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Only a return to the oldfashioned family prayers and
the home altar uan Save itAe American home from de
struction*-—The Rev. W. E. Biederwolf. Grand Rapids,
Mich., minister.
THE TIMEb-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
By THE TIMES-RECORDER CO., (Inc.) Arthur
Luca*, Pre#.: Lovelace Eve, Sec’y.; W. S. Kirk
patrick. Treas.
W. S. KIRKPATRICK, Editor
LOVELACE EVE. Buaiue>t Mnafer
Evening daily; -except Sunday; weekly (Thursday)
Entered «« second clast matter at the poatofßce a'
Americus. Georgia, according to the Act of Congre**
COMEBpDY in the good old Uni
versity city of Athens, Ga., is get
ting ready to lose some money—and
probably a good sized wad of it, be
sides losing some more for the other
fellow. It is announced that a third
daily newspaper is to be launched
there about September 1. The or
ganization of the new paper ha- al
ready been perfected, it is stated, and
in a contest closed last week the name
of “The Athens Daily News” was
selected. One hundred leading busi
ness men of the city are said to be
backing the new enterprise, and it
will have a leased wire telegraphic
service each afternoon and Saturday
night. Which means that it will be
an expensive institution from the
start, for a leased wire is expensive
in itself, and extensive and costly
mechanical equipment is required to
make use of a leased wire telegraphic
news report.
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THE NS already has two daily
newspapers—which is one more
than she should have if she would
have as good a newspaper as it is
possible for a city of her size to
support. For years an afternoon and
a morning newspaper have been pub
lished in Athens and only recently
these properties, long competitive in
away. were merged under a single
ownership and management. Im
mediately plans were announced to
increase the service of the two pa
pers -to the community. Whether
this has actually been done or how
effectively- the people of Athens
should be better judges than any
others.
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’T’HE point we wish to make is that
Athens is a one newspaper city.
It cannot at its present or early fu
ture size support two newspapers of
the almost-large-city class, and
with the entry of a third newspaper
into the field somebody’s fingers are
going to be burned and burned pain
fully. For a fight is inevita
ble, and the new institution starts
with a handicap, the present newspa
pers being going concerns, with am
ple capital behind them to give the
newcomers a run for their money.
They can’t all win, and the people
of Athens will pay and pay dearly
in the end, both in money and in the
character of a newspaper that will
result inevitably- from the weakening
of a mortal combat, such as this will
be.
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JJJARRY Musselwhite, Manistee,
Mich., publisher, a few days ago
made a speech to a gathering of pub
lishers of his state in which he said:
“I want to impress upon you the
difference between the modern small
city daily and its numerous predeces
sors of a previous generation. No
city in Michigan of less than 36,000
population today- has more than one
daily.newspaper, and some quite a
bit larger have but one. Yet no
thinking man will gainsay but that
the one newspaper, serving the gen
eral public interest to the best of its
ability, performs a far greater ser
vice to its community than the two
or three or more which formerly rent
communities into factions. ”
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QINCE Michigan’s population is
nearly 100 per cent white, and
Georgia’s only a little better than 50
per cent white, a city of .36,000 there
compares favorably from a newspa
per standpoint with a Southern city
of probably 50,000. allowing for the
foreign poprla'.ion of the North. The
result of Michigan having no city
under 36,000 with more than one
•"daily newspaper is that it is dotted
with dailies cf high calibre and high
service, all or most of them paying
investments and therefore solid insti
tutions able to give their communities
something not possible for the com
munities to have otherwise.
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JF the business men and citizens of
Athens could find away to concen
trate their support upon one news
paper, instead of three, or even two,
they could soon have an institution in
their midst of which they could •well
be proud, which would serve their
every need and would be in a posi
tion to help th* city go forward in a
way impossible otherwise.
Newspaper publishing is a highly
specialized, irgbiy technical business,
and involves considerable hazard at
the best. The Athens situation will
be watched by newspaper men of
Georgia with great interest, with the
certain knowledge in the minds of
every one o-f them that the eventual
result can be only loss for all, with
an endurance contest developing as to
which can survive the longest. And
the city qf Athens in the end will
pay the whole bW'and more, in
money- and otherwise.
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THERE are many sorts of waiters,
There arelTist and second-raters, _
And the kind that put their fingers in your soup;
There’s the waiter bland and gracious
And the species most loquacious
And the careless kind who never give a whoop;
There’s the sort with snobbish faces
Who preside in high-toned places,
And the burly tough with corrugated neck;
But wherever chance has thrust ’em
They’ve one Universal Custom,
They never bring the menu with your check —
By heck. ,
(Did you ever get the menu with your check?)
