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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879.
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pv IHF TIMES RECORDER CO.. (Inc.) Arthur
I oca», Pre®.; Lovelace Eve, Sec y.; W. S. Kirk
patrick, Tieae.
W. S. KIRKPATRICK. Editor
LOVELACE EVE, BuaiaeM Meager
Evening daily; except Sunday; weekly (Thurada;)
Entered a« aernnd data mailer at the post office at
Amerit tie, Georgia, according to the Act of Congreaa.
Daily and Sunday by mail, $6 per vear in ad
vance* by carrier, 15c per week. 65c per month,
>7.80 per year. Weekly, >1.50 per year in advance.
Official organ for—City of Americus. Sumter
County, Railroad Commiaaion of Georgia lor Ihird
Congressional District, U. S. Court, Southern Dia
trict of Georgia.
National Advertising Representative*. FROST,
LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. New York;
Peoples’ Gas Bldg., Chicago.
E D I TOR I A L .
A MONG the several matters of
particular interest coming under
the observation of the South Georgia
newspaper publishers visiting Cor
dele this week for one of their quar
terly business conferences was the
public library there and the efficient
and novel manner in which it is serv
ing th? pi oi le of the rural d' -ti ’cts.
The Tifton Gazette tells of this ser
vice in the following way:
“Crisp county has a circulating
rural school library that is a
model of its kind. The Carnegie
Lihsary at Cordele has provided
canvas bags and every month these
are filled with books and sent out
by parcel post to the rural schools.
Each school has the use of the bag
of books for a month when they
are sent in and another bag sent
out. The books sent to one school
this month are sent to another
school next month, so that a few
hundred volumes serve the rural
school for the year. The schools
are highly pleased with the service
and many of them send in for the
books, saving the expense of par
cel post, although this is nomi
nal. The plan has been in oper
ation for several years, and grows
in popularity.”
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F f'HE Cordele library is doing a
splendid thing. It is making its
influence for good felt in a degree
impossible otherwise. It i.- foster
ing a taste for and knowledge of lit
erature among the youth of rural
Crisp county that will grow and
spread and do more to advance the
cause of education perhaps, than
any ether single agency. The read
ing of good literature, both modern
and classic, offers in itself a valuable
form of or adjunct to education. It
opens the eyes of the reader who ha
not traveled and seen other sections,
other peoples, other industries and
other customs and has not come in
oersonal contact with other view
points and other thoughts, to the
ways of the remainder of the world.
It broadens the vision, extends the
reader’s world beyond the confines
of his own visible horizon, and con
nects him up in thought with all
humanity.
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That is what the library of Cor
dele is going for the people of Crisp
county—particularly the young peo
ple. It is bringing the world to
Crisp county rural school house doors
and freeing the intellects of hun
dreds that otherwise would bo im
prisoned for life by the restrictions
of their own limited sphere of actual
existence.
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QUMTER county might take a tip
from Crisp county in this library
service. It is something that is in
expensive and more than worth
while. The trouble here is that the
library has been literally starved to
death. It has the framework or the
body, but the breath of life has been
allowed almost to expire. However,
the present year is coming to a close.
Plans will be laid soon by city and
county for expennitures for 1922.
The city council made un its budget
last year with almost no provision
for the library, despite the obligation
of a solemn contract ;yid it could not
later appropriate money to the li
brary not provided in the bulget.
The city administration should bear
in mind at the beginning of next year
.he needs of the public library—and
the friends of the library should also
make it a point to see that the library
is not forgotten. It is as important,
in its way, as our public schools, and
should occupy a position of equal in
terest with the public and officials.
Let’s give the library enough
money on which to live and grow,
and perform-a new and greater ser
vice here. Sumter county needs it.
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The modern Sunday suit is suit
yourself.
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The German - mark is almost a
period.
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Harding’s golf scores would be fine
in a football game.
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“No Corsets This Winter”—head
line. Now they can breathe easier.
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The world turns on its taxes.
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Men who write books about them
selves are full of their subjects.
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Another Christmas savings plan i
have a fight with your girl.
[OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder O<t. 15,
1911.)
MR. and Mrs. Frank P. Harrold will
go to Monroe Tuesday to attend
the wedding on Wednesday of their
sister. Miss Annette Walker to Mr.
