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The Americus Times-Recorder.
. , ESTABLISHED 1879.
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/"’ERMANY now is to have an immense advantage over all the
other great nations. It is demanded of her, and she agrees to it,
that she shall disarm as to military, naval and aerial forces.
Let’s see what this signifies, and how it looks in table lorm.
DISARMED GERMANY I ARMED NATIONS
Increase in industrial efficiency. { Hundreds of thousands producing
Increase in production. I nothing, in army and navy.
Increase in thought and effort f-v Best brain, devoted to poison gas,
invention and science. new explosives, big guns and wai-
Advancement in arts. ships.
Tremendous decrease in tax in-1 Enormous, ever-growing war tax
come wasted. I burden on the common foik.
It is true that the Germans will have to pay a big reparations
bill, and must stand heavy taxation. But they can rapidly whittle
down that bill with their savings by disarmament, ami they will not
have to support a parasite royalty or a venomous militaristic tape- ;
worm.
AH their brains and energy will be producing anrl constructing, |
solely. Man works best and most successfully under such inspiration.
Other nations will be groaning and sweating under taxation lor sup
port of institutions which produce waste, solely.
The whole world has had to give the Germans credit for stand
ing in the highest rank in science, art, industry, invention and com
mercial expertness. The Germans have now got to confine their
endeavors to these lines. The next generation of Germans will hate
militarism as their ancestors worshiped it.
Look out for the future Germany!
It is not war-like progress, but peaceful progression in invention,
industry, and higher efficiency of brains and hands that count, in the
final analysis of the life career of the human animal. All of Napol
eon’s victorious battles produced—St. 1 lelena. His laws, his roads, ’
his public buildings and institutes, even some of his philosophies,
bless Frances today.
Qi 5256 French villages in which all life was suspended during the '
war, 3216 have come back to life. I’he inhabitants have return- '
rd to rebuild their homes and their fortunes. Ihe remaining 40
villages were so shot to pieces as to be altogether uninhabitable.
We human beings are a wonderful breed, after :11, ever wit!
our faults. We arc knocked down, and apparently out; but before (
long we are on our feet again, and wiping the blood from our faces, >
we go back with a smile to whatever we happened to be doing. .
Cities crumble, fortunes are wiped out, but faith and hope and (
love are eternal, and together they resume their song in men's |
hearts soon after the first shock of disaster.
What American soldier believed the inhabitants would ever re- I
turn to the wrecked French villages whence they had fled? Desola
tion and ruin seemed complete. As a picture of despair it seemed
nothing could be added to the scene.
And yet the current of life flows strong agijin in all but 40 of
those villages, and doubtless, the cabbages and the turnips soon will !
be bursting through earth that was churned by shell-fire and covered
with the debris of crushed stone.
1 here is no irreparable desolation, except that which we nur- <
ture in our own hearts.
1 here is no hopelessness except th.it which we hold Io our
bosoms as if it were a treasure ol rare price. Hope and faith are try
ing to sing in our hearts always if we will but listen.
If you are down in the mouth the story of the retrieving French
villages should give you new courage.
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|l’ THE SHADE of Grover Cleveland could lie interviewed, what
would he say of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, who has dishonored
the good name that was given him?
He would probably ask: “Why didn’t they pick on Judas Is
cariot or Benedict Arnold when they were naming that boy?"
Gfeat men have no protection against infringement on their names
by the unworthy. We read of a George Washington Somebody-or
othei who is arrested for beating his wife. And occasionally one
hears of a boy named after William McKinley doing something he
shouldn’t.
Ihe William 1 afts and the 1 heodore Roosevelts arc still child
ren are are the Woodrow Wilsons. And we must wait till 1940, at
least, until we hear anything good or bad from the Warren G. Hard
ings, of whom there are now a numerous tribe.
1 he boys who were named after Ulysses S. Grant and Jeff Davis
are middle-aged men by now and they must be law-abiding, quiet
citizens, for they seldom get their names in the papers.
Still, if Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has sullied a great and good
name, the same name has been honored by none other than Grover
Cleveland Alexander, who was a good soldier and is a great pitcher.
