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PAGE SIX TIMES-RECORDER PUBLISHED ltt» Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) lovelace Eve, Editor and Publishei Eslered a* aerond r.UM ma lira at the poaloHica ■t Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Coc<reM. / The Associated Pre«« la exclusively entithd to the use for the republication of all news dis fxtrhea <redited to it or not otherwise credited to thio paper and also the local newt published here in. All right of republication of special dispa :cbes are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nev York; Peoples* Gas Bldg., Chicago. A Thought The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.— Prov.. 14:10. On the sands of life sorrow treads heavily, and leaves a print time cahnot wash away. —H. Neele. THREE SPLENDID CIVIC CLUBS The Americus Rotary club cele brated its fifth anniversary Wed nesday, it having ivceived its char ter Sept. 12, 1918. Rotary has done many things for Americus, but to our mind the most important was the blazinj| of the trail for the organization of civic clubs. The spirit of these civic clubs is contagious, and soon after Rotary we found Kiwanis in our midst. And following Kiwanis was the Lions, another of the great civic bodies of America. But for Rotary Ameright night not have had these 3 splendid civic clubs, for few cities the size of Americus are blessed with the three. But for Rotary, Americus might not have been blessed with these three splendid civic bodies, num bering between 125 and 150 men who have banded themselves to gether to serve their community. A major portion of the efforts of each of these clubs is devoted to serving the boys and girls, for they realize that the boy and girl of today are the man and wo man of tomorrow. An editorial written by Rev. Luther Jarrell and appearing re cently in his club publication stat ed that the one great service that Rotary can render its community is to help create an atmosphere that will be conducive to the moral uplift of the boys and girls, young men and young women of the com munity. From this article we quote the following: One of the greatest services that Rotary can render a community is to help to create an atmosphere that wi|l be conducive to the mor al uplift of the young men and women of that community. “No member of Rotary should be satisfied merely to enjoy the bless ings that Rotary brings to him, but should seek to express his appre ciation in a community service, that will yield large results in fu ture. "There have always been evils in the world, and will, to say the least, be evils in the world for some time to come. There will always be temptations that must be met and overcome before one can be posi tive in his character. “There can be no positive good without the possibility of being bad. “Since this is true, there must be a protective care thrown about boys and girls of a certain age. The age of greatest danger is that which we call the adolescent age. It is in this period when one’s life is often ruined, because of the pe culiar mental attitude. Every year there are millions of boys and girls that must pass over this bridge and far too many railings are down, and a large per cent fall over board. “Doubtless, there has never been a time in our country when there was greater moral danger for the youth than the period through which we are passing. Parental authority is not respected today to any very great extent. Too often parents are either ignorant or in different to the dangers that con front their boys and girls. It may in the case of some that mo mentary values appeal more large ly than real character. • yttjn either case, the result is the same. Neglect, whether willful or ftnoughtless, is the same, and many youtns are paying dear lor the neglect by the loss of that .which is worth more than material values—character. ■ this is also an age of greater freedom, both for men and women, .yet it is an age of greater bondage. :We .have greatly enlarged the : sphere of activity, but in recent years the moral loundation has not ueen strengthened. The reason for ’.this is a partial destruction of the home life; over emphasis on ma terial values, and the rush in which we liver- ‘ “No longer does the family sit to gether in the quietness of the evening, and enjoy the fellowship of the home. If the parents are at home the children are gone, and . if the children are there, the par ents are gone. "Whatever the cause for the ab sence of this fellowship, the re sult is the same. ‘ “Character is the result of train ing. The period of training is . long and yet it is short. Child hood passes rapidly and manhood and womanhood soon begins to dawn. No home lives to itself— that 'is, can shut out the influences that exist in the community. Con sequently one home may do its best for its youths and yet fail be cause of the outward influences. To succeed, every home must co operate in creation of a moral at- mosphere that will be conducive to the development of character. “We have said the above, merely to say something else. “Rotariansare the leaders in their i respective lines of work. Being a leader places a responsibility on every man. Real Rotarians must meet this responsibility as real