Paul E. Vose, of Atlanta. The oc
casion will be one of the most elab
orate nr d beautiful of the nu w.
season. Miss Walker has frequently
visited Americus as the guest of Mrs.
Harrold. Additional interest attach
es to the engagement of another sis
ter,- Miss Irene Walker, to Mr. Kamp
ton Field, of Cartersville, which will
occur in the early fall.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Georgia state fair on Oc
tober IS. the Central of Georgia rail
way in connection with the Georgia
Northern railway will operate a spe
cial train from Moultrie. Albany and
Americus to Macon.
Rev. John W. Jordan, for many•
years a resident of Americus, died
Friday in Atlanta, where the family
has resided since removing from this
city two decades ago.
Americus merchants inscribed yes
terday upon their calendar as one of
the busiest days of the fall season,
and one of the best from the dollar
getting standpoint. The cool crisp
weather suggested buying in many
lines and the people came with money (
to make purchases. .
Americus was represented at the
battle yesterday of the Giants and
Athletics by three fans who went to
New York just to see the game.
A jolly band of Boy Scouts left
yesterday morning on an early train
for Macon to enjoy the fair for a
short time, having returned this
morning at 5:20 o’clock after a great
trip.
The fifty-third annual session of
the Friendship Baptist association
will meet at Leslie Tuesday.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Record*.r Oct. 15.
1901.)
The city council did not meet in
regular session last night, as there
was no important business to be
transacted, with one or two of the
members of that body out of the city.
The condition of Mr. E. L. Mur
ray. who has been so seriously ill
with tvphoid fever, is somewhat im
proved. yet he is far from the dan-',
ger point.
Mr. U. B. Harrold returned home;
last night from Savannah, where he
attended ye-terday the annual meet
ing of ‘he Central's board of diree-l
tors. Considerable business was dis
posed of including the annual elec-
WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
JOHN AMES RET JUNS HOME
John Ames
1 walked down the stairs with us.
“Cant he talk?” Mrs. Ames was
asking the physician in an undertone.
He can, but he doesn’t,” was the
reply.
On more Lila ar-1 i climbed int i
the back seat of the ear. v l.ile • •••■i
gu'ded Ami-- to the front seat with
him.
We had gone several miles when
Lila broke the silence.
“I wonder if he used to feel as
shut out as I do now?” she said. It
wasn’t so much a question as simply
a statement of her thought.
As we rode on, Tom made several
attempts to talk to Mr. Ames, but
without result. Mr. Ames simply
nodded if he answered at all, and
then turned again to watching the
landscape.
“I think if he goes on this way
I shall go crazy—yet I must keep
possession of niy senses if I am to
ever bring him back and know that
the past is forgiven,” Lila spoke
again, wistfully.
“Did he tell Tom why he didn’t
let anyone know of his illness?” I
questioned.
“Fie said he didn’t think anyone
cared.”
I thought of the evening before
the party, when I heard John Ames
talking to himself and then of iiis
mumbling while he sat beside me at
the table. I remembered I had won
dered if he were quite well, and I
blamed myself for not having paid
more attention.
I could have spared him the lonli
ness of going away without a
thought or word from his family. It
was like him to do that, even when
he was not laboring .under a condi
tion which made him not wholly re
sponsible .It was just as he had done
all along, effaced himself.
As 1 thought the thing over it
seemed that had been John Ames’
big mistake. Though he had become
a gigantic' figure in the financial
BIG BEN
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G. M.
ELDRIDGE
JEWELER
"The Public Be Pleased”
EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
tion of oficers. President John M.
Eagan was re-elected to that position,
and the entire board was re-elected
as well.
The Americus chapter. Daughters
of the Confederacy, is raising a fund
fur the rebuilding of the Georgia Sol
diers Home in Atlanta. A soliciting
■ommittee of ladies were out yester
day. canvassing tor subscriptions,
and raised a nice amount in cash,
which will be added to the $27 al
ready forwarded to the building com
mitten by the Times-Recorder.
Eight certs for cotton was the
price paid for cotton by Americus
, buyers yesterday for the better grade.
Next Monday is circus day, and
20,000 people will be here to see the
great Wallace shows.
