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A THOUGHT
Perfect love casteth out fear.—l
John 4:18.
The first duty of every man in
the world is that of subduing fear;
he must get rid of fear; he cannot
act at all until then; his acts are
slavish; not true. —Thomas Carlyle.
I
HOW TO CURE A
NERVOUS HEADACHE.
Did you ever “get stuck for a
name, date or something else that’s
“on the tip o f the tongue” but
hard to bring out of youi mem
ory?
Your conscious or objective
mind strives to bring the missing
information to the surface. All
the time, according to students
of thought processes, the missing
information is stored away in your
subconscious or subjective mind.
Your conscious mind forgets a
lot. But your subconscious mind
is supposed to remember —to store
away—everything you ever en
counter from cradle to grave.
You've heard how, when a man is
drowning, his whole life passes in
review before him in a few sec
onds. This means, the subcon
scious mind simply throws its doors
wide open and displays its hidden
contents to the conscious mind.
Thirty-one years ago, Dr. Thom
son Jay Hudson wrote a long book,
“The Law of Psychic Phenomena.”
It towers hea dand shoulders above
everything of a similar nature ever
written.,
Hudson sets fourth a theory that
the subjective (subconscious)
mind exercises complete control
over the functions and sensations
of the body. Ako, that the sub
conscious mind (and, in turn, the
functions and sensations of the
body) can be controlled by sug
gestions made to it by the objec
tive or conscious mind.
Here’s how Hudson advised read
ers to cure a nervous headache:
“The suggestion must first be
made that the headache is about
to cease; then, that it is already
ceasing; and finally, that it has
ceased. These suggestions should
be nsde in the form of spoken
words, and they should be steadily
persisted in until the desired effect
is produced.
“A constant reiteration of the
declaration that the head is better
will inevitably produce the desired
result. And when the effect is dis
tinctly felt, the declaration should
be bodily made that the pain has
entirely ceased.
If any remnants of pain are
felt, the fact should be ignored,
and the suggestion persisted in,
that it has ceased. This should
be followed by the declaration that
there will be no return of the symp
toms; and this should be made
with an ail, tone and feeling of
perfect confidence.”
All this, obviously, is a process
of self-hypnotism. Hudson made
puite a sensation in his day. To
day only scholars are familiar with
. his book. But, after 31 years,
the tide rolls in again and the fol
lowers of Colle are suggesting to
their subjective (subconscious)
minds: “Every day, and in every
way, I feel better and better.”
DID YOU GET
YOURS? ’
The per capita wealth of each
Arrterican citizen has; increased
$1.30, the U. S. treasury depart
ment states.
You may not know it but some
where you have been waiting for
you a cart-wheel, two-bits and a
jitney- more than was yours a year
ago.
On January 1, 1923, the amount
of money outside of the treasury
in circulation was $4,732,898,000.
If equally divided among the
American people, it would give
each one $42.81 as against .$41,51
a year ago.
The total stock of money in
the United States, the treasury
said, amounts to $8,614,433,000.
Os this sum there is gold coin and
bullion amounting to $3,933,475 -
000.
Inasmuch as the cost of living
has increased from 1 to 3 per cent,
according to the Department of
Labor, this extra $1.30 will come
in. handy in meeting those Christ
mas bills.
This increase came in the
months of November and Decem
ber. _ .
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OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Jan. 13,
(1913.) t
Monday morning, no’ paper pub
lished.
TWENTY YEARSS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Jan. 13,
1903.)
J. O. M< Arthur and family are
now comfortably settled in their pret
ty country home, the former Hudson
place, four miles east of the city and
one of the most desirable in Sumter
county. Mrs. J. H. Hagerty has se
cured the residence on Church street
just vacated by Mr. McArthur.
The cotton market showed no
changes or surprises yesterday, the
Americus buyers continue to pay
8 1-4 cents for good middling grades.
Under instructions from the new
board of police commissioners, the
police force is ready to report to
that body this morning. Will they
do it?
Mr. Earl Greer, for a long while
in the office of the Americus Oil
company here, has gone to Eufaula,
and will quite probably have the
management of the company’s large
plant in that city. The position is a
responsible one, and the promotion
of Mr. Greer to the management
there is quite a compliment to his
ability, though well merited.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clay are en- J
tertaining a party of friends very i
delightfully this week at their beau
tiful country place near Americus.
Ameong their guests from the city,
who went down yesterday noon, are j
Mr. J. W. Sheffield, Mr .and Mrs.
