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PAGE SIX
TIME S-RECORDER
PUBLISHED 1879
Published by
The Times-Reeorder Co., (Inc.)
Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher
Entered as aecoud class matter at the postoffice
at Americus, Georgia, according t® the Act of
Congress.
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A Thought
A good man out of the good
treasure of his heart, bringeth
forth that which is good; and an
evil man out' of the evil treas
ure of his heart, bringeth forth
that which is evil; for of the
abundance of the heart his
mouth speaketh.—Luke 6:45.
Oh, what may man within him
hide, though an angel on the
outward side.—Shakespeare.
THE PROPOSED
NEGRO PLAY GROUND.
Negroes of Americus will
build and maintain a playground
for their children. Rather a
conmmendable move. The play
ground will be provided for
negroes by negroes, which is an
other commendable thing. This
playground means much for
Americus negroes. And Ameri
cus whites will also be benefited
thereby. This is true, because
every commendable movement
in any community benefits ev
ery resident of that community.
There are a good many negro
residents of Americus who wall
be benefited by this playground
when it is established. Every
member of that race here should
get behind the leaders who have
decided to "put over” this move
ment for the betterment of the
negro children of Americus.
Only a few weeks ago three
negro children were crushed to
death while playing in a hide
( ously ugly place. Somebody is
responsible for the loss of these
lives, negro leaders feel a part
of the responsibility is theirs.
Maybe it is; maybe it isn’t
Anyway, they are looking, to the
future. They don’t want any
more accidents, of the kind
wherein these three negro chil
dren had their lives snuffed
out. A few years ago such an ac
cident would have passed un
noticed. A lesson learned from
the incident is that the negro
as a race progressing. The
movement to establish a negro
playground in Americus was
started soon aftetr this accident.
The accident may or may not
have instigated the movement.
Negro leaders have accepted
the responsibility that it is
theirs—they will see after the
welfare of their children to the
best of their ability. And for
this they deserve the unstinted
praise of every negro.
A playground for Americus
negroes shouldn’ cost a great
deal and every negro here
should feel it a privilege and
avail himself of the opportunity
to help in buying and equipping
this recreation ground.
WHITE PALLBEARERS
AT NEGRO FUNERAL.
The oth'er day down at Moul
trie a faithful negro of that
town passed to his reward, hav
ing served for' long . ;ne as sex
ton of the white Presbyterian
church of that city of which he
was a member. The whole town
paid tribute to honesj Mose Har
rington as he was carried to his
last resting place, in the ceme
tery, some of the foremost busi
ness men of Moultrie acting as
pallbearers with a white minis
ter in charge of the obsqquies.
The Moultrie Observer, from
which paper we get this story,
goes on to say that there were
many / floral offerings—large
numbers of white peoplui who
had known Harrington, sending
flowers. The mayor and mem
bers of the city council acted
a? honorary escort, white folks
from all walks of life attend
ing the funeral services.
■> This is not an unusual in
cident—in the South —but it
only goes to show how the south
ern people regard the faithful
negro. Such an incident would
be impossible in any city of the
north where many are now
flocking, only in time to be dis
satisfied with the rigors of that
bleak climate in the winter time.
There are many Mose Har
ringtons living in the south who
have so comported themselves as
to win the admiration of the
white folks among whom they
move. To such the south bids
them stay and are assisting
many to build comfortable
homes and earn a competence
for themselves in a land where
they are appreciated as was
Mose HaHrrington of Moultrie.
We did not know' Mose, but his
.ZiffilMfc _
counterpart is right here in
Americus and on the plantations
of the Uncle Remus type of
darkey, respected by all for
faithfulness to duty.
'WHAT'S WRONG
WITH AMERICA?”
Acertain magazine is running
a series articles on American
states. From these articles we
gather that the American states
were settled by men who were
chased out of Europe for Eu
rope’s good and that even today
they are suffering from every
thing from ringworm to spavin.