Mr. C. H. Beazley, a well known
attorney of Leesburg, was circulat
ing among friends here yesterday.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder Oct. I’-.
1891.)
Judge Allen Fort leaves for At
lanta today to be sworn in as railroad
commissioner. to which office he was
reecntlv appointed by the legislature,
ile will probably be gone for sev
eral weeks, and in the meantime
will become familiar with the work
■u •< of the executive body of which
. he is now a member.
Mr. Henry Stanfield, chief of rec
<rds of the local Order of Red Men.
l:i c - received from the Red Men’s
committee on invitation a request to
be present at the order’s celebration
at the Piedmont Exposition in At
lanta.
Dr. Tor- Wilson. Mr. Howard Cur
tis and Mr. George Clark returned tc
day from Columbus where they made
many friends during their stay in
that city.
Mr. T. G. Anderson has established
on the Artesian square a cane mill
at which the public can always be
served with the pure vegetable cane
juice, by the glass, quart or in larg
er quantities. Mr. Anderson has his
animal motive power in constant em
ployment.
"The Bottom of the Sea” was pre
sented at the opera house last nigh’
to a good audience, and gave entire
satisfaction. Inimitable dancing spe
cialties added to the attraction, and
applause was hearty and repeated.
A Times-Recorder reporter visited
, the new gas plant now in construc
; tion. and was surprised at the mag
' nitude of the work. About 600,-
000 ordinary brick have been used
i in the construction of the main part
with an additional 25,000 fire brie)
used in the retorts.
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING
world, through the assertion of his
will, in his own home he had been
too gently retiring, too willing tc
slip out of the picture if he thought
it would mean even a little passing
amusement for Lila.
I watched to see seme sign of
recognition as we turned into the
drive of the Ames mansion. I won
dered if the little vine-covered sum
mer house, with its well inside,
wouldn’t awaken something; if the
scent of the roses dotting with pink
the green foliage which banked the
side of the house,- wouldn’t recall
some mid-summer memory. But at
all of it he visioned without any sign
of interest.
It was as if he was dead, yet living.
I began to fear for the future. 1
was afraid.
Mechanically he followed Tom up
the steps, across the veranda of his
own home, and then wa., led into tht
sitting room, where, hat in hand, he
sank down into one of the big chairs.
The ride had evidently tired him.
When Tom took his hat the elder
man made no effort to keep it. He
seemed to have lost all of his will.
“Would you like to lie down?’
Tom’s voince was gentle.
Ames nodded.
"IT! take him to his room.” Lila
had thrown her coat and hat on a
chair. She put her arms around her
husband’s shoulders and her cheek
against his.
He looked up with a new light in
eyes.
Burpee’s Spencer Sweet Pea Seed
Fresh stock. Murray’s Pharmacy.
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’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
KOJI ADVEMTUR&S IE, i '
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Barton J
A LOT OF THINGS
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There were Professor Peereabout's eyeglasses with the big rims.
VVERYT IIN’G we.it ■ wthly for
r ‘awrvU in the Land of . « Wir
g.efms Cap’n 1\ nywinkie and Cur
ly. his sea-horse minded the traffic
where it w.is thekest, and took care
that the big from the North
did not bum; :/.<> the little fishes
from the South, and that the big
fishes from the S did not get in
the way of the little fishes from the
North, also that big fishes from the
East did not—but goodness me! You
know the rest of it. But perhaps you
don’t know, my dears, that the rea
son for such care was that when a
big fish bumps into a little fish or
a little fish bumps into a big one. us
ually one of them disappears, skin,
tins, tail, ’n’ all, and it isn’t the big
one.
Nick and Nancy did lots of er
rands. Indeed, they were busier than
you'd ever think. For one thing there
were so many things to be returned
7. Jared t l)C ougey
THE UNDERGROUND RIVER
By Dr. William E. Barton j
1 JOURNEYED in the Land of the
Big Red Apple, where they raise |
fruit as delicious as that with which;
Eve tempted Adam. For Eve knew
her business, and the apple is Some i
Fruit. And I saw the trees laden ;
with fgruit, and the ground beneath i
them growing green with Alfalfa.
And I asked. Whence cometh the
water, with which these .trees are j
nourished? For the cloud drop not:
their rain, neither is there melting
snow upon thedistant hills.
