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Every prize fighter I ever examined had a cm -unip
tive chest. None of themare really strong men.—Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, Boston, physician and writer.
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Recorder since the c of th
pre ent mana.-* : lent .-.-. thing over
two years ng-- whicit nave come to
be looked upon by the readers a
vital parts of their paper—parts
which would be seriously mi- ed if
suddenly discontinued without being
replaced by something of the same
character equally as good and a
entertaining. Not the least of these
feature- are the daily comics, which
are eagerly waited for each even
ing by both old and young.
Most of the daily newspapers of
the smaller cities do not print comics
and other features which are to be
found in the metropolitan newspa
pers, because they feel they cannot
afford it. But the Times-Recorder
management knows that these sea-
tures play such an important part
with the average reader and furnish
such a close contact not to be had in
any other way that it cannot afford
NOT to print them. Therefore, it is
daily given the people of Americus
and surrounding territory at heavy
expense the best service in features it
can buy—not all of the best, because
none can have all of the best, but
much of the best.
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JUOT CONTENT, however, with
’ these daily features, a new appeal
will be added for the pleasure of
young and old alike tomorrow with
the issuing of the Times-Record er’s
fir-t four-page full-color comic sheet.
This comic sheet will bring back an
old favorite to this vicinity—Slim
Jim —and others not to be found in
any of the Sunday papers coming in
to’Americus. And it will bring them
on Saturday evenings, too, in time
for the kiddies to read and enjoy
them before going to bed, so that they
will not interfere in any way with
their getting ready for Sunday school
the next morning.
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QOME PEOPLE and some newspa
pers criticize the colored comics
of the newspapers. But it is a fact,
neverthole s, that all the great news
papers, with only one or two excep
tions, have their colored comics once
a week, and in recent years the
ranks of those forced by economic
necessity from their position of rid
icule of the funny sheet has been
constantly and greatly swelled. And
there is a reason—a very powerful
and sane reason. Arthur Brisbane,
the great editorial writer, tells the
psychology of it in the following
which is a clear, concise and interest
ing statement of the case:
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H- DENBY, one of the able
men who run the Cleveland
News-Leader for Mr. Dan Hanna,
asks for ‘a short statement as to the
psychology of Sunday' comics; why
people like them. What is their
function in a newspaper?’
‘ It is a question that many have
asked, and many answered, foolishly,
thoughtlessly and without informa
tion.
“When you smile or laugh, your
brain for a moment is freed from the
load that it ordinarily carries. The
belt slips off the wheel. Men think
ing are sometimes like dogs walking
on their hind legs. They CAN do it.
But they’ like to stop every little
while. v.
“Humor is good for children be
cause it stimulates their minds, ac
customs them to sudden surprises.
“Humor is rest for the adult, it
is good for him, because it stops the
thinking in the tired part of the
mind and transfers it to another
part, relieves the nerves.
“Humor consists usually in sur
prises.'- If you see two actors on the
stage pulling with all their might
and main on a heavy rope, struggling,
straining and gradually pulling out
the rope, with a large iron safe on
the end. that would not be funny.
■ “But if they struggle and strain
and linnlly there appears at the end
of the rope a tiny white dog weigh
ing a pound ahd a half, that is funny.
Surprise explains it.
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. <4 r J'HEY say laughter distinguishes
• men frcrm animate. It is certain
Mbd -earpest thought distinguishe:
from -animals. Also certain that
Rt Jires men, and that the best, in-
| DR. BARTON’S
DAILY LETTER
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LEADERS
By Dr. William E. Barton
Yesterday we saluted France, and,
remembered wit.i rejoicing her strug- I
gh- for liberty which commemor-J
at. din th all of the Lla.-tille, July I
11. 1759.
.sow kt us ask our . I-. < s w.ii the
French rev. lution wa< not a success
ful as our own?
One reason is that in the hour of
| her supreme crisis, her libertyMov-
;reat and good man; but he was
not a Washington.
After the fall of the Bastile,
France wa. ire :ne had her Wash
ington.
in 1792, Lafayette was in com
mand of her armies, and thorn- armies
v.. re strong enough to r-.it t-.e in
va-m.-i of the Frus. :ans.