Every now and then some
man named Mewchen or Lewis
shon or something of that kind,
tell us what is wrong with Amer
ica. It seems we have no appre
ciation of art. We worship an
awful God. Our womankind are
contemptible and we are unable
to appreciate the fact that long
hair and a soulful expression in
dicate an artist.
In about half of the cases
these men are the sons of Eu
ropeans who took off their hats
and got into the gutter every
time they saw a military uni-
form approaching. In some cases
they are the sons of Russian and
Polish Jews who were mighty
lucky to be allowed to live at
all. Now they come over here
and tell us what is wrong with
America and the principal thing
they find wrong is that Ameri
can women don’t play the harlot
and call it free love and Ameri
can men vote for prohibition.
We can tell these people what
is wrong with America and do it
in a few words. The wrong and
the trouble is that some Ameri
cans left the gate open entirely
too long and let in a lot of in
dividuals who would not be
worthy to kiss the boots of
George Washington if they
crawled from Ellis Island to
Mount Vernon to do it, and who
certainly are not worthy to
criticise the Americanism left us
by Washington, Jefferson and
Benjamin Franklin.
We stop a moment to apologize
to honest immigrants. These
men by the millions send their
children to the public schools,
teach them to love the flag, and
even insist that they forget the
speech of their forefathers in
order that they may be better
Americans. The trouble with
this country is not so much ‘‘im
migration” as the lack of “em
igration.”
GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT
OUR LEADING INDUSTRY.
The growth of population, in
dustry and wealth in the United
States are subjects frequently
paraded, but we have overlook
ed the real phenomenon, which
is the growth of government.
Americans are perhaps the most
governed people in the world
says tne Yakima, Washington,
Daily Republic.
Nation, state, county and city
all bestow a share and take a
share of tribute.
And government makes busi
ness for itself. Whenever we see
it, we see it growing, expand
ing, reproducing itself. When
ever a seed of it falls, in soil
however barren* !t shoots up
and flowers, a full blown plant,
almost overnight.
Millions of Americans live
on government; derive their
support from the organizations
society has formed to collect
and spend the public revenues,
to make and enforce laws and
to administer the common af
fairs. ( . w
Government, then is a.’ lead
ing American a con
temporary concludes. No other
industry receives and spends a
revenue, employes such num
bers or contributes so little to
the national wealth.
Probably America will have
to find away sometime to
check the growth of government
or it will monopolize the soil
and choke all| other growths.
The wealth-producing industries
cannot keep pace with it. Sena
tor Smoot has said that if con
gress sets up a new government
bureau with three officials and
$25,000, it will, within a very
short time, grow to times
that size and require a million
dollars.
To have more government
than w e need is just as wasteflu
as to prepare more food for din
ner than we can eat.
There are places in Mexico
where it never rains, which
should be imported for picnic
grounds.
A check for? 1000 makes a
great wedding present ~ but is
expensive.
Besides making girls attrac
tive, soft telinging dresses make
fine dust rags for mother.
| OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Reeorder, June
22, 1913.)
Quimby Melton, an Oxford boy,
son of Dr. W. F. Melton, has been
added to the editorial staff staff
of the Times-Recorder, to begin
work on the first of August. #
A crowd of young men were
hosts at a moonlight picnic given
at Prospect Park Monday evening
in honor of Miss Clara Harbin, of
Chattanooga who is the guest of
Miss Flora Denham and Miss
Florrie Cave of South Carolina,
the guests of Misses Reba and
Lula Calhoun.
Miss Maude Sherlock was hos
tess on Wednesday evening, in
viting a number of guests to meetl
Miss Marion O’Donnell and Mr.
Carling Dinkier, of Macon, Ga. A
feature of entertainment W'as
Progressive Conversation played
on the lawn.
A lovely affair of the past
week was the party given on Fri
day evening in honor of Miss
Beulah Bivins of Cordele and Miss
Edna Crawford, of Colum*bus, by
their hostess, Miss Mary Hawkins,
at her home on College street.
The guests were entertained on
the porch and lawn, and punch
was served by Miss Frances Lov
ing.
