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TIMES-RECORDER
PUBLISHED 1879
Published by
The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.)
Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher
Entered a* ee.-ond clast matter at the postoffice
it Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of
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A Thought
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If thou hast done foolishly in
lifting up thyself, or if thou has;
thought evil lay thine hand upon
thy mouth. —Prov. 30:23.
It is better to remain silent
than to speak the truth ill-hum
oredly and spoil an execllent dish
by covering it with bad sauce. —
St. Francis de Sales.
WHY PICK ON POOR
OLD HENRY FORD?
Henry Ford admits he posses
ses the original “one track’* mind
of the world, and he is proud 01
of it. Indeed, he has a right to
be, for it has yielded him a for
tune of something like S6OO,
000,000 in 20 years. Aside from
manufacturing cheap-priced au
tomobiles, however, Henry does
not shine so brightly. Declaring
all history is ‘bunk,’ he places the
Revoluntionary War at or
around 1812, and he says that
Benedict Arnold was a “writer
or something.’’ He hrs never let
loose of a dollar without seeing
a half dozen coming back in re
turn, and his war profits and the
manner in which he kept his son
out of military service never won
him a diploma from the Ameri
can Legion.
Despite such record, how
ever, presidential straw votes re
veal the strang- fact that Henry
lord is rtinii’. g away ahead of
anyone else wh >se name has
been mentioned for the greatest
office with'.r. the .gift of the
American pc q; e. Os course, a
year ahead of a presidential elec
tion always is a silly season in
politics, but if ;t i.my be ass.tm
<d that straws sti >w which way
the wind blows, Henry Ford is
going to create mr; than a pass
ing zephyr in the 1924 presiden
tial campaign. He is causing
much concern to both the major
political parties, and if lA. final
ly decides to ‘‘carry through,”
next year is going to see a jum
ble that congress may be called
upon to unravel.
There is no understanding the
mass psychology that makes Ford
a candidate for the presidnecy.
Beneath it all, to be sure, is dis
satisfaction with existing condi
tions, but why this unrest should
.crystalize in a Ford-for-President
movement is inexplicable. Here
is John D. Rockefeller, fvho has
given away $500,000,000 to com
bat disease, advance the cause of
education, and otherwise . aid
humanity the world over, yet he
couldn’t be elected to any office.
Along comes Henry Ford, who
has devoted his life to piling up
a fortune for himself, and rides
high on the wave of popular es
teem. i
Perhaps you can explain it; no
one else can.
BUSINESS CYCLES
AND UNEMPLOYMENT.
The report and recommenda
tions of a committee of the Pres
ident s conference 'on unemploy
ment, on the subject “Business
Cycles and Unemployment,” have
just been issued. This could not
come at a more opportune time,
as business conditions in the
country are good and industrial
leaders and labor representaties
have a chance to profit by a
summary of past experiences in
order to shape their future
course so as to help eliminate un
employment and suffering which
have been periodically experi
enced through lack of industrial
activity.
The committee’s report is
worded in plajn ’•language and
any reader can understand it.
Its general conclusion is, that as
business slumps are in the main
due to wastes, extrava
gance* speculation, inflation,
over-expansion ami inefficiency
in production developed during
the booms, a remedy lies in the
/eduction of these evils mainly
through the provision for such
current economic information
as will show the signs of danger,
and a more general understand
ing and use of such»information
by producers, distributors and
banks, with resulting safer and
more constructive policies, ;
The elimination of waste is the
greatest issue in maintaining em
ployment and high standards of
living. No waste is greater than
unemployment. No suffering is
keener or more fraught with
dispair than that due to the ina
bility to get jobs by those wno
want to work. In concluding, the
committee emphasizes its convic
\ tion that unless business men,
\ bankers and others who are re
sponsible for policies and prac
tices in industry begin without
delay to study and act in order
to meet the problems of unem
ployment and business cycles, so
lution which may prove to be
fundamentally unsound will be
attempted without the benefit of
practical experience.
Now is the time to consider
the committee’s report, not after
a period of depression has set
in.
WHEN SUPREME COURT
MET IN AMERICUS.
Three quarters of a century
ago the State Surpreme court
i met alternately in Americus and
Talbotton, the first session of
that court having convened in
the latter town in January
1864. Talbotton was a meeting
place for the Supreme court
by the second section of . the
Constitutional Amendment. This
second section of the amendment
provided that the court should
be held on the fourth Monday in
January and July in each year
for the second district, to be
composed of the Chattahoochee
and Southwestern circuits alter
nately at the two towns.
The first judges of the Su
preme Cour. 77 s’cars ago were
J. 11. Lumpkin, of Athens;
Hiram Warner, of Greenville,
and E. A. Nishit, of Macon. Jas.
M. Kelly, of I’ery, was reporter
for the court and R. E. Martin
of Milledgeville, was clerk.
