Newspaper Page Text
PAGE SIX
THE T 1 MES-REC O RD E R
ESTABLISHED IST9
Published by
The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.)
Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher.
■mured as second class matter al the p«*s! office ei
Americus. Georgia, according to the Act of t un*:r<
fbc Associated Press is eiclusn viy emit it g u. it***
for the republication of ail news dispatch
credited to it or ni t otherwise credited m th;.
mj<l also the local neus l unlhhed herein. Ail
'•HUMlcat»<;n oi spec:*! dispatches a: als»* rt i
Aaliun.u A<he. tisi!. r Keprtsciflaiives, tKi-M,
LANDIS Ji IJiHN. Drumstick Bhig.. New i k
PH*t»les’ Gas B!dg.. CMcai'v.
A IBOUGHT
Fear God, and keep his com
mandments, for this is the whcl =
duty of man.—Ecclesiastes 12:13. i
The first condition of goodness |
something to love; the second is I
something to reverence.—George ;
Eliot.
A BUILDING PROGRAM
AIM OF AMERICUS.
Now is a good time to start a
steady building program for Amer
icus. During the winter months
it is not to be expected that ac
tivity along this line will be very
great, but with the approach of
spring, and the demand for homes
increasing, the wide-awake busi
ness man cannot go far wrong in
putting hi. idle money into an in
vestment of this sort.
In a foot survey of the city,
without going into the suburbs
at all, we have noticed some ac
tivity along building lines, notably
business and public construction,
and we suspect that quite a few
residences of the substantial sort
are now in process of formulation,
this of course among private citi
zens who need and must have
homes.
Our view is that there should be
concerted action by building and
loan associations which make a
specialty of building horn.es for re
selling on easy terms to the aver
age wage-earner. This will fix
Americus as a home-owning city,
and will contribute to her growth
as nothing else could do.
We know that the past few years
hae been most unfavorable to n
home-building and a home-owni-hg
program, but from what we can
gather there is soon to be a revival
of business conditions in general,
which makes the time and the oc
casion propitious for Americus to
get busy along the line suggested.
The employee who owns his
home is a “fixture”—he sticks. The
training of new men is expensive.
COLUMBUS GIVES ADVICE
TO "CITY BY SEA.”
Latest advices- from Savannah
is to the effect that Judge Paul E.
Seabrook, independent candidate
for mayor of the City of Savan
nah, who defeated Mayor Stew
art, incumbent, will be given his
seat as he should be, the results
of his election having been decid
ed overwhelmingly in his favor.
Now comes the Columbus (Ga.)
Ledger with some “mighty” good
advice to its once distressed sis
ter city mith this timely tip:
Savannah is making desperate
efforts to bring about better city
government, and the good people
of that municipality are about to
succeed. What is really needed
in the Forest City is the establish
ment of commission-manager gov
ernment, such as has proven a
wonderful success in Columbus.”
Columbus has tried “in the r
fire ’ her city government plan,
• and it our esteemed Columbus
Ledger is so pleased with results
obtained then everybody else
should be satisfied.
In our rounds about we have
heard some excellent things said
about the Columbus plan. As we
have before said, it seems to have
been thoroughly tested, and up to ■
now has been found not to be
wanting.
The Columbus plan of govern
ing a city might well be studied
with fine effect, and no doubt
benefiicial results obtained for all
the other benighted cities who are
groping in municipal darkness.
Eventually Americus will be
governed by a manager and com
mission.
CUSSING OUT
THE BUNCH.
John McGraw’, president and
manager of the New York Giants,
“the big brain in baseball,” rais
ed the salary of two of his players
immediately after each had made
a costly error.
In a recent article in -a state
paper McGraw said that his reason
for doing so was to re-establish
confidence in himself of the two
men who erred. *
“One error cost us a pennant,”
McGraw said. “The other error
lost for us a world’s series. But
the men who made the errors suf
fered more than all the rest of
us put together. Their errors were
HUMAN errors mistakes any
man is likely to make. They were
not ‘bonenead’ plays. These fel
lows would have lost confidence in
themselves, they thought we
blamed them, so I raised their sal-
aries to prove to them that the
team and their manager believed
in each of them.”
There is a valuable lesson io cv*-
cry employer in ths action of
John McGraw. Are you one of
the bunch that "cuss out” your
men when an error is made? Do
you praise your employees as loud
ly when they do good work
The employee who eirs —if he’s
worth his s ilt—feels the error
more thaij the boss. It is just at
that time that a raise—or a pat
on the back goes farthest.
Think that over.
WHY IS THIS?
CAN YOU ANSWER?