E. D. Sheffield, Miss Cecelia Daniel,
Mrs. Frank Sheffield, Judge and
Mrs. Charles Crisp. Than the Clay ■
home there is no more delightful or
hospitable one in Georgia or one | :
SAD LIVES ;
BY BERTON BRALEY.
Daily they go forth to do their work,
I nheralded, unlaureled, and unsung;
they penetrate the coal mine’s dusty murk,
They climb the gaunt steel girders they have flung
Against the sky; beneath the river mud
They drill the tunnels where the trains shall run,
They cut down mountains and they dam the flood, ’
Doing the job that must be bravely done.
The hot bla.-t furnace, belching gas and flame,
I ■ theirs to feed the forge, the glowing steel,
They wield the locomotives massive frame,
I heir hammers beat upon the vessel’s keel,
They string the wires that bring a city light,
Down to the sea in ships they take their way,
Steady and calm by day and through the night
They do their work and earn their meed of pay.
Death lurks beside them, but they do their job,
Forever daring, ever unafraid,
Keeping the worlds machinery athrob,
Plain humdrum men of every croft and trade-
No pioneer, no soldier of romance
( Has greater need pf courage or of nerve
i han those who ever battle circumstance
Adventurers who who serve!
(Copyright, 1923, NEA Service.)
ToM_ JTms SAA\S:
If better times don't come this
year let's sue them for breach of
promise.
Ihe trouble with a man who
knows everything is he only ihJnks
he does.
Nothing makes a hen madder
than seeing an ostrich egg,
W hen you see a man chewing
tobacco he is either single or has
been married a long time.
The trouble with this country
is nine pair of pants out of ten
wear out in the seat first.
Only a few more months until
bathing girls will be back on maga
zine covers.
It is easy to figure what you
should have said after it is too late
to say it.
Taxes have been cut in Ohio.
This is contrary to the definition of
taxes, which is ‘‘Things that go up.
The greater building activity is
a sure way of building greater ac
tivity.
Some towns are so lucky. In
Nashville, Tenn., an amateur mu
sic teacher moved away.
If all the books sold were red
there would be twice as many
books read as are read.
F ive payday hath September,
April, July, and December.
Henry Ford says work alone will
cure the world’s ills, but others
think the situation is not quite so
serious. '
The greatest difference between
success and a failure is the success
knew what kind of habits to pick
out.
Beauty secret: Biting the finger
nails leaves a bad impression on
where entertainment is dispensed
more royally.
A
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, Jan. 13,
1893.)
Colonel Seph Buchanan comes io
the front this morning as the champ
ion bird annihilator of Americus. He
went hunting with a party of friends
yesterday and fired into a drove of
blackbirds, briging forty of them to
the ground.
A railroad man just from Ameri
< us says that the Sam road is making
a gieat many changes in its force.
Men who have been in the company’s
employ all through the financial
troubles are being laid off without
pay from away last spring to Dec
ember, when the receiver was ap
pointed. It is reported that there is
considerable want and distress among
the employes who have been waiting
patiently for their money.
Prof. Mathis left yesterday for
Milledgeville, where he goes for a
tew days on business of importance.
Misses Florence and Nellie Hirsch,
two of Americus’ pretty little misses,
left yesterday for a short visit ot
friends in Fort Valley.
Ihe J. I). Avera stock of fancy
and family groceries was sold yester
day to T. F. Gatewood <v (Jo., a firm
composed of two or three young busi
ness men of 'his city .
Dr. R. E. Cato left yesterday for
Philadelphia, where he goes to take
post-graduate course at Jefferson
Medical college, and will then go on
to ‘•■-.v York for anothe• course in
one of the colleges in that city.
At present .ate of a Ivanee in the
m.iiket, meal and brea 1 will soon be
considered luxuries as well as nec
essities. Flour advanced twenty cents
a barrel yesterday, and bulk meat al
so took a corresponding jump.
your fingers and your friends.
There are no farmers around a
country club and no cattle arounu
a stock exchange.
When a girl straightens a bache
lor’s tie it makes him feel as if his
married friends may have a little
sense.
SHILOH
Influenza has been raging in the
community but seems to be better.
Miss Marguerite Cheek has as her
guest Sunday Miss Katie Young.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F.. Daniel an
nounce the birth of a son January
9 th..
Miss Ruth Still was the guest of
Miss Jessie Daniel Sunday.
Terrell Bostwick spent Sunday
with Homer Still.