But while Lafayette was driving
ha.,; the hereditary foes of France
without her borders, the people of
Paris rose, and dethroned the king,
and made Lafayette their chief exec
utive.
Lafayette Fearful
But Lafayette feared what we now
call the bolshevistic element in de
mocracy; he did not quite dare 1 to
trust the people. IL- resigned his
command, and withdrew from
France.
Then the Assembly declared La
fayette a traitor.
W ith Lafayette gone, came Robes
pierre, the man of blood, and the I
guillotine was busy day and night un
til the good day when it fell upon I
the neck of R< b >pi< 11e himself.
Could Lafayette have saved France
from Robespierre? We do not know.
What we do know is that the lead
ership of the new republic failed it
in the h< ur of its crisi: : Lafayette
was not a Washington. He was a
good man, and in many despeets a
brave man, but he lacked courage
for the supreme test.
Great Leaders Needed
And the grim humor of the situa
tion is in this, that the man who
ultimately gave to Lafayette his per
sonal freedom :n France was no oth
er than Napoleon Bonaparte.
Let not America glory at the ex
pense of France. Our leadership has
tailed us more than once, not in cri
ses so tremendous but still in emer
gencies so great as to give us pause.
A republic can never be perma
nently safe except at it raises up
great leaders, who have both right
eousness and courage.
The test of a republic is not its
power to resist) foreign invasion, else
had Lafayette been the first presi
dent of France; and America and
France would have had one more tie
to bind them.
As it is, they both have at least
one solemn lesson, applicable to both.
stantaneoug relief from tiring
thought is found in laughter.
“There is probably more good
health for the human race in a mil
lion copies of a Sunday newspaper
with a good comic section than in
any million medical prescriptions.
“To the publisher who must make
his newspaper circulate and succeed
(he comic section in his newspapers is
most important.
‘T ii’st of all, it interests children,
impresses them and causes them to
ask for the particular newspaper that
has amused apd entranced them.
“What the children ask for they
gbt, and the newspaper that they like
i the newspaper, usually, that their
mothers will read. And one mother
reading a newspaper is better for the
publisher than any' two men—first
because, she is better; second, be
cause the mothers spend the money,
road advertising carefully, because
they are economical, thus making
the advertising pay and making the
newspaper pay.
* * *
a’J'TIERE is some just, and more,
foolish criticism of comic news
paper pictures. Some criticize news
paper comics because they do not
teach some high moral lesson. That
is not the purpose of the comic artist.
He should st live, of course, to make
vice hideous and virtue beautiful;
everybody should try to do that. But
his actual job is to make men. wo
men and children laugh, and if he
does that, without offending good
taste, he is a good comic artist.
1 Laugh and be fat,’ is an old say
ing. One more important to the tired
nerves of the high-strung American
is laugh, and let your mind rest
while you are laughing.”
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go Slim Jim and his friends will be
with you in the Saturday Times-
Recorder from this time forward. Wo j
trust he will be the means of !
spreading smiles and smiles for miles !
and miles.
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Obregon is planning fresh pro
posals: which is just the trouble with
the other ones—they are too fresh.
* *
Reformers' might do some good by
droping the immodest bathing suit
and taking up the immodest divorce
, suit -
. A woman. can’t understand why
a man stays single. But she can
readily see why another woman does.
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Haywood’s promise to return from
Russia reminds us one of Lenin’s
latest orders'is that everyone must
work. • ■
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EDITORIAL AND FEATURE’ PAGE
Confessions Os a Husband! j
THE MAN'S SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE j
65—A Generous Offer.
I The next (-veiling when I got home
; Dot wa v itn-g for me impat:- nt
‘ ly. Hardly stopping ■> ki. s me, .h<
burst out with:
"Tom. th. re' a letter her.- for you
j from fa:.'i. i <• t imagin'- what
; he’s wr> ing - you about.
tempted to >q;<- it, but 1 L -.Ug'ii
you’d b< unary.”
“No, you could have open -d it,” i
told her, Lor 1 couldn't, picture my
father-i iw infidei ially
to me about anything --in fact, I
didn'l thi I had - • '■’ n < re
ceived a letter from him.