WITH a manner deprecating
(Or a times intimidating)
They will lay the bad new: gently by your plate,
But they seem to think ’twould pain you K
If they brought along the menu,
, Which would help you as you recapitulate.
They assume it’s just to spite ’em
That you scrutinize each item;
But—unless you want your purse to be a wreck,
Foil their devious devices.
Make ’em bring that list of prices,
Make a holler for the menu with the check—
By heck.
For they never bring the menu with the check!
(Copyright 1921.)
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WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING
CHAPTER III—I HAVE A TALK WITH TOM.
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Helga Sorenson breaks her en-1
gagement with the man she has i
pursued for money, accepts his of- !
fer to assist her to a career, and 1
seeks employment with the Rich
Mrs. John Ames as her social secre
tary. Incidentally, she meets the
idle Philip Ames, wlio escorts her
from the house.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
The jingling of the telephone
awakened me this morning.
Tom’s voice came over the wi/e.
“Helga—have you gone crazy?”
was his decidedly characteristic
greeting. And then, not waiting for
an answer, the words came tumb
ling.
“I’m so sorry dear, I knew that
you had it in you to wake up—to the
big possibilities—some day; but I had
hoped it wouldn’t come until after
you were my wife.”
His vpice was very gentle; perhaps
I only imagined a thrill of emotion
in it.
“You have been artificial, but no!
more so than the rest of the girls. I ■
knew all that your letterZold me be-|
fore you wrote it, but. 1 know, too.
that you are gold at heart—and I
want you: I’m coming out,” he!
snapped.
“But you don’t know where I am,”
My words were pitifully inadequate.
“Did you think that a man who
has loved, even the little badnesses
of a girl, could let her slip away from
him? I know just where you are and
just what you did all day yesterday—
I wasn’t more than 20 steps behind
you all along. Now ?’m coming.”
“But Tom'.” I shrieked as I feared
disconnection;
“Yes—dear?” the sweet compas
sion of his voice made me fear more
than ever meeting him. I knew 1
couldn’t see him and go on with my
resolution because I recognized my
own limitations, my own weakness —
gentle caresses, soft voices have al
ways lured me.
“Please don’t come,” piteously, “if
you want to keep me at all—please
don’t, for I’ll run away altogether if
you do.
“Tom,” I had myself better in
hand, ‘on the night before I wrote
you that letter, Helga Sorenson ceas
ed to exist as a love parasite. She
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Advbmture-s
Ksl OF=- THB TWINS
fay Olive. Robert Barton
WHAT SIZZLY DID
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Farmer Smith was worried, too.
When Old Sizzly Dry Weather got (
out the Nuisance Fairies and mean
dered down to the eorth, Sprinkle-i
Blow and the Twins were not the on
ly people who were worried. Farmer
Smith was worried, too. Day after
day he watched the sky for clouds,'
but nary a one appeared. If they
even so much as poked their noses
over the edge of the world Old Siz-1
I zly blew his roasting-hot breath on
them and away they ski-daddled Far
mer Smith watched Old Sizzly march
ing through his field:; amt gardens'
day after day blowing hi., hot breath
on'everything and drying things up I
dreadfully. The leaves were as brown
as tobacco in places and the grass I
so lovely and green in the spring,]
hacf curled up like watch .■ | rings. The |
sasfe-patch garden looked so forlorn
EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
.became a working factor. For the
j past two years—since before we met
I have been getting by mostly be
|ea:i. e someone loved me, or rather
1 loved what they thought 1 was. I have
not been any of the things these peo
ple loved—l have merely been able
Io create an illusmn and somehow
keep them believeing in me.
“And now,” I continued, not heed
. ing Tom’s interruption, “I want to
come out of it fair and square. I
want Io stand on my own feet and
i be accepted for just what I am. If 1
can’t do it here, I shall have to go
somewhere else.”
Tom was silent for so long that 1
f ared he had gone. Then: I
“You mean wjiat you say,” the
words came slowly; I’m not going to
interfere. But I am going to ask you
to let me do just one more little thing
for you.
“Some of the men whose offices
you visited yesterday were not just
the kind of men I’d feel safe in your
knowing, and with no business back
ground, you’ll find it hard to get
! work without a personal element.
“I want you to escape that, Helga.
! I happen to know of a woman who
needs a social secretary, one thor-
I oughly capable of meeting any emer
! gency gracefully—you can do that—
; won’t you see her and accept the
[place if she likes you?”
I realized that much of that Tom
1, said was true. I knew finding work
: with no especial training, would be
I difficult, so my answer was a grudg-
- ing “Yes.”
I. I wrote the address as Tom dic
[ tated it and as the receiver snapped
I [ after his “Good-by, deay,” I felt a
j vague unrest.
This afternoon I shall visit Mrs.
