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The Americus Times-Recorder.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary; W. S. Kirkpittrick, TYcasnrer.
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tinned are reserved.
0K MINOR in his sermon Sunday night cm nee, witl-u'.il making,
any challenge, put it up to the peace officers <>l ihr- community
to stop a huge gambling game which lie said has b<jr;n going on
v.iihii: the city ol Americus in one of the well kinown icon's organ
izalionr. Hr cited the case of a trevcling salesman who had lost
$1.(100 in this place, who was blackly advertising Americus on the
li.mi by telling ol the shrewdness «md slickness ?f h . gamblers,
I )i. Minor has other evidence, he has said, of large amounts -tost m
this place.
Il would appear Io be the move of someone xvinose duty it is
to enforce the laws to ascertain from Dr. Minor his evidence, se
cure the names of necessary witnesses, then draw the warrants and
make the arrests. 11 there exists such a place in the het.rt of Ameri
cus IT SHOULD BE WIPED OUT IMMEDIATELY and prosecution
undertaken, without waiting for the next grand jury six months
hence. ’
From the statements of Dr. Minor, it would also appear that
Judge Littlejohn would be entirely justified in calling back the grand
jury, which has not yet been dismissed, and the solicitor general, and
this case gone into and handled at once. Dr. Minor is a member of
this grand jury and can supply the needed information.
It is obviously SOMEBODY'S move.
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JJURING the fiscal year which ends June 30. the federal govern
ment will have spent almost five and a half billion dollars for
operating expenses. Washington officials, both in the legislative
and executive departments, are said to be shocked, not to say ap
palled, at the magnitude of the figures.
Inability to make any appreciable reduction in the government's
expenses, notwithstanding the urgent need of doing so, should be a
matter of as grave concern to the public as it is to their officials in
Washington.
The prospects for the next fiscal year are said to be hardly, less
discouraging. Without taking into account any reduction in the
public debt, the most conservative financial sharps are talking about
a government expense of not less than four and a half billions next
year. 1 here is plenty of good authority for the prophecy that it will
reach five billions.
This means that there can be little if any redaction in federal
taxation next year, as it has been necessary to create a floating debt,
this year, to make the books balance.
These figures are not quoted for the purpose of criticizing those
whose duty it is to raise and spend government money. They arc
probably doing the best they can; as well as any other group of men
could do, considering the adverse circumstances in which the sub
ject of post-war government expenses are involved.
But it is probably better that the people who pay the taxes. 1
face the realities, than that they delude themselves into the belief that
the period of high federal taxation is at an end.
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DO! I I the gross revenue and the net operating inepme of the larger
railroad sj stems showed a improvement over a year ago.
The figure.- for most of the systems for April are now avails !e.
While they aie still far from satisfactory, as compared witn normal
pre war conditions, the improvement is sufficient to indican: that th
long hoped for business revival may be under way.
1 hese Apiil figures ought to and undoubtedly will be i.rriousij
considered l»y the Interstate Commerce commission in making up i<
fieri:,iem on the'queslion of revising freight and passenger rates down
wa>d.
I hr country s indutiliieft arc mailing a gallant ■ Iriigt’lc to get »
their Icot and they need every bit of help they can get.
Important among these industries air the railroads, which car
prosper only as there i general prosperity.
And it cannot be 100 often repeated that j,iibo;xl rate-, higher
than the traffic will Ivar are a,-. bad for thciaibo.ids as foi other
mdusti ics.
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jANCIf'NI ROMI had (tappets anil they w-ne ihsii hail in huge
puffs over their cars. Ibis is discovered by a University oi
Aikans is investigator, Prof. 11. 11. Strauss.
Homan Women says Strauss, employed < old cream, rouge, lip
sticks and false hair more freely than the most extreme ol the wo
men you sec on Americus streets.
I or the female to strive to make herself more attractive, is a
prjfectly natural process. Its characteristic of all life on earth.
Mrs. Ptarmigan, bird of the Far North, grows bright feathers in the
mating season—ami changes to white feathers that hide her from
loxes hi the winter snows.
I robably women always will paint.
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Another war in the Balkans. Getting back to normalcy.
Germany s coming across—but not the way she intended.
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At that, the pioneer airmen are having a lower mortality rate
than the first- ocean navigators.
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In the long run the Germans will find the indemnity bill less ex
pensive than the Hohenzollern Bill.
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Fold car No. 5,000 000 has just left the factory. For birth rate,
the Ford factory beats rabbits.
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Astronomer claims the universe is I 000 times larger than orig
inally believed. Ho-hum! Which clubs going to win the pennant?
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.New 1 ork has 40 of the 67 Americans whose income exceeds
$1,000,000 a year. They must be the owners of New York Citv
hotels.
