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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY. ?
How long Will ye love vanity, and
seek after falsehood?—Psalni 4:2.
lit lhe dream ol Nebuchadnezzar
it was only the feet that were part
of iron and part of clay; but many
of ,tjs now are getting so cruel in
our avarice it seems as if, in
us, the very heart of us were part
of iron.and part of day.—John Rus
kin.
I ’ SHANTY DAYS.
JJAVE you noticed that city boys
~ no longer build shanties? Os
cotfr.se. a tew shanties tremble here
and there in the metropolitan winds.
But' shanty-building, an ancient in
stitution of boyhood, is on the wane,
headed for extinction.
It is part of the jail existence in
which the city fad is, being walled.
ff the boys knew what they were
mist-hig, restoring peace in the fam
ily 'would he a harder job than set
tling the periodical crisis in Europe.
Many a' grown-up man would not
trade his delightful memories of
shanty days for a large bag of gold.
V’.ofiably yon remember one, and
the. thrill of creation that pulsated
thiyugh you and the gang when you
contemplated the finished master
.piece- The roofing was old linoleum,
tattpaper or flat strips from tin cans
malted apart in a bonfire. The lum
ber*eanie from everywhere and in all
sizes, torn from a back fence in
,-emiergency.
There was all kinds of lumber ly
ing around loose in those days. And
thfckind-hearted, understanding crew
es Jhe town planing mill usually were
Wilting to donate ‘‘seconds."
if hose days are gone. It probably
Would take $lO to get enough scrap
lunjber to put up a shanty of one
small room.
Along with the shortage of lum
begj is the city real estate problem
—-jjjfre shrinkage of backyards
wk& h makes the erection of a shanty
impossibTe.
When.the early pioneers built their
log cabins, their sons imitatively
went into the nearby forest and con
structed their own play-dwellings
but of saplings and small logs. In
this way they learned' the principles
of cabin construction.
e Later, in the days when a square
hieal still could be bought for a
quarter, the lads built shanties out
of old lumber, incidentally develop
ing their building instinct.
The loss in the passing of the
shanty is more than sentimental. It
is the extinction of a pastime for
developing the building instinct in
youth.
MINSTREL SHOWS.
ABOUT this time of year, long
ago, the old home town was
electrified by billboards announcing
that r minstrel show would open
the winter season at the Opera i
House.
This , 'yas, the custom in nearly I
every town. It was a mystery that
has never been solved, how there.
Were enough minstrel shows to go
■ ground.
Among the cherished thrills of
memory, one of the greatest was
the moment when the, audience sat
in darkne s, the footlights flashed
wn for the first act, and behind the
curtain rose a plantation melody
sung by the entire company.
Do you remember when your boy
hood ambition was to be the drum
major of a minstrel parade, or to
rattle the bones as an end-man and
crack the joke about the mule that
kicked mother-in-law in the jaw?
Second chqice was to be the inter
locutor, whose delicious existence
reached its climax with Gentlemen,
be seated!"
It was proper for burnt-cork ar
rists to “open" the Opera House, tor
the minstrel show is the only form
of theatricals that can be claimed as
11)0 per cent American.
The immortal Billy, Birch of I
Birch, Wambold &-Backus Minstrels
said the first minstrel act was in
the Federal Street Theater in Bos
lon, <1799, when a comedian named'
Young “blacked up" and sang ‘ I’he
< ay Negro Boy."
The first real minstrel show was
Daft Emmett's Virginia Minstrels,
which took the' road in 1842.
Old-timers will remember Daddy’
I’ice, Primrose and West, George
-1 hii ty, Gus Howard, The Great Eu
gene and other famous burnt-cork
artists who made the minstrel show i
a great American institution.
Ihe minstrel show was a training
school from which graduated him-
Roll Advemturfs ■■ It i
ofi T»it twins
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Instantly Flap-Doodle turned into a bent up old man.
FLAP-DOODLE heard Rubadub, the
fairyman, tell Nancy and Nick
I -ometiiing.
This was it. Rubadub said he
I knew a wizard who lived in a Dingle
Dell.
“This Wizard," said Rubadub
“will help you. He’s as smart as
pepperweed and he'll find some way
for you to get the Fairy Queen’s
wand that Flap-Doodle stole, just as
uro as anything.
I "Tee, hee, her - !” laughed Flap-
Doodle when he heard this, “fie will,
will he? Well, we'll see about that!'
Flap-Doodle flew down to the earvh
(he’d been sitting on a star, you
know) and waved his wand three
times over his head.
“Magic, magic, cast your -pell,
Make me a wizard in Dingle Dell.” I
he said.
Instantly Flap-Doodle turned into ,
01,1) DAYS IN AMERICUS [
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times/Recorder Sep
tember 2, 1912.)
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baya announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Lucile, to Mr. Julius T. Shy,
the marriage to occur Sept. 15, at
the y one of the biide'h patients
on Church street.
