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PAGE SIX The Americus Times-Recorder. ESTABLISHED 1879. Published by THE TIMES-RECORDER CO., (In Arthur Lucas, President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary ; W. S. Kirkpatrick., Treasurer. WM. S. KIRKPATRICK, Editor: LOVEI ACE EVE. .; ■ Published every afternoon, except Sunday, and as wieklj (every Thursday.) OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR: —City of Americus, Jumter County Rail road Commission of Georgia for Th d Uc ■wD . at. V. S. Court, Southern District of Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES:—Da nd S day by per year m advahce; by carrier, 15c per wet 6 |7.8 ) per year. Weekly Edition, $1.50 per year in a-.vnnce. Entered as second, class matter at the post :ee at Americas, Gt or- . gia. according to the Ac. of Congress. . - FRO.ST. LANDIS & KO UN Brunswick Bldg.. New York • ’copies Gas Bldg.. Chicago - - MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclu sively entitled to the use far publication of all "news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in" this paper, a .tri also the I<. al news pub- I lished herein. All rights of repMl’lication of spcial dipatches herein con- |l tamed are reserved. T’l 11 TIMES-RECORDER has receive i the following letter from liie city librarian : Editor Times-Ri ord< i: Will you til dly « ■ ite a hoit edit< .... etime W h<- yott are not too busy, to faeljo bring the library’ into th., limelight? ' A lot of people seem to have forgotten that there i- a library and it is going to take lime and stn i-io-;th eiies to ma., it <>■ rvn < . The imperative need of books for :1m children ■ to be brought to the noti <• of the pub’nd Orn- hide to: w >jm ; ‘ recently, looked nt the shelves where the children’s books ought to i and asked: “Are they ail the books foi ..■■ to I have ordere 1 ..-•'■■■ ■ ' - •■...•■ • but foi some reason they have failed to con'll I doi . aia anything w ■ - *'" !i hav< rent collection They arc seven-day bock' The four nev. book-- arc: .. “My Son,” l>y Com Ilan . I T ■‘Sister Sue.’’ Lie:.:”' P'.rtf- i 'Star Dut.” Fannie Hurst. ' - 9 "Alice Adan. B T:..- .:> : Some ehang- v. : • jr.:»d< 1 *rt <• healed term. The horary is rot r c -.-e: . ... u<iuld like t>> know • _ era . ' • to v.hethei t>r ret ■ o Personally. 1 would ’ . • r.t.d doing detail w school closed their The young ’ the evening ll , and w. v.ill take time and : Thanking you . Very truly yours. ’’J’’! IERI. is the request, | . ..• sjsy about it? For we always like to oblige, esp heart is with a movement. The first thought that occurs in connection with the • it I of the public library, here or anywhere else is tnat in matter of proper maintenance there should never be any more question than , about our schools or churches. The library occupies a similar posi- < lion in community welfare as these others, and should no more be subject to waves of economy and sacr fice than they. I hat such a condition as is being experienced* by the .'Americus library should ever come about is an absurdity which citizens here surely have not t seriously contemplated. It can scarcely be possible that those offic- J ials whose moral duty as well as legal obligation it is to maintain the library according to contract and understanding, and in a condi- , tion to permit of it being of the highest service to the communitv, t have given the matter the consideration and the importance which is its due. For several months the library has been on the verge of forced f closing lor lack of funds with which to keep it open. I here has j been almost no money to pay librarian even a pittance—no money to pay for lights to keep the place open in the eve-i, igs whin it an be of greatest service to the greatest number, and only when it can I be of service to many; no money to buy new books and replace! old and worn "ill volumes; no money ,o keep current periodicals on the Lillies. ¥ ¥ ¥ ’Ti 11. PL’BLI’C LIBRARY is Everyman s school. It is-the place in which the individual may keep abreast of the times and in touch with culture. literature, art —with all those things worth while