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Minnesota district court says politicians' cigars violate the cor
rupt practices act. Always knew thev violated somethin o -.
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The mixed commission sent by the Supreme council to study
the Silesian question probably will be more mixed after studying it.
President Bryan, of the Milwaukee & St. Paul, says freight
transportation is the cheapest commodity in the country. Don't
gnash your teeth. Maybe he'd just paid his rent.
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George Bernard Shaw says he has received an offer of SIO,OOO
to put his name on a movie film. That ought to answer, once and
for all "What’s in a name? "
OLDJDAYS IN AMERICUS’
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
< (From the Times-Recorder, June 5
and 6. 1911.)
Americus’ five banks will be all
I represented at the annual convention
I of the Georgia Banker’s as-o -iation
i which assembles this week at the new
j Hotel Tyhee. In the Americu party
i going to Savannah tomo'- ow night
■will be M. M. Lowery, of the Amer
icus National; If. S. (’ninrl. of the
riantcis; G. M. Eldridge of’ the
;■ oulh western ; ( rawford Wheatley
[land Emmett McNulty of the i’winwi'.
I city < it.y, and E. D. Sheffield. <, i th::
j Dank of Commerce.
The martiage al. In c'c-ocl: Sun
I day morning of Miss Mary Oliver anil
.'fi. Ben 11. Hill was ol -inn z 4 at
the home of the bri h.'s parciits on
Elm avenue, and wit a<l t-y nurn
il'oib fi <->•<! of th” c< • acl :n</ par
tie. ihe ceremonv : p<i formed
■' R< v. R. 1.. Bic: . <ff tii< I'm-tow
i awn Bapt i I ch'r. ch.
I < a pl. W it’. 1> -v r-I min d (<>
L.\ ii--:i<-e yesteidai 1 o.n a \ it oi
• a few days to his brother and si.-ter
at Fm. yth. the thre.- m- line I'm --- in
a very happy family reunion for a
Mi: Mai gar I <' i. las re
turned to Americus from Athem
where ■■he has jm'. giadmit - ! aftt ;
a three year's course ,-U. the St i-<
iNormal School.
1 vV- NTY YEARS AGO TODAY,
(b rom flu- Times-Re'->|-<!-'r, .lune
and 6, 190J.1
.hdin Marshall, a lalonl -d young
Ameii us man, will be o;i<- of ih<
junior speaker-; at Dahloneira < ollege
commencement this week.
A bull team from Americus tackled
again yesterday an invincible aggre
Ration from Montezuma, by the side
of which Napoleon's Waterloo would
i have been a picnic. The home team j
was. swamped in a score of 22 to 2, '
anil <-ani<- home sorrowfully on the i
10 o’clock train last night. 1
Mr. I). Pearlman left yesterday
for Chattanooga to make the ac
quaintance of a pretty little daugh
ter and visit Mrs. Pearlman, too.
Robert Anglin, a young man .who |
c lerks for his brother. John M. An- j
glin, 306 Lamar street, fell into a I
deep well last night and was badb
injured, hi:; right leg being fractured.
The well is on a vacant lot on North I
facksou Hreet. Parties heard th<
cries for heln and finally succeeded
in hoisting young Anglin to the sur
face.
Clerk Kenneth Bass, whose face
has been a familiar one- at the- post- :
office delivery window for the past
two or throe years, resigned that po
sition yesterday to engage in an-'
*<ol ADVeHTURB-S A ’’i
OF TH6 TWI NS
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"My, ch :ny! ’ exclaimed he. “T|Ms is worse than I expected.”
Down leward the earth floated; man hurri'd alcng f ; e ; a. his I'g.
.Nani'.t and Nick and Mr, Sprinkle
, th” M < :-ih -I'man. MiSp"i«
I ’r- (.low;., magic nnihiella r,-t fbev'
ilow.i ever .0 gently m a meadow
■■• here patcher. of green 1 lover were
'l' ■<!' , p ■nt 1 li.-iii <-|v< out 1..
- -teli everj ; n< of Mr. Sun': warm
SpHnkle-PJow l'-ol <>| up ,-i| the
k\ ai il frowned. "M ui!'' he deel.-ir
d. 'I:'; mtu h I o;> warm I M lie';'. ’ I
'(■ld Mi. Sun to slay in a while am!
let Jack Frost have a chance. • Old
Man Flood will be having the time oi
hi.-: life."
But Mr. Sun heard (he fairyman
and called down quickly, "All right.
I'm going >n right this minute. I’m
looking for a cloud right now to hide
behind.”
Sprinkle-Blow had no time to an
swer, far at that minute Mr. Sun j
disappeared and things grew dark 'as i
spades. At the amp time an icy wind
beggan to blew from every direction.
The twins shivered.
Sprinkle-Blow nodded in surprise.
