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THE TIMES-RECORDER
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
While ye have the light, believe in
the light, that ye may be the chi),
dren of the light.—John 12'36.
Light that a man rcceiveth b?
counsel from another is drier and
purer than that which cometh from
his own understanding and judgment,
which is cvjer iu his affections and
customs.—FrantTn Bacon.
EDITORIAL
BUY A CONFEDERATE FLAG.
’T’llE Americus chapter of the U. D
* C. is inaugurating tomorrow
what it is hoped will become an an
nual custopi. It will sell miniature
Confederate Flags on Memorial day
as a means of raising funds to assist
the U. D. C. scholarship fund through
which the descendants of the Con
federate veterans are being assisted
in gaining an education in the South.
The buying and wearing of the
Stars and Bars on Memorial day each
year will be a pretty custom, with
its practical as well as its sentimen
tal significance. As Mrs. J. W. Har
ris, Jr., remarked, “we have worn
the Confederate Flag in our hearts
for so long, and we are now going
to wear it over our hearts as well
for a day in the year at least.”
This is a wonderful work the U. I)
C. is doing, and one of which the
public knows little. In Georgia
alone it has a scholarship fund of
§30,000 which is lent to young peo
ple to assist them through college. It
is a revolving fund, being constantly
paid by back by the young people as
they finish college and as they go
out into the world and become earn
ers. Through this plan the veterans
of the ’6os, as has been said, “though
dead, yet shall they live,” for to their
descendants in a practical way is the
tribute of love paid— a tribute
which lies in every Southern heart
and which will remain as long as the
nation stands.
So have your dime ready tomor
row when the lady hands you a little
Confederate Flag. It is a great
cause. And probably there would be
little objection if you should hand
her a quarter or any other larger
amount than a dime. Buj. the price
is only a dime, and that is all that
is asked. It is so little. And means
so much.
KEEPS YOU ALIVE.
IVHEAT, of the variety that was
cultivated* 15,000 years ago, is
exhibited under glass cases at the
Field Museum, Chicago.
It is the most important food ever
discovered by man—so important
that-wheat bread is known in many
languages as the staff of life.
Wherever man has carried his civ
ilization on a large scale he has had
to carry cultivation of wheat with
him.
In 1520, the Spaniards brought
overseas the seed that started the
giant American wheat-growing indus
try.
City folks give little thought to
wheat, yet all eat it. Your body,
through which your spirit manifests
itself in this three-dimensional world,
is largely a transformation of wheat.
To millions of farmers the wheat
seed is the key to livelihood. This
year they will raise about seven bush
els for every person in the United
States.
Economists tell you that wheat is
the chief regulator of our whole sys
tem of economics—from prices to
health.
The crasn in wheat prices since the
collapse of the war boom has illus
trated how fickle and unstable is our
economic system. It has been so,
all through history.
In May, 1867, wheat hit a high
mark of 52.1 l a bushel in the cash
market at Chicago.
In May, 1870, the highest reached
was 92 cents a bushel.
, From this crash farmers learn that
current price problems are nothing
new, but merely a repetition of the
endless series of up-and-down cycles.
You could devote a whole lifetime
to the study of wheat, and still have
only a faint conception of its im
portance in the world’s prosperity,
health, hapnfness and progress.
It is one of the things that are
taken for granted, without the curi
osity that prompts study, by a jaded
civilization that trance-like is inter
ested only in the startlingly new.
1 It excites less interest today than
‘ among the primitive pepple who
ESIJ ADVENTURE’SL, 1
Ezh| OP TH& TWINS rSg
RoLnrir Bartart
PLAYGROUND VALLEY
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There were cars to swing on (Nick liked them)’ and sand piles to dig
in (Nancy liked that).
'T’llE fifth one of the Seven Valleys
1 was called Playground Valley.
When Nancy and Nick and the
dove came to the top of the steep
hill that led down into it, the' dove
said, “I know how it is going to be
here. You’ll want to try every swing
and sliding board in the place, so
there’s no use of my staying I’ll
fly ahead and wait for you patiently
on the other side.”
“But we don’t have to stop, even
if we’d like to,” said Nancy. “We
can shut our eyes and go straight
ahead.”
“No," said the dove sadly. “You
think you will but you won’t. These
things are all magic and will attract
you agaifist your will. It’s like the
Five-and-ten-cent-store Mountain and
the Valley of Puppy-Dogs. Goodby
now. All the advice I can give you
is to watch that you don’t lose your
Green Shoes and that you will try
to come as soon as you can.”
Away he flew, but the magic had
already begun to work and Nick was
so interested in the things he saw
around him, he scarcely heard what
his little white guide said.
If I were to tell you all the things
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
.(From the Times-Recorder April
25, 1912.)
'T’HE laities of the Council Safety
* chapter, D.“A. R., feel aggriev
ed at the failure of the city to carry
out its part of the implied agreement
between them and the municipality
regardihg the maintenance' and im
provement of Rees ' Park. The city
promised to curb the park and pro
vide water for the grass and plants.
The ladies have invested over SIOO
in beautifying the park, but the city
has failed in its contract.