Parents who confer upon their children a great man’s name are
under obligations to see to it that their children live up to that
name- * v « .•'J fWit
Mail service on letters again is first class in two wavs
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1 lalf tnc world doesn t know how the other half lives—and
cares a heap less.
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Magazines want true-to-life stories. Yet “Tarzan of the Apes,”
“Alice in Wonderland," “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and most of the
other best sellers never could happen in real life. Man loves the im
possible because he aspires to it.
d’
One advantage of dull business, we’re rid of the sassey sales
man.
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The cracker barrel debating club at the crossroads store had
nothing on a bunch of modern drummers in a Pullman smoker.
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1 oo many Americans have crisis-phobia.
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The back-yard garden isn’t as attractive when it comes time to
transplant the tomatoes.
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The congressman who can orate for an hour without sayi-m any
thing has counterfeits who go around addressing business men’s
i cl “ b ’’ ’ . . -
~ IHE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanley
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STAIRWAY ON THE OLD BRIGGS BLOCK TC'DAY.
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OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS]
ten years ago today
(From the Times-Recorder, May 21
and 22, 1911.)
The fact that there were just 13
possums in Ibis covey may have been
unlucky for the marsupials, but L. W.
Brown, of Americus, holds a differ
ent view regarding the 13 hoodoo.
Early last nigh I Mr. Brown heard n
hullabaloo in his henhouse and went
out to investigate. The intruder was
a fat mammji ‘possum with a dozen
fuzzy little grinning dominecker ’pos
sum babies t railing at her het 1-, the I
whole bunch looking for a chicken
supper. He captured the ouf't and
now has a flourishing ’possum farm
in connection with his hennery.
An Americus man who went to
Hot Springs the past week, stuck a
2-cent stamp on the collar he wore
there and mailed it to his wife.
In honor of Miss Emmie Wood
ward. of Vienna, Mrs. H. B. Mash- I
burn entertained at a pleasant party !
on Tuesday at which forty-two was
the game enjoyed. Am.mg the gir.' ■!:.
who with Mi s Woodward enjoyed the
hospitality of Mrs. Mashburn were
Misses Callie Bell. Gertrude Jossey,
Gertrude Smith, -Mamie McArthur,
Lula Mathews, Rebecca Mathis, Lynn
Mathis. Em Eldridge, Josephine Tur
pin. Louise Market, Constance Holt,
Nell Council, Lynda Mathis, Emma
Mae Borum r Mesdames Alice Clarke ,
Morgan, J. 1.. Sparks, Edwin Davis'
and Eugene Reese.
In choosing an ail-prep baseball i
team two Americus lads, Tommy j
Hooks and John Wheatley, have been
picked by Coach Graham, of the
Stone Mountain team. Graham says :
of the Americus lads: "For the posi
tion of catcher, there are a number
of men who nave shown class. Hen
' derson, i f Gordone, i a good, steady
catcher with plenty of weight, besides ■
being a good sticker. Although light, [
Dinkins, of Marist, is a good catcher, i
But far above either of these players
eonits Hooks, of Stone Mountain. '
This boy was cantain of last year’s .
team and is altogether one of the '
best performers in prep or college !
baseball. 1 quote Coach Dobson, of |
( lemson, in saying: “I would ra
ther have that lad as my receiver
than any I have seen in the S. 1. A.
A.’ There are two firse basemen in
the state who come in for close at
tention in picking an all-pren team.
They aye Holliday ,of Boys High, and
Wheatley, of Stone Mountain. Both
are gpod fielders and splendid hitters
and are fast on the bases; for this
reason both are place on the team,
one in the outfield and the other on
first. I choose Wheatley on first be
cause of his splendid reach and su
perior knowledge of the game.