Jack Frost is getting in his work.”
sand he. “Let us go over to the
creek and see what is happening.”
Long before they came to the
creek they could hei r the roar of
its muddy water, and the Weather
-1)R. E. E. PARSONS
Offe« In Commercial City Bank
Building.
Osssc« Hours: 3 to 12 tn. 1 to f j m
WnrV RnlMif’od
JERSEY MILK JERSEY CREAM
W. H. EMMETT & SONS
Where Uhe Cream Is Thick
Phone 3002
BUTTER BUTTERMILK
r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. ’
! other business. The position will be
filled by Miss Wimbisb.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Time -Recorder, June 5
inc! 6, 1891.)
A lovely home wedding—a mar-
I riage beautiful in its very simplicity
—was that at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Bedton. on Lea- street,
last evening when Mr. Chas. 1".
Payne and Miss Mitch Bolton, the
charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs!
J. F. Bolton, said the words that
made them man and wife. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. J. B.
Johnstone, of the Methodist chiu ci .
Mr. Payne is one of Americus’ very
best business young men. He i
manager of the Americus Supply
■ company’s business. Miss Bolton is ;
young lady of many gr;r ions charm
, of mind ar< l pe i. or and Mr. Payne
is to he congratulated upon havuig
won her. As she and the man o!
her choice stood before the minister
who pronounced God's benediction
over them it was r<-i>i:i keel that they
were one of the handsomest couples
ever seen in Americus.
One- of the many bright boys who
have gone off to school from Anteri
. eus none are brighter than Howel:
' Simmons, the son of Col. and Mrs E.
(i. Simmons, who has been attendin;
the Southwest Georgia Military and
Agricultural college at Cuthbert, who
returned home yesterday. Howell
tool; a prominent part, in the closing
oxen ises of the school and bore off
i the medal for oratory ov-r a large
number of contestants. though he wa ■
th;- youngest of the speakers for the
orize. Howel! Simmons has that in
him which will make him a genuine j
: m:m. Ho has repre.- ited Americus I
well and his friends are pleased.
Sumter county was visited bv a
genuine water spout Wednesday af
ternoon. It came immediately after
the vivid flash of lightning and terri
peal of thunder which will be re
called by many in A-tericus. The
spout was a funnel-shaped affair and
burst on the plantation of Mr. S. A. i
Walters, a few miles south of the !
city. It was not a large one. but I
considerable damage was done to ■
the land when the torrents of water !
fell and the growing stuff that was ,
struck by ii. was ruined. has been i
some time since a water spout struck I
Sumter county.
Some of the bovs took an innocent i
out snipe hunting a night or two ■
ago and left him io find his way out .
of a thick swamp. He got in about 5 I
o'clock the next morning.
There is some talk of the forma
tion of a stock company for the :
erection of a brewery in Americus.
■ouid 'iiinw him. “My, oh, my," ex
< I'.- mod lie. Thi.. is Wo tha:> I e:.
peeled. G'd Man l loodL's: let all tin
toppers out everywhere and the poor
k <'::n'! hold another barrel of
wafer.'' ,
"J.'iel Fro I,” he called loudly,
“work as fast as you can. The fast
<'• you fKeze up i is creek again, tin
belter it will Is- for ev- rybody. Nick,
you go and .ee what has happened
to pour Mr. Builder Beaver’s dam.
Nancy, yon dig under that, willow
tree there into Mr. Muskrat’s house
and see if the babies are safe, and
I’ll fly out to sea and hunt for Marty
Mink on hi cake of ice. He can’t
have gone very far yet.”
(To Be Continued.)
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THE OLD HOME TOWN _ By Stanley
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Fl> YJURGLER YJHO DELIVERS
WASHINGS FOR HIS WIFE ,
!-!Y[) AN ACCIDENT “TODAY-
A BASKET OF CLOTHES BLEW Up.
Confessions Os a Husband!
THE MAN'S SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE
Dot Brings Some Light Letters.
! “Are you still jealous of George?” ’
I These were the words with which '
, Dot greeted me when 1 got home. -
I 1 was over my annoyance at being
j made tne i.att of ner joke, and her 1
I question aroused no resentment in'
I me.
instead, 1 felt r omething approach
| ink pity tor my wue; sne was so
: transput eiitly good and innocent that ■
I sne nail not e>en guessed at w..at 1!
i was hinting.
, It was her very goodhess and inno- '
cence in wmen an. danger lay. She |
| insisting on forcing me to see a great ;
i deal oi Ediith and was blind to all |
I my warnings.
: 1 felt a little sorry for myslf, too, i
if the truth be known. It was mixed |
; with a bit of anger and a shade ot
’ contempt. 1 had had tin chance to :
make a clean breast of tilings at the I
start., i Lad fa,led to take : . and now
it. wa'. too late; innumerable compli-i
cations nail piled up and in, many .
ways I had put myself in Ediths!
