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The time has come for the communists to exploit the
agonv of the bourgeoisie and thus increase their influence
over the workers.—Leon Trotzky, Bolshevist minister of
war.
THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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EDITORIAL.
the Georgia legislature
thus far has done little but fur
nish material for just criticism, the
action of the house highways com
mittee in promptly reaching an ad
verse report on all the bills before
it seeking to disrupt the present state
highway department and road build
ing program is to be commended.
But the danger is not past. Other
bills of similar purpose are pending
before Agricultural Committee No. 2
of the house. It is to be hoped that
this committee will prove as far-see
ing and interested in the welfare of
the state as a whole as the highways
committee, and disapprove the ruin
ous highway measures before it.
♦ * *
of the strangest things in na
ture—something that determines
whether you are to be a success or a
failure—is reported by a man just
back from a fishing trip in Canada.
He saw a school of thousands of
baby salmon trout, about half as long
as pins, swimming in military forma
tion, following a leader.
“That leader looked just like all
the rest,” says the fisherman. “What
made him take charge of all the
others? And what made the othei
follow him as naturally as the rear
wheels of a jitney follow the front
wheel?”
If you can fathom that problem,
you have the secret of success—and
the whole science of government.
The fisherman took a minnow net
and caught the trout leader. Im
mediately another baby trout to
the leader's place and the school
swam on without an instant’s pause.
Is that just instinct? Human be
ing' do the same.
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JN Chicago, 100 unemployed ne-
groes thought they’d found away
to escape rent. Along the tracks of
the Illinois Central railroad, they
built a dugout, like those back of the
lines in France during the war.
The railroad is evicting them.
The important news in the incident
is that those 100 men had found it
impossible to live together without
establishing a well organized govern
ment. They had their own city coun
cil, a mayor, a judge, a police force
and a quartermaster’s department.
You can’t get away from this thing
called government.
If you were shipwrecked on a
South Sea island with two friends,
it wouldn’t be 10 minutes until one
of you three would become ruler—
step forward as leader, begin to
give orders and take the initiative in
hunting food, building shelter and
selecting a location for a beacon fire
to attract passing ships.
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W 1 ! .1) geese fly in wedge forma
tion. Shoot their leader and the
formation will close up without stop
ping, a new leader taking the for
mer’s place.
Shoot the leader of wild ducks and
the flock is confused. They head for
the nearest marsh, and, after much
quacking, soar up again with a now
leader. Do they elect him? Indians
say, yes.
Even the timber wolves, hermits
by nature, run in packs during the
winter, as a combination for war.
for acquiring food.
In parts of China, men live with
out. religion.
In ancient Sparta, they lived with
out the family institution.
But wherever men congregate, that
organization called government is in
evitable. ' It’s a natural law—to have
a leader.
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The end of a perfect day, these
days, is a cool night.
* ♦ ♦
Ex-President Wilson is writing a
ft; book. Bet it begins, “May I Not—”
K:. - ** *
| One of the eternal mysteries is
ho\y your neighbor can afford a bet
ter car.
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Ex-Kaiser Bill wears his uniform
; • only at dinner. Maybe he attacks
- his food.
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B j “Three hundred bandits captured,”
| . says a headline. Don’t cheer; it hap
' pi n< din Egypt.
ff as? *
A Toronto professor says he has
L a fluid that will make a man tell
■L ad his secrets. So had we dnce I
ar"" ——
Az P O 0
THE PARABLE ABOUT SURE
THINGS.
There came unto me a man who
inquired of mo, say, Hast thou a lit
tle money to invest? For ! should
like to let thee in on tile Groun 1
Floor. I have Inside Information
upon a Sure Thing.
And he told me of a Corporation
whose stock was selling Very Low,
because the -Management were Hear
ing the Market that they might
themselves buy a Controlling Interest
in it; and how they intended to Bull
the stock a little later, and make
it Very Valuable, so that he who
bought now would make a Nice Lit
tle Roll.
And I said, If that be the little
game of the Management, 1 will let
them play it.
1 have long since ceased trying to
beat men at their own game.
For 1 have stood and watched the
nimble Pea as it made its unabst.ru-j
sive way from one Shell to another, 1
and I have considered how manyj
1 should have guessed wrong if I
had guessed at all.
And he said, Nay, this is no Shell-
Game, hut a Sure Thing.
And 1 said, There are several men
Playing Croquet at the Poor house,
and ethers who have Graduated from |
Business and are now Pitchm:;
Horse Shoes at the County Farm,
who owe their present relief from ’
the presence of the Madding Crowd,
to the generosity of friends who let
them in on the Ground Floor of some
Sure Thing.
