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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
And Iwill walk at liberty: for I
seek Thy precepts. —Psalm 119-45.
Liberty, with all its drawbacks, is
everywhere vastly more attractive to
a noble soul than good social order
without it. Mechanism makes of man
only a product; liberty him the citi
zen of a better world.—Schiller.
EDITORIAL
«
WHY NOT ONE NATIONAL DAY?
’T'ODAY is Confederate Memorial
* day in Georgia and nearly ajl of
the Southern states. It is not the
Memorial day of all, however, for two
er three of our Southern states ob
serve still other dates. And in the
North May 30 is observed as Memo
rial day.
All of these occasions have the
same purpose—to show love, admira
tion and veneration for those who
ifought on both sides in the sixties.
Since that war we have had two oth
er wars and from them have come
their veterans, so that as time goes
on and the heroes of the gray and
the blue disappear we will have only
those of the Spanish-American and
the World War with us. They will
be sharing Memorial day each year.
And already there is confusion as
a result of the last crop of veterans,
for the American Legion officially
observes May 30, and there being no
North and no South in the American
Legion, there is a conflict in recent
times that has been embarrassing to
say the least.
So why wouldn’t it be a great and
splendjd thing to merge them all into
one national Memorial day? South
ern people may be inclined to look
with favor on the idea on condition
that their own April 26 be the one
selected for all. But they should
bear in mind that in the North only
the first roses of the spring are ap
pearing by May 30, and that there
fore moving the Northern day up to
April 26 would be out of the ques
tion. But the South is as rich in
blossoms on May 30 as at any other
time of the year—as rich in blossoms
as it is in traditions and veneration
of those it honors on Memorial day.
So it could make the change in date,
with the greatest ease and the least
sacrifice.
There are many good reasons for
making the change, it appears to the
writer, reared far from Georgia. But
would it be too great a sacrifice in
sentiment, in tradition? Perhaps oth
ers could tell us.
SUNDAY GOLF.
QR FARRINGTON an able and I
eloquent minister, who is con
ducting a series of earnest revival
meetings at the Central Baptist
church, saw fit Monday night to at
tack the playing of golf on Sunday—
presumably with particular reference
I > a practice indulged in by a limited
number of persons in Americus along
with large numbers elsewhere. In
asmuch as there is no inclination of
the members of the Americus Golf
ciu'b to violate the laws of God or
man, and inasmuch as Sunday golf
is indulged in not as a club but by
individual members as suits their con
sciences and their desires, and inas
much as many members do not play
Sunday golf, a few remarks may not
be out of order, particularly since
opinions or right and wrong widely
differ —as much in purely secular
matters as among churches in mat
ters of religion.
Dr. Farrington believes it wrong
personally to play golf on Sunday and
for him to do so holding such an opin
ion would be sin. On the other hand,
there are many other devout people
who honestly find no harm, uo evil
influence, in the wholesome recrea
tion which he emphatically endorses,
and for these to spend an hour or
two on the links on Sunday after
noons for exercise at the most is not
VERY sinful, to say the most, in our
humble estimation. To indulge in
matches or tournaments would be to
place a much different aspect on the
subject and make a sporting event of
it instead of simple recreation, but
that is not under consideration for
there is none of it here and probably
never will be.
Who is willing in these days to ad
mit that a quiet Sunday walk in the
woods for recreation is wrong, is sin
ful? And still how many look upon
a pleasant automobile ride with
friends into the country for recrea
tion and enjoyment on a Sunday aft
ernoon as wrong? Does Dr. Farring-
ADVEHTUR&S
or=- TH& TWINS rSj
ML Gtiv Rob—-far Barto»>
VALLEY OF THE MOVIES.
ULW jL^ — f-O®
Step' /
The very first billboard said, ‘Step inside and see Charlie Chaplin.’
'T’HE sixth of the Seven Valley that
■“ the Twins had to go through on
their way to the Land of Kursknotts
was called the Valley of the Movies.
But Nancy and Nick did not know
this as they looked down into its
depths from the top of a hill.
‘Oh. ho!” said Nick to the dove,
who was guiding them. “We don’t
need to stop here, do we? All I see
is a building and Nancy and I can
go right past it.”
The dove shook his head sadly.
“Don’t think that you can fool
Twelve Toes, the Sorcerer,” said he.
“Twelve Toes knows all about you,
just where you are and what you
are doing and if he cannot stop you
altogether, he is going to delay you
all he can. He has a magic ma
chine which can throw pictures over
the Seven Mountains and all the
valley to this place, and he intends
you to see them. The building is a
movie theater.” »
“But we’ll shut our eyes and not
look,’/ protested Nancy.