The “Graduating Class” of the pri
mary department of the First Meth
odist Sunday school wftl have intcr
e t:ng exercises there this afternooi?
at 4 o'clock. Twenty-three - little
graduates will be aw’irded diplomas
and given promotion from the pri
mary department to other classes
higher up. Following is a list of the
juvenile graduates: Henry Allen,
Orlean Ansley, Walter Lie Bell. May,
Rose Brown, Jlattie Lee Buchanan,
Will Rav Butt, Frank Cameron,
Emily Edwards, Clara Clover, Lois
Clover. Mildred Cranberry, Myrtle
Witt, Walter Green, Carey Hardin,
Gladys Jones, Charles Lanier Myr
tle Patterson. Ralph Rodgers, Mary
Slappey, Bertha Shy. Thelma Thag
gard. Will Green Turpin, Bennett
V. illiams. Mis< Bonnie Fagan is su
perintendent of the Primary depart
ment with Mrs. W. P. Wallis and Mis ;
■Lizzie Taylor teachers.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times Recorder. May 21
and 22. 1901.)
Rushin Cowart, of Montezuma, has
secured a position here with the Bell
Telephone company, as night opera
tor. and is an effici< nt man.
I The first of the Americus co'ntin
.LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES?
One size smaller and shoes last longer lifter usnfJr
Aden's Foot “Ease, the ant:, •.'pile powder Air
the feet Shaken into the shoes and sprinkled
in the foot-bath. Alien's Foot Ease makes i:/lit
or new shoes feel easy; gives instant rel et to
corns and .1 uaious, prevents Blisters. Canons
and Sore Spots, it's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Try it to-day, Soli
i everywhere.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
gent to csme home from the Philip
pines, Private John Thomas Rosser,
arrived yesterday. Tie was attached
to the 29th regiment and saw some I
lively lighting during several month.': ;
of his stay in the Orient, and is ;
pleased with his experience in the '
army.
S. R. Sims has purchased the P. 11. ■
Williams home on Church .street, a
pretty ami desirable home withal. Mr
Sims contemplates making many im
provements and will soon have one of .
the most desirable homes in Ameri- i
cus.
Two sets of slats, or ribs, four '
heels and a hide was sold for a hor. e i
by Marshal Feagin yesterday, and ■
the bidding wa spirited..
Miss Julia Mayo, who is attending
Andrew College, at (Jut! '>< .<, i s at
home for two or three dqys.
Col. R. L. Oliver i at White ■
Springs, Fla., dinning his sylph-like i
fin m in the laipid water and gaining '
huge chunks of health.
rinj announcement of the marriage I
this morning, of Miss Annie Belle |
-Matthew, and Robert C. Fetner will
come in the nature of a pleasant sur
prise to the many friends of the i
young couple who .have thus linked :
their lives together. The marriage '
rites were quietly solemnized at
o’clock at the residence of Rev. R. L. '
Bivins. Mr. Fetnefr is a resident of |
Mncon and came down yesterday to
call upon Miss Matthews, an en- !
gagem.ent having existed between
them for several months. Yielding
to hi importunities the pretty btide
elect consented loan immediate mar
riage and accompanied by her cousin.
Qr. B. B. Hudson, and one or two
othe>- relatives tjiey were driven last
< veiling to the residence of Rev. :
Bivins. The pretty -and romantic
story was told later and the young
couple were the recipients of many
am! simore congratulations and
good wishes. The bride is the daugh- '■
t( r of .J, :. R. G. Matthews, and is a
young lady of mahy charms and i
great popularity. They will make i
their home in Macon.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From Th.e Times-Recorder, May 21,
and 22. ,891.)
An interesting game of ba!] was
i played yi stprday afternoon betwi i n
< the Olivers and the Red Rovers. Cap
i tains Marion Bell anil Fred Crisp
marshalled their forces well. Tlr
Red Rovers woti by a core of 9 to
0. The game was umpire !by Master
Carr Glover.
Luke Barron, of this city, who built
the haiidsonje Murphey building on
Lamar street, has been awarded Hie
contract for building the now Bank
! of Stewart at Lumpkin, and already
I has (he work well under way.
John AV. Wheatle” secretary of •!’■
I boiy d of county commi- .ioners,’went
I to Columbus yesterday for the pur
pose of inspecting the new jail in
, process of erection there with a view
i of getting a few points that may be
i beneficial in the construction of the
. !I’> XI ' 11 1 4 r-x Lx m. 11- ~- . . . . 1., .1.1
i new iaii to be erected here shortly.
