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TIMES-RECORDER
' PUBLISHED 1879
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A Thought
Well done, thou good and faith
ful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things, 1 will
make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord.—Matt. 25:21.
You think much too well of me
as a man. No author can be
as moral as his works, as no
preacher is as pious as his ser
mons. —Richter,
HOW ONE FARMER
GOT HIS FARM.
Twenty thousand cartloads of
stones were picked up and hauled
away by J. P. Jackobsson-Elmquist
in clearing land for his farm in
Sweden. So no one objects to his
winning this year’s first prize of
the Swedish Agricultural Associa
tion.
We’ll call him Jake for short.
In 1895 he took there acres that
ro one else wanted; it was such
a rock pile. Patiently he set to
work, digging up the boulders.
Finally he had the stones all re
moved and the soil bearing crops.
Generally, with profits saved from
his havests he bought more rock
pile. Now he has 80 acres, 10 de
voted to crops which support him
and his family, and 70 acres of
forest which he planted.
Jake used his 20,000 cartloads
of to build a beautiful wall
around his farm and a fine high
way along one side.
He and his wife can take things
more-easily now, for their nine
children—whose living was wrested
from a hopeless-a-looking strip of
land - as can be found almost any
where—now are assisting in the
wojk-
How'many jfcen would Jiave the
patijmce and The confidence in
thejjp ;ovyß to attempt tl;e
ftalten by Jake back in
fife success demonstrates that
success is largely up to the individ
uals himself, that no handicap is
toq**tng to be overcome, that man j
cap’cijbate his own opportunity.
Jhe story. of, Jake’s life is
enough to make some of the rest
of jus ashamed of ourselves when
we grumble or become discouraged
at our lot, though we have easy
sledding-compared with Jake.
Will power can overcome the
lack of opportunity.
A city man, living a relatively
soft existence, can’t help but mar
vel at what Jake has accomplished.
And yet Jake’s career is symbolic
of what farmers are doing all over
the world, especially the pioneers
at the outskirts of civilization.
Respect the farmers, you city
chaps, for they are the foundation
stones of civilization and carrying
a 'tremendous burden. Considering
the financial reward they get most
the time, in comparison with
metropolitan income, it’s a wonder
mpst of them aren’t anarchists.
The champion agitators and com
plainers, however, are city loafers
who never did an honest day’s
work.
SEVEN-STORY BUILDING
FROM WASTE PAPER.
In New, York the Waste Paper
Dealers association, unable to com
pete with the Salvation army on
ptices, petition the attorney gen
eral to take a hand. They claim
that the Salvation army, by con
ducting a big waste paper business,
is violating the provisions of the
aCt under which it was created as
a religious and charitable corpora
tion.
For instance, in one mase, the
army bid $1.37 per 100 pounds for
ohi paper, while, the next highest
bid, by a commercial competitor,
wtas only 05 cents per 100 pounrfs.
The average reader will not be
interested in the technicalities of
this squabble. But it will be both
interesting and astonishing, that
the collection of waste paper in
New York City alone is a 15-mil
lion dollar industry.
The Salvation Army is recon
structing a seven-story building in
New York City to house and pro
vide working facilities for 80 down
and-outers, also to include a store
where the poor can buy salvaged
and repaired clothing and house
• hold goods at very low prices.
The money for this construction
job—s3o,ooo—was obtained by
collecting waste paper at the back
doors of New York households.
Look at your waste basket. It
is a symbol of one of the chief
ways by which big fortunes will be
made in the future.
We have been so blessed with
rich natural resources that we
have gone along carelessly for gen
erations and are only beginning to ,
open our eyes to the possibilities of j
economy by the salvage route. i
This is true of all industries, in
varying degrees. ,
For instance, the early farmers
in America mined the soil rather
than farmed it. They sapped the
very life from wonderfully rich
and fertile earth —drained it of the
best part of its vitality—and it is
only within comparatively few
years that there has been any wide
spread movement to replenish the
soil’s richness by commercial fer
tilizer. a t
There’s a saying that Europe
could live on the food we Ameri
cans waste in our garbage pails. An
exaggeration, yes; but it illustrates
a true principle. Slowly, however,
we are leraning to economize with
food, though a period of prosperity
quickly starts the garbage pails
overflowing.