in : life—in a manner and to a degree impossible otherwise to the vast ■ majority ol the people. It is one of the most important institutions and influences for the advancement of our civilization, and to curtail its itse and its influence in any degree is to place a handicap on cut • turc and its development in the community. ■t doesn’t matter so much who or what has been to blame for Ih< decadence of the library in Americus. Certainly the public offic in’s pre not wholly to blame, despite the fact that they have limited (be income of the institution too greatly. But a reorganization has taken place, a sleeping ideal has awakened, a fresh desire for real service in the community has come about in the institution, and nothing now should stand in the way of permitting the library Io lal.<- tfi.it place in the community which it. should occupy. Ihe I imcs-Recorder hopes to he of service in restoring the library in the minds and hearts of the people of this community. Il hopes to encourage its general use again by telling the people i from time to time some of the fine things it contains and of win h i anyone may make use 01. Ihe library is one of our best assets, one i n , which we can build more finely and surely than on most others. *Wc j arc neglecting it just now, and we are the daily losers thereby. ¥ ¥ ¥ A MERIC ANS are quite given to boasting of their large expenditures I for public education. !' rom the point of view of relativity the boasting doesn’t square with the facts. We spend something less than $1,000,0(10.000 a year on public I education. In 1920 our tobacco bill was more than double this and for face powder, cosmetics, perfumes etc., we spent three-quarters of a billion. For every dollar we spend on public education we spend 25 cents for ice cream, 50 cents for jewelry, 35 cents for soft drinks and 30 cents for furs. The $50,000,000 a year we spend for chewing gum is two and a half times the total expenditure for normal schools and almost ex actly the same as all state and city appropriations for higher educa tion. The U. S. Commissioner of Education points out if we would smoke two cigarettes instead of three, two cigars instead of three; take two chews instead of three, and add the money thus saved to the Reachers' payroll, the salaries of teachers could be increased 120 per cent. As it is pretty generally admitted that our teachers as a class are criminally underpaid, these figures are. to say, the least, rather humiliating. "We think we believe in education.’ says Claxton. "No doubt, we do believe in education in away, but we have not paid and do not pay much for it. OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS- TEN YEATS AGO TODAY. (From the Times-Recorder, Jujie 7, 1911.) Elton C. Parker purchased yester day at administrator’s sale the hand •ome George W. Glover home on Lee treet, paying $8,900 therefore. The residence is one of the most modern 'and desirable in Americus and Mr. Parker is to be congratulated upon tie acquirement of such a beautiful home. Mr. Pai her bought it for his own use and will move there snortly. he may dispose of hi.- present tfoine on Taylor street. [ Mayor Edward Mathis carried a |:uw cane yesterday in place of one |he used the day previous and which I wi nt into tile discard as the result of i ; struggle his honor and a burly j black ruffian, whose arrest the may or eifectid while assisting an officer. T vo negroes, weie fighting on Lee - ree: near t’hurch where no officer a likely to see them. But the ever [discerning chief executive of Amer- I i*ns them and with City Marshal W. D. Smith went after them. Each grabbed a coon and loaded them into an automobile to haul them to the) barracks. Marshal Smith’s bird flew ' tiie coop with William in hot pursuit.; and this was an incentive to the may-, or's prize to d > a marathon stunt out ( Leo -treet to where the pine trees! grow. It wa the i that the mayor': cane ds! yoeman duty. ’Boss, jes. you please stop dat. and I sho will go to the calaboo e right now. all tight.” "I’." satisfied you will.” was the mayor’s rejoinder. t >l. .1. I Sparks has watermelons i ■ n his mod> i farm the size of water buckets. Even now it is hard to keep ( off William- in town. \meii. js rein< arce;ated. revive iid. revamped. The oid spirit cami L: •• c-teialav a;: I Dudley Field again the mecca and all fandoip a... gathered within tl e gates, The New ( imp- we'- o- deck and Cor-' dele's hur'eb <>f huskies I‘furnikhed -.