“But I tell you they are magic
pictures and that you cannot help
yourself,” cooed the dove mourn
fully. “I’ll fly as I did before and
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder April
26, 1912.)
J. T. Killen and Allen
Chappel, Jr., former re-iden'ts
of Americus, came from Macon yes
terday to attend the ball game.
B. O. Driver, of Roanoke, Ala.,
is in the city having come with the
Auburn boys. He is a strong rooter
and a student at Auburn.
Mercer won a tenth inning nip and
tuck game yesterday. The largest
crowd of the season was out. A dou
ble-header will be played today by the
Mercer-Auburn boys.
Mr. Edwin Bell is having the en
tire second floor of the Bell building
renovated, and a number of desira
ble offices will soon be ready for
use.
Mr. John Hardy has as his guests
his cousins, Miss Jean Burke, of
Montgomery, and Miss Drivers, of
Auburn, Ala., attending the Auburn-
Mercer series.
Mrs. W. C. Gray is ill at the city
hospital to the sincere regret of her
many friends.
Mrs. R. L. Bivins will compliment
her class in Furlow Lawn Sunday
school with a picnic at Well’s mill
today. The young people will go
out in wagons and a day of enjoy
ment in the woods is anticipated.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder April
26, 1902.)
Dr. Evan T. Mathis, who has been
at Lake Butler for some time return
ed home.
Miss Ethel Shipp, the guest of Miss
Ware in Albany this has return
ed home.
ton? If he does, he will find few
followers in this opinion. And we
believe a few rounds of golf, indulg
ed in for no other purpose than
wholesome recreation, belong in the
same class. There exists none of the
parallel with Sunday baseball and
Sunday movies that he attempts to
draw, for there are none of the com
mercial elements i 0 it; it is the indi
vidual act, the conduct of the indi
vidual for his own physical benefit
and pleasure, just as in walking or
riding.
We believe the esteemed doctor
just a bit too intolerant. For, after
all sin, as we understand it, consists
chiefly in doing wilfully the things
that we believe or know to be wrong.
Honesty with ourselves comes with
honesty to our Maker. And the sin
that really corrodes this world does
not lie in a bit of wholesome open
aii i ecreation on a Sunday afternoon
that someone with a different view
point of life might consider wrong
foi himself. The real dangers, the
real evils, will be found elsewhere.
Sabbath observance does not consti
tute sitting on a straight-backed hard
board seat all day fasting, although
that may once have .been the pre
valent idea, any more than walking
and exercising in God’s free air in
, an enjoyable way constitutes sin for
' al'- At least a great many people
1 wdl refuse to believe that it does.
By all means let us have Sabbath
observance, but let it be sane observ
ance-observance of each one by
jhimself from the heart.
~'- * »
I wait for you on a tree-top at the
' other side of the valley.”
| Away he flew and the Twins
j started down the path.
I And what do you think! The very
j first billboard said, “Step inside and
' see Charlie Chaplin.”
It seemed as though they couldn’t
■ get by, whether or no. The Green
Shoes were certainly bewitched, and
in they walked as though journeys
and Fairy Queens and important
messages counted for nothing at all.
It was a funny show and they stayed
to the end.
When it was over they stayed
still longer ta see another called
[“Laugh at Harold Lloyd.” And
' there was another and another and
■and an other after that. Nancy and
: Nick stayed on and on completely
forgetful of time.
“Ho, ho, ho! Hee, hee, hee!”
giggled Twelve Toes in his cave, as
he fixed another film in his machine.
But he made a mistake. One pic
ture showed a dove and instantly
the Twins were reminded of their
errand. They left at once.
(To be continued.)
(Copyright, 1922.)
Mrs. J. W. Sheffield, of Ameri
cus, and grand daughter, Miss Sarah
Collier are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Bell in Albany.
A bachelor says he had rather have
a folding bed in his house than a
woman, because it has such a frank
open way of shutting up occasionally.
Eugene Haynes spent yesterday
with friends in Americus, his for
mer home en route to Atlanta from a
trip to Dawson.
Merrill Callaway, one of Macon’s
most prominent young business men ;
j was here yesterday.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder, April 11
■ 26, 1892.) 1
i It was impossible for Harry S. Ed- I
I wards, of Macon, to deliver the Me- I
j morial day address. Col. John R. L. I
I Smith, talented lawyer of the city I
‘ will be orator of the day. I
J. Henry Freeman has sold his two 1
i new residences on Brown street to I
! M. B. Campbell, cashier of the Bank
iof Americus. These buildings are
two of the handsomest and most con
venient little houses in the city.
Master Tom Brandon Hubbard, of
.Montgomery, is visiting his grand
i parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brannon,
’ on Taylor street.
A lady from the country brought
in a basket of eggs Saturday and
in selling them stated that when she
counted them by twos, threes, four
fives and sixes, there was always an
egg left, but when she counted them
by sevens, there was no remainder.