“If mother wer<- n-k they’u tele
graph, I'm ; ure,” Dot went on, “but;
J can’t guess what h- can he ui ting!
to you about. Do hu-ry and open
it.”
This is what I read:
"My Dear Soh —I '-■>?.■ this letter!
finds you and Dot and the boy in ;
the best of health, wlii.-h I can say.
of us here, thank heaven.
“Your mother tells me that she ;
as heard from Dot an I that you I
have a now position,, and a very I
good one, too. 1 am glad to know
that, because 1 always -aid you I
d ..i'i I never ,• - 1
one moment doubted y.'-tir success;]
(For my own part I was g' id to I
learn that, though I thoi\rnt hi- ;
announcement a trifle tat’dv.)
“Let a man much older i’han your- ’
self give you one word of advice. If
you listen to women you will never i
-ave any money. It is always a new I
dress or a new rug or a new set ofJ
furniture for tho dining room or ’
maybe a new house when the old ;
house is good enough. I know that, j
because I've been married a great j
many more years than you.
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY .?
(From the Times-Recorder, July I:
15, 1911). It
City Clerk and Treasurer Theron
Hawkes has tendered to the county
his resignation of that office, the
same to become effective at the
pleasure of that body. The resigna
tion of < lerk Hawkes is induced by i i
pri longed ill health. Rect nt ly his
physical condition has become more
acute and he deemed it better for
himself and the city as well that he
resign.
In vain the aggregation from Mar
shallville, mericfully spared at last' .
by Jupe Pluvius, endeavored yes- j
terday to wreak vengeance, on the
Champs for their recent defeat. It
was the same eld story, only the tune
was 8 to 3 in favor of the locals.
A union station for Americus is
suggested, as both the Central and
Seaboard must soon rebuild present
tat ions, therefore now is the logical
time to boost for the unioi'i station.
Secretary Orville It. Harvey, of the
Americus Y. M. C. A., has tendered
to the board of directors his resigna-j
tion of the position which he has
held during the past several years. I
Until the place is filled permanently
by the election of another secretary,
the duties of the position are bein
discharged by Mr. B. Kiker, who is
familiar therewith.
After a session lasting through
three busy weeks, Judge Janies A.
Hixon will formally adjourn the
quarterly term of the City Court of
Americus.
When the work of paving the bus
iness streets of the city is finally
launched Americus will be ripped up.
’•.lowed up, torn up and turned up
from one end of the busine.s di:
trict to the other, and for six month
conditions will not be very inviting
for autoists of pedestrians.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. E. Hightower left
yesterday for New York and the east
and will spend two or three weeks
at points of interest, there.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher W. Griffin,
Fletcher Griffin, Jr., Misses Su
sie and Louise Chapman left
yesterday for Pablo Beach, Fla.,
where they will spend some time.
Miss Emma Mae Borum, after a
month delightfully spent in East
Tennessee, the gyest of her cousin,
Mrs. Erwin Davis, returned to Am- .
ericus.
Mrs. W IL Bowers has gone to vis
it friends in the Tennessee metropo
lis, South Carolina, her former
home, and will spend some time witu
relative there.
Mrs. Arthur C. Bivins and daugh
ter, Mrs. Ernest Doering, returned
to Macon yesterday after a visit in
Americus, their former home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Britton, Miss
Blanche Hawkins and Miss Fannie
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each morning.
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
1 ‘ But a man can never get ahead I
in this world unless he saves. T.< |
women don’t see the - use of that; a
' new hat or some kind of knicknack
for the mantel makes a bigger hit
with item than a g iod, sound invest-
i ment.
“The trouble with most invest
' ment?- is they don't bring in enough
money to make them worthwhile.
What’s four or five per cent to a
j man with, a family?
“Now I’ve got a fine A Number
| One propo; ition to make you. I've
I go. a good paying business here, as
you know, but it could use more
capital and the more capital I get,
the fasti-; I can make it grow.
“You .ught to be able "to save two
' or three thousand a year easy, out
of your new salary, and i’ll give you
1 ten per cent on every dollar you put
i into this business.
