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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR The Americus Times-Recorder. ESTABLISHED 1879. Published hy 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 Districct, U. S. Court. Southern District of Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES:—DaiIy and Sunday by mail, $6 per year in advance; by carrier, 15c per week, f>sc 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 Congress. National Advertising Representatives: FROST. LANDIS & KOHN Brunswick Bldg., New York Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclu sively 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 speial dipatches herein con tained are reserved. yHE MOULTRIE OBSERVER points out to its readers a lesson in the Scarborough murder here that has been pretty well im pressed upon the minds of every citizen of this community. I his lesson is— Put your money tn the hank. Better take an infinitesimal chance with it there—99,9o9 chances out of 100,000 are in your favor—than to take a chance of losing your life as well as your money hoarded outside. Ihe habits of Scarborough and the repu tation he himself fostered invited the end which he met. Says the Moultrie paper: W. If. Scarborough, wealthy store-keeper in the suburbs of Ameri cus, was murdered Saturday night. The officers have found no clue to the guilty parties, but they arc of the opinion that the motive be hind the murder was robbery. Scarborough was reputed to be very wealthy, and it was commonly known that he was not a patron of the banks, but kept his money around his place of business. He adds another name to the list of those who have put more trust in thieves, robbers and cut-throats than they put in banks. He was afraid to put bis money in the bank; the bank might break. He preferred to carry his own risks and it cost him his life. Had he put his money in the bank and lost it be would still have his life, but as it is his life is gone and the money is gone. They are separated for all lime. There may be some reader of The Observer who prefers the risk of thieves to the risk of the bank. If this is the case, the Americus example should be sufficient warning. Put the money in the bank, or in a safety deposit drawer. * * * 'J’HE PKESEN I Georgia system of apportioning representation in the legislature is unfair—according to Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, professor of political science at the University of Georgia. In a lec ture at the university one morning this week. Dr. McPherson advised changes in the method of selecting representatives. "According to the modern democratic theory of equality, the repiesentatives in the state legislature should be apportioned among districts containing substantially an equal number of inhabitants," said Dr. McPherson. "It is not fair that Atlanta and Fulton county with her 2 >O,OOO inhabitants shall have no more representatives in our legislature than, say, three small counties in some undeveloped part of the state with no more than 1 5,000 population for the three counties—yet such is the case, as it now prevails in Georgia," con tinued Dr. McPherson. "With every legislature that meets creating new counties, and | each getting a representative, Georgia can not expect just- and equitable representation. Furthermore all these newly created counties arc burdens to the state financially. Georgia already has too many counties and it does seem that the people would see this and pui an end to this business of creating counties where there is abso lutely no need or cause for them.” •* * * JT is Dr. McPherson's idea, the Athens Banner tells us, that repre sentation in both houses of the legislature should be based upon some division of the number of inhabitants in the stale, rather than upon the nresent geographical divisions. He would not, however, discriminate against the rural districts in favor of the cities, but instead suggests that no district—by whatever boundary it shall be fixed— shall have more than a certain percentage of the entire number of representatives. In New York, for instance, it is provided that no county, no matter how populous, shall have more than one-third of all the senators. "Is it fair that a man, just because he happens to live in a city, have less political rights than the man who lives in some sparsely set tled section of the state?" asked Dr. McPherson. "Such is the case in Georgia and many other states today. No state can prosper with the smaller counties over-represent ed and the more populous under represented. There must be j\ remedy for such a condition and 1 feel sure that the legislature when it assembles in June can work out such a remedy. It is for the best interests of the state that this condition be attended to and 1 sincerely trust that it will receive the earnest attention of our legislature and ournewly elected governor.” * v- * , M PHERSON has hit the nail upon the head. The county ba sis of representation as at present constituted and the whole county unit system a>.at present applied is unfair and iniquitous, and works to the harm —, Georgia rather than to its good. Under the present arrangement the affairs of the state government are actual ly in the hands of the unprogressive communities of the state, and this fact has been hamestringing Georgia, for years. I here should be an equalizing check put upon the thickly pop ulated urban centers to prevent their control on a strictly