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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
We have heard with our cart, O
God, our fathers have told us, what
work Thou didst in their days, tn
the times of old. For they got not
the land in possession by their own
swerd, neither did their own arm
save them, but Thy right hand, and
Thine ann, and the light of Thy
countenance. —Psalm 44:1-3.
Wc hold these truths to he self
evident, that all men arc created
equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator -with certain inalienable
rights, that among these arc life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of happiness;
that to secure these rights, govern
ments are instituted among men, de
riving their just lights from the c< n
sent of the governed—Declaration of
Independence.
EDITORIAL
THE SECRET BALLOT.
’ITIIE Georgia house is to be con
gratulated upon its action Thurs
day in passing by an overwhelming
majority Speaker Cecil Neill's bill
providing for the use of the Aus
tralian or secret ballot system
throughout the state, without local
choice or option. It is to be hoped
the senate will not fail to do its part
to make this, bill a law, and in pass
ing it will not emasculate it by plac
ing in it a weak-kneed option clause.
Georgia long ago should have had
the Australian ballot system, for the
gcod and sufficient reason that it ia
RIGHT and the ONLY SYSTEM that
is ENTIRELY right and fair. That
is a rather broad statement, but it
is absolutely true. Georgia is one of
only three states in the entire union
that ’doe's not have the secret ballot.
And until Georgia does have the se
cret ballot the voters will never be
able to experience the satisfaction
of walking to the polls without the
consciousness of every other person
interested knowing how he or she
voted on a particular political issue.
The ballot system we have had in
vogue for so long has fostered the
control of votes by those in authori
ty or power in one way or another,
and it may be assumed fairly, we
believe, that the opposition that has
existed so long to a change to the
secret ballot has come from those
who have been accustomed to con
trol the votes of others. For under
the secret ballot system, if it turns
out to be the real thing when finally
enacted and put into operation, no
man who thinks he controls votes or
one who buys votes will be able to
check his list to make sure of de
liveries.
Intimidation has played an import
ant part in spirited elections hereto
fore. On many occasions persons
have desisted from going to the polls
and voting for their honest choice
simply because they did not relish
the humiliation of running the gaunt
let of small politicians and hangers
on that frequent the polling places
with ballots already marked and with
ribald remarks for those who may
chance to differ with them in poli
tical beliefs or choices.
Under the strict application of the
Australian ballot system as practiced
elsewhere with complete sastisfac
tion, and as it is assumed it will be
extended to all Georgia under the
law which the assembly appears like
ly to put into law, possession of an
cifieial ballot by any person not an
election official or a voter in the
booth is a criminal offense. No per
son ex; cct the voter entering or
caving the Voting booth is permit
ted within a specified distance of
the voting place on election day. The
official ballots are kept in the hands
of the election officials, who also
have custody of the ballot boxes. The
official ballots, marked only by num
bers on the back, are handed to the
voters as they pass in and are identi
fied from the registration lists. The
voters go one at a time to the en
closed booths, where pencils are pro-
and there mark their ballots
Mone, except that a voter may ask
formation of the election board,
when one or more officials will ou
ter the booth with him and explain
the requirements of' the ballot or
if tne voter is unable to read or write’
mark his ballot for him according to’
his instructions. When the ballot
has been marked the voter himself
•eposits it in the ballot box j n the
presence of the election officials. His
KQI ADVENTURE'S 1
EXfl OP THE TWINS
MINK SWALLOWS FISH-BONE CALLS FOR DR. SNUFFLES.
3 ( AllJtL m -«-
“Is that very dai
«TING-A-LING A-LING” went
* Dr. Snuffles’ telephone in his
little house by the hazel bush.
“Ni'. k, answer that, please,” called
Dr. Snuffles. ‘‘l'm busy taking a
splinter out of Scramble Squirrel’s
foot.
“Hello, is that Dr. Snuffles’ of
fic e?” raid a voice excitedly.
“Yes,” answered Nick.
“Well, tell him please to hurry
over to Ripple Creek. Marty Mink s
got a fish bone in his throat, and he’s
carrying on something awful.”
“All right,” said Nick, hanging up.
Just then Scramble Squirrel came
limping out of the office, his foot
all nicely bandaged up, an dhe heard
what had happened.
“Marty Mink!” he exclaimed. “A
fish bone in his throat! Goodness
alive me! Is that very adngerous,
doctor?”