Miss Ruth Muir, a charming visitor j
here for two weeks, the admired
guest of Miss Ira Roach, returned to
Eufaula today.
Mrs. James A. Davenport, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Lanier attended the Gil
bert - Waters wedding in Albany last
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Mayo announce 1
the birth of a daughter at their home
on Lee street. I
Beginning Saturday, wagons will I
haul off garbage twice monthly.
Mrs. Thad Wise arid baby daugh
ter, of Plains, are guests of relatives !
in Columbus this week.
Rex Morris leaves today for Macon
where he will be associated with the
Small Drug Co.
Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen has retired
from public life and has moved into
a lovely suburban home next the
country club.
evolved it slowly from the grasses
they cultivated.
Yet the grain of wheat is the prin
cipal opening through which, into our
three-dimensional world, flows the
mysterious current of life.
Burns
Cover with wet baking coda
afterward aoply gently —
VICKS
VAPO R u e
Ovc: 17 Million Jars Used Yearly
PRESS
Times-Recorder
Phone 99 For
Estimates
PRINTING
Good
Fresh and Cured Meats
Our Refrigerator and Market
Open to Inspection at All Times.
Barbecue Season Here
Barbecue Continuously Every
briday and Saturday, Beginning
Today.
WEST END MARKET
Telephone 71
; that the Twins did in Playground
. Valley it would fill so much space
■ that there wouldn’t be room for an
> other thing on this page. But I can
• I tell you part of it.
■ To begin with, there were swings
: ! —rope swings with board sets, boat
i ; swings on chains, nice bench swings
I \ with roofs over the top, slat swings,
’ big swings, little swings, high
swings, low swings, swings that
i i squeaked and swings that were quiet,
■ ! double swings, single swings, red
: I swings, blue swings, and all sorts of
• swings.
i ; Then there were sliding boards.
; I Some were steep some were flat,
t I some were high, some were low, and
• ' each one a barrel of fun.
1 j And there were bars to swing on
• J (Nick liked them), and sandpiles to
i j dig in (Nancy liked that), and see-
■ ■ saws, the best ever. There were
■ j kites to fly and tops to spin, skates
I to skate on and wheels to ride.
I | “Oh, my!” said Nancy suddenly.
: “We’ve been an awful long time.
We’d better hurry on, Nick. 1 hear
the dove calling.”
(To be continued.)
(Copyright, 1022.)
, TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY,
j (From the Times-Recorder April
25, 1902.)
The first ‘’auto’’ to course through
the streets of Americus will be con
structed right here, and will be as
good as the best. Four young men
employed in the Seaboard shops con
ceived the idea of building such a
machine rather than pay SSOO for
j one, and so well are they progressing
j that the “auto” will soon make its
| appearance upon the streets. It will
i be a great feat for them to accomp- ‘
I lish.
‘ Merrell Callaway, Harvey Weaver I
* and Roy McKenzie we/, to Dawson ' i
i yesterday to attend the McKenzie-iI
! Wooten wedding last night. !
j Mrs. I. H. Kalmon left yesterday ■
i for Lumpkin upon a visit of several
: weeks) to relatives there. !
Mrs. J. tV. Wooten arrived yester
. day from Chauncey upon a visit to
I her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Tur
' pin. i
; The pageant planned for memorial I
I day will be under the command of
Prof. J. E. Mathis, who has been se
lected as marshal of the day.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
I Monday morning, no paper pub
; lished.
I
SULPHUR IS BEST
TO GLEB UP UGLY,
'BROKEH OUT SKIK
Any breaking out or skin irritation
j on face, neck or body is overcome
quickest by applying Mentho-Sul
phur, says a noted skin specialist.
: Because of its germ destroying prop
j erties, nothing has ever been found
I to take the place of this sulphur
i preparation that instantly brings ease
from the itching, burning and irrita
”’on.
9 Mentho-Sulphur heals eczema
' right up, leaving the skin clear and
smooth. It never fails to relieve the
torment or disfigurement. A little
jar of Mentho-Sulphur may be ob
tained at any drug store. It is used
like cold cream.
New Goods
Combs
Beads
9 Purses
Ear Drops
THOS L. BELL' I
Jeweler and Optician
> THE AMERICUS TiMES-RECORDEIt'>
OBSERVATIONS |
BY TOM SIMS
When the summer breezes are felt
the hats are not.
Lloyd George says he is a tired
man on a mountain top; but he may
just be up a tree.
Next time business goes away it
should get a round trip ticket.
The woman who wants to run ]
everything usually balks at the !
lawnmower.
It seems strange, but the team
that ranks the lowest is the rankest.
With one day in Yucatan consid
ered a legal residence it may become
our grounds for divorce.
The man with a political bee in
, his bonnet often gets stung.
Conan Doyle says all women in the
next world are 25. He has a pretty
good idea of heaven after all.
A diamond in the rough never
shines until it gets polished.
The small boy thinks the worst
thing about 'sister’s bobbed hair is
she has to wash her neck.
Cutting off our coal supply was no
miner operation.
When you look at the first cage
of a big town.paper you can’t tel! if
it is the box score or the daily list
of killed and injured. ,
This “Own your own home” move- ’
merit is to save other movements.