A girl who clerks in a store
sends this letter: “Why is it L h.it
some invisible force seems to keep
me chained to my present job,
when what I really want to do is
act in the movies lam getting
well into the thirties. The bloom
i: leaving my cheeks. 1 try to
be practical and sensible. But, by
keeping my ears open and my mind
busy figuring things out, I learn
that 1 am in much the same boat
as every one else. No one seems
able to do what they want to do.
Why is this?”
To this girl clerk, we answer:
The question you ask has been
asked by every grown-up since
humanity began to exercise its
power of reasoning. And there
seems to be no answer, except
that fate or destiny has much to
do with our careers.
George Ade, who is such a gen
ius as a genial satirist that fu
ture generations will study his fa
bles in slang as our generation
studies “Rabelais,” always wanted
to write “heavy stuff.” Maybe
you remember the American Mag
azine’s interview with George, in
which he expressed his bewilder
ment because he seemed forced to
write humor instead of philosophy
or tragedy.
Another case is Eddie Foy,
comedian, whose foremost ambi
tion was always to play Hamlet.
The reader will apply it to him
self—to the thing he wants to be,
the life he wants to live, but can
not*. It is as if invisible hands of
destiny thrust you away from cul
mination of ardent desire.
The trial, as always in philos
ophy, leads nowhere. Common
sense brings most of us a certain
degree of contentment by making
us realize that we probably are
doing what we were intended to
do.
You see an able lawyer, proud
of his ability to repair a clock.
He says: “I was cut out to be a
tine mechanic.” Deep in his heart
he knows that he is “kidding” him
self —that law is his natural field.
This law, however, holds good
only when we are estab
lished in the rut through which we
are destined to spend most of our
mature years.
Often we are doing the wrong
kind of work and yearn for some
thing else. If fitted for the some
thing else, ambition will make us
find away to get into the line we
like.
When it comes to day-dreaming,
to things we yearn for but are un
willing or unable to attain with our
powers, we generally arc like
vaudeville actors as booking agents
describe them: “When they can
sing, they want to dance. And
when they can dance, they want
to sing.”
Having a beautiful complex
ion doesn’t leave much time for
washing dishes. *
Some pople seem to expect sum
mer every winter and winter every
summer.
It is a wise drinking man who
marries a trained nurse.
A tickless clock has been invent
ed but farmer tells us there will
never be any tickless cows.
People who have been to high
priced cabarets will be glad to
learn a big one burned in Atlantic
Relics found in Egypt are said
to be worth $15,000,00. It -must
be a whole case.
Emile Belot is an astromer who
claims stars marry, so Emile must
be thinking of movie stars.
A German coin was called the
“heller,” wasting a perfectly good
“er.”
Speaking of optimists, a great
many girls know it less than a year
until leap year.
In Kansas City, a flivver was
made into a flying machine, but
this frequently happens on rough
roads.
The hard thing about amounting
to something is there are so many
ways not to do it and so few ways
to do it. ,
- ...i-x.-iaa,
OLD DA YS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Jan. 12,
1913.)
The county commissioners of Sum
ter, as was to have been expected,
, wiii be quite as liberal this year
in contributing to the support of pub
lic institutions here as in the past,
| including its annual appropriations
I towards the Americus and Sumter
* county hospital, Carnegie library and
I Ladies’ Benevolent Aid society.
Supei intendent Mathis has issued
appeal !o the parents and people
; of Americus to suport the bond is
ue which i- to be voted upon Jan.
21. The present condition of the
schools are shown and the needs of
the future are indicated.
Americus real estate men and oth
ers who obsefve conditions closely
express belief that this year will be
the best one in a decade in the way
of hou. e building here and in build
ing improvements generally.
The voters of Sumter county will
on February 26, determine the is
suance ’of $90,0(10 of bonds for im
provement of public roads of the
county, a proposition which should
appeal strongly to the progressive
spirit of the citizenship of Sumter—
those who stand for better roads and
general advancement.
Mr. Watts Markett has recovered
from a severe illness of several weeks
and confinement to his home and is
again at business.
Miss Mary Ella Davenport > was
hostess to the Taylor street bridge
last Mondav afternoon. After the
game sand'.: chcs and coffee were
served, .- lie . . ■r , r the highest
S 4 D LIVES
BY BERTON BRALE Y~
L < yi; ’ who live in an underwear ad
I'l- t ;ve an embarrassed career,
fm-'x ■ creed to go ’round pretty nearly unclad
■ ' r ; ' ' some underwear sheer,
Gr o f course, when the weather is bad
• this time of the year,
1 in such fashion—it's quite negligee,
T! '■ : • toi go forth to their work or their play.
A'id n there’s the case of the hosiery maid,
Who’s seldom permitted to dress,
But has to be more or le s lightly arrayed
(It couldn’t be very much less)
In order that hosiery may be displayed
In all its luxuriousness.
(Poor gir), though she’s pretty and dainty no doubt,
She s kept in her boudoir and never let out.)