>! John Ames-in-need-of-a-soc;al-secre—
I tray.
j I’ve heard of her and her beautiful
■ home and magnet 1 usband. I fetftem-
- her seeing her at some of the big par-
- ties mother used to give when I was
■ just a girl and Mrs. Ames was a
f bride.
e I wonder how Tom happened to
f know so much about her?
(Copyright, 1921).
1; Helga Sorenson meets
ea lady of leisure—and a man of the
1--same sort! And sees a kiss and makes
c an engagement.
and droopy I can’t tell you about it,
and the stalks of wheat and rye and
, oats were as red as 'wrapping
strings. The only place that did look i
as though it was really enjoying the;
hot dry weather was the corn field,
and it waved its long leaves of green
in cool mockery at the fest of the
world. It seemed to say, ‘ Why not
lake the weather as it comes? Folks
who make uch a furs about thing
usually get tile worst" of it. As long
a: Mr. Scare-Crow stays near to pro
tect me from my enemies,! am ha’p-
py.”
■ The corn field forgot that the min
ute tbe weather got a bit chilly and
cool it began to shiver and complain.
i T.hfit’p the way<it is with people-—as
I long thing;, art’ • oing to suit them
they Wgm to criticize others.who are
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. ”
DR. BARTON’S
DAILY LETTER
SORROW
By Dr. William E. Barton.
A woman confided to a friend that
her cup of sorrow was nearly full;
she had an unsympathetic husband.
She said: ‘I am sick, and he will not
believe it.”
"What is your trouble?” asked her
friend.
“It is a nervous affection,” she re
plied. “I have , been to many special
ists, and they say it is an obscure
case. Several have told me it is the
most perplexing case they have ever
seen” (ra
They lie to you, replied her
friend. “There is nothing obscure
about it. You need to do your own
housework, and have something to
think about besides your own imag
inary aches and pains.”
Found No Comfort <
The woman departed, weeping bit
terly. Not only was she abused by
her unsympathetic husband whom
she described as “horrid” in his lack
of sympathy, but she had not found
comfort in the friend to whom she
had come.
She ought to have been thankful
for so honest a friend.
There are in this world a good
many thousands of people, and not
all of them women, to whom life is
just one specialist after another, who
need nothing but exercise and fresh
air and self-forgetfulness.
I belong to none of the cults who’
profess to heal by various forms of '
mental suggestion or spiritual power, j
I hold no brief for any of them. But I
I have lived long enough to know:
that any one can be sick if he thinks '
he is sick, and that many people who !
think they are sick can be well.
Takes Courage
It takes courage and self-control
to be well. It is easy to feel of our
pulse and take account of our in
firmities. To many people it is posi
tive luxury to tell of t'lrelr symptoms
and enumerate their pains. They
.could modify the Gospel hymn to ,
sing, “Count your many symptoms, i
Name them one by one.”
It is better to count your bless-;
bigs, one of which is to use to the :
full extent possible the resources;
within one’s own being for good [
health. There well be happier homes !
and fewer divorces when people'
learn how contagious is good health. 1
OBSERVATIONS
L
The only food Russia has is fori
thought.
The original safety raiser was a;
royal flush.
. £
All the swells may be at the ocean
—but not in it. '
To reduce rents, quit throwing 1
bricks and lay them.
Too many married folks are re
pairing broken hearts.
London has a one-cent cigar. So!
have we—but it costs a dime.
One swallow does not a summer j
make ; but it can make things pretty '
warm.
A Chicago minister and the'
church’s money are missing. Cler
ical error.
Isadore Duncan will take her bare
feet into Russia—where they will !
feel at home.
From the number of children dy
ing, the real infant industry is still,
I unprotected.
The man-who said, “There’s safety
1 in nuinbers,” was looking at his bank ,
■ balance.
[’
The ambitionus amateur thinks a
golf course hasn’t enough holes and
I digs a few of his own.
j not so fortunate.
Farmer Smith was worried but lots!
!of people were more worried 1
than he was. Phil Frog was at his
wits’ end.
(Copyright, 1921)
(To Be Continued ) |
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OLD-DAYS IN AMERICUS f
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY 1
(From the Times-Recorder, Aug-! 1
ust 2 1911).
Americus and Sumter county will: 1
enjoy a county fair this fall that will
do credit to this entire section. I
The interesting series of meetings '
conducted for several days at Leslie
Baptist church by Rev. Mr. Shingles
has come to a close with many acces
sions to the church membership.
Judge J. N. Scarborough and Rob- (
in Scarborough left yesterday morn
ing for Gainesville, where they will
< njoy the ozone of the Blue Ridge
mountains for some time. ’
M‘rs. Mary Joyner, the guest of
Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Allen, return
ed to Tennille, her home yesterday. :
The Americus Light Infantry ha;
been complimented by the state mili
tary department in the assignment
of one of its commanding officers,
Lieut. James Fort, to duty upon the
state rifle range near Atlanta, where
the representatives of the various
state commands will go for practice.
