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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR TIMES - RECORDER PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) lovelace Eve, Editor and Publishei Entered li wcoad clan matter at the poiloffire M <mericua, Georgia, according t* the Act of Caagreae. The AModated Pres» fa exclusively entitled to die uae for the republication of all newt dia patchea iredfled to it or not otherwise credited to thia J’at>er atad also the local newt published here in. Al) right of republication of special diapa:chea are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST Mr DIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., New York; Peoples* Gas Bldg., Chicago. . A Thought Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest.—Eccl. <T:10: '• Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. J. St j 1* :g. AMERICUS ROTARY WANTS DISTRICT OWNERSHIP. The highest hohor that comes to a member of of the several civic clubs is to be chosen by his fellows as district governor. Americus Rotary is one of the clubs composing that 39th Rotary district, which comprises Georgia and Florida. Last May the members of the Americus Rotary club unanimously nominated their president, John Sheffield, as a candidate for dis trict governor, succeeding Ken Guernsey, of Orlando. Georgia gets the district governorship every other year; Florida being ‘‘in” this year. A campaign committee composed of 12 local Rotarians, witl] a steer ing committee of three, has been quietly working for several months in the interest of their candidate. Offices in Rotary, as well as the other civic organizations, are nev er-sought for. They come invaria- J bly as a recognition of service and ability. The local Rotary blub will a district hontfr* on’ itself, the ’city and section should it succeed in its efforts to have its president nom inated for district governor in 1924 at the Macon convention. As a rule, the office heretofore has been filled by members from the large, city clubs. Americus Rotarians have determined to show that even the smallest of clubs have among their, members men welt qualified to fill this high At its meeting last week the Columbus Rotary club started a movement to have one of its mem bers nominated for district gover nor basing its claim for recognition on the fact that Columbus is one of the older clubs of the state, its charter having been received in 1915. . The Americus charter was re ceived September 12, 1919, the club celebrating its fifth birthday next Wednesday. John Sheffield was a charter member. *He is one of the leading spirits of Georgia Rotary. He has filled many civic offices, always with credit to himself and those he represented. 808 OR NOT TO BOB; THAT’S THE QUESTION. An Americus citizen rushed into one of the local barber shops last Saturday for a shave. The usual line-up that greets the eyes late Saturday afternoon was not there. The chairs were f'lled with those from the gentler sex, all waiting for a “bob" Can you tell me where the Ladies Hairdressing shop is located,” he asked one of the barbers. “Maybe I can get a shave there.” Relief is coming, however, for news dispatches state that the Na tional Hairdressers association is planning its third annual conven tion w : tn hut one purpose in view and that is a grim determination that bobbed hair must po. The com mittee says: “Bobbed hair must go because its effect was ruined when the style was adopted by women of thirty or older. Flappers with bobbed hair, are all right, but with the older generations tak ing to it as they have, the hair dresser are moved to rush, for ward with curls, switches and transformations. Besides, long skirts and the present styles, nqed long locks for harmony.” The next move probably will come from The Ancient and Hon orable Order of Barbers. Certain ly they will order a convention and pass drastic resolutions, possibly calling on authorities in hygiene and bodily comfort for help. However it’s our guess that grand ma and the flapper will go se renely on their way, bobbing or not bobbing, just as the fancy dictates, and will never know the outcome of Hairdresser vs. Barber. SO. GEORGIA TRUCKERS. PLANT FALL TOMATOES South Georgia is going into truck ing much faster than most people realize. The South Georgia farmer begins to realize that he is only a few weeks behind Florida; that good money is made in Florida by truckers and that he can do the same. ■ A North Georgia trucker spent several days in Sumter this sum mer. He said this soil and climate is superior to any in the state, in his opinion; that with a truck farm here to come in ahead of his De- Kalb county farm, that he could make real money. In trucking, the big important question is MARKETING. A sum ter trucker in partnership with one of the truckers near Atlanta, who would do the marketing there, will make some real money. There are 200 acres in fall to matoes in Tift County. The Tifton Gazette says: "The plants are looking well where the rains have not drown ed them out, and crop prospects are good. A few years ago, very few, if any tomatoes were planted here for the fall market; the heavy acreage this year shows that local growers have learned that fall tomatoes are a profit able crop.” The prospects are “wonderful” for the Crisp county trucker, the Cordele Dispatch says, adding: "He gets by with handsome cash returns when his crop makes and