Georgia Historic Newspapers

    PAGE FOUR
TIMES - RECORDER
PUBLISHED 1879
Published by
The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.)
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.