■••ria’ for :■ vict ow bv the decisive , '. t,, o. [' •• • and I look-. Confessions Os a Husband! THE MAVS SIDE OF MARRIED I.IFL 1 RECEIVE A FEW SURPRISES ■hi n.id-t of some work' ext i _ when I wte -ui'-- ■■ -ntd : . the chief'- office. ' want to -lurry your deci •. ;i-.y way, Mr Howard,” the, to nit, aid I remembered v. cer. buineis wa good he had. e n :::• nabit of calling me Tom. ■ ..- tir. y I am anxiou- to know •_ . ; have .--..i up your mind star • i view >f the wn . ■• ’eduction" whiih we i ave • : i make in vour sal- - :at--.j r. plying, and he qjakly; “Don’t give me an ■ . a-.’. . you a:.- certain. 1 mcre •. wanted to remind you that various) . - • ■ . ..:v held lip until v ■ .r .• .• . •■ > i ■. ;■> do. If any- . bett : offer - ?. elf you would certainly he foolish not to take it. and my best wishes will go with you.’’ I thought it best to be absolutely frank. "I have rec< i’-ed a tentative offer from a company in an entire ly diffetent line of bu. ;ne I ex plained. ’The offer i rather attrac tive in some respect.-, but. nothing definite has been decided one way or the other. In case I accept 1 shall let you know immediately.” That, ended the interview. The chief had been very de -nt. about 11. matter; though after ail, I had some demands upon him f ir consideration, since he and mv father had been move er less busine-s friends?. However, there is a point in busi ness beyond which friendship de not go. and J began to worry wheth drjuevaF Established 1 8 Years We Strive To Please Fillings SI.OO and Up AU Other Work at Low Cost I CLOCKS Baby Bens Big ; Bens THOS. L. PJ-.I .L Jeweler ~x., - ■. i " ' JERSEY Mil ,K JERSEY CREAM i W. H.EMMETT & SONS Where Ihe Cream Is I hick t Phone 3002 BUTTER BUTTERMILK ■l| ' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. “Oh You T,” did the work for the e . Champs. Fort fairiv surpassed hirn- Isclf in tile rifle pit, his superior work J winning rounds of applausd' as he ap e I plied the palmetto fans to the super si seated novices from beyond the Flint. 11 Not a marathon runner ever manag . ed to go farher on the excursion i'than .second base. 11 TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY . I (From the Tin.'--Recorder, June • 7, 1901.) Americus can boast of as many i pretty traps, jqid like equipages as ■ any city in the state. But as yet i the automobile is not on the list here. A german will be danced at the Hotel Windsor this evening, and there will be a large attendance . Many fair visitoi - here will grace the ■ oc< asion. At the meeting of the Lannahas see Tribe No. 32. I. O. R. M. a night or two since, Holmes Lowe was elect ed Sachem, Lee Hansford. senior sagamore. Zack Childers, junior saga more, -I. S. Glover, keeper of wam pum. S. A. Sullivan, keener of rec ids. J. C. Wheatley, prohpet. T. W Callaway. V. H. Daniels and R. E. McElroy, trustees. * THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder, June . 7. 1891.) Americus can boast of one of the j neatest and best stocked haberdash- ■ eries south of Atlanta, and one of. the most extensive. Os course tlii ! i means Bailey's Haberdashery, where i you can get anything you need in thi ’ gent's furnishing line, and at price ' ■hat are fair. At the last meeting ( the Amers-; eus Light Infantry Sergt. -I. E. Mathis wa nominated for ■ end iunior lieu- | ■ tenant, and Lynn Fort was named , to make the race for orderly sei ■ g -I'lt. Both of these gentlemen are wi 11 qualified for tbe po.