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A Thought
Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips.
Prov. 27:2.
Men of real merit, whose no
ble and glorious deeds we are
ready to acknowledge, are yet
not to be endured when they
vaunt their own actions.—Aes
chines.
IT IS NOW UP
TO GOVERNOR WALKER
The report, of the grievance
and executive committees of the
Atlanta bar association and |he
almost unanimous acceptance by
the bar association of this report,
with the later announcement from
Judge Howard that he will not re
sign from the bench, puts the judge
ship row up to Governor Walker.
The bar association can not im
peach nor can it prefer charges
against Judge Howard. It has
placed responsibility for the charges
made by Attorney Latham and in
so doing is to be congratulated for
the prompt, fearless and unbiased
manner in which it has gone about
a rather disagreeable duty.
Judge Howard is the appointee
of the Governor. The Governor is
responsible for Howard's occupan
cy of a seat on the bench. The
people of the state will expect the
Governor to act.
Judge Howard owes it to his
chief to resign and thus relieve the
Governor of a situation that we be
lieve wil) become more embarrass
ing for the Governor each day.
The statements of the Governor,
of Attorney Latham, of Judge
Howard and the findings of the bar
association are too well known to
make their. recital here necessary.
Exceedingly regrettable it is that
the incident ever should have aris
en, says the Atlanta Journal. But
it was not of the Bar association’s
making. The one body'which is sup
posed to represent the publie 41s well
as the profession's interests saw
what it took to be an obligation, ,
and performed it. For havin'*
faced and fulfilled an unpleasant
duty it deserves the entire state’s
commendation.
Under the caption, “Dignity No
Excuse Now,” the Macon Telegraph
discusses the tangled web in which
Governor Walker and Judge How
ard fipd themselves. Saj(s . the
Telegirph.
“And it is time for the Gov
ernor himself to come forward
with ’ a clear-cut, courageous
-statement of the facts in the
case, the whole truth as it exists.
He should resent or explain the
repoiit in yesterday’s' press that
he appointed Judge Howard with
full knowledge of what was al
leged to have taken place.
Unless the proper attitude and
action are taken by Judge How
ard and Governor Walker, the
deplorable incident will be re
garded as the extreme case of
our time of reprehensible and
blundering politics. It will mark
the end of Mr. Howard’s political
career, or the end of political
decency in Georgia.
“Even the governor 'himself
is placed in a highly embarrass
ing position—all the more un
comfortable because of the fact
that HE WAS ELECTED ON
MORAL ISSUES AND WAS
HERALDED AS THE EXPON
ENT OF ALL THE FINER DE
CENCIES OF LIFE.
“If Mr. Walker does not turn
around and acknowledge the
mistake, and bring forth fruit.;
demanded of the situation, it will
be better for him not to be gov
ernor.”
Just a few days ago the Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun said much the
same thing. It took the view that
Judge Howard, who had left Hard
wick because the latter refused to
grant him certain favors, was
known as a campaign manager, and
a shrewd and adroit politician, that
when a man who is willing to
barter in political campaigns does
trade he expects to get what was
promised. That on the other,
hand, Governor Walker and his
followers filled the air about him
with the incense of high-minded
ness and super-morality in sharp
contrast to the perhaps too human
traits of Hardwick.
Unquestionably the opponents
of Governor Walker in the next
campaign will use the Latham-
Howard incident against the gov
ernor, and that with telling ef
fect.
The Governor was under polti
cal obligations to Howard, but his
obligation to himself and the state
it far greater. The Thomasville
Times-Enterprise says it seems
pretty well established that the
Governor “paid in full whatever
debt he may have owed Judge
Howard,” adding:
“When it becomes possible for
a Governor and his manager to
make this sort of an agreement
and endeavor to get others into
it for pure greed, we are
through with even an unprej
udiced consideration of it. How
ard does not belong on the bench
and Walker does not fulfill his
duties as Governor when he per
mits him to stay there without
strong and vigorous protests on
the grounds of unfitness. The
Governor “has nothing more to
say,” and if that’s the way he
feels about it so must it be. It’s
finite evident that the folks of
Georgia -are going to say quite
a lot about it and right soon.”
The press of the state has dealt
most leniently with the affair as it
affects the Governor. Up to this
time, little blame has been placed
on his shoulders, it being the seem
ing policy of the press to wait, to
give Mr. Walker an opportunity to
act, as will be noted from the fol
lowing paragraphs clipped at ran
dom :
The Moultrie Observer says:
“The governor was told better,
and no doubt he knew better,
but he believes in paying poli- ,
tieal debts, and Judge Howard
went to him to collect what was
coming to him, and the gover
nor paid him. The judgeship
received by Howard will do him
very little good. In the first
place, he is in a community
where the bar and the people do
not want him on the bench. They <
will make life burdensome to
him. In the next place, the peo
ple of the State will be influ
enced by the statements of
Edgar Latham, whether the
proof of the statements are es
tablished or not. This will be
embarrassing.”