At this term of the court, the
following gentlemen, members
of the bar of the Superior courts
were admitted to practice in the
Supreme court: A. Iverson, Hines
Holt, James Johnson, M. Johns
ton, A. G. Foster, of Columbus;
B. Hill, A. F. Owen, E. H. Wor
rill, Wm. E. Brooks, A. G. Perry
man, Levi B. Smith, S. D. Heard,
M. Nethune, J. L. Stephenson,
of Tolbotton and Amos ’W.
Hammond, of Culloden.
From Talbotton, the court
went to Macon, Cassville, Mil
ledgeville, Hawkinsville, Ameri
. cus, Decatur and Gainesville,
and for several years this mode
of trying cases by this traveling
Supreme court who went about
from place to place and review
ed cases carried from Superior
courts, but finally the method
changed by having the court to
sit at the State Capitol in At
lanta.
DON’T OVERLOOK
ANY DIAMONDS.
Kimberley was going back.
The farmers were disgruntled.
They said they couldn’t eke a
I living from the rocky soil.
And all the time, their ragged
youngsters were playing with
diamonds!
But the farmers didn’t know.
Many of them died poor. They
thought the priceless gems were
pebbles.
Some folks are just like those
Kimberley farmers. They -seek
opportunity in some distant
place and overlook the wealth
that is daily within their grasp.
Advertising is a diamond mine
of opportunity. It tells of values
you would probably overlook if
it was not there to guide you.
Don t miss the advertisements
in this paper. They save money
and make it for you!
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
SENATORS COST TO NATION
If it were possible to take pen
cil and paper and figure out what
Robert M. LaFollette has cost
the people of the United States
in dollars and cents since he was
elected to the senate the total
would be appalling. There is the
single item of railroad valuation
which - he said, I’3 years ago,
would cost about $2,400,000 and
which to date has cost alost $86,-
000,000 without accomplishing
anything worth while, a result
that was predicted at the time,
and which will probably run to
$100,000,000 before it can be
stopped—The New York Commer
cial Appeal.
1 hree Sni iles
N e xt Time He’d Wait.
A young man was keeping com
pany with the daughter of a mini
ster, and was frequently at the
house to tea. He had a bad habit
of helping himself to food before
grace. One night, in saying grace,
the minister varied it a little and
said: “For what we are about to
receive, let us be thankful. For
what the young man has already
received, let us be doubly thank
ful.”
The Next Move.
Said a friend to the proud fath
er of a college graduate who had
just been awarded an A. M. de
gree :
“I suppose Robert will be looking
for a Ph, D. next?” ‘
“No. He will be looking for a J.
O. B.
Method In It.
An English mother who’d had
her baby christened William Oliver
Robert Kenneth Was asked why she
gave the child so many names.
‘ Because,” she replied, “the ini
tial spell ‘work,’ so perhaps wher
baby grows up he’ll take to it bet
ter than his father,”
\OLD DAIS US AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
| Monday morning, no paper pub- I
' lished.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. July ,
2, 1903.
Mr. L. G. Childers came up yes- I
terday from his farm in Lee coun- ■
ty, bringing two large, ripe and '
luscious watermelons, the very first I
ones of the crop here. As he rode
through the streets pointing with
pride to the fine fruit in the bot
tom of the buggy, Mr. Childers was
the envy of the multitude.
Mr. John B. Felder returned yes
terday from a trip through the
lower portion of Sumter and re
ports the crop prospect very good
indeed. On many plantations cot
ton is waist high and growing ilke
magic since the late rains set in,
while the corn prospect is equally
good.
Mrs. H. E. Allen has gone to
Orange, Mass., upon a visit of some
length to her sister, Mrs. H. A.
Priest, nee Miss Lingo, of Ameri-
I cus.
! Mr. and Mrs. Barlow Council
will return today from Lookout
Mountain and will be at home at
their residence near the city.
Pecan trees have been extensive
ly planted in this section in recent
years, and these tree swill soon
< ome into bearing and yield a
fine revenue to the owners. Rufus
Hearn has 1,400 small trees grow
ing on his farm near Americus.
Copyright, 1923, F) q jl v P nprn 1! >'
N. E. A. Service. -L-Jitll y* I Utlll Berton Braley
ASK DAD—HE KNOWS
Your mother can help you and give you a hand
Through lots of your troublesome flurries,
But there are some matters she can’t understand,
Some boyishly masculine worries;
And that’s what your dad’s for, young fellow. You'll fnd
He’s wise to the world, never doubt it;
Whenever you’ve got such a thing on your mind,
Go talk to your father about it.
You may have decided he’s “clear out of date!
A quite mid-Victorian fogy,”
Who can’t understand what you have to relate,
Whose mind with tradition is logy;
But try him, young fellow; just seek him and spill
Your trouble; be sure he won’t flout it.