The singing given by Miss Jessie
i Daniel was much enjoyed by the
: younger set Sunday. Those present
I were Misses Ruth Still, Dora Pilcher,
’ Katie Young, Marguerite Cheek, Ag
i nes and Mildred Daniel; Messrs.
Clifford and Melton Pilcher, Wallis
t heck, Terrell Bostkick, Homer Still
and E. Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman spent
Saturday night with the latter’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnston.
Services will be held at Shiloh on
Saturday and Sunday. Every one
I invited to attend.
Little Smith Moore has been on
the sick list.
Miss Evelyn Wellons spent Sun
day night with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Wellons.
j Miss Laura Pilcher spent Sunday
, with Miss Evelyn Daniel.
Mrs. J. E. Johnston and Mrs. W.
,M. Bell spent Tuesday afternoon
; with Mrs. J. E. Daniel.
Every one is invited to attend the
B- .P. U. on Sunday night.
Germans have to work 14 days
each year to pay their taxes;
Frenchmen 28 days.
Several London physicians have
] expressed the opinion that “strap
I hanging” is good exercise.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
Editor, Times-Reocrder, Americus,
Ga. Dear Sir: I was so much
impressed with the article, in the
j Saturday Evening Post on the public
debt that I am taking the liberty of
sending you the enclosed in the hope
that you can use it. Yours very
truly, JAMES A. FORT.
EASY MONEY.
The article entitled the Public-
Mania that appeared in the Satur
day Evening Post under date of
January 13, is so full of interest to
every thoughtful citizen that I am
taking this method of calling atten
tion to it.
The output of state, county, city
and district bonds has increased in
the last five or six years from around
three hundred million dollars per
year to more than one and a quar
ter billion dollars per year. Such
stupendous public spending ought to '
attract attention. These bonds are I
exempt from income tax and for
that reason find a ready malrket.
Officials are advised and encouraged
to issue bonds and the prospect of
unearned, ready money is a tempta
tion generally too strong to resist.
We ought to know the peril that
surrounds “money in sight.” Bond
money is “easy money” and is no
toriously spent with a free hand with
little of no concern felt about re
payment. Frequently the sinking
fund is squandered, and in that event
a little legal sleight of hand is em
ployed and additional bonds are is
sued to take care of the oversight.
In many instances bonds are used
co pay current expenses of course,
.t takes a little juggling of the books
but that is generally explained away
by saying that the end justifies the
means. The bond election is car
ried with a rattle and bang and the
money is spent with a whoop.
Ihe Census Bureau reports that
hree-fourths of all American cities
are living beyond their means. No
body seems to have any thought of
he day of reckoning that is bound
o come. With each issue of bonds
he expense of government grows,
explain it away as you will, this fact
emains, and in time the tax burden
will become so great that enterprise
will be forced out of the city that
recklessly issues bonds, and the of
icials will some day be face to face
vith repudiation. Mr. Garrett in the
irticle referred to, says that twice
before state and cities went on a
money borrowing spree with the re
sult that some state defaulted on
their interest payments and some
deliberately repudiated their obli
gations. The first crash came from
1830 to 1840, and the second from
18i0 to 1830. Anything like a gen
eral repudiation of the present pub
lic bonded indebtedness would crip
ple the business of this country for
it least ten years. Investors in pub
lic bonds do not bother to find out
where the money goes, it seems to
be pretty generally understood that
i large per centage of it is wasted,
the present idea is to buy tax free
securities to get around the income
tax law. As an illustration of the
tendency to borrow money on the
public laith, the Post cites Califor
nia. In that state the municipal,
■ ounty and state indebtedness has
ncreased the cost of government
from S4O to s9l per capita. The
ity of Detroit in the last six years
las increased her per capita tax
from $24 to $l2O, and is still run
iing it up. California and Detroit
ire both prosperous but it must be
remembered that their prosperity
came about before they went on the
borrowing spree. They seem pros
perous now but every spendthrift
seems prosperous while the money
last?. Dothan, Ala., is cited as sad
dling a bond issue on itself of $7 50,-
000 on top of an old issue of $280,-
000, making its per capita indebted
ness greater than that of either
I ittsbrug or Boston. Can you imag
ine any large enterprise going- to
Dothan to help pay off this debt?
With these facts befor • us what
are we going to do in Americus and
in Georgia? Is it the part of wis
dom to mortgage our future and un
dertake to justify o;ir action on the
ground that everybody else is doing
t? How will all this borrowing ef
fect states and pities witjiin the
next ten or twenty years? The only
reasonable conclusion is that the
cost of government will approach or
be prohibitive. Cities and states
with excessive tax rates cannot com
pete with cities and states with low
tax rates, laves are a big item in
industry today and executives are
on the lookout for communities
where the cost of government is low.
