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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER FORECAST For Georgia—Partly cloudy to night and Tuesday; probably unset tled on the cast; little change in temperature. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR —NO. 103 RUSSIA DENIES SECRET CLAUSES IN TREATY WHAT GOLDEN RULE SALE MEANSTO THE PURCHASER How Merchants Prepare; Why Prices Are Made Low; The Application Os An Ideal In Busi ness —Means Trade and Community Building People generally about Americus have come gradually to realize just what the Golden Rule Sale idea means to them" l in dollars and cents, in values received and in treatment accorded them. They have experienced it for several months now and have seen the plan work and experienced its personal benefits. Not all of the people, however, have yet had a part in the Golden Rule as laid down in the Scriptures It means an extraordinary message, or, if they have heard it, not all have had the oppor tunity or occasion to apply it. The Golden Rule’Sale idea means the putting into practice in retail business between the merchants participating and their customers, and among the merchants themselves, of the Golden Rule as laid down in the Scriptures. It means an extiaordinary effort on the part of the merchant to produce a satisfied customer and thus create a strong friend for himself and his town. It means a sacrifice on the part of the merchant for the ultimate good of all —a realization that fair dealing pays better than any other kind and that "he profits most who serves best —profit constituting good will and friendship, real understanding and common sym pathy. How It Works This article is an undertaking to show the uninitiated in what way the Golden Rule Sale plan benefits the average citizen who patron izes it. The essence of the idea behind the Golden Rule Sale is to offer bargains that are genuinely attractive in price, the selling of staple or seasonable articles, things that the public wants, at no profit and possibly at a loss, the idea being to make it worth the while of any shopper to come to Americus on this particular occasion, whether he wants any article not listed in the bargain or not. In order that the merchants may be assured that each will play fair with the other and none take advantage, each is limited to two such bargains for the day in the advertising sheet—although there is no limit to the special bargains that may be offered in the individual stores. But even with the special Golden Rule bargains limited to two to a firm, it is readily seen that with from 30 to 50 merchants participating, from 50 to 100 special rock-bottom-price bargains are certain-to be offered for the single day, even with some of them offering only on- ' special bargain, as frequently j occurs with some lines of business. Fifty different articles of everyday need at cost or less! A splendid attraction and something that has a more power ful appeal upon the purse strings of the people in these days of forced economy than brass bands, parades or celebrations. The occasion is strictly business and everybody makes it a business . occasion. The result is orderly crowds, with people coming and going all day, and orderly shopping with none rushed and none disappointed. Merchants Prepare And how does the merchant prepare for Golden Rule day? The plan is still comparatively new with the merchants of Americus, but they have learned a number of things that have contributed to increase greatly the attractiveness and success of the occasions. Instead of choosing articles for special bargains from their reg ular stocks of goods, as they did at first, before they learned how to make the best of their opportunities, they now make prepara tions weeks ahead. Many of them make a practice of going to their manufacturers or jobbers and confiding in them their wants, asking for a special value in some suitable article in quantities suf ficient to supply the whole probable demand, and at a special price for the occasion. The manufacturers, who lately have had no difficulty in keeping plenty of stocks of all kinds on hand, have usually been found more than willing to co operate with their local dealers and frequently have named special prices considera bly below the regular quotations in order to assist their dealers ■n offering an extraordinarily attractive bargain for the Golden Rule event. One dealer recently ordered a line of shoes to sell at a splen did bargain price of $1.50 a pair. The shoes cost $1.60 plus express and drayage, but they made a wonderful bargain. The firm pocketed its loss of about 20 cents a pair and was glad to do it, for the offer brought customers from long distances who had never been in this store