For Dad was a boy once, he’s been through the mill,
So : —talk to your father about it.
The Governor’s wiser to you than you know,
Don’t think you can easily fool him;
He’s traveled the roads you are likely to go
And life has been aiding to school him;
Go tall; to him, sonny, as man unto man,
He’ll hark to your tale as you spout it,
And help you as only another man can,
So—go and tell father about it!
TOM SIMS SA YS:
When you see a man looking
at the thermometer and laughing
he is some soft drink dealer.
Since most banks already had
presidents, many of the June col
lege graduates are still loafing.
More girls are swimming this
year. Eevery bathing place
looks like a flock of magazine
covers. ,
About 2000 years ago Ovid
sang of strawberries, even before
the short cake was invented.
The stiff collar is doomed.
You can’t watch an airplane in
one.
Crowds on street corners are
not talking politics. They are
trying to get across.
One trouble with July Fourth
is so many people asks what day
of the month it falls on.
Laundry does all it can to keep
you cool. It puts holes in your
shirts for ventilation.
Kissing is dangerous. Too
much of it will make a man
cross-eyed.
Oklahoma woman stayed mar
ried 73 years, but it took a long
time.
Canada is nearly 30 times as
large as Great Britain and Ire
land, and 40 times as quiet.
Mr. Pays is held in Madrid on
a swindling charge. Honesty,
Pays!
Arplane licenses cost S2O in
Kansas, this, no doubt, paying
for wear and tear on roofs.
New German radio invention
stops autos. Maybe some day it
will stop phonographs.
All circuses advertise as the
biggest in the world, but our
guess would be Bryan is.
Los Angeles man who is tak
f ing pictures of thoughts must use
: | asbestos plates for taxpayer’s
minds.
Biddeford, Me., court rules a
burning auto is not dangerous,
1 but never take one home with
r you.
e
Ruffled skirts of bouffant
n silks are popular for evenings,
j Ruffled tempers are worn morn
j ings.
r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder July
2, 1893.) i
Miss Jes- e Littlejohn, who has
been visiting at the residence of
Mr. John Walters, on Lamar street,
for the past week or two, return
ed to her home in Cordele yester
day.
Wouldn’t it improve the ap
pearance of the lot opposite the
Windsor to have the rank weeds
cut down and carted away.- They
are almost waist high in places, and
serve as a hiding place for snakes,
besides being unsightly.,
Messrs. C. C. Clay and Lee Coun
cil left yesterday for Chicago
where they will spend several weeks
viewing the attraction of the windy
City and the big fair.
Miss Chloe Belle White left yes
terday for Columbus, where ;she
will be the guest of friends for a
short while before going to Atlanta
and the North Georgia resorts for
the summer months.
Howell Simmons, who has been
employed in the freight office at
the Central railroad depot here for
the past year or two has been pro
moted to the position of transfey
clerk, made vacant by the recent
departure of Mr. Florian Dow.
Capt. S. McGarrah shipped the
finest car load of melons yester
day that has gone from this sec
tion so far this season. They were
of the Jones variety, and weighed
from 25 to 60 (pounds each.
This 2,000,000-volt lightning
made at Pittsfield, Mass., would
be nice to hand collectors.
Brokers who took $6,000,-
000 must serve a year. About
$500,000 a month is fairly good
pay.
Prince of Wales got in at 2
o’clock! and smashed a skylight,
over where prohibition is un
known.
An optimist is an Atlanta, Ga.
man trying to recover a missing
umbrella by advertising.
Vienna singers are getting $lO
a month. Small pay, but the work
is lighte lighter than cow stealing.
A tablespoonful of dynamite
put in the cake makes it rise.
PLEASANT GROVE
Ihe Saturday [night singing was;
at the home of Miss Lucile Middle
brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Reeves and
children were Sunday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dowdy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fussell of I
Americus visited Mrs. J. B. Barton
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Annie Coogle spent Satur
day night with Miss Lucile Middle
brooks.
Miss Annie Mae McGlamry is:;
visiting J. R. McGlawry at pres
ent.
Esttelle and Glennyce Dowdy
were supper guests of Lizzie Mc-
Glawry Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Braswell spent
unday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Braswell.
Miss Veronica White was the
spend-the-day guest of Biss Annie
Ruth Barton Sunday.
Mrs. J. T. Coogle and children
spent Saturday wtih Mrs. J. L.
Presley.
Mrs. Nellie Powers and little son,
John, James, of Sylvester are visit
ing Mrs. Power’ brother, Dr. W. H.
Houston.
The pleasant Grove choir is
practicing songs for the Methodist
meeting which will be in July.
I Mrs. Sam Clement and little son,
Paul, spent Wednesday, pleasantly
with Mrs. C. S. Braswell.
Mr. and Mrs. A B. Philips were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Chambilss.