he understands how to get them away to market. It shows well for him in spite of the high freights and express charges. are valuable now —they will remain so for a long time, and the frost is still a long way off. We wish that local truck growers would take hold of not only the fall tomatoes, but the fall melons, cucumbers and oth er truck which will make in abundance for the person who studies it and works.” EDITORIAL COMMENT OUR GOOD DEEDS ARE OVER LOOKED j One phase of the orgy of vio lence reported from Southern states which ought not to be over looked is the bad impression made ica is still regarded as only half abroad i nquat'ters where Amer civilized. The good things done here may escape notice, but ev ery lynching or flogging by a mob makes “copy.” Spring field, Mass. Republican. IS KLAN A REVOLT? The. Ku,Klux Klan, and any other organization that has its being in this State, must be erect ed on the basis at' the State and National Constitutions and the traditions of a free people. A man’s home is his castle in Georgia. To invade that home, one must be empowered • by a mandate from the whole people through their constituted author ities. This State can never af ford on any excuse to allow to be struck down this tradition and instftution won by the blood of the people. It is too great a compromise to do so to bring a bootlegger, to justice—or even a man who is said to treat his wife badly. And if the Ku Klux is built on the basis of violating the sovereignty of a man’s dwell ing, then it is a European organi zation, a Russian conception fundamentally, and belongs to have no existence beneath the protecting folds of the stars and bars of these United States. It behooves the Ku Klux Klan to prove that it is not a revolt against the American Constitu tion. It should make plain, if it can, that it is not an attempt to re-interpret America in terms of methods wholly foreign to the ways and intentions of the origin al Americans and to the spirit of the real America of today. Masked government, masked politics and masked justice have no place in Geoigia. The shades of the night are rot necessary to the functioning of society in this state. If the Klan is not a revolt why should its membership be secret. —Macon Telegraph. LOWER TAXES IN CRISP OUNTY The tax payer in Crisp county is getting by in 1923 with a smaller bill than that of 1922. Yes, he is. The rate has not been increased, but the lands came in on a ten-dollar valua tion, whereas last year they were | valued at twe’ve and a half dol lars. Lands went in on a reduc tion in value of twenty-five per cent—and the rate remans the same. Stay of r your complaint about taxes. That’s gain for you which you will forget if you keep on muttering Cordele Dispatch. YOD MEASURE UP TO BOOY SCOUT’S STANDARD “This word scout means some thing any old figure around which a uniform is draped is not a scout. A boy, who attends meetings, hikes and camps, runs jumps and ylles is not necessar ily a scout. A scoot ’ must do something distinctly and def initely that is not simply for his own plee.sere or advi'.nccruents. Thi". is cal’ed a Good Turn and it is net a matter of indention or convenience. The idea i.« Io be of real scrvice the help must bo given when needed— not when the scout feels like it or can lend the time for it.—Act!”—Augusta I Chrolnicle. « ■ ‘ (THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER OLD DATS J.SI AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 10, 1913.) Americus will be represented at the national convention to assemble shortly. In making up the list of appointments Go. Slaton has select- Mr. Crawford Wheatley as one of Georgia’s representatives at the seventh annual conference of the national Tax Association, which as sembles at Buffalo. Messrs. Frank Lanier and E. A. NisJjit are named by Gov. Slaton to the southern com merical congress. Commissioner Lee Johnson is named by the Governor to attend the American Road Con gress. • Eugene Cato and Henry Bell le£t yesterday to enter the Georgia Military College at College Park. Johnny Hardy, blushing and re ticent regarding the split skirts he saw at Tybee during a month’s so journ there is. at honuj, safe and still unwed and everything. Again 12 3-4, the highest price of the current season, went cotton values Tuesday and the discerning Sumter farmer with the goods on his wagon at the warehouse door did not fall to get next in the way of effecting sales. This rise was very near to thirteen cents, i£ look ed mighty good to the man being ed mighty good good to the man behind the bale. A bevy of young ladies returning to the Georgia Normal at Athens yesterday included Misses Jennie Harrison, Cleve Kemp, Annie Lee Johnson, Allie Kidd, of Preston and Dorothy Cheney of Ellaville. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 19. 