popula tion basis, but conversely, these centers of population should not be held back to the speed and standard of the communities which have not had the initiative, intelligence and ability to progress. Ihe record of the Georgia assembly for the last several years has been a joke—and a bitter one—in the matter of making new counties. All that has appeared necessary to obtain a new county in the past has been for the proponents of it to appear at the capi tal with a fixed amount of cash to fee the proper lobbyists, who would then push it through. And a large share of the limited ses sion of the assembly that should have been devoted to matters ol importance was frittered away on new counties. Ihe Georgia legislature will soon be in session again. It will have plenty to do this year that will have more importance than any new county proposal can have. May we not hope for a respite this year from new county legislation? OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. (From the Times-Recorder, May 20, 1911.) Americus’ own Tommy Hooks and | John Wheatley, as star players with J the Stone Mountain team, continue to add lustre to th efame of that galaxy of sphere twirlers, which has just won a signal victory over their old antagonists, the Georgia Elec trics, in a close fight, with a 5 to 4 result. As usual Tommy was un der the willow, while John Wheat ley held his own at the initial sack. Hooks and Wheatley, with a hunch o fother Stone Mountain artists, will show up in Americus two weeks hence, and then there will be some thing doing on Dudley /field that will charm the natives. The band of Covenanters organiz ed last Sunday at the Presbyterian Sunday school elected Janies P. Gart ner president; Willie Dews Miller,! vice-president; J. F. Feagin, secre- j tary; Perry Clegg, treasurer, and j Charles Wheatley, color bearer. To Americus belongs the distinc-j tion of presenting the first instance ] in the world’s history where an au-j tomobile killed a mule, and more re- j markable still, hy striking the ani- | mal abaft the starboard binnacle,! where its deadly heels could be I brought into full action on the de-! fensivc. Instances are frequent! wherein the mule has wrecked rail- j way trains, but never before where in an autombile wrecked a mule. I While speeding out to Plains, in the early evening Supt. Bob Christian accomplished this feat. The mule, a fine animal belonging to Mr. Cook, a farmer here, was being led by a negro farm hand ailing the road near the home of Robert Stewart, j It was quite dark at the time of the accident. The car, overtaking the muletic procession, bumped into the long-eared warbler with great force, the impact doing little damage to the E. M. F. Supt. Christian hur ried to Plains and phoned for a vet- 1 erinary surgeon to attend the mule, i All efforts to save it. were fruitless, 1 and a fine mule died of a severe attack of speedo-automobilis. Hoke Smith will deliver the liter- / ary address at the close of the Chas. i K. Crisp Institute at Ellaville, May 1 1 31. Rev. J. T. Darley preaches the) t Confessions Os a Husband! THE MAN'S SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE A REAL BRICK OR A GOLD BRICK? i When I went home that night I was fully determined to tell Dot the whole story about Edith—there was, not so much to it when you got down to facts. Then we would talk the matter ov- j er together and decide whether to break with George and Edith and whether 1 should take a job from her father in case he offered me one. | At least that would be a common ground of frankness and understand- 1 ing between us. I was determined to break the net of intrigue and petty ! deception that 1 felt Edith was weav- 1 ing about me. 1 had hardly gotten limjide tpie j house, however, when Dot rushed up and threw her arms about my neck. 1 “You dear old fellow!” she ex claimed. “Isn’t it wonderful luck!” I “What?” “Why your new position. Edith told me today. At first 1 was angry | with you for not telling me, but I knew that you just wanted to sur prise me in your own way.” t • “But nothing is settled, is it?” “Edith said that she was practical ly certain. And when she says that, you can rely on it. Isn’t she a brick?” | “A gold brick—”l began, then see ing the expression on Dot’s face add ed quickly: “Warranted 22 carat.” “What’s the matter? You dqn’t ! seem nearly so excited as 1 expect ed.’ “Dear. I am excited, tremendous ly so.” “And you’re glad, aren’t you, to leave those old sneaks who wanted to cut your salary?” “Os course 1 am.” But I had work- j ed there for four years and on the j whole had been treated pretty well. J STOP ITCHJG ECZEMA Penetrating, Antiseptic Zemo Will Help You „ Never mind how often you have tried and failed, volt can stop burning, itching 1 eczema quickly .by applying Zemo. burnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra large bottle, SI.OO. Healing begins the moment Zemo is applied. In a short time usually every trace of eczema, tetter, pimples, rash, blackheads and similar skin diseases will be removed. For clearing the skin and making it vigorously healthy, always use Zemo, the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It is not a greasy salve and it doesnot stain. When others lail it is the one dependable treatment for skin troubles of all kind* 1 », The L. W, Rose Co., Cleveland, 0, *»! CARS WASHED AND DOPED Best Service on All Makes of Cars. SPECIAL—CARS WASHED AND POLISHED—SI.2S. EXPERT MECHANICAL SERVICE ON ALL MAKES OF CARS By WATTS MARKET’!, conceded to be one of the most efficient mechan ics in South Georgia. FILLING STATION. DAVIS AUTO AND REPAIR C0.,- CLEM P. DAVIS, Proprietor. PHONE 891 118 and 120 SO. JACKSON ST. MONEY 6% MONEY LOANED on farm land* at 6 per cent, inter* est and borrower* have privilege of paying part or all of principal at any interest period, stopping in terest on amounts paid. We always have best rates and easiest terms and give quickest service. Save money by seeing or writing u*. G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. ’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. commencement sermon. This hat V been the most successful year in the history of the school. 