The cream has been skimmed
from our natural resources. Scien
tific economy is becoming compul
sory. And economy on a big scale
will be worked out in the labora
tories. A tremendous start has al
read been made in that direction.
Our future gold mines will be in
the waste basket, the garbage pail,
the ash heap and the trash pile.
THE FATAL
SHOT.
You recall Gavrio Prinzep, the
boy-assassin whose bullet started
the trouble betweeh Austria and
Serbia in 1914 and thereby pre
cipitated the World war.
Prof. Stanoyevitch of University
of Belgrade, publishes a pamphlet
attributing leadership of the assas
sination plot to Dragutin Dimitriye
vitch, lieutenant colonel and form
er leader of the Serbian military
party.
At the last minute he apparent
ly changed his mind and tried to
call off the assassination, but the
situation had gotten beyond his
control. Curiously enough, he had
the idea that impending warfare
between Austria-Hungary and Ser
bia could be avoided by killing
Archduke Ferdinand.
Dimitriyevitch was court-martial
ed and shot in IJH7 in connection
with another He was
about 30 years old when he de-,
parted this life.
Prof. Stanoyevitch’s pamphlet
is historically important, for he had
access to .‘‘inside information.” .He
seems sincerely convinced that the
Serbian government did not know
of the assassinatinn plot.
Many people will comment: ‘‘The
war had been brewing for many
generations,‘so it cannot be traced
to any act of any one individual.”
However, is that true? The So
cialists were close to gaining the
whip-hand in Europe, when the war
rushed them off their feet.. And
it is, at least, remotely possible
that the war might have been
avoided if a half-witted racial
youth, spurred on by a moron mili
tarist, hadn’t loaded his pistol and
set off the fireworks.
The world is making a terrible
mistake if it inclines to attribute
the great war to fate—that it was
inevitable.
Yes, things might have been dif
ferent—tremendously different
if the boy-assassin hadn’t cut loose
with his pistol.
It s too late now, of course, to
unscramble the eggs. But the’pis
tol of Gavrio Prinzep should make
us do a lot of serious thinking
about the dangers of allowing pis
tols in general to get into the
wrong hands.
There’s a campaign gaining head
way to stop the sale of revolv
ers except under police permit,
especialy by the mail order route.
Back that campaign. It would part
ly disarm the criminal. Household
ers could protect themselves with
rifles or sawed-off shotguns -
which canont be carried by crooks
without detection.
To stop murders by revolvers,
take away the revolvers. •
Three Smiles
i.
Keep Moving.
First Native: “What’s that new
fangled de-vice ye got hitched
onter yer hired man Josh?’’
Second Native: “Waal, Si, that’s
a leetle invention of my own, by
heck! That’s a hornet attractor.”
Watch Out!
First Pickpocket: “Wanna buy a
watch, Red?”
Second Pickpocket: “I dunno.
K'ow much it is wort’?”
First Pickpocket: “Say! Yer don’t
think I was sucker enough to stop
to ask the guy wot he paid for it,
do yer?”
What a Relief!
The Florida beach and blue sea
looked inviting to the tourist from
the North, but. before venturing
out to swim he thought to make
sure.
“You’re certain there are no al-
OLD DAYS ZN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust B,' 1913.)
Rev. J. D. McCord and his wife
and little daugther are visiting
Mrs. McCord’s mother, Mrs. E.
Taylor, : on Taylor street Mr. Mc-
Cord was formally stationed in
Americus circuit. He is now the
Methodist minister at Morvep.