A highly interesting billiard con
! test will take place at the Oak Hall
■ 'ti this illy beginning Monday night
and continuing throughout the week.
Eight of the finest players in Ameri
cus. and there are some good ones,
too. '-.ill take part in the contest. A
j handsome prize valued at sls will be
given to the lucky winner.
The official seal of the confed-
■ erate government; ha snever been
I found since it was hidden, from fed-
I oral authorities.
FO R SA L E
EXTRACTED
HONEY
| (Xot Strained Honey) “There’s a
Difference”
.j Call and See
J. G. PUETT & SONS
1521 McGarrah St.
THE PARABLE OF THE TROU
BLE SOME TOOTH.
I had a Tooth gave me much trou
ale. lor the dentist filled it, and
filled it yet again; and when the
ic.rve within it died, then did he
.rent the root, and filled it once
nore.
And there were certain year.;
vhi rein it gave me good service, and
depended upon it when 1 wanted
o come downward upon the steak.:
But there came a day when the
lentist said, there is no more trial i
can do. And so far as I see, it
loclh no harm; but the day is not
ar distant When inou w.i. . . e :
Now it soon same to pass that the I
noth gave me trouble; but 1 went
lot again unto the dentist, for i'
laid, there iis but one thing that
le can do for it; and that can never
>e undone: now, therefore, if 1 can
sake it last a little longer, whatever
erviee I now get is velvet.
But the fell of it was not like un
o velvet; for it gave me pain in mine i
ye, and pain in mine ear. And there
vas a SabJjath day when it hurt me
IJ the time 1 stood in the House of '
iod. i
And on the next morning I woke
■ally, and 1 was on the ’fep of the
>ffice of the dentist when lie came
from breakfast.
And what he did to it was a plenty.
But when j came away, 1 spake
into Keturaii, saying, Thine husband
a man less wise than men think
lim; for had J shown x half the good
;ei:so with which men credit me,
hen bad 1 done this two months ago.
And I thought of the way men
lold onto bad habits, that give them,
lise'imfort and help them not at all ■
o deal righteously with God or man;
. et how they linger shivering on the I
irink, and dread the feeling of the:
■old iron.
And unto all such men, I say, fool j
lot with the matter, nor delay; seel
hat thou have the bad habit remov
ed, and cast it farm from thee. And
though thou feel some sense of ache
vacuity, yet shalt this also be for
Ihy comfort, and good health.
WILLIAM E. BARTON.
CLOCKS
Baby
Bens
Big
Bens
•THOS. L. BELL
Jeweler
PRICES REDUCED
25 PER CENT
BETTE RFOOD FOR LESS
MONEY
We will maintain the same
high quality of our meals
and the same prompt and
polite service.
ROYAL CAFE
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Confessions Os a Husband!
THE MAN’S SIDE OF MARRIED' LIFE
18. I Invite My Parents-in-Law—-to why— ’’ words completely failed my
Leave. | mother-in-law.
“Where’s Dorothy?” "If everything goes all right I'm
Dot’s mother asked me the ques- going to get another position that
tion before greeting me. . Dot’s iath- will pay a great deal better.’’ 1
er chimed in a moment later with thought it best to say that.
the, same query. “If,” and the old man whistled
“She’s home.” meaningly.
“Why didn’t she come to the sta- “And you have to go gallivanting
tion?” around in taxicabs while Dorothy
“She had to take care of Bobbie.” stays home and ipinds the baby, ’
“Haven’t you a girl?” said her mother.
“The servant left.” That was the last straw. I had
“That’s too bad.” Dot’s mother debated whether or not to take a
immediately bristled with impor- taxi and had decided they would be
lance, “i’ll go to one of the agen- insulted if I made them ride in the
eies and get her one tomorrow morn- subway with all their grips. j(
ing.” “I don’t ordinarily ride in taxis,
"I’m sorry; we are going to get I said. “I took One tonight because
along without a maid for a while. ’ 1 thbught you would appreciate it.
That was all the conversation until I’m sorry if 1 was mistaken.”
Wv got into a taxi. Then the ques- “Humph." My mother-in-law s
tions were renewed. bead-like eyes regarded me intend’.