The Griffin News: “We are,
also inclined to thing that Judge
Howard was entirely too in
sistent and that his pound of
flesh will do him harm and it
will do the governor harm, al
though we admire the governor
for sticking to his word and
paying a political debt that he
could not very well avoid.”
The Brunswick News: ‘Ht’s
up to Judge G. H. Howard to say
something, anything, to kinder
square matters. Somebody
among the higher-ups in Georgia
han done violence to the truth.
But political debts must be liqui
dated.”
Albany Herald: “Without in
tending to cast any reflection on
anybody, we wish this thing
hadn't happened.”
Bainbridge Post - Search
light: “It is said that the
Hostard matter will be an issue
in the next campaign. It surely
ought to. If it is a fact that
Latham notified the governor of
Howard’s proposal to him and
• offered to face Howard in it and
the governor went ahead and
appointed Howard in the face
of it, they both ought to be
ejected from the bar to say the
least of it. The people want to
know about this bartering of
judges and solicitors in this
manner. We never did think
any better of Howard than this
but we do think better of Walk
er and if he has been guilty of
this the public ought to know it.”
Barnesville News - Gazette:
“Practically every governor of
Georgia during the past twelve
years or fifteen years has gone
out of office “in bad” with the
people of the state and it be
gins to look as if Governor
Walker is already marked to go
the same way, although we sin
cerely hope he will be more, suc
cessful in “weathering the po
litical storm'” which has already’
broken about him.”
Savannah Press: “It would
appear that the Atlanta com
mittee has taken a long step in
the right direction toward break
ing up the trading in offices in
Georgia by those who aspire to
political appointments. The
committee is to be congratulated
upon having the courage to
stand out against unethical and
professional attempts to barter
the returns of office to the fi
nancial benefit of those who
engage in these trades—or at
tempt to do so.”
The political ambitions of
Judge Howard are of little conse
quence to the people of the state.
The same may be said of the fu
ture plans of the Governor. What
will count, however, is the protec.
tion of the judiciary.
Faying political debts with ap
pointments of game wardens or
other officers of a like nature are
and will be tolerated. Bi>t not so
with a judgeship, and we believe
that both Governor Walker and
Judge Howard will find this state
ment to be true in the very near
future. 1 JMM
Mr. Walker has blundered, but
the error will more easily be for
given and forgotten if he acts
quickly and with determination..
It is up to the Governor.
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
WHY “FUNNY?”
It will be funny when the ne
groes all get North and the
! South begins to tell Yankees how
to handle the race question.—
! Stamford Advcoate,
OLD DAIS ZN AMERICAS*
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Sep
tember 4, 1913.)
Every bale of cotton in Ameri
cus yesterday was worth 5 more
than it was worth three days prev
ious, as the result of the bulge in
values and continued sky-rocketing
of the market. It was worth 12
3-4 cents here yesterday, or one
cent a pound more than it would
have brought last Firday when top
prices were 1] 3-4 cents here.
Mr. W. D. Haynes, one of Amer
icus, aged and esteemed citizens
greetdtl cordially on yesterday
those friends whom he had not
seen in a long while by reason of
total blindness. An operation suc
cessfully performed ‘recently has
restored the sight of his' left eve,
and Mr. Haynes while probably
eighty years of age, can again
walk the streets unassisted and
meet his friends.
Friends of Assistant Postmaster
Henry C. Mitchell will be interest
ed in knowing that he will continue [
in the service therein a clerical
position, as suggested by the post- j
office department when recently |
the several changes to be made in i
the official force were scheduled, j
Mr. D. F. Davennort as is well
known, will shortly assume the j
duties of post master, with Mr. ;
A. B. Howard as assistant.
Miss Rosa McLendon left yes- ;
terday for Preston, whe_re she will
spend a few days with relatives. :
Copyright, 1923, TA jl' P npm
N. E. A. Service. 1 Uvlll Berton Braley
THE HUNCHERS
Who i" ‘hat lucky devil who drives a lordly car,
The bird who’s blowing smoke rings from a fifty-ceht cigar;
That ready-money person who’s plastered with the kale,
Who seems to own the universe and have it by the tail?
He’s one of that persistent and pertinacious blend,
A guy who plays his hunch out to the end.
Ami who’s the seedy fellow, the shabby-looking bloke,
Who’s obviously pretty flat, if not completely broke?
Why yes, he’s up against it, there’s not a doubt of that,
There’s fringe upon his trousers leg, he wears ajausted hat;
Yet he is, though he hasn’t got a single bean to" spend,
A guy who plays his hunch out to the end.