1 i TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper. 11 ' THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY i From the Times-Recorder, Mav - j 20, 1891'.) l| That Americus will have a board -: of trade is a well nigh assured fact. - j The movement started Monday for • j the purpose of attging this end has I aroused a grc-J deal of enthusiasm II among the business men, and it can ij be put down as a certainty that • Americus will take this most impor tant step. A mass meeting was held at the Glover opera house for the purpose of discu-sing the question and to take the necessary steps look ing to the organization of a board lof trade. The meeting was well at | tended, and among those present ! were many of the most prominent ! business men in the city. The Americus post office is to be j transferred to new and more com ! modious quarters in the Allen House | block tomorrow or the day after, i More convenient quarters are being ! fitted up in that portion of the ! building formerly used as a sample ! room, and just as soon as this is ! made ready the work of moving the j office will begin. These quarters ! will be only temporary as Messrs. 1 Johnson and Han-old will at once be gin the erection of a handsome new brick building designed for that purpose, and which will occupy the site of the first office. A bevy of pretty girls visited the Times-Recorder book-binding depart ment yesterday to see how the big ledgers, journals and other books are made. In the party were Misses Maggie Dunn, Lula. Josephine and Anna Kendrick, Alice Smith and Kitty Cobb. Several members of the legal fra ternity here are rejoicing at the un expected return to the city of “Dead beat,” a little bench-legged fice that claims that love and protection. “Deadly” as he is affectionately call ed. fell from a moving train while en route for Webster court several weeks ago, and has long been murn ed for dead. “I bet they Won’t be able to get along without you and will want you to come back at double your salary. But you won’t do it, will you?” “Nope.” I didn’t have the heart to tell Dot what was in my mind. She was so very happy it would have been cruel to tell her the truth. ! deter mined to grit my teeth and get along somehow. At the first opportunity 1 would let her know all about that nonsense with Edith. Pevhaps if I became sales manager I could send George to Alabama or Arizona or Australia, and he would tipic Edith with him. At this wild idea something jerked me off my feet mentally. Would f like to have Edith in Australia. Hadn’t 1 become accustomed to hav ing a pretty woman flattering me? 1 pretended not to like it, and Edith was a good deal of »i nuisance, but— I was human after all. I loved Dot very ’ sincerely. Os course I did. Still, there was some thing gratifying in Edith’s attention. To the wives of my friends I was just Dot’s husband.. To younger girls I was’ merely an old married man. It was pleasing to feel that here was a woman whef‘-regarded me as a man, a.s a distinct and real individ ual, as something worthwhile in my self. • & “You have to go to the station to night In meet father and mother,” Dot’s voice came to me'. (To Be Continued.) I Jr h AIR )V*r Company* QUEKM I‘AIIt DRESSING i cured ray Irritotod 8> alp and 9 111 7 hair grow r.» ■ St* 1 " klffij pretty unrl straight ev»*ry- ME iiW tv d%7Rl»body wants to tnnw what H Ejk'') « c 1 * sure Praise th* ■ dayl started to QOEfM. n it ""a*?*-* jjwty B«re is my picture; see D L ‘ ■ Yiv bon pretty my hair is. M ? AMAE JONES. B W /*» queen! 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It is said that thy average medical student, when he once gets fairly in to his anatomical work, becomes in capable of meeting and conversing with any human being without think ing when he talks, how this particu lar person would look cut up. That is the same sort of mild ob session which the same student un dergoes when he thinks himself pos sessed of all the diseases which he studies about. That stage of learning passes. And that is fortunate. Long before a med ical student becomes a physician he is able to meet his friends without men tally sawing their bones or hacking their tissues. But medical students are not the only people who appraise humanity. It is easy to think of men in terms of tons of coal they can mine or cubic yards of earth they can remove, or otherwise as economic units. It is indeed necessary that there 66G Ouicklv relieves Constipation, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and Headaches, due to Toroid Liver, (s) CLOCKS Baby Bens Big Bens TMOS. L. 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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, May 20, 1921, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4