before, people whose faces were not known in Americus. The offer was so unusual that it meant satis fied customers and friends for this firm and for Americus. And it was real profit, even at a slight loss, for this occasion. / Speak For Themselves. That is but a sample. Other Americus merchants participat ing in the Golden Rule sales monthly are doing likewise. But they are not saying much about the details. They are going along month by month, sawing wood and letting their articles and their prices and values speak for themselves. Their announcements go out each month in the circulars and double page advertisements in the Times-Recorder. The descriptions of the articles are out lined and the prices plainly indicated. The shrewd purchaser seldom needs anyone to tell him or her whether the offer is a bargain or not —the whole thing is plain. But it is all good business for the merchants, in the end; it means increased business and cash profits. It is just as well to be fair with our readers and the public generally and say that the Golden Rule Sale idea is not all philanthropic. It means more business for the merchants who play it fair—and they are play ing it fair. It means the merchants and new shoppers for Americus. It means th«, it builds up a trust on the part of the buying public that does not always or often exist under other merchandising conditions, where every fellow gets all he can. It means that between sale days the satisfied shopper will come back to Americus and patronize those stores in which he received courte ous treatment and good values before, confident that he will be fairly treated again. And, of rourse, on most of his mershandise the merchant gets his regular margin of profit, which must be his if he is to remain in business and receive a fair return on his investment. • Golden Rule In Harness That is the secret, the theory, and the practice of the Golden Rule idea in business, and as it is found in Americus. It is a scheme the merchants have for making friends and for proving that they are honest and honorable people to deal with, people whose sole idea is not to make the biggest profit possible, with no thought for the morrow. It is an exchange of confidences, a clearing house for faith in each, other, an exemplification of the adage that (Continued on Page Two.) THE TIMES'’RECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE ART OF. AMERIICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY I. 1922 NO SETTLEMENT IN MINE STRIKE REPORTED SEEN Union Announces Plans To In crease Fight As Second Month Passes INDIANAPOLIS, May 1— (By As sociated Press.) —The second month of the nation-wide suspension in the coal industry began today with the headquarters here of the United Mine Workers declaring that no settlement was in sight for the wage controversy involving over six hundred thousand miners. Peak strength, officials said, had not yet been attained and the uni< n program called for further ef forts to close down non-union fields, •particularly in Central Pennsylvania. CATTSPEONAGE CASECOMES UP Ex-Governor Os Florida To Seek Dismissal in Federal Court PNNSACOLA, Fla., May I. The iase of Sidney J. Carts, former gov ernor of Florida, under indiqtfnent for peonage, was excepted to 6ccupy the attention of feedral court which began the spring term here today. It is understood Catts will attempt this week to have Judge Sheppard dismiss the charge, and if the court refuses to do so the government will ask that the case go to trial early in the term. LATE N£MS BULLETINS WASHINGTON, May I.—A bill amending the federal reserve act so that state banks with capital of $15,000 may be permitted to enter the feedral reserve system was in troduced in the senate today by Sen ator W. J. Harris, of Georgia, as a further step in the program of ex tending aid to agriculture. The pres ent law requires a bank must have a minimum of $25,000 capital. WASHINGTON, May I. The Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States Shipping Board is not a governmental agency in the sense that it cannot be sued without its con sent, the Supreme court today decid ed. WASHINGTON, May I. The packers and stock yards act of 1921 was declared constitutional today by the Supreme court. SENATE COMMITTEE, GOES INTO FORD OFFER WASHINGTON, May I. The modified proposa lof Henry Ford for the Muscle Shoals projects was taken up by the senate agriculture commit tee today for investigation. W. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Ford, ex plained the offer. Mayo told the committee a secret process for making cheaper fertiliz ers had been found and is intended for commercial use at the nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals. He said only Ford and members of his im mediate famiy Iwould be Interested financially in the operating company. Miss Verna Johnson is spending some time in Virginia with friends. MARKETS AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Strict middling, 17 1-8 cents. LIVERPOOL COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May I. Market opened quiet 5-7 up. Fullys, 10.33. Sales, 6,000 bales. Receipts, 27,042 bales, of which 23,736 are American. Futures: June Sept. Dec. J’rev. Close ... 10.13 10.09 10.05 First Call 10.21 10.17 10.13 Close .10.24 10.22 10.20 NEW YORK FUTURES. July Oct. Dec. I’rev. Close 17.72 17.85 17.85 Open .....17.75 17.85 17.88 10:15 am 17.81 -17.94 17.95 10:30 17.83 17.94 17.98 10:45 17.81 17.95 18.00 11 :00 17.81 17.92 18,01 11:15 17.82 17.99 18.00 11:30 17.82 17.98 18.00 11:45 17.80 17.96 18.00 12:00 noon 17.83 18.00 18.05 12:15 pm 17.89 18.08 18.12 12:30 .... 17.98 18.18 17.19 12:45 17.99 18.16 17.22 1:00 18.01 18.19 18.22 1:15 . .. .18.01 18.22 18.21 1:30 18.03 18.23 18.23 1:45 .. . ... 18.07 18.23 18.22 2:00 18.08 18.25 18.22 2:15 18.03 18.18 18.20 2:30 18.02 18.19 18.21 2:45 18.01 18.17 18.19 Close 18.09 18.23 • * * Foresees Germany and Russia Take China Into Triple Alliance Baney Baruch, Noted U. S. Finan cier, Points Out Dangers At Genoa. BY EDWARD M. THIERRY (Copyright, 1922, by NEA Service, Inc. All Right* Reserved. Repub lication Prohibited Anywhere in the World by NEA Service, Inc. NEW YORK, May I.—What sort of dynamite is being manufactured at the Genoa conference? What are its world dangers? These questions were put to Ber nard M. Baruch, noted financier and economist, chairman of the War In dustries Board during the last year of the war, member of the Supreme Economic Council, economic adviser for the American peace commission and African delegate o necqnomics and reparation clauses of the treaty of Versailles. Baruch spoke of the dangerous po tentialities in the German-Russian treaty. “This treaty,” he said, “is the logi cal sequence of isolation of two na tions made outcasts, first by America and second by Europe and largely by themselves. “And China now is the logical ally of Germany and Russia. China is a neglected nation whose territory is held by others, by nations China cannot throw out.” The question was put at to the na ture of the German-Russian com bination and its effect if China join ed So far as men and material are concerned,” Baruch said, “Germany and Russia would be as self-contain ed as any nation in the world, with j the possible exception of America. ’ Russia can produce any amount of j foodstuffs, and possibly cotton. Ger- : many can supply manufactured I goods. “If Russia became Gernlanized in . a military and commercial way, it i would mean a very dangerous alii- , ance. With China in, this alliance woyuld quickly come into conflict with the four-power treaty made at Washington. There would be Japan ' TRIES TO SLAY GEN.WUPEI-FU Assainlant Os Chinese Military Leader Captured And Executide LONDON, May I.—By Associated Press.) —An attempt to assassinate Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, leader of the Cen tral Chinese forces, was mane Sat urday, ,says a Peking dispatch to the Evening News today, which said the report had not been confirmed. The general is said to have been slightly wounded and his assailant captured and executed. Martial law was declared in Peking Sunday. The armies of General Chang Tso- Lin and General Wu Pie-Fu fought continuously throughout Sunday. The fighting centered around Chang Si tie ,twelve miles distant.A govern ment communique says Chang Tso- Lin was victorious in the fighting at Manehang. The American legation has re quested Washington to send another warship to Tien-Tsin. President Hsu Shih Chang, in con sequence of the hostilities has issued three proclamations, calling attention to the serious consequences to China which might result from the jeopard izing of foreign interests. BOMB DROPPED NEAR AMMERICAN MARINES. LONDON, May I.—An airplane used by the Chi-Li forces, flying from Taotinguf to Fangtai, dropped a ’bomb, but without much damage, near a train carrying a detachment of American marines to Peking, says a dispatch to the London Times from Peking. ARKWRIGHT HONORED. ATLANTA, May 1. —Preston S. Arkwright, president of the Georgia Railway and Power company, has been selected to deliver one of the four main addresses before the in ternational convention of Rotary clubs, meeting in Los Angeles June 4 to 10. BRITISH SHIP ON REEF. GALVESTON, May I.