About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1923)
PAGE SIX TIMES-RECORDER . PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) lovelace Eve, Editor and Fublishei jbntet'si as second elate metier at the poatofhc® M Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Congreoe. The Associated Prcoa fa racluaiveW entitl'd Io the use for the republication of all newa dia patchei ifvditcd to it or not otherwise crrd.nd to th fa paper and also the local new* publwhrd here in. A>» right of republication of special diapa.cbea are also reserved. Natktoal Adxrrtia ng Eeprcoentatirm, FBrtSJ ?/rl)Ib A KOHN, 1 vmeax-X Bldg., Ne» 'lock; Peopled* Gaa Bldg.. Chicago. THE FOURTEEN POINTS OF AGRICULTURE Here’s something new for the judiciary— A judge on the bench, instead of discussing crime and punishment in his charge to the grand jury, devotes his time to “agriculture, immorality and short-time loans." ‘■Lam tired of talking about pistol toters. bootleggers and petty thieves." says Judge R. I Eve, .of Tifton, to the grand jury, 1 oE the Turner County Superior I Court, a few days ago, as reported in the state papers. “The jupy knows the dangers of these of fenses,” the jurist continues, “and I am going to plunge headlong into a discussion of agriculture.” The judge declared that the im portant “things of life just at this time were “agriculture, immoral ity and the flotation of short time small loans,’’ and continued: “Certain it is that farming is our basic industry. By farming I include, of course, the related industries, live stock raising, dairying, truck gardening and poultry raising. “California has her mines of gold and her ports opening to the great sea; Pennsylvania has her vast deposits of coal and the smoke of her furnaces darkens the sky; New York has her great financial institutions and her seaport through which moves a great part of the commerce of the continent; Florida has her phosphate rock, her mullet fish and her touisrts, but with South Georgia it is farm or famish. “If you aro not concerned, and deenly concerned in every thing which promotes, develops and makes more prosperous ag riculture, move. If you are not rallying to the support of our Experiment Stations, our Agri cultural-Schools and Colleges; our Farm Demonstration arid Colleges; our Farm Demonstra tion arid Home Economies Work, then you are failing to perform your duty as a citizen. Failing to take advantage of the one great privileged a human life, the privilege-of serving present times and future generations. “We may or may not ultimate ly build a great civilization in this section; if so, it’s founda tion will be deeply laid in the success- and prosperity o>f agri culture- tFhd its allied industries," —“all else is sinking sand,’’ so far as we are concerned. I am, of course, speaking primarily of material civilization; on world ly things. It is possible to ac complish much in the things of the mind, heart or soul without any great degree of financial success; but it seems to me that worldly prosperity and financial achievement should not hinder, but, should promote the march of mankind toward the one great taring, the building of human character; the uplifting of the spiritual in humankind. “I have great respect for the ability that comes through prac tical' experience; I favor the “dirt” rather than the “desk” farmer; but it is a mistake tor either to reach the conclusion that the other cannot tell him anything worth while. I approve the “Dickens schoolmaster plan;” he taught the pupil to spell “horse” and then sent him to water, feed and curry the ani mal. There is no reason why •ne should not be a whole lot of “dirt” farmer and somewhat of a desk” farmer, too. “Don’t get the idea because you read a few books on agriculture and an 'occasional copy of the Country Gentleman that you arer solely prepaned to counsel the, farmer or take over the fartn. It is just as unwise to form the opinion that you know . it all because you were raised between the corn rows or the plow handles. Possibly you mentally chal lenge my right to discuss the subject before us, and feel that I speak as a scribe or pharisee 1 and not as one in authority. I have read much, thought a little an<f worked quite a bit. I bought land in the woods, cleared and stumped it. In an effort to learn what it was really worth to take out stumps, I personally wielded an occasional shovel, mattock and axe. I reached the conclusion that no landowner can' have landjAtumped and pros per, financially; that is if he pays full value for services rend ered; the stumper will soon get the farm. But seriously the stumps should ebme out as fast as possible, regardless of cost; it’s best. No man can plow in, around and over them and pros per financially or make any headway religiously. “We learned among other things that there is no easy way to get rid of stumps. We burned, we dug and cut, we dynamited, and ;we pulled and rising to cy .4 nicism If not to the wisdom of the ■( wise man of old we said ‘Vanity, All is Vanity Getting rid.of stumps is like raising chil dren, lifting mortgages, and shaving with a dull razor. ‘There ainft no easy way.’ ‘*6o oft repeated that it is broniidic, but nevertheless true, the first rule of success is ‘Buy nothing that can be raised on your farm.’ Raise it even though it can be bought for a few cents less. We will never be able to compete with the west in the growing of corn and small gnrtn for the market, but it is best that our farm ers raise all they use. “Do not abandon cotton, but keep down the acreage. Study the boll weevil situation and re sort' to every known common sense method of fighting pests. “Build enough cribs; raise plenty of corn and protect it from the ravages of the corn weevil. Do not hope to ship any of this to Kansas and make a profit on it. The plan won’t work. The chances are, however, some of your neighbors may be willing about March or April, to pay you a fancy price for your surplus. Don’t be afraid to give your mule, your hog or your cow a nubbin now and then; it pays. Don’t ‘blow up’ if the chickens and turkeys eat a few grains: they will repay it four fold. Raise just a plenty for your family, your live stock, your fowls, your neighbors and the weevils, too, if you are too tender-hearted or considerate of the Lord’s handiwork to kill them. Try a few acres of tobacco after learning something about its culture and the needs of the market. Stick, stick and study. Success will, reward you; it has others. Surely in this line of in dustry the rewards go to the dili gent, patient and intelligent. - Raise the grade and buyers will raise the price. If you do not raise all the oats, velvet beans, hay and other food stuff, that your live stock can possibly con sume during the entire year, and this includes two to six good milk cows—why, just let the Long Loan take your place and go at something else. Possibly you will be able to achieve fame and fortune playing poker, op erating a coal mine, running a dance hall, saw milling or teach ing agriculture, but you are no farmer and the sooner you find it out the better it will be for you and your creditors. Put ’em out of their misery as quickly as "possible. “Try'.i few melons occasion ally; some early; some late, Community co-operation is fine on this crop; they have paid well at times; don’t put all of your eggs in one basket; put a few in your pockets. “Peanuts, cane, sweet pota toes, cabbage, turnips—if these are not raised on your farm in abundance ask some of the neighbors what you are living in the country for. Peanuts, cane and sweet potatoes are the old reliables, and should be rais ed in abundance. The present prlee is only fair, but better than for most other things. “I have had no opportunity to try out the sour cream proposi tion, but if I make another pass at farming j am going to do this if 1 have to feed my herd of cows on hand-picked and de natured pine’straw. I, am hftnest in the opinion that there is more promise in this department of the farming “grync” than arty thing being offered. It wBl bring the needful flow of small change and keep you out of debt; it will furnish a home market for all your surplus feed stuff and ;.t a good figure; about 75 per cent of the value of the feed raised on the prem ises will go back to the land in the form of stable manure, the best and most lasting of all fer tilizers. But don’t overlook the velvet bean crop—it is one of the fingers, pointing the way to economic freedom. “The chances are that your wife will not let you forget the poultry and the garden. Gardens will not thrive if raised with chickens. Keep them in different pens There is always a ready sale for poultry and eggs and at a good price. If the market becomes glutted, hold until the next Methodist conference. “If you have been as affec tionate as you should have been during the course of your mar ried life there will be no difficul ty in borrowing V ill the poultry money from your wi/e, on long time and without interest. This plan I have found to be entirely satisfactory— to the borrower, more so in some respects than that provided by the Farm Loan Board or the War Finance Cor poration. Tobacco, snuff, shine or face powder or other neces saries may be brought very nice ly out of tho chicken money. The good garden is a regular ‘Scare-Sheriff’ and ‘Anti-Law suit.’ “The humble hog will rescue you from financial peril if you will give him the consideration and the kind treatment which his merits entitle him to. Do not try to furnish all of the packing houses yourself; have some con sideration for your neighbor and do not glut the market ahead of him. Let him raise a few. Start with a small number of a good breed §nd increase as you learn the ins and outs of the business; this means you will travel slow ly. If I were a man of long ex perience on the farm and one who made or tried to make my living on the land, I would just as soon be accused of stealing meat as buying syrup, corn or mon h r 1 C ° ntrary t 0 com mon belief, corn will not hurt a hog unless it is store-bought corn. * Sweet potatoes, peanuts or chufas may be fed liberally. They able ?°‘,. c ’J dan eer the life of an able-bodied normal porker. in few hpafi live tock. D on t ei . p(>ct hops t<> thHvp and plove a paying investment sedeo y 7° Pastured on broom sedge and cypress bark. Give ’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER T \OLD DAIS US AMERICUS 4.