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' TIMES-RECORD E*R*
PUBLISHED 1879
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The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.)
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A Thought
He that rebuketh a man after
ward ward’shall find more favor
than he that’ flattereth with the
tongue. —Prov. 28:23.
But when I tell him he hates
flatterers.
He says he does, being then
most flattered. —Shakespeare.
A POORE EXCUSE THAT’S
WORSE THAN NONE..
The excuse given for repealing
the laws to enforce the Eighteerfth
Amendment is that it was put over
by a minority. This has little
weight with those conversant with
the methods required to amend the
Constitution, According to Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel for the
Anti-Saloon League of New York.
It is more difficult to change
the Constitution of the United
States than the organic law of any
other country. Thirteen State leg
islative bodies in thirteen States,
with fewer than 200 State Sena
tors out of more than 1,550 who
compose the membership in the
Senates of the forty-eight States,
can forever prevent the change.
Unless there is an overwhelming
majority for an amendment it can
not be adopted.
Two thirds of Congress and
three-fourths of the legislatures of
the States do not represent a min
ority. There were 93 out of the
possible 96 State legislative bodies
and over two- thirds of both Fed
eral legislative bodies for the Eigh
teenth Amendment. They. repre
sented the majority expressed by
the orderly process of government.
The opponents £>f national prohi
bition have tried three times to
elect a Congress and State Legis
tures in harmony with their views,
and failed in the nation and in all
of the States but two, New York
and Maryland. ,If the opponents
of prohibition had faith in their
boasted claim that the people art
now opposed to national prohibi
tion they would attempt to change
the Constitution by legal methods
instead of trying to nullify it.
When the States of the Union
entered into a mutual agreement to
adopt prohibition, they accepted it
as our national policy and obligated
themselves to adopt the necessary
legislation to enforce it. The is
sue which we are now facing is
whether this solemn obligation
should be ruthlessly set aside by
any State whose thirst for liquor
is stronger than Its royalty to the
Constitution. For a Congressman
to take an oath to support the Con
stitution without mental reserva
ion or purpose of evasion and then
to vote to repeal the* J-w to en
force the Constitution and then
protect bootleggers is a crime
against the Government. A citi
zen who closes his eyes to lawless
ness and aids those who are de
stroy.ng the law enforcement ma
chinery to enforce the Constitution
is guilty cl" political sabotage.
REMARKABLE RECORD
OF TOP BOWLER.
Consider ‘“Pop” Bowler!
“Pop’ is—or was—an engineer
on the Pennsylvania ailroad. He
traveled one million seven hundred
and forty-six thousand miles dur
ing fifty years of continuous serv
ice, without accident, loss of life,
or injury to anyone in his charge.
For the past ten years he has been
engineer of the Congressional
Limited between New York and
Washington.
Now “Pop” is retired. He looks
back on a lifetime of modest and
unassuming achievement, and tells
his friends happily of his boys and
girls, college men, and successful
wives, of his well-to-do estate, and
his willingness to bow to the rule
of the road which puts an age limit
on engineers.
The odd, the encouraging, the
beautiful part of the story is the
amount of space “Pop” has re
ceived in the newspapers. For
“Pop” committed no crimes, fig
ured in no scandals, made no large
amount of money, did nothing po
litically found no universities,
did nothing that gets people space
in newspapers except live an hon
est, upright, manly, patriotic,
American life, doing his best, just
a little better than the other fel
liow, being faithful to his trust,
achieving the greatest success pos
sible in his profession. Yet what
he has done has been enough to
get columns of space.
And that is beautiful, for news
papers reflect th< nf.li.- desires,
just as much when they tell a story
like this as when they give news
of a prize fight or a scandal.
' “Pop” Bowler has a 100 per cent
record as enginer, as father and as
citizen. But perhaps not the least
of his achievements is on» he nev
er knew he had accomplished un
til retirement brought him into the
lime light; that of supplying a fine
lesson for his fellow men, and an
example of which even newspaper
editors—least sentimental people
that be!—were quick to see the
beauty and the romance.
FOOD PRICES GO UP;
FARM PRICES DOWN.