“What’s the matter? Did you lose Then I noticed they were fasjti
your job?” upon the flower in my buttonhole.
■ “No, I still have my position. But It was a cornflower from the bunch
business is very had.” that Talbot, the bookkeeper, had
“What’s that to you? You’re not a brought in from his garden that
rAmbqr of the firm.” (This with a morning.
nasty emphasis.) “You’re still as much of a dude
“I’m a member of the firm when as ever,” she sneered.
limes are bad.” ! “I’m sorry if things here don t
“What do you mean?” ■ suit you.” I said, my rising anger
“My salary has been reduced.” i getting the better of me. “As 1 re
“ Well, of all the’things!” From the I member it, there is an excellent train
way they regarded me you would which leaves here at 10:40 tonight,
nave thought it was a mean trick ; Or, if you prefer to stay over until
which 1 had purposely played on morning, there is one at 9:04 that
hem and their daughter. j will take you home.”
“I di>\i’t think you’d be pleased.”) The next second I was sorry 1 had
‘Pleased! Talk about being pleas-1 played into their hands by losing
?d! In the name of goodness, how I my temper.
•an a person be pleased? Pleased— 1 (To Be Continued.)
f Tj! Aovehture-s EJU
fc!G-S OP TMB TWINS tJJ
..by Olive Roberta Barton MMb
• FLIPETY-FLAP PHONES.
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( 'L Inal 1 K
“Is that you, your Rcyal Hi f’hncss?” asked FLppety-Fiap.
“Ting-a-ling-a-ling,” rang Flippe
y-Flap on the telepnone he took out
if his shoe.
“Hello, Long Distance, please give
ne the Fairy Queen,” said he.
“What’s hi doing? ’ whispered the
vart-hog to Na.rcy, while Flippety
•'lap was waiting for the Fairy
iueen to answer.
“He’s talking across the ocean to
airyland,” answered Nancy.
“Ocean? What’s the ocean?” went
m the wart-hog. “And fairyland?”
But Flippety-Flap was talking
gain, and Nancy said it was impo
ite to speak when someone was
ihoning, but that she’sd tell him
ometime again. The wart-hog did a
>ack somersault as he had a habit
■f doing, and said he was sorry, and
■ommanded the Council of Crea
ures to be quiet, 00, until Flippe
y-Flap had finished.
“Is that you, your Royal High
ness?’’ asked Flippety-Flap. “Yes,
ve got here all right. No, we haven’t
tot sly Tag Tiger yet. but we’re go
ng to soon without a doubt. Will you
GID DIN G’ S
RHEUM A T I C
REMEDY
For Sale by Planters Drug & Seed
Store, Murray's Pharmacy, Carswell
)rug Co., Lawson Drug Co.
L. G. COUNCIL. President T. E. BOLTON. Asst. Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier JOE M. BRYAN, Asst. Cashier.
(Incorporated
the Planters Bank 0F Americus
The Bank With a Surplus
Resources Over $1,700,000
Why spend it all, or
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today * .
We pay 4 Per Cent Interest on time deposits.
BANK OF COMMERCE
Frank Sheffield, President. Lee Hudson, Cashier
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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1921.
-! please tell the circus people to have
11 a big cage ready with the door wide
j open, and to face it this way. We
? may need it in a hurry. Yes that’s
i all, thank you. Goodby.
■ j “Now, then, folks !”>■ he cried, put-
- i ting away his telephone and rubbing
/ j his hands together in a business-like
! way. “Let’s get busy. Nick and
> ■ Nancy, you go and bring me a peck
‘ of nice round peppercorns. And 1
t 1 want the • rest of you to come along
with me and show me where each
■ oni of you lives.’’ F||
“But our homes are a secret!” pa.
■s I tested the mongoose.
i “I’ll bet Tag Tiger knows the
i street and number of every one of
t you,” scoffed Flippdty-Flap. “Se-
1 cret, indeed! Do you wish me to
- help you or do you not?”
“Yes, tfes, yes!” they all cried.
“Right, O!” nodded the fairyman.
- “Now you twins be off, and nrtet me
, here in an hour.”
t
(To Be Continued.)
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