1903.) As though it had a ships anchor tied to it, the price of cotton sinks lower day by day. Current prices in Americus yesterday were about 10 1-2 to 10 5-8 cents for the best. This a drop of just two cents a pound from opening figures at the first of the season. Dr. L. F. McLaughlin,and daugh ter, Mrs. F. B. Arthur are visiting in Butler, where they will remain for some weks. Misses Amzie Daniel and Hattie Daniel returned after a delightful Copyright, 1923, PnoTYI N. E. A. Service. lAdliy A Oclil Berton Braley THE SLOGAN OF PROGRESS Gangway, please! Kindly step aside a little, All you folks who merely stick around. All you stubborn fogies, with your brain becoming brittle, Slaves of many doubts, tradition-bound; Gangway, please; though we do not like to shake you Out of any ancient reveries, Yet unless you move aside we will have to make you. Gangway, please! I Gangway, please! We; are sorry to upset you, But we’re moving forward none the less, 1 Don’t attempt to stop us, for we really cannot let you, Though we truly hate to cause distress; Glad to have you join us in our struggle for improvement, As we seek for better days than these, Otherwise—we’ll trample you in our onward movement, Gangway, please! f Gangway, please! You may flout and you may jeer us, Say we’re on a visionary track; Still within your heart-of-hearts you have cause to fear us, We who have no thought of turning back. You may look to yesterday, we look to tomorrow; What to us are all your stern decrees? Clear the path before us or you’ll rue it to your sorrow, Gangway, please! TOM SIMS SATS: After being single 98 years Bluefield, W. Va., girl got a hubby at last, thank goodness. Boston man of 60 swam 14 ' miles. We don’t know if an old maid was after him or not. Great news for horses. Italy has decided cavalry is useless. Printers will hold their next convention in Canada, much to their wives’ suspicions. Bad news for boarders. Pota toes are plentiful this year. Leather dealers hold their next meeting in lowa. A ruling on resturant steaks is expected. Women are so touchy. Detroit, one asks divorce just because he split a plank over her head. It seems only natural that the throne is slipping in Greece Seven Ohioans held a picnic up in a balloon, which is one way to keep things out of the lunch. First frost reported in New ’.f ork. That place claims every thing, t There would be a peath short age if you didn’t have to peel them. Pawnbroker (in bleachers) Three balls! Now’s your chance to .«>«* iti _ . • visit of several day to friends in Oglethorps. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wheatley and Miss Mae Wheatley haxe re turn from a visit of several months spent in the North Carolina moun tains. Col. Ed Littlejohn created con siderable consterantaion at the cot ton market yesterday by a story of further depreciation from foes of King Cotton. The caterpillars were eaten up by the blackbirds and the report that red spiders were at tacking the plant has been dis counted. Now, according to the report of , Col. Littlbton the bull bats and whippoorwills are ravaging the ’ fields while the squirrels are nut ing the bolls in the lowlands. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 10, 1893.) There money to be made in rais ing peas as there is in a iundred other fruits that can easily be grown here. Yesterday Messrs. Arthur Rylander and W’. T. Avera shipped nearly 500 bushels of very fine Keiffer pears to Chicago, which were grown in the formers garden in this city at practically no expense. Tfle handsome faces of Dr. C. A. Brooks and Col Gus Harris are fairly radiant with smile and each congratulates the other several ! times daily. Two fine baby boys now gladderf the home circle of these gentlemen, and neither cares a copper whether the Sherman law is repealed or’ not. General Phil Catchings has been engaged in a wrestle with a slight attack of fever this week, which got the better of him for several days. K'is smiling face has been greatly missed on the avenue. H. W. Brown—that’s Pete—left yesterday for the Gate City where he will spend the Sabbath with friends and look after business for a few days. Mr. E. E. Mims leaves tomorrow for New York to purchase the stock of drugs and fancy articles for his drug store. He will be accom panied by Mrs. Mims and her sis ter Miss Etta Mae Allen, and the party will visit Chicago and Mon treal en route. Voliva thinks the earth is flat. He says the sun doesn’t rise. He should get up earlier. Man in Santa Rosa, Cailf., cussed a telephone. Fined $lO. probably worth S2O to him. Girl of 11 swam the Mississip pi. Not long ago girls of that age couldn’t even spell it. Michigan man’s auto tag was 15 years old. New things don’t last like the old ones did. Even basketball is dangerotis. In New York, a girl’s cheering a player led to marriage. Chicago woman lost a $14,000 necklace in Paris. Could have lost more than that at home. Wisconsin farmer found dyna mite in oats. Suppose he had fed the horse and kicked him? About 9,000 patents are sought monthly andi pickle bottles as hard to open as ever. About twenty million pices of mail reach the dead letter of fice yearlj, none bills. Detroit robber was a college graduate, but they caught him. Los Angeles girls wear men’s trousers. Girls will be boys. Somebody is always favoring a drastic change in something. The Old Home Town—By Stanley NEWT SHESfk/Y „ j (no-no-^ OIWKqivfipi IriTi ! awful f » paj-i f I SANA WHITES LASSITUDE AMD A LAP.GE " PORT/O/M OF THE KITCHEN STOVE WEEE BLOWN THROUGH THE WEST WALL, WHEN THE HOT WATER. BOILER. BLEW UP AT <’-rng CENTRAL HOTEL- TODAY- ' Albert Apple < RUM “When he gets drunk, he forgets he is divorced and comes home at night,” complains a woman in Ban gor, Me., swearing out a warrant for the arrest of her recently di vorced husband. This will amaze nfany women, who have come to believe that it works the other way, John Barley corn inclining men' to forget they are married. Alcohol paralyzes the intellect more than it stimulates. Drunken