Messrs. John and Taylor Felder,
of Memphis, and VV. Felder, of
Montgomery, arc in Americus hav
ing ben called by the serious illness
of their father, Capt. J. B. Felder.
. Stdlie Parrish, long a resi
dent of Americus, and well known
here, died yesterday at the home of
Mrs. E. Williams with whom shd
resided.
Miss Yonah Buchanan is at home
again after spending the summer
with her sister, Mrs. James W. Fur-
Tow, at her’homo in Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, -
Misses Leila I’oWell, of Atlanta,
and Lillie Mae .Wright, of Eastman,
are guests, of Mrs. Henry Mashburn
on South Lee street.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder Sep
tember 2, 1892.)
Mrs. J. F. Lewis, of Hawkinsville;
Minor Lewis, of Hawkinsville; Mrs.
Leonard, of Vienna, and Miss. Camp
bell, of Hawkinsville, are visiting at
Mr. W. A. Dodson’s.
Mrs, C. IL E. Griffith," one of
Americus’ most charming and beau
tiful ladies, leaves in a few days for
Lithia Springs, Indian Springs and
other resorts.
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1 deeds of the greatest American ac
tors.
It seems to be a vanishing insti
tution, not that its popularity has
waned, but because a burnt-cork
genius isn’t permitted to work long
as a minstrel end-mam Vaudeville
and big musical shows grab him. A
typical case is Al Jolsen— : one of the
best minstrels since Press Eldridge
—who rose to fame as an end-man.
They're taking away the minstrel
show, but they can't take away mem
ory. Gents whose hair is thinning
out on- top or getting white can feel
that -they have not lived in vain,
since they basked in the golden age
of Low Doekstader, Al G. Field,
John W. Vogel, Neil O’Brien, Charlie
Gano, ‘Hi’ Henry and ‘Honey Boy’
Evans. . *.<o
EXCURSION TO TYBEE
Train leaving Americus Saturday,
September 2 at 10:35 p. m. Return
leaving Savannah Monday night
September 4, at 9:00 p. m.
ROUND TRIP $7.00
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RLY.
I George Anderson, Agent.
Phone 137 or Phone 1
’ ’ $5,000.00
TOLOAN
On Americus Residence
. Property
LEWIS ELLIS. Phone 830.
Don’t miss “The Masquerader”
i with Guv Bates Post at the Rv
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i lander Theater Monday and Tues
day.
I a bent-up old man with long robes
and a flowing beard. And at the
same time pretty bushes and flowers :
i grew all around with a tinkly little !
I stream flowing merrily along be- i
I tween them.
A pretty arch-way with rose vines '
I growing on it bore some letters
I which read, “Dingle Dell! Your for-
I tune told for nothing! All magic
I free! Step in!”
Bv ami by when everything was
I ready, along came Nancy and Nick '
land Rubadub.
“Why, I declare!" said Rubadub.
I “This isn’t the Dingle Dell I wa- i
■ looking for, but I suppose it’s as
good as any. Let's go in and see if i
this wizard can help us catch Flap- j
’Doodle ami get back the Fairy!
t Queen’s wand.”
1 So in they all marched.
(To Be Continued.)
I The Americus club will be fixed .
’ in its new quarters on the third floor >
I of the Johnson & Harrold building
| in a few days. A grand opening ball
| will be given on or about the 15th
. ; instant.
I The complaiint increases about th?
j street ear tracks in our ni.idst. They
i are a nuisance and if the city eoun-
; j cil really wants to do something
! let them attend to it.
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; : Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Glover are a_t j
■ .Magnolia Springs. They leave for j
•!■ an, trip west tomorrow. j
Edgar , Dunlap left yesterday for ;
, Atlanta where he will make his home i
'; in the future. Americus is filled I
! with his friends and admirers who i
‘ ; more than regret that he will no i
1 more live here.
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BRAGG’S
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When You Want
What You Want ’
\ ou Can Get It.
Plenty choice Cuts Beef
and Pork. Fat Hens and
Fryers. Fresh Vegetables
every day. Fruits and Gro
ceries. F ish, etc.
Our prices are as good as
can be had in Americus.
Won’t you drop in and
I look over our stock?
Oi call us at / ,/
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
’ OBSERVATIONS !
j Every time we strike a match we ■
| thing about the coal shortage.
“Ex-kaiser to Marry Widow”— ■
headline. Serves him right.
What is worse than finding your*
homc-mace wine is vinegar?
When it-comes to history, the av-■
erage school boy is willing to let by- :
gones be bygones.
A man never kicks as much as his J
boss because he is too busy.
Americans may be foolish, but
there are only 2382 in Mexico.
By September most gardens are 1
all weeds and a yard wide.
Dr. Magnan will test a new para- '
chute in France. He will leave a '
wife, and several children.