More building is going on in Am
cricus now than in any previous sum
mer in history, and many big struc
tures are yd to bo started.
Several delightful dances have 1
been arranged for this week, compli- '
mentary to the many attractive i
young girls now visiting in Ameri-i
■ cus.
Farmers near Americus are mar-1
keting just now wagon loads of th l . [
cld-time Indian peach.
A new residence, practically, will [
l>e made of« the former Harris home!
on Church street, which Mrs. S. E. ]
Warlick purchased recently.
i TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Aug- •
ust 2, 1901).
The headquarters of the Toilnot [
[ Club closed yesterday, all of the 411'
members having gone to a* country
: barbecue out east of the city.
Americus is thoroughly a wet town - |
; again. Three deluges in as irtany days [
I
Turner Electric Co.
Reduced Price* on House
Wiring and Fixtures
We are ready. Are you? Call
us for an estimate.
i Phone 124.
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for nuhli
cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited '
this paper, and also the local news herein. AH rightg-r ‘ n
publication of special dispatches herein -contained are freservet
have settled the dust and likewise re
duced the temperature.
Mrs. Charles L. Ansley and child
ren, accompanied by Miss Sarah
Wheeler and Miss Nell Turpin, left,
yesterday morning for Asheville, N.
C., to spend some time.
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Mims
have returned home from a delight
ful trip north, spending some time in
New York and Vermont.
After a visit of a week here, Mr.
T. M. Furlow returned this morning
to his home in Jackson, Ga.
Miss May Davis is spending some
time with friends in Ellaville.
MJss Virginia Hollis and Miss Kate
Hollis, after a visit of a week to their
sister, Mrs. J. L. Hand, at Pelham,
returned home last night.
Misses Ethel Baisden and Jessie
Davenport have gone to Fort Valley,
where they will spend some time as
the guests of jtfu A. J. Evans.
Vlr. ( harle:. A. Chambliss, clerk of
the-Sumter Superior court, with Mrs.
Chambliss, left yesterday for Myttle
Spring's to spend a f'<v days.
The establishment of the new rural
route from Americus to Roney arid
Friendship will have the effect of
closing the office at Draneville,
which was supplied by the same star
route carrier from the Americus of
fice.
-THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Aug
ust 2, 1891).
Mr. W. C. Wright, head clerk of
the wholesale hardware firm of J. W.
Sheffield & Co., left this morning
for a few days recreation at Forsyth.
Miss Belle Shaw, one of Columbus
most attractive and popular young
Happiness in Our Work
We take pride in giving you the
best
KODAK FINISHING
■ obtainable.
Kodaks and Supplies
Murray’s Pharmacy
The Rexall Store
AMERICUS, GA.
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.
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L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asst. Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier JOE M. BRYAN. Asit. Cashier.
(Incorporated
’he Planters Bank 0F Americus
The Bank With a Surplus
Resources Over $1,700,000 *
Why spend it all, °r ;
8 a leave it stored in 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.
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No Account Too Large; None Too Small
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1921.
i ladies, who has been on a visit to her
| sister, Mrs. J. W. Mathews, of this
■ city, for some time past, left for her
| home yesterday, going by the way of
' Lumpkin to make a short visit to rel
i atives.
j Mr. W. S. Travis, who for some
time past has held the responsible
position as cashier in Treasurer S. C.
Cooper’s office, resigned yesterday
to take a position with the Knoz
ville, Cumberland Gap S; Nashville
railroad, and his brother officers pre
sented him with an elegant silver ser
vice as a substantial testimonial of
their friendship.
The Alhambra hotel, having been
recently completed, the following
: well known individuals and firm:’
j will occupy the business section of
the building: S. A. & M. railroad of
fice and investment company, two
rooms on Lamar street next to hotel
entrance. The tower corner will be
occupied by Clegg & Coney as a prb*
1 j vate bank. C. R. Whitley will be ca h
'Her. Allen & Co., the next store, No.
J 2, Allen & Co., fancy dress goods.
I No. 3, jewelry store, No. 4, Allison
• & Aycock, book store; No. 5, W. D.
i Bailey, gents’ furnishing goods; No. 6
Singer Sewing Machine Co.; No. 7,
I Oliver Bros., stationery; No. 8, drug
| store, still pending; occupying the
eastern front, No. 1, G. B. Weaver,
! groceries; No. 2, Oliver Bros., sta
i tionery, this store runs through to
I the western front; No. 3 barber shop;
j No. 4,|barroom for hotel.
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