—The Brit ish steamship Victoria Del Arrinaga was wrecked yesterday on Muchoir Reef, sixty miles north of Haiti, ac cording to a message received here today from the master of the Ameri can steamship Lake Fairlie. Miss Susie Taylor left today for Albany to spend the week-end with Mrs. Agnew Kilsman at her home there. THE NEXT “TRIPLE ALLIANCE” Sqquare Miles Population Standing Arm GERMANY 208,780 65,000,000 100 000 RUSSIA 8,540,000 136,000,000 600 000 CHINA 4.300,000 400,000,000 1,500,000 Totals 12,938,780 601,000,000 2,200,000 MW" » mV* <■» rm n I II ■ BERNARD M. BARUCH to consider. Almost anything might happen then—in spite of the four- ■ power treaty.” The possible Germanization of Russia and the likelihood of the Ger man-Russian treaty growing into a military allowance were put into questions. “Germany can put Russia to | work,” said Baruch. “That would i make an unbeatable combination, • from both an economic and a mili tary standpoint. It would be a com bination of brains, determirfatioe, man power and materials. LEADS ONE ARMY IN CHINESE WAR £ « '■ > ' l , . .. M• ■ w General Chang Tso-lin, governor of Manchuria, who is leading his forces against those of General Wu Pei fu, chief of the central Chinese military forces. MISTRIAL RESULTS IN TAXI MURDER CASE THOMASVILLE. May I. The Thomas county Superior court was great on mistrials at this term. The case against Frank Heisler and Sam Cone charged with murder in con nection with the shooting of a negro hackman near Meigs some weeks ago, resulted in a mistrial and the mis demeanor case against S. A. Cole in connection with an alleged assault <’n F. C. Ivey ‘at Boston also resulted similarly. 5 NEGROES KILLED IN ROOMING HOUSE BLAST KANSAS CITY, May I—Five ne groes were killed and a number of other injured early today in an ex plosion in a rooming house, the cause of which has not been determined. The building was wrecked. * : ■•■A . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ‘1 do not believe, however, that a Germanization of Russia amounting to anything can come until there is personal initiative again in Russia— that is, a system of individual ef fort opposed to the communist idea. Whether that is near, as has been reported, 1 cannot say.” The whole trouble, Baruch points out, recalling his own prophetic words of 15 months ago, ‘races back to the failure to fix the amount of repara tions Germany should pay at a reas onable sum. "Jivery thing that has happened proves it,” he said. “It proves that until reparations are fixed sensibly no world confeernce can be a suc cess, that disturbing things like the German-Russian treaty will crop up. “None of the economic questions can be settled at Genoa. Lloyd George’s program for a 10-year non aggression holiday would have to con sider this questioh: What will the Allies, particularly France, do if Ger many doesn’t pay? For under the treaty of Versailles France has a right to move into Germany to en force the claims!” America helped to make outcast nations of Germany and Russia, in Baruch’s opinion, by withdrawing i from the League of Nations. Europe made it worse, he says, ‘by contin uing to impose impossible conditions, thus further isolating Germany. “The more unreasoning the world continues to be the worst it will be,” Ihe said. “Grave world dangers can- I not be avoided* until a safe ground I of good faith based upon reason is found. Nothing can be gained when fear and hatred are the moving caus es; we must be governed by reason and hope.” TECH GLEE CLUB PROGRAM AHIT Fun and Melody Enjoyed By Fair Sized Crowd At Rylander Theater A fair house, but not full, listen ed to an interesting and melodious program of music and put on at the Rylander theater Saturday night by the combined glee and mandolin clubs of Georgia Tech. The college boys were winding up a week's final tour of Georgia and were at their best. The voices were excellent and the instrumental music high class, there being a number of splendid perform ers on the various instruments. Probably the biggest hit of the show was Leon Levy with his guitar and his “blues” songs. His droll manner and expert handling of the guitar caught the popular fancy and bi ought him repealed encores. John Paul Locke proved the possessor of a tenor voice of great sweetness when he sang several solos. Russell Stokes, blonde-haired basso of the “Yellow Jackets Four,” w T ho was heafd on the appearance of the quar tet here last year on the Tech Geor gia tour, apepared in a pleasing pair of bass solos. “Judy” Harlan, Tech football star, opened the program with a solo, “Georgia Moon,” with the glee club joining in on the chorus. Dexter Jordan’s jazz orchestra per formed like professionals. U. S. CAPTAIN WOUNDED IN MAYENCE MAY DAY MAYENCE, May I.—(By Asso ciated Press.) —During the May Day demonstration here today a captain of the American army was wounded by manifestants. Quiet in Pari*. PARIS, May I. (By Associated Press.) —May Day in Paris opened quietly. The Building and Allied trades were on holiday and taxicab service was suspended, but the rail ways, tramways and subways were in operation on reduced schedules, i Communist and Socialist newspapers . did not appear. 