And 1 said, Listen to me, and un
derstand my position, whether thou
I . -
doest likewise or no. Ido not Gam
ble. Ido not Speculate. 1 deal with
a very few Sure Thing?, and the. o
are among them:
A Dollar Containeth One Hundred
t ents, and no .More. It is easier to
borrow an Hund,»vl Dollar , than it
is to pay back an Hundred and Six.
The »< t way to get Money is - w
Earn it, and the best way io in j-ase
.Money is to spend less than one
earneth.
And he said, Those are Old Fogy
Rules, and they'll never get thee far
up the Ladder of Finance.
And I said, Those rules and a few
other Sure Things have kept me thus
fai with a safe distance between my
door and the Wolf, and 1 have rent
and carfare and a meal ticket for
some days in advance.
And that will still be true of me
when those who trust in the Inside
inf 'ma ; ,n concerning Sure Things
art playing checkers somewhere in
an Old M> n’s Home for those who
have Seen Better Days.
WILLIAM E. BARTON.
OBSERVATIONS [
Raising railroad rales has razed
business.
A hen in the city is worth two in
the country.
, A man out of work regards any job
as a vacation.
The nation that has caused most
wars, is imagi-nation.
The trouble with the prodigal sun 1
is it returns too often.
Often “strictly fresh eggs’’ are not
fresh; they’re impudent.
Lenin’s real name is “Witch.”
Russia should scratch him.
The film trust seems to have been
pulling a few extra illusions.
A wife’s permanent wave is fine;
but we need a permanent wife wave.
Disarmament will solve the prob
lem of making a round world square.
Dr. Adler says one out of ten is
feeble minded. All ten pity the poor
fellow.
A girl worries more about bobbed
hair showing her ears than bobbed
skirts shewing her knees.
They caught more, before prohibi
tion because the fisherman watched
his hook with baited breath.
The British are asking Ambassador
I Harvey’s advice on the Jap question.
So they’ll know what not to do.
When a woman sees a man will his
collar discussing her clothes she just
laughs up where her sleeve used to
be.
Many go to art galleries io see
fine paintings. Other men stand on
the street corner and watch them
pass.
Perhaps we would get along better
if we had more appropriations for
construction and less for destruc
tion.
Ohio’s governor releases a manu-i
facturer f rom prison because con-'
finement is interfering with his busi
ness. This shows the advantage of
a life sentence —no business to worry
about.
Income and excees profits taxes
.collected during the last fiscal year
averaged $37 for every man, woman
and child in the country. A dime a
day is the price of victory.
The dollars compared with pre-war
value, is worth 65 cents against 37
■ cents at the peak of high prices, says
Department of Labor. Yes, and the
ore it rises, the fewer you get.
EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
| OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS J
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY |
(From the Times-Recorder, July;
16, 1901).
A church blown down, several
small houses upset, trees and fences
leveled and a barn burned by light
ning was th'- summary made yester-i
day of the storm that . wept Ameri-1
<-u ■ and vicinity Sunday morning, I
I doing damage over an area of twenty
miles. Lightning struck a barn on the)
Fletcher Giiffin place, burning it:
with al! contents of oats, hay corn
and other i.-i d stuff;.
Miss Lilia Johnson leaves tomor
row for Milledgeville, whi re she will •
spend some time pleasantly with her]
cousin, Mrs. M. R. Lamar.
The regular annual mad dog panic)
broke loose in Americus yesterday' ,
morning when an old dog in a yard ;
on Taylor street was declared “mad.”
The animal may or may- not have |
been mad. but the verxLci wa ■ against,
him and his career was ended.
capi. John A. Sibley returned to j
Americus yesterday from a trip into .
the southern part of Sumter, where
he secured a contract lor the piac-1
ing of a Lowe ry round bale cotton |
compress. t
The friends of Mi. ; Clyde Collins
and Mr. Joseph Howard were given a
pleasant surprise yesterday morning
in the announcement of their mar- j
riage the evening previous.
The pay checks lor the Seaboard 1
Railway for.;. employed at the Am-j
erieus shops and in other depart- I
ments of service here wer6 distribut
ed yesterday, covering payment for
i June work. As so many of the shops
men have b< en on strike here for i
two months the total amount paid '
out in Amerieu: was considerably |
below the average.
The many friends of Miss Ruba I
Ray will be pleased to learn of some I
improvement in her condition, though j
he is till ill with fever.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY [
(From the Times Recorder,' July j
IG, 1891).
