no novice. Dave
Andrews of Schrumpart Shoe com
pany, who introduced Kline at the
banks here, and J. W. Wheatley, of
the Bank of Southwestern Georgia,
who cashed the returned draft, were
examined at length. Kline will be giv
en a final trial at the City court at
an early date.
Proprietor George Fields and Day
Clerk Aycock of the Allen House,
were not on duty yesterday, but in
stead were patching up the personal
damages sustained in a runaway ac
cident the evening before. They,
with several friends, had gone fish
ing and upon returning to the city
at dusk the team following telescop
ed Mr. Fields’ buggy and both occu
pants weer thrown out.
K. Speedy, the daring high diver
whose exploits in Americus a year
ago are well remembered, made a
daring leap in Decatur, Ala., yester-
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day. At a street fair there he jump
ed from the top of a tailroad bridge
into the river, a distance of more than
100 feet.
In one of the show windows of the
James Fricker & Bro’fe. Jewelery
store can be seen a very fine' draw
ing of the beautiful new building
of lhe Commercial City club, now in
construction.
Supt. Bizien, of the Americus pub
.ice schools, has a corner on Alabama
slings. Yesterday he made a tour of
the rooms of the Jackson street
school, gathering up all the slings he
i-ould find. He got slings of all sizes,
description and previous condition
wd enough of them to load down a
wheel barrow, or to kill all the red
kins in the Indian territory.
Ordinary Speer received yesterday
a commission for Jesse L. Chambliss
who was recently elected justice of
the peace for the 28t.h district.
The baggageman at the Central
lepot has been provided with a cap
which will make him easily dis
tinguished. This is quite and improve
ment and the people will not have
so much trouble in the future locating
"the individual they require” when
they want baggage checked.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Americus Times, Feb
ruary 19 and 20, 1891.)
The city water supply is running
short, but at present the complaint
is nothing like it will be if those who
have the authority do not remedy the
existing evil.
Five hundred pairs of boys pants,
-25 cents a pair. W. H. West, 418 Cot-
Guaranteed Dental Work
At Reasonable Prices.
Dr. N. S. Evans, Dentist
HOURS: 8 TO 5.
Turner Electric Co.
Reduced Prices on House
Wiring and Fixtures
We are ready. Are you? Call
us for an estimate-
Phone 124.
SERVICE
CEND your orders to us for
prompt action.
pVERY ORDER gets our
best attention;
DUSHED OUT as quickly
as possible. We are
VERY CAREFUL as to de
’ tails on all orders.
IN every respect the best is
* always the cheapest.
pAN WE SERVE y »i
both be satisfi.-c'.' sure!
rVEN YOU will agree that
we claim only what we
give.
GOOD
PRINTING, TOO
SOUTHERN
PRINTERS:
Windsor Hotel Building.
East Side
ton avenue, at the old stand of Simon
Cohen.
Mr. Chas. P. Davis has returned
from Nashville, where he has been
for some time past taking his first
course in the dental department of
Vanderbilt University. K'e will rdturn
next fall and complete his course.
A boys night school for Americus
is being agitated.
Amercus, your name is mud,
mean, red mud.
The Americus branch of the order
of Elks will probably be formally or
ganized next week.
Chas. Daniels, a little 10-year old
white boy, was yesterday the victim
of a painful accident. He was climb
ing a tree out near the old lawn
when he got on a dead limb. The
limb broke and let the little fellow
to the ground, a distance of 30 feet.
His left leg was broken, his arm
sprained and the entire left side bad
ly bruised.
Retail grocery market—sugar, 7c;
country syrup, 50 to 50c; fryers, 25
Ga. Motor Co.
Repair Shop
WE DO ALL WORK FOR 75c PER HOUR—CASH
All Work Guaranteed >
CARS WASHED, POLISHED AND DOPED
REED & JUSTICE. Phone 133
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Amt. CaahlMt
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & CaßhiOT. JOE M. BRYAN, Aart. CaahlM
(Incorporated.) *
THE Planters Bank ° F Americus
The Bank With a Surplus.
Resources Over $1,700,000
■ ‘A FRIEND IN NEED
IS A FRIEND INDEED”
Genuine service in every
.ine of business pay., large
dividends. All the care and
worry, and the years it has
taken to build up our ser
vice to its present point of
efficiency, have been well
worth the effort. We cor
dially welcome those who
are IN NEED OF A DE
PENDABLE BANKING
CONNECTION.
PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small.
This Bank Invites Your Account
and offers to its depositors, whether old or new, the
same conservative, yet liberal .treatment, that has
always marked its policy and earned its reputation
for safety and dependability!*
BANK OF COMMERCE
Organized Oct. 13,-1891.
’■ OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Frank Sheffield, Pres’t. Lee Hudson, Cashier
John Sheffield. V.-Pres’t. C. R. Crisp.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1921. ’
to 30c; hens, 30 to 35c; eggs, 25c;
butter, 25 to 30c. New York apples,
75c peck; cabbage, 4<: pound; Irish
potatoes, 50c peck; o-ianges, 20 to
30c dozen; ham, fancy, 15c pound;
bacon, strips, 10 to 15c; lard, 8c;
flour $4.75 to $6.55 barrel.
Carroll J. Clark, of the firm of
Miller & Clarke, recovered yester
day a traveling case and valuable
contents stolen from the Central de
pot two months ago. It was found
by an old lady while looking for hen
nests in a patch of weeds near her
home on Cotton avenue.
Officer W. D. Smith is on the sick
list, and for two or three days has
been confined to his home on Church
street.
FARM LOANS
Lowest Interest. Quick Result*
DAN CHAPPELL
Attorney-at-Law.
PLANTERS BANK BUILDING