The senate only made 2J167 amend- i
ments to the Fordney tariff, but per- |
haps the senators were in a hurry.
It is time for the propheteers to I
predict a small peach crop.
People who ought to be out pad
dling their own canoes are sitting
around wishing they were motor
boats.
Another strange thing is our dry |
land extends three miles out into the i
ocean.
1 here isn’t any silver lining to a i
bubble.
“Cold in tne Head”
attack of Nasal Catarrh.
i Tf \?. HC subject to frequent “colds in the i
head will lind that the use of HAIJ.’R 1
CATARRH MEDICINE Will build up the'
System, cleanse the Wood and render I
them less liable to colds. Repeated at- I
Chronic® Catarrh. may lead t 0 !
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE is i
Blood nn H, rhi M y < aCtB thr °Ußh the 1
Blood on the Mucous Surfaz-es of th» Sya
,2^k3 hus r « duc ! n ff the inflammation and
restoring normal conditions
AH Druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cneney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
I Good B
PRINTING
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Estimates
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PRESS g
FIRE, LIFE, CASUALTY
INSURANCE
HERBERT HAWKINS
Phon* 186 14-16 Planters Bank Buildins
• ■
When your Car needs the
attention of a mechanic
Remember 7Q/1
Phone • JzT 1
IVEY MACHINERY AND ELECTRIC CO.
120 Jackson St. Phone 794
. . . - -
SWEET POTATO
PLANTS
From Certified Porto Rico Stock. Will
start shipping next week; good strong
plants. Set small acreage now and cut
vines for main crop.
Get your order in, as will fill in rotation
received.
Planters Seed Co.
Phone 502
BARGAINS
USED CARS
T 1 Ford
2 Buicks
2 Dodge
These cars are ready for
use. You won’t have to
start to spending money
for repairs on them, as we
have put them in first class
shape.
' TURPIN &
SHEFFIELD
Just Below Buick Place
AMERICUS
UNDERTAKING CO.
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
* NAT LEMASTER, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 231
Night Phones 661 and 889
ALLISON
UNDERTAKING CO.
Established 1908,
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Prompt Service
Up-to-date Equipment
Noel E. Smith, Director
Day Phones: 286 and 253
Night, 721 and 106
Turner Electric Co.
Reduced Prices On
House Wiring and Fixtures
Phone 124
We are ready. Are you? Call
us for an estimate
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Asrt, Cashes
C. M. COUNCIL, Vice President and Cashier
(Incorporated.) / '
The Planters Bank of Americus
The Bank With a Surplus. „
Resources Oyer $1,700,000 <. $
oTrue success comes only
through industry and thrift.
Don’t wait for something to
come your way. Go after it.
A savings account is one of
the first steps towards suc
cess. Our large resources,
and more than thirty years
successful banking experi
ence enable us to render you
every service.
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
Your Banking Business Invited
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest On Time Deposits
BANK OF COMMERCE >
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, " .
Frank Sheffield, Charles R. Crisp, '!
John Sheffield ’• Lee Hudson
> \. Organized October 18, 1891, a
»■■■> i » ■ ■ ■ i ■
JOHN L. WOOTEN
Fire, Life, Accident * 1 /
INSURANCE
Representing some of the best Old Line Fire Insurance
Companies.
1 make a specialty of Farm Property Insurance, giving to
the farmer a broad coverage at the very lowest rate.
Premiums paid once a year.
Agent For the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Office With W. G. Turpin & Co. Phone 173
SEE ME BEFORE YOU INSURE
TAX NOTICE
My books will remain open until May Ist. All cot
ton of 1919 and 1920 crops and money, notes and ac- «
counts you had Jan.. Ist, 1922, are subject to taxes. The
law requires all ladies to give ih and pay poll taxes for
the year 1922, from 21 to 60 years old. Very respecafully
GEO. D. JONES, Tax Receiver, S. C.
WILL HAVE ANOTHER LOAD OR
Young Mules
Tomorrow. Also three nice Saddle and
Harness Horses. Some good second-hand
Mules on hand. H
We have good stock Wagons, Buggies,
Harness, Plow Lines, Collars, Back*
Bands, Hames and Traces. The best Plow
Bridles for a dollar on the market.
Full line Auto Accessories. Big stock
Tires and Tubes at the right prices. All
fresh stock.
G. A. & W. G. Turpin
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HviONEY 6P!o
MONEY LOANED on arm at 6 l-2 per cent, inter.
e»t and borrower* have privilege of
paying part or all, of principal at any interest period, (topping ia
terett on amounts paid. We always have best rates and easiest
terms and quickest service. Save money by seeing or writing us,
We are in charge of home office of the Empire Loan & Trust Co,
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB,
Empire Bldg Americus, Ga.
(Formerly Commercial City Bank Bhildin.)
FARM LOANS
Made with dispatch. No long waits. Interest 6 1-2 per
cent. Commissions reasonable, txclusive correspondent
Atlanta Trust Co.
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
33 Planters Bank. Americus, Ga. Phone 89
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1922.