You say you’re sorry for him? You needn’t be, a bit,
for if you look within his eyes you’ll see he’hasn’t quit;
He may not ever duplicate the other man’s success
But he won’t always be the goat for Life’s unkindliness,
For if the hunch is honest, Fate proves, in time, a friend
To guys who play their hunch out to the end|
7OM SIMS SAYS:
September is upon 4 us. First fall
montn. Melancholy cays have !
come, the gladdest of the year. '
Autumn comes in like a cup of
hot coffee and goes out like a
saucer of ice cream.
Summer passed, leaving too
many spring poets unsung and
unhung.
Practical? every ant in the
United States has enjoyed at
least one picnic this summer.
Where is the money you saved j
on coal during the hot months? !
The greatest surprise of the 1
summer came to a mosquito who
lit on a man’s wooden leg.
Biggest liar since June was a
fisherman with arms long enough
to tell the biggest lie.
Not half enough straw hats
with colored bands have been sat
on since last spring.
Only one case of a woodpeck
er lighting on a camper’s head
has been reported all summer.
Those planning all along to
get back to work this fall will
postpone it until winter.
A cold snap is when the coal
man snaps his fingers at you.
First thing you know it will be
cool enough for sheik and sheba
to sit in the same chair.
Bathing beauties who have
been tanning their hide, will
soon start hiding their tan.
Magazine writers are working
on their Christmas stories al
ready. |
When a girl speaks of her
trunks next year you will won
der if she means baggage or
bathing '
Flies swatted this summer
placed end to end reach the con
clusion it isn’t enough.
Great thing about cool weath
er is all these funny named new
soft drinks will be gone.
General Ong is moving on
Amoy. Doesn’t matter, but he
Hoochmobile makes about S2O
on a gallon. j? .1 n inn
r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’
Miss Lallie Carter is the charm-
- ing week-end guest of Misss Hazel
Chase, at the residence of Mrs. W.
F. Clarke.
- TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Sep
tember 4, 1903.)
» The mooni is still being over
. ’worked for the benefit of 1 picnic
j parties that go out nightly either
, to Holly or Myrtle Springs.
> The handsome new Stevens res-
> completion and is one of the
I idence on Prince street is nearing
, prettiest in ■ that section of the
city. * >,«
Mr. Joseph Johnson left last
. night for Hoboken, where he will
complete in June next a thorough
five year cdurse at Stephens Poly-:
■ technic Institute.
Col. E. D. Littlejohn is happy
; in the fact that he has been hired
by Duke Hamil to break a mule
colt, and this escapes prosecution
as a vagrant.
King Cotton, came to Americus,
his ’favorite capital yesterday, and
royal homage was done the mon
arch of the south. The prevailing
| prices 12 1-4 to 12 1-2 cents was
too tempting to be long withstood
and farmers, very wisely, are mar
i keting their cotton just as rapid
ly as possible.
, Whit McAfee, a young lad re
siding on Jefferson street, was
painfully injured yesterday by an
accidental shot from a parlor rifle
in the hands of a negro boy.
Mrs. N. A. Ray and Miss Jean
ette Ray were guests of friends in
•the city yesterday.
tub will not take its
vacauon until winter.
Do your Christmas shopping
early and avoid the warning.
This climate does not always
agree with the calendar.
man who weighs 300
pounds divorced a wife who
weighed >287 because she was
fat, we’ll bet.
r lhree Smile?
A Little Ancient, But Here Goet
“Will ye be lookin’ here?” de
manded a Gaelic customer of the
waiter. “This lobster do be after
havin’ only one claw.”
“Aha!” explained the waiter, ex
pert through long practice at this
sort of thing. “You see, lobsters
often fight with each other, and
occasionally one loses a claw.”
“Aha yerself!” replied Pat,
pushing back his plate. “That be
in’ the case, bring me the winner.”
No Cause for Alarm.
Victorian Mamma: “Do you
think, my lamb, that you should be
out with that young gentleman so
late at night unaccompaneid by a
chaperon?”
Daughter: “Don’t worry, mother
dear,. He’s not a gentleman.”
. Rattling Good Porter.
The express from Montreal had
just pulled in and the nervous and
heavily laden passenger had ac
costed a porter.
“Careful with those suitcases
now, young man,” he warned him.
"Suh,” replipd the red-cap,
drawing himself up proudly, “Ah’s
toted hundreds of dose, ah’ nevah
once let de bottles rattl®.”
LAGRANGE GOLFERS
WIN LABOR DAY MATCH
LA GRANGE, Sept. 4.—With
Henry D. Burks and Cason J. Cal
laway winning their matches seven
up, with Jesse T. Carter and Rob
ert Hutchinson fighting through
twenty holes in their match for a
victory of one-up, and with the
whole LaGrange Country club ag
gregation going strong, the local
club won seven-up from the West
Point Country club in the morn
ing play of the annual West Point-
LaGrange Labor Day tournament
here Monday morning.
GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO IT _
///I certainly would \ I
M!Ss"iils LiTTle ANNUAL STunT ; 7
/ if They ever called iT off , -x \ -
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TELFMH FARMERS TO
TRY DIVEBSIFIEATION
Delegation of Twenty-Eight,
Headed by Banker, Visit Tif
ton, Inspect Tobacco Plant
TIFTON, Sept. 4.—A delegation
of twentyveight Telfair county
farmers and business men of Mc-
Rae, headed by Oscar F. Mcßae,
cashier of the Farmers bank of
that city; A. W. Pollen, chairman
of the Mcßae Advertising club,
and J. M. Page, one of Telfair’s
leading farmers, visited Tifton on
a tour of inspection Monday.
Telfair has been hard hit by the
loss of its cotton crop and its
farmers and business men are
seeking away out of financial
troubles. Rightly, th»?y consider
cropi-diversification the heist- way
out and they came here to see what
is being done.
After going through the Im
perial tobacco plant, the party left,
for Ashburn. The following were
among the visitors:
J. B. Brown, A. W. Pullen, J. E.
Page, W. W. Bass;-W. A. Clark, H.
W. Graham, R. L. Brown, J. W.
Brown. Fred Graham, Mark Gar
rison, L. M. D. Nobles, I. G. What
ley, J. U. Clarke, Willie Harrelson,
Johnnie Harrelson, W. P. Owens,
George Clark, J. L. Johnson, J. O.
Blond, R. U. Dopson, J. O. Hinson,
0. F. Mcßae.
WHITE HEART IN MELONS
NOT DUE TO FERTILIZER
ATHENS, Sept. 4.—For some
years watermelon growers, and
especially watermelon buyers, ,in
some of the watermelon shipping
districts have thought that cer
tain kinds of nitrogenous fertil
izers used had a very direct bear-
ing on the degree of white-heart
found in the ripe melons.
.» (The term “white-heart” is
used to denote an unripe or white
streak in the heart of the melon
after it ripens.)
The Georgia Experiment Sta
tion has ben making some investi
gations to determine the cause of
white-heart.
One set of field plats were lo
acted at the Experiment Station,
, Experiment, Ga., while the others
were located at Brooklet, Ga. In
• addition to the use of several
brands or kinds of fertilizers, sing
ly and in combination, careful rec
ords of rainfall, atmosphere and
soil temperatures, etc., were kept.
I The work has not been com
pleted, but some results from the
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americus, Ga.
The following schedule figures:
■ üblished as information and not ■
juaranteed,:
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 3:1-5 pm
6:37 am Albany 7:21 pm
5:14 am Macon-Atla’ta 10:36 pm
3:45 am' Albany-J’ville 11:85 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
0:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5:15 pm
'.2:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm
3:l® pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm
5:10 pw> Richland-Cola 10;05 am
' TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 4, 192 5
use of fertilizers have been se
cured that may be of- general in
terest to watermelon growers.
The fertilizer mixtures used con
tained nitrogen from several
sources, including nitrate of soda,
dried blood, sulphate of abonia,
and nitrate of lime. These nitro
genous fertilizers were used in the
different mixtures applied before
the seeds were planted. In addi
tion some of the plats received a
side opplication of these ingre
dients separately after the vjnes
had begun to run. ■
When the crop ripened
let, the melons from ehcK plat
were counted, and weighed.;' Aver
age specimen melons froni these
were selected and cut. A commit
tee of judges ands about 25 local
citizens sampled the melons and
came to a general conclusion; that
the kind of fertilizer used Rad no
important bearing on the .Amount
of white-heart or the Quality.
White-heart and quality of. water
melons seem to be dete’flMned
largely by Weather eondjtions»jand
“ by variety. -
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Suede gloves, all lengths from 2-
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gloves, every good color, in the lot.
Kid gloves in black, white and every
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the lot, some of them are. worth
four times the price we are asking
for them. We can’t get a bargain
like these every day; only onccpach
year this manufacturer lets us nave
his samples to sell at this price, so
it will be another long twelve
months before we can offer another
lot. Lots of theht were sold yester-’
day but the choosing is just as good
npw as it was at the beginning of the
sale. Come Wednesday or Thursday
and get your winter supply. Gloves
worth up to $4 at 95c pr.
Girl’s Ginghapn School
Frocks at $1.50
Made of Amoskeag fast colored
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Ladies' House Dresses of
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The newest thing in dresses, made
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Ladies* Nainsook
Night Gowns at 98c
Ladies’ night gowns, made of soft
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$5 Velvet
Rugs at $2.98
Size 27x54 inches, gr. at variety
of pretty patterns, all colors, at
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$8 Large Crex
Squares at $4.95
For large rooms, great variety of
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