— a- ~ •• TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday morning, no paper pub lished. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 8, 1903.) Dr. S. H. McKee and Mr. W. E. Brown who have been confined at their homes Ity sickness, are both reported much better. Miss Carrie Bird is entertaining a bright party of young friends at the Hotel Windsor, complimentary to her niece, Miss Emma Lee of Brunswick. At her hospitable home, a few miles in the country, Mrs. Barlow Council entertained her friends last, evening. The occasion was quite an affair, and the participants en joyed the pleasant occasion very much Mrs. Council, as a hostess has few superiors, and these occa sions are always a source of pleasure. Miss Lucile Clegg is expected home tonight after a pleasant itin erary of the continent, during which she visited Spain, Italy, Switzerland and many other points of interest. A welcome awaits Miss Clegg. Baptist Young People’s union will entertain this evening at the church when the following prog ram will be rendered. Song, Pray them a show, treat them fairly and they will deal fairly with you. A fartn without a good pasture is a gilt-edged invitar tion to bankruptcy. Contrary to common opinion a pasture should contain a few blades of grass in addition to its crawfish beds and trumpet flowers. Get you a stand of Lespedza, Carpet grass or plain old Bermuda and the Lord will reward your efforts. “From my own experience— from an observance of the ex perience of others and from a long and careful study of farm speeches and farm papers I have reached the conclusion that there are some few absolute es sentials to the winning of success as a farmer. For the sake of neatness and regularity and in order that • they may always be accessible to those turning to wards the farm 1 have compiled these essentials under the title of ‘MY FOURTEEN POINTS IN AGRICULTURE.’ I will read— “l. Jt is best to have had some experience as a plowbo£; this to toUghten the sinews', bring one close, to the 'soil, and develop habits of industry, humility and indifference to hardship. “2. He must be a chemist, in order that the soil may be prop erly analyzed and fertilizers cor rectly compounded and scienti fically applied. "He should be a civil engi neer or at least a grapevine sur veyor in order that terraces may be correctly placed, land lines correctly run, and ditches open ed in a proper manner to get the best results. “4. He should be a theoreti cal as well as practical veterin arian in order that the health of his live stock may be safe guarded and protected and that his domestic animals may receive such surgical treatment as is nec essary from time to time. “5. He must be theoretical as well as practical poultry man. “6. He should be something of a gardener. “7. It is well that he should be an agronomist or seed expert in order that the important mat ter of seed selection and plant development may be taken care of. “8. He should be a weather prophet in order that fit and suitable seasons for planting and harvesting may be forecasted, and the vital matter of hog-kill ing properly taken care of. “9. He should be a dairyman in order that his pigs, his chil dren and his friends in the city should not want for food, and for the reason that through the exercise of this occupation or calling he will be able to develop very necessary habits of late re tiring and early rising. “10. Ke should be an entomo l logist or a bugologist of the highest type in order that he may successfully combat the boll weevil, the corn-A’eevil, the San Jose scale, the wheat clinch, , the chicken louse, the Hessian i fly, the potato bug and probably I the plain or garden variety of home chinch. • “11. He should be a mechanic, able to do plain and fancy blacksmithing, carpentry or wood-work. “12. He should be an all round rough and tumble finan cier; an instructor in home eco nomics and plain variety of farm demonstrator. “13. He must be a highway diplomat, able to bring to a naturally extravagant family in industry, economy and frugal ity. “14. It is not amiss if he have a working knowledge of the homestead and stay laws of Georgia in order that the inter ests of creditors may not be overlooked in an emergency.” You may have read reams and reams on agriculture; diversifica tion; how to save the farmer, or how to pay your debts, but Never, to our notion, have you read or heard a more wholesome sermon printed or preached. “It’s good for what ails you,’’ as our patent medicine friends some times intimate, and you and we are very much indebted to the genial judge for a really splendid editoral that’s clipped and nos written, er, Reading, by Miss Kate Wheat ley, Essay, by Mrs. Mag Kirven, Reading by Miss Persons, Lesson Discussion, J. A. Ansley, Sr., Es say, Miss Lizzie McLendon, Bene diction. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 8, 1893). Farmers of Sumter and sur rounding counties need have no fear of not getting the spot cash for their cotton in Americus, as the bank certificates has the ef fect of procuring all the money needed and so far as handling the cotton that comes here is concern ed a prominent banker said last night that there was not the least trouble and would not be. One more week of vacation and the 1,600 pupils who attend the Americus public schools will go back to their books again. The fall term Opens Monday week, 18th inst, and it is believed that the at tendance in all the grades will be fully up to the average. Prof. J. E. Mathis, principal of the high school, returned last night from an extended trip north and will be ready to take up the reins again at the opening of the session. Cotton receipts, owing to the bad weather, were comparativqly light yesterday. Prices remained firm" at 7 1-4 cents for good mid dling and sales were numerous at that figure. Warehousemen ex pect a deluge of the big brown bales today and tomorrow. George D. Wheatley, the big cotton avenue merchant, attended the colt %how yesterday, for he is always interested in the prosperity of the farmers, but he left a few clerks to show their customers some of those S3O dresses which are now taking the town by storm. ct Referee bnjAlbert Apple Royal Touring America in an auto, R. C. Bruce and wife of Los Angeles, have covered 35,00(1 miles in 13 months. * That’s more ground than Alex ander the Great was able to cover in his whole lifetime. And there wasn’t as much to see in his day. Mechanical invention enables the plain people of 1923 A. D. to see more of the earth and enjoy more’’ real luxuries ittian the kings of long ago. t ■' Square After touring 35,000 miles in. his auto, R. C. Bruce says: “The thing which has impressed me most on this wonderful trip is the security of life and property we have found everywhere. We have seen no vio lence, we have met with no per sonal disagreeable experiences. We haven’t had so much as a tent-peg stolen from us, and we have met no extortion.” That’s a picture of Real America that is rarely held up to view. But it’s the true pictrue. Gold The quest for gold recognizes no barriers. Dr. Thewlis, writing in American Medicine magazine, tells of one of his patients, a refiner, who had been repeatedly buying gold from a stranger. Finally he asked wherd the gold came from. The stranger confessed that he was manager of a crematory and that he sifted the ashes of the dead, recovering the gold from theii teeth. Changing The bottom of th): Atlantic ocean, 800 miles from the south ern tip of Africa, slowly bulges up to make a mountain two miles high under the sea. This upheaval is gigantic to us, but it’s mild compared with the huge size of the earth. It might very easily have taken place on land instead of beneath the waves, 1 and given a large section of our country a terrific shaking. We live in uncertainty, figuratively on thin ice; But we plot and plan as if nothing could teach us and we were here on earth for all eternity 1 instead of only a few more years. Loafers i Europe has two million fewer I soldiers in service now than in 1913, but it still has nearly four i million under arms, according to | estimates by military experts. If these troops were home work ing in field and factory, instead of idle and non-productive in uniform, Europe would gain nearly four biL lion dollars a year by the produc tion. That’s figuring their labor at only $3 a day apiece. Four bil lion dollars a year would pull Eu rope out of the hole by 1930 or before. ‘ , Wireless Five hundred years from now, man will do most of his work by wireless, predicts Professor David A. Low, the English scientist. He paints to dismal picture of man en slaved by radio. It’s more probable that radio will have become osbolete and forgotten by the year 2423. Something greater will take its place, of a nature as yet beyond the imagina tion. Very few inventions have a life of 500 years. The few in clude the knife, fork, spoon, ax, shovel and maspn’s trowel. The Old Home Town —By Stanley * n \ssctoß if I—___ J Trre u. - 1 MOUHT fl r~f tf*' rr.'j F ? £■ IDEN-nsT wrm <•*- if / ' f I (xaihiits) FANCY CAMtlflU '• M 'MR J 1S- . v SA/ORK I -TO .| ; z&E’js A v II ootdoors FLOOßs.l 1 NEASSRVici: vZ/tV A yz/’yy BEANEY xBU-W JAMIN HAS GROWN So ’TALL t>l)fc)NQ VACATION, THAT ME MAt> To C2UW vO' V/ORXD»GI/M STOKES' STORE SATURDAY'S , ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOW <SEH_)AJG- x 7 OM SIMS SA YS: World’s Chess Congress is over without improving chess pies any. Firpo has signed to box Wills. He will run out of boxers soon and have to start wrestling. Best lightweight boxer in Chile is coming. Reminding us to re member the heavies if it gets chilly. Please get your blame coal strike out of the way for the world scries. Coolidge says he doesn’t eat beans. After the navy vote. Windshield cut finger. Bet he invents a cutless wind shield. That or cutless fingers. Ford went hiking in the Mich igan woods. The squirrels didn’t get him. Proves he isn’t a nut. Fall furs are so high, look out there houes cat, look out! WWf geese are flying south, proving they are not such big geese. Fall news from Canada. Trap per got his foot into it setting a trap. They claim Wood made an ex convict a Philippine mayor. Bet- 1 hr eeSmiles' Busy Sister “And how is your little baby sister, Ronald? asked the vicar, who was making a call. “Oh, she’s only fairly well, thanks. You see, she’s just hatch ing her teeth.’’