But saddest of all is the life of the woman
Who lives in the bath night and day,
In order that pictures of her may illumine
The ads which the plumbers display,
For all that she wears—it is rather inhuman,
Is simply a mantle of spray.
Observing these unlucky people, I’m glad ,
That I do not live in a magazine ad!
(Copyright, 1923, NEA Service.)
TOM SIMS SAYS:
No matter how small the home
town station, it is a better place
to get off a train than to catch
a train.
There are so many amatuer re
ceiving station you can’t tell if it
is a cat on the back fence or not.
A great many future convicts
think they are too good for hard
jobs. •
If things look bad, just think of
the money you are saving by
watermelons not being in season.
7— /HMD Sq z A
l&lkiCG Tl-te T>AY T.!/.(■• COLUMPuS
CHR-IStoPHGf? Cccu.-iCci’ 'DiOM'T 'DiSCoVSP
\ FAIR CAMT), ’He— INJ TH6 XGAC.
Jk /C7OO, /A-’D.
j x 1 ' y
< -GgiY U'CX., T You INSIST ON
HAIH-S -T, IvG C/4lv
START (N UU;TW SOPHS’ O’? THOSCS
ION YouGt OJ"’ =—
FxFx--'''’ s'’ 5 '’ . 52?/,
> \ . 1
\\\ 1/ 1 / yh
y X\ v X z ,'7 P
kt
K* x ar ' - zB/sA
X— r y " _ NEA seiiwce
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER, 1
score, a dainty jabot, was won by
Miss Ruth Holt.
f
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Americus Times-Recorder,
> Jan. 11, 1903.)
r Monday morning, no paper pub
_ lished.
%
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
’ (From the Times-Recorder Jan. 12,
I 1893 ‘ )
Quite a little stir was created in
Cotton Avenue yesterday, when a
1 man with blood in his eye and a
; long keen knife in his hand walked in
a store and began looking around for
one of the proprietors. The gentle
man whose scalp was demanded saw
the woujd-be scalper approaching and
I being unarmed, he quietly let him-
I seif out the back door, and appeared
■ again with, a 38 Smith & Wesson.
The trouble between the two was af
terwards adjusted satisfactorily, and
the matter will likely be allowed to
drop where it is.
Mr. Walter Joiner, after an ab
sence of twenty-one years, is again
at his old home visiting his brother,
Mr. Thomas E. Joiner at his home
on Church street. Mr. Joiner has
been living in Texas since he left
Georgia nearly a quarter of a cen
tury ago.
Joe Henry Jordan, one of the clev
erest boys that ever left Americus,
is on his native hearth again and will
probably remain here for several
weeks if business continues good.
Miss Jennie Hollis, one of Ameri
cus’ fairest and most fascinating so
cial favorites, left yesterday for Al
bany, where she will be the guest of
Miss Effie Pope for a few days.
It must be awful to be a big
town detective and have to go to
work and get baffled all day.
The south is showing a great era
of prosperity, but this is not due
to the bank cashiers who have gone
south.
By starting now and working an
hour every night on your income
tax you may get it finished in
March.
There are entirely too many self
made widows.
THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE
W WWW VW f l
jW( IK7 -aWWa
- F i Jtfx ,-jx
’lff: 1 > (XjSF
' f|.\<
1— —*— .. .4 » i NEA 9ERVKK J
The One-Man Woman
BY RUTH AGNES ABEL IN G
“YES I’LL CALL YOU JIM.”
It was the third day of James
Latham’s stay at Justin Parson’
cottage. Kate and he were sitting
on the grass under the pines. Monk
dozed at Kate’s side.
“But for this old boy I might be in
the bottom of that galley yet,” La
tham was thinking aloud.
“But for him,” echoed Kate.
“I wonder why it happened so ”
she said. “Why your car had to
spill there and Monk had to find you
and everything.
“It happened for some reason,”
Kate continued, after a pause. “I
think nothing ever happens without
a reason. It is all to work out some
plan arranged for each of us be
fore we’re born.”
Silence.
Shadows were long on the grass.
Sounds of evening were in the air.
“I know why.”
At length young Latham spoke.
“I know why,” his voice was low,
throaty, beautiful. “I know why—•
so that I should have someone to cal!
Lady Fair!”
Kate looked at the youth. His
face was earnest.
“You mustn’t talk to me like
that.” It hurt to rebuke him even
slightly.
“But I can’t talk any other way—
to you. I’ve known you three days,
and for three days I’ve adored you.
It isn’t a fleeting thing, Lady Fair.
Cures Malaria, Chills
Fever, Dengue
or Bilious Fever.
FOR QUICK SERVICE
AND HEAVY HAULING
PHONE 121
WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO.