Misses Elizabeth and Callie
Speer are spending, ten days with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slappey in I
Shellman. *
Copyright, 1923, TNfnlv PnPU)
N. E. A. Service. ■L'ttliy 1 (JCILI Berton Braley
A BARGAIN
A little bird sat on my window sill ’ J
And trilled away as a bird will trill, .
And he cocked at me such a knowing eye
T hat I said, “I’ll talk To this little guy.” | • y
So I asked, “Oh, bird, do you think it pays /
To give up a bachelor’s easy ways,
For the sake of a girl? Is the price too steep?”
“Cheep!” said the little bird, “Cheep' Cheep! Cheep!”
“But think what it means, oh bird,”J cried, j
“T o take to my bosom a blushing bride. ' f
I hough love is joyous and dear and sweet, » j,!
The fondest lovers, at times, must eat. ■ 2
A id the cost of renting a cozy nook
Is hard on a poor man’s pocketbook.
Won't the cost be high for the joys I reap?”
"Cheep!” said the little |>ird, “Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!” •
“So you think,” I said, “that the toil and fret,
The vvoe's and worries that must be met
In having a home and a family, jjj
Won't prove too heavy a load for me? (F
If I give up freedom, with which I’m blest, to
For the sake of.a mate and a ilttle riest ’ ”
You think it’s worth it? I’ll take your word, '
1 ou look to me like a sapient bird'
Is the price too great? Ere I get, in deep
Is it worth the cost, for it costs a heap?”
Cheep, sa,d the little bird, “Cheepr cheep! Cheep!”
TOM SIMSSAYS: '
Candlesticks make nice wed
ding gifts. The big heavy kind
fine for chasing burglars.
No matter how old a gas met
ter gets, it is always anxious to
run. *
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Atlanta, Ga., mother of three
still goes to college, when she
could learn more at home.
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The big picture hats, they say,
are returning. You remember
them, 12 make a street car full.
College boy named Tykle runs
100 yards in 9 3-5 seconds, so
he would make a fine pedes
trian.
A dinner dress of black taf
feta with an oilcloth apron will
do away with napkins entirely.
Painted wicker is used for
flower pot baskets. It should be
removed before throwing the
pot.
Strong sunlight kills bugs, but
of course this has nothing to do
with people wearing hats.
A hotel on Mt. Rainer is 11,
000 feet high. All hotels, how
ever, are very high these days.
Beauty and brains seldom go
together. Both are seldom
needed. :
Men and razor blades are use
less when they lose their temper.
They are promising to love,
honor and dismay.
MOULTRIE PACKING
PLANT KEEPS BUSY
MOULTRIE, Ga., June 22—Hogs
bought at the co-operative sales in
C-’orgia and from stockyards at
Nashville are enabling the plant of
Swift & Company to have the busi
est summer it has yet known. Some
2,000 head are being received week
ly from Tennessee. The unusual
market conditions anu the readjust
ment of freight rates a few weeks
ago have enabled the packers here
to find it advantageous to buy hogs
at Nashville and other points and
ship them to Moultrie for slaughter.
In past summers the packing plant
here has been forced to stand prac
tically idle from June 1 until well
up in September.
It has been computet! that the
average mr<i speaks 11,000,000
words in the course of a year. -
TUE X AMERICUS' TIMES-RECORDER ”
Mr. an-d Mrs. 1,. W. Brown will
sail from Savannah Tuesday On the
the City of Montgomery for New
York. ;
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. June
22, 1893.)
Americgis now has a club, the
equal of any; amateur orgar(iza|-
tion in the state, at an enthusias
tic meeting of a number of lovers
of the game a night or two since
permanent organization was ef
fected by the election of Mr. C. H.
E. Griffeth, captain; Stonewall
Glover, manager and Egbert Allen
secretary and treasurer.
No mail from New York or the
north reached Americus last night,
owing to a misconnection some
where along the line, it is not oft
en that this occurs, as a general
thing this mail coming in promptly
every night.
Miss Mamie Murphy, a very
■pretty young lady from Plains is
'the guest of Miss Annie Salter, on
Spring street for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hooks are
spending several days in the city,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
"N. Burkhalter.' The many friends
of Mr. Hooks are glad to see him
out again after a recent serious
illness.