I When we get on our fall suit we'
; are up to our neck in debt.
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| Health hint: Never expect a street!
car to go around you.
The main trouble with trouble is it i
: is so much trouble.
Telescope big enough to see 150,-
000,000 stars is finished. It should
be sent to Hollywood. ‘
A man who can’t deliver the goods I
need not expect to' collect.
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Beauty secret: The quickest way j
to reduce is by falling in love.
A man xvho gives his friends away j
finds he hasn’t any left.
“Arc oysters healthy?” asks a sub- I
< riber as they return. Lady, never
i eat. one that isn't.
People always talking haven’t time i
j to think up anything to say.
Some towns have all the luck. In
New York, a school burned.
The man who throws cold water
usually gets a chilly reception.
Some of them can play Ht-e piano .
better than they can cook because I
they have a player piano.
“Dancing is a crime,” says .’oliva,
; We had a fine crime one night.
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i One of the important reasons for the great
success of Cahimet lies in the fact that it contains
a small amount of white of egg which makes it
possible tn keep fresh goods on the dealers’
shelves at all times.
Baking Powder that does not contain white
of egg cannot easily be tested for leaveniijg strength
outside of the chemical laboratory. Calumet which
Bcontainsa small amount of white
of egg can be tested right on the
grocer’s counter or in the house
wife’s kitchen. That’s one reason
why Calumet is the biggest sell
ing brand on earth today.
It contains only such ingre
dients as have been officially ap
proved by t he I Ir.it ed States Pure
Food Authorities.
Use Calumet. the baking pow
der that contains a small amount
of white of egg it means pro
tection against the possibility of
using a bhking powder that does K
not have the necessary leavening
strength. Yousavewhen youbuy
it you save when you use it. jl '
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Mayor of an Ohio town .Jtued- h<--
■♦fTtuo dollars; but all fathers can’t
I be mayors.
Wise men never make faces at a
‘ cop or spaqk a neighbor's child.
Strovdsbiig (Pa.) man claims a
| fish pulled him in. The strange part
I is the man is a preacher.
Pittsburg doctors say handshaking
lis dangerous. It does lead a man
j into lending money.
One might think Detroit police
hunt sad birds. They are being
: equipped with tear bombs and bir 1
| shot.
But. a shock awaited her when
-he entered her cousin’s home and
was greeted by the housekeeper.
F. ROY DUNCAN
Architect and
Electrical Engineer
Exchange Bldg. Columbus, Ga
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PELHAM WILDER
At Americus Battery Co.
Phone 10
, Mr. arid Mrs.'Weeks
Clara and Mat ion and John Wesley
Weeks maUired front their home in
Decatur Sfaturday,:T-4 will.-pend the
week-end with M>*.aaj^.Mr^,Lovelace
Eve on South Lee -street.
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NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF AMER
ICUS PLAY GROUND ASSO
CIATION SWIMMING POOL
BONDS
Interest oi. these boptks- due Sep
tember Ist, 1922, will be paid to the
holders on presentation of bonds at
; my office.
FRANK P. HARROLD, Treasurer
Swimming Pool Bond Commission.
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HALF AJENTURY
Oklahoman Praises
Having Used It Can Safely
Say for 50 Years.”
Grandfield, Okla. —One of the best
| known farmers of Tilman County. Mr,
G. W. Tisdale, who owns and manages
a wagon yard here, says:
“I have used Thedford’s Black
: Draught—l believe I can safely say for
fifty years.
“I was born and reared in Texas,
Freestone County, sixty-four years ago.
i I have been married forty-four years.
■ My father used Black-Draught before I
was married, and gave it to us . . .
“For forty-four years of my married
I life, it has had a place on our medl
i cine shelf, and is the only laxative, or
, liver medicine, we use. We use it
, for torpid liver, sour stomach, head
-1 ache, indigestion ... I don’t think we
, could get along without it. knowing
’ what it has done for us, and the money
I it has saved. It is just as good and re
liable today as it was when we began
its use. My boys use it and they are
satisfied it's the best liver medicine
they have ever used.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, not disagreeable to take
and acts In a prompt and natural way.
So many thousands of persons have
benefited by the • se of Thedford’s
Black-Draught, you should have.no
hesitancy in trying this valuable old
well-established remedy, for most liver
and stomach disorders. NC-139b.
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Those who handle other people’s money have
to be much more careful than those who han
dle only ibeir own. Fins Bank never loses
sight of the fact that it is responsible for other 1
people’s money and its aim is to be absolutely
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Don’t miss The opportunity to secure this
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922.
All our people are i n ,l
vited to Rylander
ter on Sunday evening
7:45 p. m. to hear Bishop I
Ainsworth, who
cuss the New First Meth-B
odist church
proposition. Be on hand!
promptly.
JNO. W. SHIVER
Chairman of Publicity!
Committee.
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