POWCN.
And ihe worst of it was that I felt!
myself attracted to the other woman. I
I Knev.' that in character she could
not compai r with Dot. But there I
was aria: hy bii'liiinee about, her.
wliii h could not fail to interest a i
man -her wit, like her gowns, was!
n the latest style.
'Mother and father have gone to
Aunt Sally’s tor dinner," Dot’s voice!
came to me. “We’ll be alone this ev- !
ening, just the way we used t-> be
w hen we were fir. t married and be
'Bobbie came.
The young-ster was already in bed,
which added to the illusion. We had
a simple meal, one that was not too
much trouble ‘o prepare, and there
were few dishes to wash. I helped ;
Dot. “straighten” things and we fin
i lied early.
“What shall we do tonight?” my
wife asked “Shall we read aloud?"
“All right. What shall it be?" I
agreed without, enthusiasm, for I was j •
■ afraid that Dot would suggest poe-try
or some other stuff for which I did !
not ’ care.
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NIGHT 661 and 161
"I’ve some interesting reading
: that 1 came across when 1 was clean-
Img today. Uan you guess what, it
is; ’
1 couldn’t, so Dot produced an old
cardboard box. In it were the letters
1 had written her when we were en-
I gaged, bhe had kept them ail.
"I always thought that if you evev
went away on business I would ward
of lonesomcness by reading these,’
mu- explained. "r>ut your business
dot . n t take you out of the city, so
I don’t need them for that. Don't
you think it would be fun to look
through st.me of them together?”
VZc took turns reading- the letters
aloud. They very happy
and a very unhappy time—happy be
cause we had both been so very much
in love, unhappy because we had not
known when we should be able to
marry and had faced the prospect of
a long engagement.
Slowly I forgot about the present,
about Bobbie and Edith and my wor
ries and began t > live again in a
time that was past. And I realized
that only in one sense wa:. it past;
in another that it was continuing and
living today, for I was certain that I
loved Dot as much as ever.
“Do you think George ever wrote
letters like these to Edith?" my wife
asked abruptly.
(To Be Continued.)
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(Incorpprated
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The Bank With a Surplus
Resources Over $1,700,000
Why spend it all. or
a* leave it stored in boxes
about your home or store,
subject to robbery?
We will pay you 4%
interest while it is grow
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partment.
Our large surplus and
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ery service consistent
with sound banking prin
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• your account, both com
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No Account Too Large; None Too Small
When you leave your money at. yovr house or at
you office you run the risk of losing it and maybe
your life. The bank is safer under all circumstances
When you deposit your money in this bank you can
feel as confident of its safety as if it were invested
in a Government Bond. Open an account with us
today.
We pay 4 Per Ceqt Interest on time deposits.
. BANK OF COMMERCE
Frank Sheffield, President. Lee Hudson. Cashier
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' MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1921. f
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RHEUMATIC
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For Sale by Planters Drug & Seed
Mtirrav'* Pharmacv. Catmwcll
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Drug Co., Lawson Drug Co.
Schedule Changes
Central of Georgia Railway. Effective
Sunday, May 29th
Train 39, daily except Sunday.
Leave Americus 6:50 a. m., instead
of 7:10 a. m., arriving Columbus
10:25 a. ni., instead of 10:15 a. m.
Train 22, daily except Sunday.
Leave Columbus 6:45 a. m., instead
of 7:15, arriving Americus 11:00 a.
m.. instead of 11:45.
Train 5, Sunday only. Leave
Americus 2:30 p. m.. instead of 3:00
p. m., arriving Columbus 5:00 p. ni.,
instead of 5:30 p. in.
W. W HACKETT
Division Passenger Agent
Macon. Georgia.
RAILROADSCHEDULES
(Central Time.)
Arrival and Departure of Pa,,enger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leaves
11:59 am Columbtis-Chgo ":40 am
10:28 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:14 am
7:25 pm Macon-Atlanta 6.37 am.
*7:15 pm Columbus *6:soam
1:52 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pm
2:15 pm Macon-Atlanta 1:52 pm
11 :00 am Columbus- *2:3opm
110:00 am Columbus 12:30 pm
( o:37.'im Albany 7:25pm
5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 10:38 pm
3:4oam lhany-Jaxville 11:59pm
2:3Ram Albany-Jaxville 12:41am
12:41 am Chgo, St. I . A Ida 2:58 am
(•) Daily; (!) Sunday.
SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Arrives Leaves
5.15 pm Richland Cols. 10:00 am
3:10 pm- Cordele-Sav’h 13:31pm
12:31pm Richiand-Montg’y 3:10 pm