WEST LAMAR STREET.
LESLIE-AMERICUS BUS
Phones:
Americus 228 Leslie 14
Leaves Americus 11 am. and 4 pm.
119 Forsyth St.
Leaves Leslie 8 am and 1 pm
Passengers, Packages and Small
Freight Handled
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leave
11:55pm Columbus-Chgo 3:45 am
10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:14 am
7:21 pm Macon-Atanta 6:37 am
1:55 pm A.ibany-Montg’y 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atlanta 1:55 pm
10:15 am Columbus 3:15 pm
6:37 am Albany 7:2lpm
s:l4am Macon-Atlanta 10:35pm
3:45 am Albany-Jaxville 11:55 pm
2:58 am Albany-Jaxville 12:37 am
12:37 am Chgo, St. L. Atla 2:58 am
2:06 am Cinti & Atlanta 1:50 am
FLORIDAN
ALL-PULLMAN, Tri-Weekly
11:10 pm Cols & Chicago !2;40 pm
'2;40 pm Albany & Jax !1:10 pm
North Bound Tuesday, Thur, Sat. i
South Bound Wed., Fri., Sun.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs'
10:05 AM Cordele-Helerta 5:15 PM
12:26 PM Cols.-Montg’y. 3:10 PM
3:10 PM Cordele-Savh. 12:26 PM i
5:15 PM Richland-Cola 10:06 AM j
It’s something that’s rooted deep in
me—it was there from the very be
ginning, but I didn’t know it of
course, until 1 saw you.”
Kate felt panicy as she listened
to the youth. She was three years
older than he but he seemed so sure
of himself that he frightened her.
Was she going to care for him? She
wondered. Was the whole founda
tion upon which she had built her
life with Dan toppling? Was her
theory of one love all through life,
after all, only a theory which wasn’t
going to work out even in her own
case
That James Latham was attractive
to her she couldn’t deny. Could he,
would he, give her the unshared love
which she now believed she had nev
er had from Dan? There was a trace
of bitterness in her thought of Dan
just then. And suddenly the mock
ing face of Alice took shape in her
mental vision.
“Lady Fair.” the words in James
Latham’s voice were a caress.
Kate trembler ~~ the vision of
Americus Welding
& Radiator Works
We weld anything. Boiler
Work and cutting a specialty.
Money Back Guarantee.
Wc make your radiator as
geed as new.
Fenders, Lights *and Gas
Tanks Repaired.
TERMS CASH
Day Phone 943
Night Phone 886
122 Jackson Street.
2 L. G. COUNCIL, President). T. E. EOLTON, Ass’t. CashiOT,
ft C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Asst. Cashier
j The Planters Bank of Americus
ft (Incorporated)
AT YOUR
! COMMAND
ft V W —1923
ft ■■ 3310 ac^’^es °T our bank
S ' years banking ex
ft i* 14 11 perience are at all times at
S mBHPBriIE th® command of its custom-
* 1 ’ j l ers d e£irin £ to avail them-
2 selves of its service and co
st operation.
2 |jg New Friends and Accounts
~ most cordially welcomed.
The Bank With a Surplus
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
ALLISON
UNDERTAKING CO.
Established 1908.
THOMAS C. MALONE
Directoi and Embalmer.
R. E. ALLISON, Mgr.
Prompt Service
Up-to-Date Equipment
D , ay ,?, hones: 286 and 253
.Night Phones 106 and 375 ,
FRIDAY, JANUARYY 12, 1923.
[Copyright 1922, NEA Service]
Alice stayed. The youth felt the
tremor in the fingers which he held.
“Lady Fair—my Lady Fair,” he
repeated. And then, ‘‘You’ve never
called me anything—won’t you call
me Jim, Lady Fair?”
“Jim ” half frightened.
“Jim—yes, yes, I’ll call you Jim!”
There was a ripple in Kate’s voice as
she spoke. Young Latham took it
for emotion in which he was concern
ed. Kate knew it was something
else.
(To be continued.)
FARM LOANS~ Loans 0,1
farms lan.js
at 6 1-2% interest and no comn "<■
sicn to company. Also 6% intereff
and usual commission. Quick ser
vice. GORDON HOWELL, Repre
senting Chickamauga Trust Co. Small
city loans at reasonable rates.
For Sale
One car load nice Ken
tucky Mare Mules just
arrived.
M. J. STEVENS.
LOANS made on improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of 5,7 or
10 years with., pre-payment., option
given. Moijey secured promptly. We
have now outstanding over $1,100,-
000.00 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
ster Counties.. 21- Planters.. Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
-81dg... Americus, Ga... Phone 89 or
211.
AMERICUS
UNDERTAKING CO.
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
NAT LEMASTER, Manager
Day Phones 88 and 23 T
Night Phones 661 and 889