“I guess that, sounds pretty good to
! you, hey? Well, 1 wouid't do it for
. veryone, but you’re my son-in-law
and bio dis thicki than water. If
I don't look out for you, who should
1 look cut, anyway?
I “I gut-ss Dot will want to spend
i your whole salary right off, hut a
1 man understands bu.-im s better than
i any woman, and if you take my ad
■; vice you’ll save your money and let'
> your old father-in-law put. it when
f iVll do you the most good.”
Dot had been reading the letter
ov< r my should* r. Her < xpre tsion
study. I burs! out laughing.
“Your father has ideas of his own
j about what we should do with out
money,” i told hi . “Can you see us
getting the 10 per cent ? 1 can’t.”
(To be continued.)
(Copyright, 1921.)
Mae Williford left yc-terday for Sav
annah, sailing by Baltimore steamei
today upon a trip north.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Time -Recorder, July
15, 1901).
Monday morning. No paper pub
lished today.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, July
15, 1891).
At Athens, July 19, next Sunday,
Mr. Roscoe A. Hinton will wed Miss
Jennie Woodfin. Mr. Hinton is wide
ly known and exceedingly popular
in Americus, and his many friends
will offer him their heartiest good
wishes in advance. Miss Woodfin i.
one of Athen’s most charming young
ladies, the admired of a large circle
of fi ends. She will be heartily wel
somed here as Mrs. Hinton.
At a meeting held yesterday the
directors of the Bank of Sumter de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 5:
per cent and carried SI,OOO to the
I surplus, fund. This is good for the
-oungest bank in Americus, but it
I was to be. expected from the state
ment which was recently made by
that institution. This bank is lucky in
having' such competent officers in
charge of its affair as it has.
Jackson street was the scene yes
terday of a lively runaway. The mule
which Joe Patterson, colored, was
driving, became frightened and ran
rapidly up the street. The lines broke
when the mule was near Forsyth
tree! and Joe jumped out. The ani
mal ran suddenly into Forsyth street,
turning the buggy over and breaking
it up considerably.
Yesterday was alliance day in Am
ericus. Right royally was it observ
ed. Fully 0,(100 . turdy farmers dnd
their wives and children were hen
to attend tile rally, hear the specche;
and see the sights. The crowds ol
people were orderly and splendidly
behaved.
The Earnest Workers had cream
and other ices on the ground where
the rally was held yesterday. A freez
er of cream and a large cake were
rent to the Times-Recorder with their
compliments. Many thanks, ladies.
Among the prominent speakers for
the Alliance Rally yesterday were
•Gen. James B. Weaver and Hon. Jer
ry Simpson, who made splendid
speeches. A choir composed of Mrs.
M. Callaway, Miss Frances Bell, .Mrs.
George 1). Wheatley, Messrs. M Cal
laway, W. P. Hornady, W. T. Lane
and Lott Warren, with Miss Mervin
Callaway, rendered “A Farmer’s Life
For Me.”
When it comes to making ppace
terms Lloyd George is finding the
Emerald Isle isn't green.
THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanlev
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A VICIOUS RED ROOSTER BEL-ONCj/NG TO ADRIAN S/'m'TTT .
UP THE MEET/NG OF THE LADIES’ 1 THIMBLE CI.UB
THIS AFTERNOON- • ’
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Wince Wvsic
T\OWN with the prophets of despair They only wail, and tear their hair i
Who preach a gospel bleak and And preach a gospel bleak and
blighting! _ blighting.
What though the strifes not always Down with the prophets of despair—'|
f a]r > The brave man fights, and keeps
the brave man fights, and Keeps on 011 fighting!
fighting.
, , „ . ■ Ai Ton the quitters who declare I
I M sick of speeches ami of writing XJ They have no further str th
a by snivelers who fear to bear f or smiting;
Their meed of woe, their load of The fools who say, “What chance
care j s there? .
Down with the prophets of despair Life is a rotten cheat, a snare!”
Who preach a gospel bleak and
bl.ghting!. npo those who preach that gospel
V/ IHXERS and whim P erers » who I shout?as''loud as trumpets blare,
a w , ar , “Down with the prophets of despair—
A gloom there seems no way of The brave man fights, and keeps
blighting; on fighting!”
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i teeth—but not for dogs of war.
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