Thirteen articles of food—all «f
them but two produced by Ameri
can farmers—-increased in price at
retail in the month from May 15
to June 15, although practically
all agricultural products, includ’-tg
livestock, were declining in value
at the farm, according to the offi
cial figures of the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics. These
articles and the rate of increase in
price for each were as follows:
Potatoes 19 per cent; round
steak, 5 per cent; sirloin steaji,
leg of lamb, and onions, each 4
per cent; chuck roast and bananas,
each 3 per cent; rib roast and
cheese, each 2 per cent; ham and
fresh eggs, each 1 per cent; and
vegetable lards and substitutes and
tea, each about one-half of 1 per
cent.
Byway of comment on this rise
in the cost of living to consumers
it is interesting to reproduce a
paragraph from the Department of
Agricultures’ publication, “Weath
er Crops and Markets.” (page 27)
for July 14:
“The prices of meat animals—
hogs, cattle, sheep and chickens—
to producers decreased 5.1 per cent
from May 15 to June 15”, says
this authoritative bulletin. “In the
past 10 years prices decreased in
like period 1.0 per cent.' On June
15 the index figure of prices for
these meat animals was about 16.3
per cent lower than a year ago
4.1 per cent lower than the average
for the past 10
It is the old familiar story. The
producer is getting less, the con
sumer is paying more.
REPUBLICANS PUT
BLAME ON FARMERS.
Republican propagandists are
now attempting to explain and re
move the farmer’s dissatisfaction
by telling him that his troubles are
due excessixe taxation levied on
him by State, county and town
ship. These local taxes, the Re
publican! propagandists insinuate,
are voted by the farmer himself,
and the responsibility is therefore
chiefly his own.
Taxation in Minnesota, where
the Republicans suffered a ruth
less repudiation a few weeks ago,
is taken as a text for one of these
Republican “alibis.” It is pointed
out that in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1922, the cost of govern
ment in Minnesota was $17.06 per
capita, or nearly twice as much as
it was in 1918. This increase in
taxes, it is hinted, is to be charg
ed to the people of Minnesota and
not to the National administration.
All this effort to shift the blame
from the Republican adniinistrat : on
and the Republican Congress to the
■shoulders of the citizens of Min
nesota is not likely to mollify the
voters of that state or any other,
but it is of interest a sshowing that
that leaders of the national adminis
tration forsee the difficulty the
profiteers”tariff is so sure to make
for them in the next presidential
campaign and also as a proof of the
arguments they are preparing for
their defense.
Democrats call attention to the
fact that Minnesota has been un
der Republican control for many
years. It s le ;i latures have been
overwhelmingly Republican. Its
governors tor more than a decade
have been Republicans. All its
various departments have been in
charge of Republican officials. Its
entire delegation in Congress—
Senators and Representatives—has
been Republican. Both in its lo
cal affairs and in its participation
in the Federal Government Min
nesota has been represented by
Republicans, and they have voted
for the local and FederaJl taxes
i that now are proving sue.n a neavy
, burden to its people.
The Fordney-McCumber profi
teers tariff has added about $36
> pei capita to the cost of living for
? the people of Minnesota and every
- other State in the Union. This is
r more than twice the cost per capita
. of government in Minnesota. It
. means an addition of SIBO to tne
- annual expenses of every family
;, over and above all other taxes, Fed
c eral, State and municipal. An av-
erage reduction of 50 per cent in
, the present duties on the necessi
t ties of the American household .
. food, clothing, furniture, medicines
- materials and equipment—would
. decrease the taxes now paid by the
t people of Minnesota by $lB per
o which >s a. little .-mere than
he per capita cost of government
5 . m that State.
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The Commissioner brought both
hands on to the arms of his chair.
| “I don’t quite know what to
think,” he said slowly. “If Chai-
Hung’s dead, as I honestly believe
he is, there’s precious little left to
worry about. On the other hand, if
he managed somehow to get out of
the death-trap he’d set for Braba
zon—it’s a damned serious prop
osition.” He rose to his feet and be
gan pacing the room. “The re
sponsibility of my position here at
this moment’s getting on my nerves
he complained presently. “I can’t
help realizing that the safety of
every white man, woman and child
depends on the accuracy of my de
ductions with regard to these gang
murders.”
“In which case,” put in Penning
ton quietly, “wouldn’t it be better
to make sure?”
Hewitt swung round on his heel.
“How?” he demanded.