“Oh, not very,” answered Dr.
Snuffles learnedly. “Why, are you
thinking of starting o na fish diet,
Scramble, instead of nuts?”
No, raid Scramble, “I was just
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WHOM SHALL MOLLY MARRY?
Molly Torn Between Strength and Sweets, Must Choose—" You
Can t Have Everything. Come—Answer."
BY ZOE BECKLEY.
Seeing a love rival in Billy Bar
ton, architect, Ben Wheeler, man
ufacturer, dismisses him. Wheeler
loves Molly Wayne, whom he has
raved from an elopement with Don
ald Manning, actor, and later em
ployed as chief of his office staff.
C'OD a moment Molly stood too
dazed to speak as the door hang
ed behind Billy Barton.
A ni h of thought confus ed her
pity and dismay for Billy; astonish
ment and anger that Ben Wheeler
had allowed his sense of rivalry to
prejudice his business dealings.
She held her feelings in check,
while she fumbled for away of accus
ing Ben without compromising Billy.
As usual, Ben said it for her.
‘‘Weil, you needn’t look so horri
fied, Molly. There are other archi
tects. Unless you don’t think so.”
“Ben, you've no right to say that.
And you are not sticking to your
agreement - . It was to be nothing
but business you remember. Yet 1
know I have something to do witii
your sudden dissatisfaction with
Billy Barton.”
‘‘You drove me to it by philander
ing with Barton. When I opened the
door yesterday you two were hold
ing hands and—”
“How dare you, Ben Wheeler! I
deny every atom of what you are
saying. Shaking hands is not hold
ing hands. You can believe me
when I say not a word passed ex
cept about our work.”
“Oh, shucks, Molly, don’t try to
make me believe all those blushes
name is checked off the registration
list WITHOUT any number or mark
corresponding to the number borne
by the ballot, thus forever destroy
ing any possibility of ascertaining
from the records how any voter
marked his ballot. No voter is per
mitted to carry a marked ballot into
the voting booth with him under any
circumstances, requirement not easi
ly evaded because of the fact that it
is a crime to have an official ballot
in one’s possession.
Usually, in order that the voters
may be informed, sample ballots are
printed and distributed in the of
ficial form but on a colored paper,
and bearing prominently the words
(“Sample Ballot.” The entire ballot
.as finally made up is usually printed
before election in the official news
i paper for the information of the pub-
I Be.
W e believe that the operations of
, such a law in Georgia, while pos
sibly not visibly changing results, will
tend greatly to elevate the ballot,
create more respect for elections,
and result in greater general interest
in voting. As at present conducted
our voting system is not conducive
; to independent thought and action at
the polls, and such independent
thought and action are essential to
the highest functioning of our form
, of government.
By all means let us have the se
cret ballot -this year. We should
have had it long ago. Governor
a'/iwick is to he commended for
' alhng in his message for such a law
and Speaker N|ill is due the thanks
o the state persistence in his
fight for it. I
ingerous, doctor?”
t wondering what would happen if
s you couldn’t get 'be fish bone but
of Mary Mink s throat.”
. Dr. Snuffles called to Nancy to
bring him his hat and medicine
1 case before he answered.
* “Well,” said he, “it’s this way —
one is likely to lose his appetite as
long as the fish bone sticks.”
“Can’t he eat anything at all?”
' exclaimed Scramble.
' “No,” said the fairy doctor, “not
’ a thing!”
1 “Ct uldn’t he cat frogs or field
mice or moles or blackbirds or chip-
■ munks or rabbits—or anything. Not
‘ j een squirrels!” asked Scramble.
t “No, nothing!”
1 Suddenly Scramble departed with
out as much as a goodby and run
ning as fast as he could tear. He’d
’ completely forgotten all about his
> sore foot.
“Well, I declare!” exclaimed the
• doctor. “What do you suppose he’s
1 j up to? He .even forgot to pay me
, my 50 cents.”
To be. continued.)
(Copyright, 1922.)
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“Do you want strength or sweets?
You’ve got to choose.”
and smiles were over planking speci
Ications and office space! You and
Barton had been having a regulai
picnic. I saw it in your eyes.”
“You are absurd and —and un
just.” Molly turned away, biting
her lips with vexation, but knowing
in her heart Ben had made a thrust
into truth.
“Besides,” she went on, anger
flaring up again, “suppose I did have
any such thought, is destruction the
only way to compete?’