Extensive preparations are being I
made for the picnic and outing which
■ the Columbus branch of the United
Trainmen w 11 have at Leeton Park
i July 22. A large crowd will be here
that day, and a grand time is antic
ipated,
A substantia) brick sidewalk is ;
being put down in front of I'. L. |
Holt’s building on Lamar street, j
This will be an improvement on the j
old walk. There are many other [
places in Americus which need I
walks.
An iron and plate glass front is be-!
ing put in the building to be occu
pied by the Americus Jewelry com-'
pany. This company will open up
for business in about a month, now.
Today there will be an alliance
meeting and barbecue at Plains.
Quite a party from Americus will go!
out.
Confessions Os a Husband!
THE MAN’S SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE
66—A Real Surprise.
“Guess what!”
“I refuse.”
“Guess what I’m going to do Wed
nesday night.”
It was the first time >n a long j
while that i had seen Dot really her-!
self, and I was delighted. So 1
I guessed any number of things, but,
of course, not the right one.
“I’m going to a violin recital.”
"Really?”
i “And with another man.”
i “It’s good of you to warn me.”
“And you’re going to stay home
' and take care of Bobbie.”
j ‘TH be glad to do that.”
I “But you won’t be lonesome.’’
“Is that so? Have you looked cut
■ for me, also?”
Dot nodded. “Guess who’s going
to keep you company?”
I I began with’ .David and Goliatl
’|and was going through all the he-
; roes of antiquity when Dot interrupt-
j ed me:
’j “Oh, you’re no good at all as a
■ guesser. George is going to take me
I to hear Strabmoff—it’s his last re
’ i cital in a long time tyid Edith
coming here to keep you company.”
“Whose bright idea is this?” 1
. demanded.
. “Partly mine and partly hers.
George likes music, but you and she |
don’t. Anyway, you can t take me;
to hear Strabmoff because we i
, haven’t any girl and we can’t leave ,
1 Bobbie alone. So we’ve arringed itj
this way and everybody's happy.” j
1 was very far from being happy,!
1...4 T It .. .1 ... 1 . . . t * I <
but 1 could not say so. Instead, 1
tried another tack.
“But, dear, it v/ill probably be a
very hot night, and you won’t feel a
bit like silling indoors listening to
some foreign fiddler—”
“Foreign fiddler! That’s a stupid
way to talk about—”
"All right, 1 retract the ‘foreign
fiddler.’ But why should you take a
notion to go >;> a recital now? And
why do you want to leave me at
home like this?”
“You didn’t object at first—why,
you didn't say a word against it un
til I said 1 was going with George.
Honestly, are you silly enough to be
I jealous of him. Look me in the eye.”
1 did so. She went on: ,
I “Now is you say you’re jealous of
i him, I’ll make some excuse to Edith
j and call the' engagement of, though!
1 haven’t been out a night since
Bobbie became sick. If you are one
bit jealous of George 1 won’; ever
■ see him again.”
The easiest way out of the situa
tion w >uld have been to lie and say
that 1 was jealous. . It was a fact
i that al one time it had seemed to
me ;; But with Dot looking
at me that way I had to tel! the
truth, and the truth was that I had
; not the slightest grounds for jealousy
■ and that I knew it.
“No, I’m hot jealous,” I said. “If
’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER-
I It was a thirsty crowd which was
in Americus Tuesday. Oak Hall sold
nineteen kegs of Macon beer, besides
other things, and that doesn’t make
any count at all for the other places
in the city, all of which did a big
i busmess.
! During the session of Wilcox coun-
I ty court last week. Col. E. H. Clttts,
of Americus, presided in a case in
which Ju Brown v. h -qualified,
and acquitted himself with credit.
Mr. George J. Winkler has again
I gone in the butcher business, with
Mr. W. B. Mayo, as will be seen from
. their advertisement. He has a reputa
tion of making the best sausage of I
j all kinds in the country.
Mr. James 13. Wheeler, who went
to Atlanta to attend Moore’s Busi
ness college, arrived at home last
night to lay up until one of his- arms
which is broken can mend. His arm
was hurt while he was playinb base
ball.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, July
: 16, 19.11.)
I Manager Ford and the members of
the baseball team were the recipients
of typical old-fashioned hospitality
yesterday at the hands of Tommy
Hooks, the sterling backstop of the
i local nine, who \kept open house all
| day at his country honte and wel
eonied h : s team-mates with the warm
; est cordiality.
To St.-Simon’s-by-the-Sea instead
j of Rose-Dhu-hy-Savannah the Amer
i ieus military is going, to the great
■ delight of the soldier boys who didn’t
, want any rose-dew m theirs.
The many Americus friends of Mr.