“Get in touch with his agent—
Lien-Yin. Tell him that at all
costs he must furnish you with ev
ery proof that Chai-Hung is dead.”
The Commissioner pressed the
bell.
“It’s a bell of a nuisance,” he an
nounced somewhat testily, “and I’m
only going through with it for your
sake—and Monica’s.”
Pennington closed the door after
him and strolled toward where
Mrs. Viney was sitting, the Siamese
cat curled up fast asleep in her lap.
A chair—a long cane affair, with
cushions in chintz covers—was ,
drawn up so closely that its pro- j
truding arms almost touched hers.
'The very proximity of the thing
thrilled him and he accepted the
invitation it offered.
“You wanted to talk to me,” he
ventured at length.
The girl regarded him thought
fully.
“Yes,” she admitted. “I want
you to tell me what I ought to do.
It seems dreadful not to have some
definite object in life. It’s been
borne upon me rather forcibly
lately that I’m no real use to any
body. I’m supposed to be keep
ing house for my brother. He look
ed after himself very well before
I came out. The truth is—l'd no
where else to go. I interfere with
his work; he’s perpetually anxious
for my safety, and he’s seriously
exercised as to my future.” She
picked up her fant and yawned be
hind it. “Things can’t go on like
this forever, can they?”
“I suppose not,” agreed Penning
ton, inwardly cursing his luck thaS
]OLD DAIS IK AMERICUS
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODA .
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust, 13, 1893.)
Those who stayed away from the
ball park yesterday missed a treat
The Stonewalls, under the manage
ment of Stoney Glover, succeeded
in winning thei two games played
with the Rochelle and Buena Vista
nines.
Cotton rolled in at a lively rate
yesterday, most of which was sold,
the price being 6 1-2 cents. It will
come in with a rush shortly.
The bicycle fad has struck
Americus. The small boy, has long
ago done wild on his new wheel,
and now the fair women and pret
ty girls are practicing so as they
too may soon take a whirl around
the boulevard. A full skirt of fine
black serge, with box plaits over
each hip, to give necessary full
ness; a full back two rows of stitch
ing at the feet, a white linen shirt
with small gold studs, a neat black
tie, a short Eton jacket turned
back in revers, with a small pocket
at the left side, and with full
sleeves, and a pretty black cap,
make up a graceful suit that looks
well off and on a wheell.
The last meeting of the club,
held at the residence of Mr. Lott
Warren, on last Friday evening, is
thought by its members and enter
taining in the history of this time
honored institution. The chief
items of the program were the
reading of The Club Journal, a
characteristic and excellent article
written by Major Speer, entitled
“'Summer Solstice.’
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust 13, 1903.)
Mrs. Charles R. Winchester and
little daughters were aroused from
their slumbers at an early hour yes-
I terday morning and awoke to find
'a burgular standing near their bed
side. Mrs. Winchester sprang
from the bed, whereupon the negro
took to his heels.
• Yesterday morning, while the |
city was just about, beginning to j
get down to business, a couple'
drove to the residence of Rev. J. L. |
Irvin of College street, armed with
the necessary license and express
ing the wish to get married. Mr.
Irvin assented to their wishes, and
in a short time Miss Bertha Mor
gan and Mr. Robert Ferrell, of the
Seaboard Air Line were happy in !
the realms of Cupid.
1 Miss Joe McKay has leased the I
THE AMERICUS
prevented him voicing what to him,
at that moment, was an amazingly
simple solution to the difficulty.
“There’s only one thing for it,”
continued Monica desperately. “I've
got to get married!”
Pennington crimsoned to the
roots of his ruffled hair.
“Married!” he echoed blankly.
“I suppose you’re going to tell me
that I’ve had one husband already,
and ought to be satisfied with that.”
“I wasn’t.”
“Swear to me that you didn’t
even think it.”
“I swear,” said Pennington, re
covering himself somewhat. “To
tell the unvarnished truth, I was
wondering—”
“ —Who the victim was to be!
That’s just what I wanted to talk
to you about. I’ve received a pro
posal of marriage!”
She paused to observe the effect
of her statement upon her hearer,
but she could only see the few un
ruly hairs that sprouted up at the
back of his head, just where the
irregular parting ended.
“Verbal?” he inquired with ex
aggerated disinterestedness.
“No, in writing. Would you like
to see it?”
“Good Lord no!”