Mr. Thomas Bell and family have
just moved into thpir attractive
new home on Lee street.
While playing about the yards of
the Americus Construction Co., yes
terday Willie McNeill, the young
son of Mr. W. W. McNeill proprie
tor of the plant, saw steam issuing
from a pipe in the engine room and
wondered if it was warm. The lit
tle fellow unwittingly placed his
foot upon the pipe with the result
that he was painfully burned to
his knee, although the injury was
not serious.
Johnny Hardy continues to re
main down by the sands of Tybee
watching the mermaids and other
maids that come there.
Mrs. C. C. Hawkins and Miss
Mary Hawkins left yesterday for
Atlanta, where they will spertd sev
eral days with relatives.
Mrs. J. J. Holiday, who has been
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Har
vey Black in Thomaston, for two
weeks, returned yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turpin
came from Macon yesterday in their
car and will spend several days
here, as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Turpin.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust 8, 1903.)
Mrs. W. D. Miller and young son
of Jacksonville, are here upon a
visit to Mrs. Miller’s parents, Cap
tain and Mrs. H. D. Watts, Lee
street.
Suppose twenty or thirty fam
ilies, come to Americus, as they
will in a short time; where are they
to live, with hardly a house vacant
in town?
Mr. and Mrs. George Bagley
reached Americus yesterday, en
route to their home in DeSoto af
ter having spent a snonth delight
fully in the north.
Sumter’s worthy sheriff, Mr. E.
L. Bell, who has been visiting his
family at Clarksville, where Mrs.
Bell and the children are spending
Copyright, 1923, PoPTYI By
N. E. A. Service. A L/Vlll Berton Braley
A BALLAD OF AN EMPTY STOMACH
The world is reeking with wrath and woe
And things are hurrying to decay
The country’s ruined, believe me, bo,
And there’s the devil and all to pay!
The Skies are sullen and dull and gray,
My purse is thin and it’d getting thinner;
However, there is this much to say,
. Maybe I’ll feel better after dinner! ‘ i Ji
My fond illusions have lost their glow,
May various idols have feet of clay;
I find existence exceedihg slow,
And there’s’the devil and all to pay!
My hopes seem all of them gone astray
(But it may be due to my craving inner,
So I won’t poison myself today).
For most of the worries that fret me so
Are due to hunger 1 can allay,
And though my spirits are falling low
And there’s the devil and all to pay,
A steak and some fried potatoes may
Convince me I am a certain winner;
Though things., seem all in a terrible way,
Maybe I’ll feel better after dinner
ENVOY
So though I’m awfully far from gay,
And there’s the ’devil and all to pay,
And life seems tough to a -suffering sinner,
Maybe I’ll feel better—after dinner.
TOM SIMS SA YS:
A liar is a man who says he
likes to work in August.
An optimist is a man who
doesn't have to work in August.
A cynic is a man who thinks
he will have to work every Au-
S ust -
A grouch is a man who has had
to work every August.
Good luck consists of having a
job in an ice house during Au
gust. .. 1 Jfiftl
A dude is a man who wears a
stiff collar in August.
The height of ignorance is
keeping your cost on during Au
gU9t - . A
A success is a man who can
take a vacation during August.
ligators here ” he inquired of the
guide.
“Nossuh,” replied that function
ary, grinning broadly. Ain’ no ’ga
tors hyah.”
Reassured, the tourist started
out. As the water; lapped about his
chest he called back:
“What makes you so sure there
aren’t any alligators?”
“Dey's got too much sense,” bel
lowed the guide. “De sharks done
skeered dem all away.”
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER <
the summer, returned Thursday
night. Sheriff Bell is using a cane
in consequence of the recent ac
cident at Tallulah Falls, where an
electric car collided with a train,
and his many firends are glad to
see him at home and rejoice to
know that his injuries are not of
very serious nature.
Probably SSOO was Wagered on
the result of the ball game yester
day. Americus was never so “ball
mad” as during the series with Co
lumbus.