—The Brisbane Mail.< Something to Worry About. ‘What kind of a fellow is that efficiency expert?” “Well, he never enjoys an ocean voyage because there is so much saL going to waste.”—-Dry Goods Economist. Able to Walk Man—“ls New York the next stop?” Porter—.“ Yes, sah; brush off, sah?” Man—“No, I’ll get off myself.” —Western Christian Advocate. CITY AND FARM LOANS Made on business or Residence Property and Good Farms. Lowest Interest. Quick Results. DAN CHAPPELL Planters Bank Building 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 1:55 pm Alb’y-Montg’y 2:14 pm 2:14 pm Macon-Atla’ta 1 : 55 pm 10:15 am Columbus 3:15 pm 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 I (Central Time) ' Departs 1 10:05 am Cordele-llel’na 5:15 pm (12:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm 3:16 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm 5:15 P* Richland-Cols 10 : 05 am r SATURDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 8, 1923 ter than making a future convict mayor. Typhoon is over in Hong Kong. It doesn’t matter, but the place rounds like an auto coming. Same London burglar robbed a jail three times, but failed to es cape with any policemen. Arrested 1,1 detectives and ho tel clerks in Viena, perhaps to make American there feel at home. ■■.*l CONCORD” The Concord school opened on Monday, Sept. 3. Quite a num ber of patrons and citizens were present at the opening exercises, Under the leadship of of Prof. W. R. Wingard this term promises to be a most successful school year. Joe Kinard and wife were din ner guests of I. B. Dupree and family Monday. Miss Ethel and Miss Erlene Guest have gone t > Athens, where they will attend p.. 00l this year. Mr. arid Mrs. C. J. Dupree spent the afternoon Monday with Mrs. Lasco Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Oliver and little daughter, Mary Bell, are spending solne time with her moth er, Mrs. S. E. DeLoach, and fam ily. Miss Georgia DeLoach left Monday for school at the A. & M. college in Americus. Cleve Dupree made a business trip to Americus I’uescUiy. Miss Dennis Kidd and little daughter, Dorris, spent the eve ning very pleasantly with Mrs. S. E. DeLoach Tuesday. Cary Daniel was in Americus on business Wednesday. Edward Dupree and family spent the day Thursday in Americus with James Holly, who recently un derwent an operation, is doing nicely at this writing, it is reported. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager, Funeral Directors And Embalmers • Night Phones 661 and 889 Day Phones 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T, E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier, C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. F. KIKER, Asrt. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus .(Incorporated) PERSONAE a SERVICE Every department in thia 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 a Swphß RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small THE STANDARD School and college days are here. We know you will be glad to see the many bargains in ,this list. Then ' too, this September is a month of special sales with us which lower regular costs substantially. 75c Plisse or Silk y Crepe at 50c On sale Monday morning for the first time at the new price; beau tiful shades, over twenty of them, full regular width, exactly the same that we have been selling at 75c; here Monday and Tuesday yard 50c 39c Challies At 25c In large floral designs, suitable for making and covering comforts and quilts; 36 inches wide, regularly •39c; Monday and Tuesday yard Serpentine Crepe in ’ J Every Color at 25c Every good store has these at 35c. We have them too in full pieces at 35c, but these are short lengths of 10 to 20 yard pieces cut in any length'to suit the buyer; exactly tha same grade as you buy off the full bolt; Monday and Tuesday yard 25c New 50-Inch Broadcloths at $2.50 You will find that broadcloth of fered -in many stores at $2.98 to $3.50; full 50’inches wide in black* and full line of colors; Monday and Tuesday yard . $2.50 Guaranteed All Wool Storm Sergo at $1 Yard This sounds like long time ago; this serge was made to retail at $1.50 and it is/ worth every cent of that price too, at retail, but to give our customers something extra good we are going to sell this one as long as it last at pgr yard $1 Mill Ends of $1.50 to $1.98 Table Damask at 95c Double faced satin finished, two yards wide, in about twelve beauti ful to select from; lengths 2 1-2 to 7 1-2 yard pieces; Monday and Tuesday yard .... 95 c Regular $1 Congoleum At 50c Yard Few patterns of the regular $1 grade Gold Seal Congoleum to close Monday and Tuesday at 50c. Not all of our stock is offered at this price, but few patterns that are to be discontinued will be sold here Monday and Tuesday at square yard 50c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth Street, Next to Bank of Commerce, Americus, Ga.