Ke turned toward her, his boy
ish face twisted into an expres
sion of horrified amazement.
“Oh, I wouldn’t have shown it
to any ordinary man. You see, I
j don’t regard you as an ordinary
I being.’”
i “What’s his name?’ asked Pen
nington grimly.
“It begins with a “D” she vol
unteered wickedly.
“Dawson!”
“I didn’t say it was Dawson!”
she looked down at her fingers,
“Would you advise me to marry
him?” she continued innocently
“Great heavens. Mrs. Viney!
Why do you ask me that? Why not
consult your brother, a woman
friend, anyone but me?”
Thirty seconds later, the brain
stoYfn had passed and he found
himself on the threshold of his own
room at the Commissioner’s bun
galow.
As he slammed thd door after
him, the only thing that came to
offer consolation was the Siamese
kitten. It had somehow crept be
fore him and he almost trod on it
before he was aware that it was
there. He rescued it gently and
placed it on the folded blanket at
the foot of his oed.
Allen House and will at once as
sume the management of that pop
ular hostelry.
Beneath the spreading selm, a
young couple wedded yesterday
morning while seated in a buggy.
They were Miss Annie L. Cannon
and Mr. C. C. Turner, both resid
ing east, of Americus, and the
marriage had a tinge of romance
about it.
Mr. John L. Wooten, of Ameri
cus and Chauncey, writes to Mrs.
Wooten here that he was on the
Southern’s train that met with dis
astrous wreck at Gastonia, N. C.,
a few days since, and that he es
caped injury.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Au
gust 13, 1913.)
Mr. George Stanfield, of Ameri
cus, who for some time has been
with the Seaboard railway at Nor
folk, Va., has been appointed ticket
agent of the Norfolk Southern.
A beautiful affair was the wed
ding of Msis Hattie May Ross and
Mr. Thomas P. McCarthy, which oc
curred on yesterday morning at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Ross, on Jack
son street.
The marriage of Mr. J. K. Bibb,
of Americus, and Miss Eula Mason
of Rocky Point, N. C. will be of in
terest to the many friends of Mr.
Bibb here.
Dr. Louis F. Grubbs, of Ameri
cus, has as his guest this week his
brother, Mr. Charles Grubbs* a
former Georgian, but now a pros
perous merchant of Globe, Arizona.
Interested visitors in Americus
for several days are Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Moore and their charming
daughter, Fay Moore, of Bartow,
Fla., Mrs. Moore is pleasantly re
membered by many friends as
Miss Myra Brady who more than
twenty years ago left Americus
when a young girl with her parents,
Miss Clara Weeks returned to
i Albany last night, after a short
! visit at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weeks.
Mrs. James C. Denham, Misses
: Kathleen and Flora Denham, have
gone to Savannah, where rhey will
spend the week pleasantly.
CITY AND FARM LOANS
Made on business or Residence
i Property and Good Farms. Lowest
I Interest. Quick Results.
DAN CHAPPELL
Planter* Bank Building _
TIMES RECORDER
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N. E. A. Service. 1. x_Jvl.ll Berton Braley
BUSY
Go away, Cynic; no doubt you are clever,
Wise, in your cynical way.
Nevertheless it is best that we sever,
I’m very busy today,
Busy pursuing a roseate vision,
I cannot bother with you,
What do I care for your smile of derision?
I’ve got some dreaming to do.
Beat it away from here, Mocker and Skeptic,
I haven’t time for you now;
You think you’re wise, but I think you’re dyspeptic,
I’m off of you, anyhow!
All your philosophy’s ugly and vain, bo,
(Even admitting it’s true)
I’m seeking gold ail the foot of a rainbow,
I’ve got some dreaming to do.
Realist, leave me. Your talk is night-mareish,
Get the air! Leave me alone!
I’ve got some precious ilusions to cherish,
Such as you never have known.
Somehow your cold-blooded speeches soilnd hollow,
Also you’re blocking my view,
I’ve got a will-o-the-wisp I must follow,
I’ve got some dreaming to do.
j TOM SIMS SA YS: |
German marks and our wheat
are less than a dollar a bushel.
Senator Johnson of California
is getting so mad he even may
split with an infinitive soon.
What is more fitting than red
tape causing trouble in Rutsia?
Monster fish about a million
years old has been seen in Ne
braska. He is late this year.