« it ions giv • n them. Indeed, it i- doubtful tha : the company could have dime bettei I .er the chief really wanted to .get , ris of me without firing me outright. . There was a certain suave gra ciousness about his tone which 1 did ' not like. He seemed actually anxious f"r me to take otj jojb. Those plans of which lie spoke so mysteri ously—had he pie!.' d someone else to ti 1 ! my place? Who could it be? • Dot. was beginning to talk about I going away for the summer. The Slocums had already rented a house . in the suburbs and Edith was urg ing us to do the same. Os course, it would be good for Bobbie, but sun- | yese wi simply couldn’t arrange it? : A’ll kinds of bills were ceming due. —rent, insurance, a denti l’s account' ’ that I had forgotten. It was a bad.' time even to think about spending; more money. 1 went back to my desk and found a letter on it in my brother’s writing. Ed never wrote unless he wanted mo nel. I would have to refuse this time. I opened the letter. Out droped a check for sso—“to repay the last 1 loan you made.” I felt that anything could happen , w, for none of the loans had been made with the idea of ever seeing the money again. I could not have been more astonished if the chief had offered to take me into partnership with him. One more surprise, however, was to ■ be my portion that day. An office boy came to mv desk and brought me a card. 1 glanced at it without inter- • i est. I read: MRS. GEORGE SLOCUM (To Be Continued.) 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 NOTICE PLUMBING, HEATING And General Pipe Work Wc are here to stay* Instant , Satisfaction ( Juarantoed Americus Plumbing & Fleating Co., W. F. OLIVER. I’ropr. Phone 954. 208 N. Jackson St DR. E. E. PARSONS Dentist. OIHc« In Commercial City Bank Building. Offlca Hour*: 8 to 12 m. 1 to 6 p. as. I Work Rolieitnd. e THE OLD HOME TOWN B Y S J® nleX r p —— 1 ! ONE MAN PUMP [hlli/AMY h IREPV X f O I ‘ rHE DAIRYMANS al f MAN j rWD S o^ T>^ce ANK ',■ J/NONO D.PPES N, •’ DONTLETWff ,Jj=! S-TCOj IYOUR WIFE ' '22ZI /-Sk A.NAG YOD’-V 1 (JI 'GIT FER? r ' . ’, J/ aJi'-fJ ''"'’’prT a .< I 1 aPV.’ATFM the MIL-Kr-IAN-SAYS THL Jrn jFyf f BP ■GF keep/ng, an extra cow IS so I ' . Jh HCS decided to buy ANOTHER PUMP - C2CC ~C- " DR. BARTON’S DAILY LETTER P— DIZZY AND PRIMROSES By Dr. William E. Barton I Perhaps Queen Victoria was right 1 i about n, ano tne primrose was i > tsiacom iclil s tavci iie Hower. r er-; i nap she Knew moi e about ins favor- I Pi - tint" did the l.omton editors ami , ■■ ttic eiutors of tlw Encyclopedia Brit- i aniia. 1 1 was in London on Primrose Day,; ( April it . 1902. Queen Victoria hail 1 died a year previo’us, on Jan. 22, 1901. Her son. King Edward 11, was. J to have been crowned on June 26,1 but v. a.s actually crown-, d on Aug. ti, 1 1902, the postponement occurring on account of his illness. 1 At that time the London paper. 1 started tne inquiry, "Why do we keep ■ 1 Primrose Day? What reason have we to suppose that the primrose was Dis realis favorite flower?” 1 The answer was, of course, that Queen '. mtc.ija ■it a wreath of this vi ty mode ’•blos-om to his coffin., with a card that -aid, "His Favorite ■ ' Flower.” . t HERE COMES DOUBT But when they intervievyed Disra eli’s gardener, he could only recall •' that Disraeli had ordered him to dig ; up primroses and plant something' 1 else. And no one had ever heard Diz- 1 1 zy say he like primroses, so far a ' the newspaper:-, could learn; his tastes ' ran, as everyone knew, to more strik ing colors. He was a man whose taste ’ in everything went to the extremes, t and sought no middle ground. The latest edition of the Britan nica says: “The anniversary of his death has since been honored in an unprece-1 lented manner, the 19th of April be ing celebrated as “Primrose Day”— I NOTICE. City books for returning 1921 tax are open from date to July 1. Clerk and Treasurer. E. J. ELDRIDGE, rVI I ■ R La Paused AS great an addition to a *■ woman’sbcautyasthey ! arc a proof of her smartness and good taste. Priceless for the effect they give—yet priced within reach of even the modest income. G. M. ELDRIDGE The Public Be Pleased AMERICUS UNDERTAKING CO Funeral Director* and Embalmer* NAT LEMASTER, Manager Day Phono* 88 and 231 NIGHT 681 and 101 the primrose, for reasons impossible accurately to define, being supposed to have been Disraeli’s favorite flow er.” Now comes the detached chapters of Lytton Strachy’s Life of Queen Victoria, with their racy gossip, and their remarkable literal y ehai'm that made his "Eminent Victorians” such an interesting and pleasantly shock ing book, and he tells us that among the other favors with which Victoria showered the prime minister who had made her an empress, were bunches of spring flowers, gathered by her self and her ladies in the woods at Osborne, which “marked in an espec ial manner the warmth and tender n.'