At 7 o’clock Tuesday at the
home*of the bride near Plains,
Mr. AJex Chappell and Mrs. Emma
E. Mays were united in marriage,
Rev. A. C. Wellons officiating.
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Mies may live as long as five
years if not swatted severely. j
Little boys' have a hard life.
One tells us his big sister bor- I
rows his bathing suit.
I
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Bet the man who names col- J
lars is sorry for what he has done "
alter he gets sober again? I
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One thing that worries the girl
of today is she wiH be the girl of J
yesterday tomorrow.
Too many tried business men
work themselves into hear fail- f
. ure trying’to avoid business fail
ure. i
The only handicap about a 1
flivver is you never can recogn- f
ize the thing after it is stolen.
F
Scientists say that 3,000,000
years ago camels roamed Amer- .
ica, even where New York is lo- f
cated.
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This world could be twice as I
bad as it is. The seasons on Mars
are twice as long as ours. J
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Three Smiles - i
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Help!
Andy carried the mail to a
neighboring village in a small one- I
seated wagon. One day there hav
ing been a death on his route, he
was bringing the casket for the
burial, and also had a lady passen
ger. There was no place to accom
modate her exepet’ the top of the
casket; so Andy started out with
his pasesnger seated thereon. Be
fore long he was hailed by a man
with: *«
Hi. there, Andy! The corpse is
out!”—Everybody's Maggzing,
Behind the Scenes.
Telephone Operator—Sorry, sir
Mr. McConnell is at an important
conference and is likely to be
away all afternoon.
Customer—Can you tell me
when he will be back?
'Telephone Operator (to office
boy)—When is the baseball game
over, Johnny? Five o’clock? (over
the phone). No, I don’t think he
will be back before half-past five.
This is an important conference.
I’ll tell him you called.—Cohoes
(N. Y.) Sentinel.
Too Cheap.
Kind Friend—l’ll give you a penny
for a kiss, Elizabeth.
1 Bright Kid —No, thank you! I
can earn more takin’ cod-liver oil.
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CIASIFIEDAEMSEMENTS
WANTED LOANS, LOANS, i
LOANS, LOANS—Having a di-'
rect connection and plenty of
money at the lowest possible inter
est rate. I cgn save you money on
city loans and farm loans. H. O.
JONES. 14-ts
WANTED—To protect you, your
family and yourT'operty.
E. Matthews, InsUi;anqc. 18-ts
LOANS on farm lands and city
property. Low interest rate.
Loana 1 promptly closed. See S. R.
Heys or H. B. Williams. Phones 48
or 52. ,
ROOFING—Phone 117—SHIVER
Johns-Manville ROOFING, roof
coating, roof cement, creosote,
roof paint. ts
DR. L. M. HAWKINS, Physician-
Office over Americus Drug Co.;
phone, office 363; residence 523. I
6-tf
PHONE 117—JNO. W. SHIVER—
Let us fit your home with
screens before the rush is on. 28-ts
PHONE 117, JNO. W. SHIVER, or
call and see the best RED CE
DAR SHINGLES. Will last 20 or 30
years. Best grade eever No. 1 and
No. 2 Pine Shingles and Laths, ts
FARM LOAN MONEY plentiful at j
cheap interest rate and on
terms. W. W. Dykes. 9-ts
FOR SALE—Attention Pig Club
Boys. We have some extra fancy
Duroc pigs for sale. W. JI Josey.
29-ts
FOR SALE—Electric irons guaran
teed one year, $4.65. Supply lim
ited. W. W. McNeill. 5-ts
FOR RENT—Bee Hive Store, La
mar street. Possession September
first. W. W. Dykes. 4july3
FOR RENT —Unfurnished apart
ment close in; desirable. 308
West Church street. 9-ts
FOR RENT—Desirable four-room
apartment; screened, bath, hot
water, garage. Phone 800. 16-ts
EARN S2O weeKly spare time, at
home, addressing, mailing, music,
circulars. Send 10c for music, in
formation. American Music Co.,
1658 Broadway, Dept. 55-T, N. Y.
18-6 t
FOR SALE—St. Augustine grass
roots; $1 per bushel. Phone 401.