Mr. A. E. Shipley, formerly of
Americus but now agent for the L.
& N. W. Railway with ofices at
Magnolia, Ark., is visiting relatives
here for a week.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust 8, 1893.)
Joe Masscels recently shipped a
car load of watermelons and pears,
and went with them. He carried
$45.00 with him to pay expenses.
He returned yesterday with $20.00
minus watermelons and pears,
which he gave away, at least he
sold them so low that he did not
realize the freight paid out.
Almost a serious accident oc
curred at the residence of Mr. H.
K. Black, Rees Park, yesterday.
Mrs. Cox, who is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Black, heard her little one
year old babe run through the
house 'toward the back door. It
occurred to her that the child was
running very fast. She hurried to
the back porch and there saw her
baby headforemost in a tub of wa
ter with its feet just out. She
caught it up quickly and after re
peated efforts restored the little
one to life.
Miss Mattie Ansley has return
ed home today after a delightful
visit of Several weeks to friends in
Milledgeville, Macon and Perry.
Mr. W. C. Kleckley compliment
ed this office with on of his fine
melons yesterday. It was a 53
pounder, handsome in shape and of
delicious sweetness.
It is stated that Friday night is
.the favorite one with the Americus
i society men for paying social calls
!to the fair sex. There seems to
ibe no special reason why this
■ sholud be so, and yet it is. Will
pome who are posted enlighten this
back number and explain why?
Getting away from the boss
cures insomnia in August.
What could be worse than be
ing anywhere about noon in Au
gust? *r.
A glutton for punishment is a
man who works overtime in Au
gust.
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A cheerful idiot is a man who
works unnecessarily in August.
The wild waves are wild be
cause they are crazy with the
heat - .. ,4’.A
Prohibition in England is just
.marking time, while in America
it is just reading water.
Never marry an ex-kaiser. His
wife rides a bicycle.
There are books on how to
play golf. The golf widows need
one on how to stop playing it.
Los Angeles bathing girls are
getting tanned this year where
they were tanned before.
The mad college graduate in
forms us Dempsey is offered
$500,000 just to fight a little
while.
A- Columbus, Miss., man who
went swimming before cooling
off got rescued, all right.
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CLASSmEDADVERTISEMENT
WANTED -- LOANS, LOANS,
LOANS, LOANS —Having a di
rect connection and plenty of
money at the lowest possible inter
est rafe. 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 a-d city
property. Low interest rate.
Loans promptly closed. See S. R.
Heys or H. B. Williams. Phones 48
or 52.
.Mrs. L. H. Boswroth.
ROOFING—Phone 117—SHIVER
Johns-Manville ROOFING, roof
coating, roof cement, creosote,
roof paint. ts
FOR SALE—A-=No. 1 Grade Reg-'
. ular Second Sheets, 8 1-2 by 111
inches,. special per thousand, sl. i
The Times-Recorder Job Printing
Department.—22-ts.
FARM LOAN MONEY plentiful at
dheap interest rate and oil easy
terms. W. W. Dykes. 9-ts i
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PHONE 117—JOHN W. SHIVER
for SCREENS, for home or of
fice. 27-ts
Miss Mary Tyson.
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STOLEN —Tuesday afternoon at
’Americus playground during ball
game, Ford touring car, motor No.
65705-28; -two holes in top over front
seat; windshield cracked lengthwise
in top section; back bow of top
broken on right-hand side; rim dim
ly scarred by collision with tree;
back wheels have Goodyear cord
tires; front wheels. Miller tires;
Liberal reward if returned to Frank
Timmerman, Plains, Ga., or for in
formation leading to recovery.
26-ts.
FOR RENT—My home, No. 11l
Taylor St., for 1 year. Posses
sion Sept. Ist. Phone 854. Mrs. J. J.
Holliday. —26-ts
F rancis Easteriin.