100,000 POUNDS SEIZED BY IRISH REPUBLICANS BELFAST, May I. (By Associat ed Press.) —More than one hundred thousand pounds sterling has been taken by Irish Republican army ir regulars in raids on various branches of the Bank of Ireland in the South, it was reported in Belfast today. STATE EDITION | NOT HOSTILE TO FRANCE, LETTER TELLS BARTHOU Draft Os Private Property Arti cle For Allied Reply Goes Back To Experts GENOA, May I. (By Associated Press.) —Foreign Minister Tehitch erin, head of the Russian delegation, has written a letter to Vice-Premier Barthou of France, assuring him that there are no secret military or po litical clauses in the Russ6-German treaty. ell says Russia is not hostile to ward France, notwithstanding France’s unfriendly attitude toward Russia. , A draft of the’private property Ar ticle to be embodied in the proposals to Russia drawn up by the experts was submitted to the Allied con ferees today and provoked lively dis cussion. Belgium objected to the draft as unsatisfactory. It was de cided the experts should re-examine the draft and make another report later in the day. Lloyd George Put In Most Critical Condition BY HARRY N. RICKEY (Special Cable to NEA Servica. Copyright, 1922, by NEA Service.) G7NOA, May L—Before Lloyd George left London for Genoa, he made a speech in parliament outlin ing his plans. One of the opposition remarked that in attempting to bring the Russians back into the family of nations, the premier was embarking on a dark and difficult mission. There is raeson to believe that Lloyd George now knows how erect ly true that prophecy was. It is doubtful whether he would have made the attempt in just the way he has if he could have known that he would have to face a Ger man-Russian combination and guard his rear against a French attack. As events have developed, the Brit ish premier has been put in the most critical position in his career. He has gone too far to t’urn back. Slipping Toward War Now he must successfully conclude a treaty with Russia in which other European powers will join. The al ternative is not only personal defeat, which would probably cost him the premiership, but Europe as a whole will be further from permanent peacea nd normal industrial life than at any time since the war. 1 his last is not a loose statement, made for the purpose of sensation. It is a literal fact. Two of the highest officials of the British government, speaking with authority to American and British newspaper men, have pointed this out as the irresistible logic of the situation created by the German-Rus sian attitude since the treaty was signed. Russian* the Canoe This attitude, even more than the treaty itself, is what is causing the allies to take such a grave view. Up to the time the treaty was signed, the Russians seemed to be in a very reasonable, even a concilutory, mood. And the Germans were so quiet that it looks as though it would be a comparatively simple matter to line up the whole of Eu rope on a sane program of peace and reconstruction. Since signing the treaty with Ger many, the Russians have entirely changed their attitude, and there seems to be no doubt that every move they make is the result of de cisions between themselves and the Germans. They have made definite proposals to the allies—and then withdrawn them. They have made ! direct answers to the allied proposals —and then insisted upon fantastic interpretations of these answers. The Russian policy seems to be to take the fullest advantage of Ike po sition which their alliance with Ger many gives them and to force the rest of Europe—through fear of future German-Russian military ag gression—to make a treaty with them on Russia’s own terms; These terms, so far as they can be deciphered from Russia’s various proposals, answers and propaganda, include full recognition of the So viets and the granting of large cred its by other European nations in re turn for which the Soviets agree to recognize pre-war debts, payment to be deferred 30 years without inter est. They insist upon having all their war debts wiped out and are very : hazy as to how they will pay foreign nations for property which they have confiscated since the revolution. The Russians’ whole idea now seems to be that by shrewd diplom acy and the German alliance thuy are in a position to dictate terms to the rest of Europe, and especially to Great Britain. French Fairly Mad The French reaction to this may (Continued on Page Three.) A* ■ W”

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, May 01, 1922, State Edition, Image 1