And they showed me a deep well
that went down an hundred cubits. I
And at the bottom I saw an Engine j
that worked with Electric Power, and [
rested not day nor night.
And the engine lifted the water in
a Mighty Stream so strong that
when it reached the surface they
had to hurl it against a wall, and
divide it into smaller streams lest it
tear up the very ground. And the
water flowed unto Many Orchards,!
and watered the trees.
Your Banking Business Invited
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest On Time Deposits
BANK OF COMMERCE
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: f
Frank Sheffield Charles R. Crisp
John Sheffield Lee Hudson f r
* Organized Octobebr 13, 1891. (
L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, 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
- CERTIFICATES
OF DEPOSIT
In these days safety of
rWWPfttt ST your P rinci P al demands first
dimyiSit consideration. After that
comefs y° ur rate of interest,
j j -.»? and third the negotiability of
II y° ur investment.
• gfeMHIIKOLBsIi/y ffiJl Our Certificates of Deposit
are alwa ys worth 100 cents
□E&rnrßi on a dollar; they pay 4 per
j ¥j>i| ce nt and are always negotia-
ble.
We welcome new accounts.
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ATTENTION
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS!
Here is where you find first-class general repairing by
mechanics who know how.
Auto electrical carburetor repairs, all kinds a specialty.
We are expects on reconstruction of wrecked autos.
Bring yours to us.
IVEY MACHINE & ELECTRICAL CO.
118 So. Jackson St. Phone 794
and Cap'n. Pennvwinkle hadnt a
' single minute to spare from his du
ties to do it. Did you think that the
F.nrj Queen w;:s the only person who
i lest anything? No, indeed—think of
the boats! Folks were so careless
about things, dropping all sorts of
i belongings overboard. There were
Professor Peerabout’s eyeglasses with
the big rims, and Aunt Fanny Finger
. fly's knitting needles, one of the pair
■ that her second Cousin, Josephine
i Flat had sent her front the city, with
1 ; the green knobs—l mean the knitting
. i needles had green knobA not the
, 1 city, although I've seen pictures of
•; cities with green knobs on the build
.: ings. and I’ve seen cities in fairy
- books, with green knobs—there, I
i' mean the cities this time, the books
didn t have any knobs .But what am
. I talking about? Oh, yes. I started to
l tell you what the Twins found.
“ (To Be Continued).
1. (Copy-right, 1921).
And the trees brought forth fruit
in their season. And these are no
years when the crop faileth for lack
of water. For there is a Mighty
River that floweth under the ground,
and its flow is perpetual. And every
thing doth grow, whithersoever the
river cometh.
And when I saw these things, I
said, Behold there be many men
whose lives are sterile and barren
of good works, who might Grow- and
Blossom and Bear Fruit.
For there floweth under the feet
of every man of power; and
there are in the life of men Hidden
Reservoirs whereof they might drink,
and water the ground abundantly.
For there is no need that any life
should, be barren, or that any man
should fail to lift up toward heaven
the evidences of a life that is use
ful and good and shineth upon the
evi and bad. The sun i. in the sky
and there are springs of water in
the earth, and no man’s life should
-be unfruitful.
To guard against errors or being imposed upon The
Times-Recorder cannot acc cpt for publication articles
or items not signed by the sender. It is not neces
sary that the name be for publication, but it must be
attached as an evidence of good faith.
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OBSERVATIONS
If the early bird stayed in bed he
wouldn’t get hungry.
A burglar has been sentenced for
robbing a baby’s bank. Read this
to father.
'this climate doesn’t agree with the
weather man.
Motoring is said to be healthful;
but not to pedestrians.
Counterfeiters are not the only
ones making illegal money.
The proper way to read a menu is
Notice To Farmers
We will close our Gins'for the season »
alter October 29th.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921.'’
. lock at the price and see what
' you can get for it.
> Russia has abolished fairy stories;
but not the greatest one, “Bolshe
vism.”
Monkey glands might help bust-
i ness.
i i Girls once had almost nothing to
wear; now they have to wear almost
J nothing.
| People are all right in their way
| if they don’t get in yours.
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A bushel of corn isn’t worth as
much as a pint.
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The mouth of the Amazotais over
1 100 miles wide. The Amazon. l wcie
; a race of women.