London aviator striking for
more pay stood his ground and
got it.
.Rodolph Vanlentino says he
hates to be a male camp. With
the men, this makes it unani
mous.
Babe Ruth, former baseball
player, has started playing
again.
Department store burned in
Asheville, N. C., All we hope is
it got some folding beds.
A million Fords have been
made this year. Police tell us
nothing can be done to stop it.
Paris women are wearing
white wigs. They will wear any
thing over there, anything or
nothing.
New York is becoming so
wicked. Maybe, she needs a gov
erness instead of a governor.
Washington is alarmed over
slack army enlistments. Truth is,
fewer men are getting mad
enough to go and join the army.
Postman may wear shirts in
stead of blouses, but may not
bring letters instead of bills.
Americus
Undertaking Co.
NAT LEMASTER, Manager. |
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Night Phones 661 and 889
Day Phones 88 and 231
French are flying airplanes by
radio. Also, according to our
radio, doing some blasting.
The slight earth quake which
hit California was mistaken for
a presidential boom ar urst.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures
i üblished 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 pm 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 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)
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 nw Riehland-Cols 10-05 am
WE HAVE MOVED across the
street to 118 Cotton Ave. 10-3 t
L. O. COUNCIL, President, T. E BOLTON, Aw t. Cublu.
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. .nd CM„. .-, r. KIKER, A,rt. Csbui
i The Planters Bankiof Americus
(Incorporated)
PERSONAE
SERVICE
Every department in thia
' M bank, which is the largest un-
iS i er s * a *- e supervision in
I SfePfWl Southwest Georgia, ig or
■ % and maintained to
Js glve our S ustomer s that help-
! ® nwlniß!™™ co-operation and advice
Jtoich is natural to expect
f ror n so substantial a bank
‘ng instit ution.
We believe it will be to
your advantage to get better
acquainted with this bank
of personal service.
The Bank With a Sarpfa
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13. 1923
' THE STANDARD
Get in on these Monday and Tues
day Bargains (not a few baits) but
a whole storeful of bargains.
§1 will buy 5 yds. Georgia Ratine
in natural color, 36 inches wide.
$1 will buy 4 Gold Seal Pillow
Cases, full size, made of best stand
ard muslin.
$1 will buy 10 large huck towels,
linen finish, colored borders, value
20c each.
$1 will buy one whole dozen men’s
linen collars, all styles, only large
sizes, actual value 25c each.
$1 will buy 2 blue chambray work
shirts, fast colors, sizes 14 to
i 16 1-2.
$1 will buy 10 yards fine, smooth,
38-inch sheeting, value 16c yard.
$1 will buy 5 yards genuine Fruit
Loom bleaching, full yard wide.
$1 will buy one man’s night shirt
of nainsook or pajama checks, value
?1.50.
$1 will buy 5 yards genuine Blue
■ Bell chambray, solid blue color, val-
|ue 25c yard.
$1 will buy 2 oil opaque window *
shades, complete with fixtures, val
ue, $1 each.
$1 will buy 6 yards regular 25c
dress gingham, 27 inches wide, fifty
patterns.
$1 will buy 20 yards reegular 8c
Vai or Torchon laces, edgings and
insertings.
$1 will buy 8 yards regular 20c
curtain scrim, ecru color, double
satin border.
.$1 will buy 5 yards Gold Seal
Percales, 36 inches wide, light and
dark colors.
$1 will buy 4 pairs regular 50c
children’s sicks, all coolrs, all sizes.
$1 will buy 10 ladies’ ribbed vests
all sizes; also extra sizes, value 25c
each.
$1 will buy two voile dress pat
terns of 5 yards each; big lot of
pretty patterns.
$1 will buy 36 bars good quality
laundry soap, regular 5c size bars.
$1 will buy 4 ladies’ brassieres of
standard 35c quality, all sizes.
$1 will buy 2 yards regular 75c
art linen all linen, guaranteed too.
$1 will buy 4 of the largest Turk-.
ish bath towels in Americus, 22x44
inches.
$1 will buy 3 men’s regular 50c to
75c knitted silk four-in-hand ties.
$1 will buy 1 dozen regular 20c
table napkins, hemmed ready for
use.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth Street, Next to Bank of
Commerce, Americus, Ga.