.“Perhaps not, in business—-though
it’s fully half the job. You create
your product with one hand and kill
off your rivals with the other. In love,
Molly—and I am in love with you—
my plant and what I am arc the
creation side of my courtship.
“The rest is a matter of removing
obstacles. Admit it or not, Biil Bar
ton is my rival. The least I can do
is not to let him prosper through
my help.”
Molly was silent an instant - , think
ing of the hardness of the otherwise
likable man before her.
“Billy will take care of himself,
she said slowly, “as far as your
agreement goes, but - you have no
right, Ben, to bring a personal affair
into the Chamber of Commerce com
petition. Your being one of the
judges doesn’t give you the right to
prejudice the others, or to vote
against Billy’s plans—if they are
good.”
“Molly, the trouble with you is”—
Ben came over and stood close to
her, his strong hand gripping the
t rble edge, his voice wel-controlled
but hard with the intensity of his
feeling—“that you can’t sec that
ruthlessness is sometimes right.
“You cant build without destroy
ing something. I love you, and I
want you. I’m going to have you.
If someone blocks the path, what
should I do—meekly stand aside and
surrender?
“Would you feel flatter by that?
Would you respect me? Don’t you
want a man who isnt afraid to use
his strength? Or do you want a—a
Donald Manning? Do you want a
man who can do things and build
things? Or one who can draw pie
turts in the air or on paper? Do
you want strength or sweets?
You’ve got to choose. You can’t
THE AMERICAS TIMES-RECORDER.
OLD DAYS IN
AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder July
7, 1912.)
DR, and Mrs. J. R. Hair, Miss
Christine Hair, Mrs. Z. A. Little
john and Zera Littlejohn, Jr., left
yesterday for Indian Springs upon a
pleasant automobile trip.
Miss Mattie Sargent is an attrac
tive member of a house party being
given at Brill Lake, Fla.
Miss Lizzie Long, of Fort Valley,
is the guej>t of her ssiter, Mrs. Mar
shall Martin, and will remain over
until the Martin-Williams wedding
next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort, Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Jones, Misses Fannie Sar
gent and Georgia Fort have returned
from Myrtle Springs where they have
been camping for the paii-two weeks.
Mr. George Gardner, who for a
year past has had the management
of the Windsor Hotel has resigned
that position, to assume the manage
ment of the Hotel Leon in Tallahas
see, Fla. Mr. Charles Rogers, chief
clerk of the Windsor, will succeed to
the management of that popular hos
telry upon the departure of Manager
Gardner on the 16th.
Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Thomas an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Montez Eugenia, to Mr.
John Irving Gossett, of Atlanta, the
wedding to take place in»the early
fall.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
*
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder July
7, 1892.)
Misses Nannie Lou Hawkins, Sarah
Cobb and Lucy Mid Cobb and Messrs.
John Cobb and K'arpcr Bivins left
yesterday on a trip to Sapelo Island.
MiSs Flora Wheatley has gone to
Kentucky ta attend the wedding of
a college friend. She will visit sev
eral nlaces in the blue grass state
before returning home.
Miss Emma Council is spending
some time at Tybee.
Luther Williford, Hall Matthews,
Will Dudley, John Cato and Elton
Parker spent the Fourth in Tybee’s
rolling surf.
Look in the window of P. B. Willi
ford’s elegant store in Hotel Wind
sor block and you will never pass
without going in. The arrangement
is artistic, and the pretty red shoe
is on tsp.
Miss Lula Johnson who has been
visiting her cousin. Miss Nina Fish,
■'t the Allen House, left yesterday
for her home in Macon. Miss John
son is one of the fairest and most
fascinating young ladies ever visiting
here, arid the scores of admirers she
made while here regret more than
they can tell that she could not pro
long her stay.
’ OBSERVATIONS
: BY TOM SIMS
Everybody will be back to work
soon except the chaperones.
People not only live in their autos,
but speeders die in them.
June grooms find it hard to live r
double life on a single salary.
There is no use in starting trouble
It is a self-starter.
The first radio concert was a tom
cat on the back fence.
Ataman Semenoff is a man with
out a country. Countries are lucky.
The Japs are leaving Siberia, but
not leaving her much.
These Chinese armies ought to be
have everything. Come—answer!”
(To Be Continued.)
(Copyright, 1922.)
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