Four Club girls from Pleasant
Grove with Mrs. W. H. Huntington
as chaperone are camping at Myr
tle Spirngs this week.
• Mrs. Fannie Henderson contin
ues seriously ill.
C. S. Braswell was among those
from here motoring to Americus
Saturday.
Several from here attended the
singing at Amerucs Sunday.
Mrs. J. N. Reeves is sick at pres
ent.
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WANTED LOANS, LOANS,
LOANS, LOANS—Having a di
rect connection and plenty of
money at the lowest possible inter
est rate. I can save you money on
city loans and farm loans. H. O.
JONES. 14-ts
WANTED —To protect you, your
family and your property. Frank
E. Matthews, Insurance. 18-ts
LOANS on farm lands and city
property. Low interest rate.
Loans 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, i
roof paint. ts i
DR. L. M. HAWKINS, Physician— i
Office over Americus Drug Co.;'
phone, office 363; residence 523. I
6-ts
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.—2 2-ts.
FARM LOAN MONEY plentiful at
cheap interest rate and on easy
terms. W. W. Dykes. 9-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
LOST—White toy poodle, recently
clipped; answers to “Snowball.
Reward if returned to Mrs. Frank
Stanley, 906 Forsyth street r—2s-tf.
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
I MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE— One
lot Trimmed Hats, all color
value $lO, and $12.50 to go a
$4.98. Miss Tillman.
city and farm
’" Kr “^N iCk CHAPPELL
Planters Bank Build.ng
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
LEWS ELLIS
Phone 830
Americus
’ Undertaking Co.
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
NAT LEM/XSTER, Manager.
Day Phones 88 and 231
Night Phones 661 and 389
MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 2.
COMPLETE COMMERCIAL '
COURSE Comprising Short-1
hand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping;
taught in 6 to 8 weeks; easy terms.
Addressßox 254, Americus, Ga.
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We make to order things
that you want: Ice
boxes, porch boxes,
lawn swings, cedar
chests, cook tables,
breakfast suites, lamp
stands and all kinds of I
screens. Repair all kind
of furniture. Americus
Screen Mfg. Co. Phone
FOR RENT—Desirable four-room
apartment; screened, bath, hot
water, garage. Phone 800. 16-ts
SUMMER HAT Values One lot |
Sport Hats, best models, reduced
to $2.98. Miss Tillman • 28-6 t
Special clearance price, SI.OO.
Lot Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats,
Miss Tillman. 28-6 t
PHONE 117—JOHN W. SHIVER
for SCREENS, for home or of
fice. 27-cf
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
A.rrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
vubli hed 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
1:55 pm Alb'y-Montg’y 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atla’ta 1;55 pm
10:15 am Columbus 3:15 pm
5:37 am Albany 7:21 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
I 3:45 am Cin & Atlanta 1;35 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
10:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5:15 pm
12:23 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm
3:10 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm I
I 5:15 nm Richland-Cols 10;05 am |
fj - G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t Cash!..
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E . KIKER, Asst CaX
The Planters Bank of Americus
(Incorporated)
PERSONAE
. SERV 'CE
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w»tewH So " u, v“ S» '»«”
till II ft T?” I Wlpi Ranized and maintained ♦ „
eive our customers that help
iM I co .-?P, er ? tio n *nd advice
~ *HI ** w b>ch is natural to expect
* tom . 80 substantial a bank
lng ins titution.
We be l’ eVe jt WiU be to
x xß^|[wWS-. your advantage to get better
| acquainted with this bank
1 of personal service.
The Bank Vv ith a
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING
. No Account Too Large; None Too Sn.all
PHONE 117—JOHN W. SHIVER
BEST GRADE RED CEDAR, No.
I and No. 2 PINE SHINGLES 27-ts
FOR SALE—One baby carriage in
good condiiton, cheap. Can be
seen at 117 E. Lamar street. —dh
FOR SALE—Limited amount of
A-l PINE SHINGLE/ M<un unbled
virgin timber, also a few more new
' 5-bushel oat bags. Harrold Bros.
I Phone 2. 28-6 t
FOR RENT—Up-stairs apartment,
pivate bath. Phone 660 \ 30-3 t
i “Three Days You’ll Never For
' get,” in Macon, Georgia, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, July 9,
10,11, 1923.—26-st.
i FOR SALE—Second-hand typewrit
er cheap for cash. XYZ, Box 318,
j City. 2-4 t
FOR SALE—Girl’s Bicycle in good
• condition, for $7.00. Apply 212
West Church Street. ” 2-lt
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Our delivery service, quality and
•price of goods
Today
Veal, beef, nork hams and bacon.
Fryers, hens, fresh eggs. Canta
loupes. and peaches, every day.
PHONE OUR NUMBER 181
I I OR SALE—One good Chevrolet
Touring car, cheap. Phone 305.
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