Any city that will live within its
means for the next ten years ought
to be able to take care of all neces
sary impr>\ ments out of new prop
erty and increased values. As an
illustrati in of the prohibitive cost of
doing busi.-o n.some of the cities
and states of the North, we see a
general movement of cotton mMls
from New I-ngland to the South.
This is just a starter. Other indus
tries must follow unless we are so
short sight 1 as io make our co t of
government so high as to be pro-
I hibitive.
For many years the South has
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BY RU T H AGNES ABELI N G [Copyright 1922. NEA Service]
THE WAY OF FATE
James Latham had asked her to
call him Jim! It was all happening
;ust as she had known it would! What
vas it that had forewarned her Kate
at looking at the stars that night
ong after the youth had climbed up
.o the sloping roofed room.
Life had always been more or less
of a problem to Kate from the time
he had opened her eyes to a mother
vho didn’t understand her. It seem- '
ed that with every day the skein be- 1
came more tangled. She had thought j
ehat in coming back to the calm little
.'louse with its calm little gardens
she could live out the rest of her
jfe in a sort of a dream world. She
nad wanted so much to rest'! But
realities had sought her out again
and swung her to the very center of
the web.
Sleep, which finally came with
mental exhaustion, was deep and rest
ful. Kate awakened refreshed and
ready for the trip which Jim
and she had planned for the evening
oefore.
Jim’s automobile had been re
turned, ready for use. They were
going to motor to Terre Haute just
or the pleasure of the ride through
the lovely fall landscape.
Kate was radiant when her little
had the reputation of being probab
.y the most conservative section of
the country. If we will only' live
up to this reputation for a few years
and pay as we go in affairs of gov
■rnment we are bound to profit by 1
the wasteful and extravagant meth- j
ids of government now so general in I
he North and West. ’
1 sincerely hope that every citi
zen of Americus will read the ar
ticle on public defit in the Saturday
Evening Post in the issue of Jan
uary 1. JAMES A. FORT.
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Phones:
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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
Arm al and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leave
11:55 pm 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
5:14 am 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 Cir.-ti & Atlanta 1:50 am
FLORIDAN
ALL-PULLMAN, Tri-Weekly
!l:10 pm Cols & Chicago !2;40 pm
'2;4opm Albany & Jax !1:10 pm
North Bound Tuesday, Thur, Sat.
South Bound Wed., Fri., Sun.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
10:05 AM Cordele-Helena 5:15 PM
12:26 PM Cols.-Montg’y. 3:10 PM
3:10 PM Cordele-Savh. 12:26 PM
6:15 PM Richland-Cola 10:05 AM
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family gathered at the breakfast
table, and beautiful when cloaked,
hatted and veiled, she slipped into
the seat beside James Latham.
“Off with you now—and don't
slide down another em . ent!”
Justin waved to them as the car
rolled away from the little li-ause.
“You beautiful thing!' 1 itham’s
voice was low. He bent toward Kate
as the car rounded the curve in to
the main road.
Kate thrilled. She loved his voice.
This in spite of I r elf, ft'- she
knew that Latham was young, and
■ more than that, she had, somehow,
a feeling of debt to Dan—a debt of 1
love and faith.
“Didn’t we agree v.hc:i we phinned
this trip that yo ■ , ......
circumspect, your. ■ man? Kate half
scolded.
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“But who, ’’Latham was smiling,
| "vcould expect a man to keep proin
i ises made in moonlight? Moonlight
, was made for love and— lies! H'arni-
I less lies, of course.”
“Jimmy lad, will you never be
I serious and sensible?” whimsically.
“And,” continued Kate “because
‘ you’ve broken one promise to me
I already, I'm going to ask you to make
| another Will you?”
“Anything, Lady Fair!” gallantly,
i “Anything your little heart desires!’’
“Four square—no joking ” Kate
I was suddenly serious.
I “No joking.”
“I hen,” Kate spoke slowly, ' I
want you to take me to a certain
■ Chinese laundry while we’re in Terre
; Haute.”
1 (To be continued.)
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. Money secured promptly. We
i have now outstanding over $1,100,-
■ 000.00 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend.
i MIDDLETON M’DONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, TerreU, Schley,
ster Counties. 21 Planters. Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
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211.