.--'. of her wntiments.” Among these he informs us, Disraeli assured her lie especially enjoyed the primroses. .'.ll of which goes to show that no man should ever write anything till every other man has written all that there is to write. MAYBE THIS IS WHY But was ’he primrose really a fav orite with Dizzy? , If he discovered that it was a fav orite with Qll“en Victoria, I am very sure that he lost no time in making it his own favorite. For Dizzy was a shameless flatterer, and he himself aid that in givino- flattery to Queen Victoria he had to spread it on with a trowell. Mv guess is that Disraeli himselj eared no more for the primroses than his gardener said be can'd, but that when he learned that Victoria held the primrose in special affection for Prince Albert’s sake, he was gentle man enough and politician enough to select a favorite i> harmony with the tastes of the queen. And so Victoria may have been i ight about it. Anyway Primrose Day is for a permanent celebration in the right iil. ’e tight l’ J ' inla:.d. «SHAKE~INTO YOUR SHOES®. Allen’s FooU-Es’e, the antiseptic powder to b* shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot* bath. The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises men in training to use Foot**Ease in tberr shoes each morning. It prevents blisters and sore spots and relieves pain fob swollen, smarting feet and takes the sting out of corns and bunions.** Alwaya use AUen’e Foot-Ease to break in new shoes. — L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTOJ?. Asst. Cashier ’ C. M, COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier JOE M. BRYAN. Asst. Cashier. (Incorporated THE Planters Bank of Americus The Bank With a Surplus Resources Over $1,700,000 Why spend it all, or a leave it stored ill boxes about your home or store, subject to robbery? We will pay you 4% interest while it is grow ing, in our Savings De partment. Our large surplus and thirty years’ experience enable us to offer you ev ery service consistent with sound banking prin ciples. We cordially invite ■ your account, both com mercial and savings. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small i When you leave your money at your house or at A you office you run the risk of lo it and maybe W 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. \\ e pay 4 Per Cent Interest on time deposits. " BANK OF COMMERCE 1 i Frank Sheffield, President. Lee Hudson, - Cashier . i ’ ■ i.- ■ TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921. M GIDDING’S RHEUMATIC REMEDY For Sale by Planter* Drug & Seed Store, Murray's Pharmacy, Carswell 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. nt., instead of 7:10 a. m., arriving Columbus 10:25 a. m., 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. in., arriving Columbus 5:00 p. m., instead of 5:30 p. m. W. W HACKETT Division Passenger Agent Macon, Georgia. ~RAILROAESCHED'JLES (Central Time.) Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains, Americus, Ga. The following schedule figures published as information end not guaranteed: CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. flh Arrive Leaves 11:59 am Columbus-Chgo 3:40 am 10:28 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:14 am 7:25 pm Macon-Atlanta 6.37 am :; 7:lspm Columbus "6:soam 1:52 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pm 2:15 pm Macon-Atlanta 1:52 pm *11:00 ant Columbus *2:3opm '.10:00 am Columbus '.2:30 pm 6:37 am Albany 7:25 pm 5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 10:38 pm 3:40 am Ibany-Jaxville 11:59 pm 2:58 am Albany-Jaxville 12:41am 12:41 am Cfigo, St. L. Atla 2:sßam (•) Daily; (!) Sunday. SEABOARD AIR LINE. Arrives Leaves 5.15 pm Richland-Cols. 10:00am 3:10 pm Cordele-Sav’h 12:31pm 12:31pm Richland-Montg’y 3:10 pm