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
LEWS ELLIS
Phone 830
LOANS made on improved farm
lands at cheapest rates for term of
5, 7 or 10 years with pre-payment
option given. Mopey secured
promptly. We have now outstanding
over $1,100,000.0 on farm in Sum
ter county alone, with plenty more
to lend.
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell,
Schley, Macon, Stewart, Randolph
and Webster counties. 21 Planters
Bank Building, Americus, Ga. Phone
89 or 211.
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNO-N 8 ’ 192 3
’ STRAYED—Saturday night, light
sorrel mare
. old. Notify Aomrieus Autojnohile
i Co. ' ’ 8-3 t i
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FOR RENT—-Dr. Burroughs home.
122 E. College St. Apply Miss
i Mary Rochester, Sumter Hotel. 6-ts ■
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. PTt’ONE 1174-.i ■ 7:N W. SHIVER
' 'BEST GRADE RED CEDAR, No.
1 and No. 2 PINE SHINGLES 27-ts
FOR SALE—One baby carriage in
gcondiiton, cheap. Can be
seen at 117 E. Lamar street.—dh
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SCREENING our spe
cialty. We make nevz !
I and repair furniture.
! Americas Screen Mfg.
I Co. Phqpe-;73. s’tfi
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LOST—Blue silk uml ’la with am
ber handle and tips. Notify Beat
lice Parker, 613 Elm, Avenue, or
I Mr. Smith at playground. 7 4t
DR. S. F. STAPLETON
VETERINARIAN
Office in Chamber of Commerce
Phone 8
Residence Phone 171
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
uublished as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Le:-«'j
11:55 pm Colum’s-Chgo 3;45 am
10:35 pni; Albany-Mont 5:14 am
7:21 pm Macon-Atl’nta 6:37 am
1:5'5 pm Alb’y-Montg’y 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atla’ta 1;55 pm •
10:15 am Columbus 3:1-5 pm
6:37 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 ;
3:45 am Cin & Atlanta 1;35 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
: Arrive Departs
110:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5:15 pm
i 12:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm ,
3:10 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm ,
j 5:15 rw> Richland-Cols 10;05 am
L. G. COUNCIL, President. T, E. BOLTON, Asa’t. Cashi.T, I
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. •-r. EIKER, Asst. Cashier
/ The Planters Bankw Americus
(Incorporated)
' . PERSONAE
0 SERVICE
Every department in thia
bartk, which is the largest un
der state supervision in
Southwest Georgia, i 9 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 Urge; None Too Small
FOR RENT- Two furnished rooms.
1005 Lee St., or phone 407. ■
25-tf-dh
FOR RENT—lmmediate possession,
offices recently occupied oy
Chamber of Commerce. Steam heat
and every convenience: Ground
floor. One of the best locations in
Americus. Americus Automobile Co.
8-6 t
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FOR SALE CHEAP—Pair of Ho wo
Platform Wagon Scales. Capacity
6 000 lbs. Harrold Bros. Phone 2.
4-6*
FOR RENT—House 104 South
Mayo street. Apply at Golden’s
store or phone 936. 6-3t'
Mrs. L. G. Escoe.
WOOD FOR SALE—Four-foot split
pine and stove wood. S. R. Heys.
6-10 t
.FOR RENT —First floor furnished
or unfurnished apartment. Phone
287. . 6-3 t
Mrs. R. H. Vorus.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Four-room
house, West Church street. Apply
H. W. Suggs, Phone 546. 7-4 t
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JOB PRINTING ,
PLANTS
Phone 99 •,
Marion Cook.
FOR RENT—Two connecting un
furnished rooms, private entrance
in Brooklyn Heights. Rent very rea
sonable. Apply 621 Park Row.
6-tf-dh
WANTED—Baby Chicks to raise on
shares. Will raise to fryers and
divide with some one furnishing
chicks. Must be purebred. Address
“Chickens,” care Times-Recorder.
6-3t-dh