genius, for instance, does its best work despite its jags rather than as a result of them. ♦ ♦ ♦ PUZZLING A church conference in Indiana adopts this resoultion: “It is further recommended that we urge our col leges and seminary to make plain to young people that there is' no conflict between , the truth of science and the truths of revelation, and to this end we recommend the dismissal of any member of the faculty of any of our institutions who teaches materialistic evolu tion.” The man who worded this resolu tion missed his calling. He should be a lawyer. * * * DANGEROUS The mark drops in value so fast that it’s impossible for German workers to keep their wages rising 1 as rapidly as the cost of living. So I wages throughout Germany have been put on a gold basis. “One third less than in -pre-war days.” That will be interesting competi tion for other, countries, also on a gold-wage basis but with wages hjgher than pre-war. Cheap German labor is going to be our biggest foreign trade problem as soon as al lied restrictions are removed and Germany has a 50-50 chance in world markets. * * ♦ PREDICTION Conditions are “favorable to a continuation of good business,” re port experts of Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y. They predict the usual seasonal business pick-up this fall, and believe that .drops in wholesale prices and securities have “prepar ed the way for more nearly stable and normal business.” The chief thing needed is for the public to be confident of its ability to “keep things moving.” DELAY Our president doesn’t go into of fice until four months after elec tion?, because in the days of slow communication and stage coach transportation it took that long to find out who,was elected and get him to Washington. Now the votes can be counted and the president rushed by air plant to the White House almost overnight. So it’s sound sense, the recommendation by American Bar Association that our political sys tem should be changed to put the president and congressmen into of fice immediately after election. We have many other stage coach systems in politics that need cor rection. ji: * * ♦ ■* ’ WRONG In industrial »life 54 million Americans, in farming 51 millions. This is the picture of America tak en home by Augusto Setti, attorney general at Rome, Italy. K'e thinks we’d be more prosper ous if the figures were reversed and more of us engaged in farming. It - MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1923 would, indeed, be a fine thing for the nation’s health if every family grew a part of its food. But several branches of fanning now are'the victims of overproduction. In oth er words, too many on the land in stead of not enough. Three Indefinitely Postponed. “Johnny,” s,aid his aunt, “did you enjoy the book I sent you on your birthday?” “H’ain’t looked at it yet.” “Why, how is that?” “Cause ma said I’d have to wash my hands When I read it?’ A Convincing Yarn. Prisoner—“ But I would rather tell my own story. Don’t you think it would be believed?” \ Lawyer—“ Yes, that’s the trouble •it would carry conviction with it.” —New Haven Register. • T The Symptoms. Little Johnnie, aged six, had then to church and had displayed more than usual interest in the sermon, in which the origin of Eve had been dwelt on at some length;. On his return from service, there being guests at dinner, he had also displayed a good deal of interest in the eatables, especially the pie and cakes. . / Some time afterward, being miss ed, he was found sitting quietly in a corner with his hands prest tight ly over his ribs and hn expression of awful anxiety on his face. "Why, what on earth is the mat ter?” asked his mother in alarm. “Mama, I’m afraid I’m going to have a wife,” little Johnnie replied. —Tit-BitSj London. FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Weather outl/ek for the period September 10 to September 15, inclusive, for the South Atlantic and East (?ulf States is: The in dications for the week are for gen erally f jir weather, but with a probability of local showers during the latter part of the week The temperature will be moderate. 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. Cashlst. C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. S. P. KIKER, Asst. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) PERSONAL' O SERVICE Every department in this 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 personaj service. The Bank With a lurploa 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. 7Sc Plisse or Silk 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 Chailies At 25c In large floral designs, suitable for making and covering comforts and quilts; 36 inches wide,regularly 39c; Monday and Tuesday yard 25c Serpentine Crepe in | Every Color at 25c Every good store has these at 35c; We have them too in full pieces at v ‘ 35c, but these are short lengths 'of 10 to 20 yard pieces cut in any length to suit the buyer; exactly the 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 Serge at $1 Yard This sounds like long time ago; tljis 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 per 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 patterns to select from; lengths 2 1-2 to 7 1-2 yard pieces; Monday and Tuesday yard 95c 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 i 50c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth Street, Next to Bank of Commerce, Americus, Ga.