Will C. Glover will be interested in
I tne announcement of his marriage
on Wednesday next, 9th, to Miss
Edna Todd, of California, Mo., a
charming member of the social set
of that little city. They will visit
Americus before going to 'heir home
■ in Shreveport, where Mr. Glover ha
; for several conducted a mer
cantile business.
On account of its delightfully in
formal features, what was one of
the most enjoyable parties of the
season was that given on Tuesday
evening by Mrs. C. R. Raymond to a
large number of young people at her
home near the city.
At the First Methodist church the
! pastor, Rev. O. B. Chester, will con
| tinue today his series of special ser
| mans.
Mrs. Z. A. Littlejo.hn and son, Wil
i liam Littlejohn, have gone to Nachoo
i chee Valley, where they will spend
the summer.
Representative E. A. Nesbit came
down from the capital yesterday to
rest for a day in the bosom of an
admiring constituency.
Miss Minnie Harper, of Atlanta,
I the guest of Mrs. Will Dudley, for
the week, left yesterday, to visit
friends in Richland.
you want to go to the recital with
him, I don't object.”
I had no intention of permitting
myself to be cooped up with Edith
while George took my wife to a violin
recital. It seemed a thoroughly stu
pid arrangement with absolutely
nothing to commend it except that it
was very “modern” which was no
attraction in my eyes.
Vainly I had attempted to per
suade Dot of this, without going too
much into the details of my objec
tion. So I made up my mind, when
I found it impossible to dissuade her,
to resort to deception.
Sid promised to call me up that
evening and, pretending to be Mr.
Danielson, the firm's lawyer, insist
on seeing me upon a matter of I usi
ness.
This would give me the excuse 1
needed to get away. George could
take Dot to the concert as they had
! planned and Edith could wait at our
house until they returned.
Os course, I did not tell Sid why I
wanted to get away that night; he
had the idea 1 wanted to see a prize
fight.
With my plans already made, 1
awaited the evening without the least
bit of worry, for I had provided, a
i certain means of escape.
So when I met Edith that "after
- noon I joked with her about the as
! fair as though 1 really intended for
I it to go through according to the
! schedule that she and my wife had
I worked out.
“I snnnnsp vnn’il bp in
i suppose you ii oe ueugmeu io
have my company this evening/’ she
said to me when I ericountei/d her
on the street. /
“Delighted hardly expresses it,” 1
replied. “I have reached the point
where 1 am not surprised at any
good fortune that befalls me. Even
to meet you on the street like this,
■ so far from your customary—”
“Oh, I dropped in to see George
for a moment—l thought that only
fair to him, despite the fact that he
is going to desert me this evening.
Its all very twentieth century, isn't
it?”
“Twenty-first century,” 1 correct
ed. “What does George think of the
arrangement?”
“Do you know, I find it absolutely
impossible to shock him any more,
i But Dot tells me you made a little
fuss when she informed you of our
plans for the evening. I don’t think
that was very flattering.”
“I didn’t believe it was fair to keep
I you at home to take care of Bobbie
I while Dot and George went to that
recital.”
, “I would rather do anything than
sit through an evening of music—
, ] even be with you.”
I “Thank you,' Dot and George will
, come back in time to rescue you
from utter boredom.”
f “If the worst conies to the worst
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THE BOYS WHO SHAX/ED THEIR HEAPS
STANLEY to beat the summek heat, now
ARE up against the fly problem -
braleyi Daily Poem
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QOME ads you see of clothing ¥ AM not up in lore on
h “ x Contain a type of sap The advertising trade,
Who fills'my soul with loathing— But why'is such a moron
I long to wreck his map. Extensively displayed?
Then there’s the auto model Maybe I’m wrong to holler
With vague and vacuous face, But I do not See why
And nothing in his noodle The ad that boosts a collar
Except some vacant space. Can’t show a ‘reg’lar guy’!
TpHE bozos who are shown in ar tists, heeds our wishes,”
* Men’s hose and underwear, v/ cry w i t h pa ; n intense,
Cause me to writhe and groan in “Stop drawing these noor fishes
My anger and despair, Without a trace of sense;
But these are noble creatures You need the nimble dollar
With brains and sense in scads, But oh, please let ns scan
Compared to those whose features Some ad that shows a collar
Appear in collar ads! Upon a grown-up man!”
yd
’ fun A. MN * W /' /
I can play solitaire. Or should I
bring some knitting with me?”
“Dot> may have some socks that
you can darn, if you find it so dif
ficult to pass the time.”
“That’s a fine suggestion; I will
speak to her about it tonight.”
(To Be Continued).
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