How many eggs did she have?
A horse was killed by bees at Les
lie yesterday.
The police commission ordered at
a meeting last night that another
horse be purchased for the police
force.
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’ THE AMERICUS TIMES’.RECORDER* ?
OBSERVATIONS
BY TOM SIMS
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Business is better, but it can’t get
around by itself yet.
Russia and Germany joinecfcjhands
because two of a kind beats nothing.
A broadcasting station for the
voice of the people might help.
Some girls don’t think they are
dressed unless they are not,
A politican can’t sit on the fence
and raise votes.
Wonder if Ataman Semenoff is the
father of “Attaboy?”
Practice makes perfect. Fourteen
bases were stolen during the first
game played by Sing Sing convicts.
Our idea of fun is a man buying '
oil stock with counterfeit money.
“Congress Plans to Quit in June”
—headline. Oh, what is so rare as
a day in June?
If canoes insist on being tipsy we ■
may have to vote the streams dry. |
One problem that it is hard to get
the right answer to is a phone call.
Reducing the number of idle rich
i might reduce the number of idle
i poor.
' All the consumer sees in the duty
on beef is that the tariff makers are J
playing for high steaks.
Sometimes we think hell is paved
with bad inventions.
Only trouble with pipe dreams is
they usually go up in smoke.
There’s lots of fish in stock pools.
An Egyptian mummy with bobbed
hair has been found. They are dig
ding for the galoshes now.
We have more freedom of speech
than speech of freedom.
Science is a great help in waiting j
for a street car. They say a thou- i
sand years is but a day to a scien- !
tist.
It isn t the cost of a pair of white i
shoes; it’s the upkeep.
New ’i ork zoo has the monkey I
that eats like a man. We often I
wish they would get the man who !
eats like a monkey.*
A war veteran has the smallest
radio. He made it out of a pocket
book. Perhaps he had no other use
for the pocketbook.
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FIRE, LIFE, CASUALTY
INSURANCE
HERBERT HAWKINS
Chon. 1S» 14-16 Pinter, Bank Building
When your Car needs the
attention of a mechanic
Remember O/f
Phone / t/rt
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
IFord
\ 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 Director*
And Embalmers
NAT LEMASTER, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 231
Night Phones 661 and 889
ALLISON
UNDERTAKING CO.
Estabiiihed 1908,
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Prompt Service
Up-to-date Equipment
Noel E. Smith, Director
Day Phone»: 286 and 253
Night, 721 and 106
Turner Electric Co.
Reduced Prices Gm
House Wiring and Fixtures
Phone 124
We are ready. Are you? Call
us for an estimate
L. G, COUNCIL, Present T. E. BOLTON, Asst, Cashe<
C, M 4 COUNCIL, Vice President and Cashier _ z - _,
(Incorporated.) • f j/
The Planters Bank of Americus
The Hmtk With a Surplus.
Resources Over $1,700,000 /
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LdfrMthe first steps towards suc-
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,nid more than thirt y years
J-..» '■*'t'* successful banking experi-
&■ v : It 4- enco enable us to render you
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We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest On Time Deposits
BANK OF COMMERCE
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Frank Sheffield. Charles R. Crisp,
John Sheffield Lee Hudson
Organized October 13, 1881,
JOHN L, WOOTEN ~
Fire, Life, Accident
INSURANCE
Representing some of the best Old Line Fire Insurance
Companies.
I make a specialty of Farm Property Insurance, giving to
the farmer a broad coverage at the very lowest rate.
I remiums 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
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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
aw requires all ladies to give m and pay poll taxes for
e year 1 J 22, from 21 to 60 years old. Very respecafuily
GEO. D. JONES, Tax Receiver, S. C.
■
WILL HAVE ANOTHER LOAD OF
Young Mules
Tomorrow. Also three nice Saddle and
Harness Horses. Some good second-hand
Mules on hand. * <i
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 pr’ces. All
fresh stock.
G. A & W. G. Turpin
‘ MONEY 61% '
MONEY LOANED on farm at 61-2 p« r cent
eit and borrowers have privilege of
paying part or all of principal at any interest period, stopping in
terest on amounts paid. We always have best rates and easiest
terms and quickest service. Save money by seeing or writing ns,
We are in charge of home office of the Empire Loan & Trust Co,
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB,
Empire Bldg Americui, Ga.
(Formerly Commercial City Bank Bhildin.)
FARM LOANS
Made with dispatch. No long waits. Interest 6 1-2 per
cent. Commissions reasonable. Exclusive correspondent
Atlanta Trust Co.
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
33 Planters Bank. Americus, Ga. Phone 89
i WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1922. ’