. . 20-3 t j
NOTICE
City Tax Books are now open
for 1923 returns. Books will close
July Ist. Make vour returns early.
A. D. GATEWOOD, Clerk and
Treasurer.— (adv.)
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
LEWS ELLIS
Phone 830
9 -
Americus
Undertaking Co.
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
NAT LEMASTER, Manager.
Day Phones 88 and 231
Night Phones 661 and 889
IC o M P LE T E COMMERCIAL
COURSE Comprising Short
i hand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping;
taught in 6 to 8 weeks; easy terms.
Address Box 254, Americus, Ga.
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We make to order things
that you want7 Ice
boxes, porch boxes,
lawn swings, cedar
chests, cook tables,
.breakfast suites, lamp
stands and all kinds of
screens. Repair all kind
of furniture. Americus
Screen Mfg. Co. Phone
,73. 18-ts
DISTRICT AGENT WANTED—OhI
Legal Reserve Insurance compa
ny wants District Agent for this
territory. Contract di' with Home
Office. Company w; . ig all forms
of Life, Accident and Health Insur
ance. Have fine contract for lady
or gentleman and will Tender such
assistance as will make your agency
a success. Address Old Line, care
i Times-Recorder. 20-3 t
NEW RUQS REWOVEN from your
old carpets; factory representa
tive in city few more days. Partic
ulars phone 776. Frank Cunning,
Cawood House. 20-3 t
Largest Assortment of
Bathing Caps in Town
Charmingly simple and tasteful
in style and designed for many
practical needs. Close fitting and
cause no discomforts. Many
styles, sizes and colors.
Americus Drug Co.
Phone 75
The
Times-Recorder
Operates one of
the Most Modern
JOB PRINTING
. PLANTS
In Southwest Georgia
J Phone 99
L. G. COUNCIL, President. T, E. BOLTON, Aas’t. Cashiar,
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Asst. Cashier
The Planters Bank of Americus
(Incorporated)
PERSONAE
a SERVICE
Every department in this
bank, which is the largest un
der state supervision in
Southwest Georgia, is or
ganized and maintained to
give our customers that help
co-operation and advice
which is natural to expect .
from so substantial a bank
ing institution.
We believe it will be to
, your advantage to get better
acquainted with this bank
' of personal service.
The Bank With • Surplus
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 192?
FOR RENT —-Two unfurnished
rooms to couple without children.
608 Jackson Ave. Mrs. Emma Joy
ner. 21-3 t
WANTED —Three young ladies at
once. Apply Rylander Theatre.
22-lt
FOR RENT —6-room house, interior
recently overhauled. Apply 417
Elm avenue. —22-lt
FOR SALE —A-No. 1 Grade Reg-
ular Second Sheets, 8 1-2 by 11
inches, special per thousand, sl.
The Times-Recorder Job Printing
Department.—22-ts. VS
JOB
PRINTING
A Department of
The Times-Recoder
New and Moderti Equipment
New Type Face
The Price and the Service
Will Be Satisfactory
TO YOU
Phone 99
The Times-Recorder Co.
Lovelace Eve, Publsher
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
I'Ublished as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leave
11:55 pm Colum’s-Chgo 3:45 am
10:35 pm Albany-Mont 5:14 am
7:21 pm Macon-Atl’nta 6:37 am
1:5'5 pni Alb’y-Montg’y 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atla’ta 1;55 pm
10:15 am -Columbus 3:15 pm
6:37 am Albany pm
5:14 am Macon-Atla’ta 10:35 pm
3:45 am Albany-J’ville 11:55 pm
2:58 am Albany-J’ville 12:37 am
12:37 am Chgo.St.L.’Atl 2:58 am
3:45 am Cin & Atlanta 1;35 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
10:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5 :15 pm
12:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm
3:10 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm
5:15 nm Richland-Cols 10:05 am