men. Forty-one men in Americus working together to drive out of our com munity harmful and destructive agencies, can type the atmosphere or at least purify it so, that it will be harder for a young man or wo man to fail. "If this is true, then it is our duty to look about us, find the de structive forces and act real mon. “If forty-one homes in the city of Americus will determine that the boys and girls in them, shall be protected you will find that others will follow. The leadership is need ed and Rotary homes can and ought to lead. “In connection with the above article, we are glad to announce that the Board of Directors has renuested Ken to give us a date with Dr. Barker sometime during the month of January. No greater service to this com munity can be perofremd than that of bringing Dr. Chafes Barker here for a series of lec|pres to the boys and girls, the young men and young women and to the parents of the community. We have heard his series of talks and know them to be of the greatest possible importance. He deals with a subject so intimate and yet in so frank and attractive manner, that the possibility for good is inestimable. The civic clubs of Americus are > daily -performing a service to the I community that will live long aft er their present membership has passed to the Great Pnknown. EDITORIAL I COMMENT j THE DEADLY TOLL FROM MALARIA. Dr. Craig Barrow, chief sur geon of the Central of Georgia railway, sent to every member of the Senate and House of Representatives a strong appeal for more liberal appropriations to the State Board of Health for the purpose of combating malaria in Georgia. With his letter he presented data which should indeed receive the most earnest attention, and while it is undoubtedly difficult to in crease 'appropriations for any purpose until a new tax system has been devised, 'it would be in the interest of true economy to do so. In the first place, it is point ed out that Georgia's per capita appropriation for public health is exceedingly small in com parison with that of other states. It amounts to 3.1, while with this may be compared the per capita appropriations of several other Southern states as follows: Alabama, 6.8; South Carolina, 6.4; Virginia, 7.3; Kentucky, 10.6; North Caroling 12.6; Florida, 25.8.-4 t will thus )e seen that the per capita ap propriation .of Florida is eight times that of Georgia. Just how serious the situa tion is in regard to malaria is seen from the showing that the number of deaths reported from 139 counties in Georgia were as follows: 1920, 481; 1921, 468; 1922, 584. In two years’ time the number of deaths in creased 103. Each death is es timated to represent 400 case# and corresponds to 2,000 to 4,- 000 days of sickness. In 1922 Georgia had at least 233,600 cases of malaria, which meant about 1,752,000 sick days. The cost of each case, for medical attendance, drugs, nurses, etc., loss in wages or the economic loss of production, was $1,635,200. In Bibb county last year there were seventeen deaths, and assuming that there is one death for every 400 cases, which statistics have shown to be about correct, there were 6,800 cases, at an average cost of $7 per case, merely for med icine, medical attendance, nurs ing, etc., as indicated, the loss to Bibb county alone amounted to $47,000. That malaria can be con trolled .effectively; is shown by the experience of the Cen tral of Georgia railway itsqlf A diagram sent out by Dr. Bar row shows that in 1919 the number of days lost from work by the bridge and building em ployes of the Southwestern di vision amounted to 605. In 1921 this figure was reduced to 28 days; in 1922 to 21. In the Savannah shops the figures have been reduced from 28 days lost in 1919 to none whatever for the past three years.—Quit man Free Press. $10,000,000 TO DEFEAT THE BOOTLEGGERS, i The cost of prohibition en forcement is high, and the price is being paid, whether we get our prohibition or not. The government appropriation for prohibition enforcement this year was $9,000,000, and an increase of $1,000,000, or a total of $10,000,000, has been requested of the Budget Bu reau by Prohibition Commis sioner Haynes. Increase in the number of field agents as well as the Washington and field headquarters staff of the pro hibition forces is planned if the increased appropriations are approved by the Budget Bureau President Coolidge and finally by Congress. More prohibition agents are believed by Commis sioner Haynes to be needed Albany Herald. Copyright, 1923, B* N. E. A. Service, IO till Berton Braley PROSPECTS ‘‘The best of all possible .worlds?—lt’s not!” That way of talking is utter rot. /’ This world is hardly the least degree The sort of a world that it ought to be It’s full of selfishness, greed and strife, / A sort of jungle of seething life, £ Os heedless cruelty, needless pgin, > Where millions struggle and toil in vain. ' But that’s no reason to sit and mope » Bereft of courage and robbed of hope! f For when its history we rehearse f We learn of old that the world was worse; And we also know, if we are not blind, f It’s getting better, more sane and kind; •• So, using that as a starting place, y We plan for progress and hope for grace. For the optimist is very far From liking matters the way they are; He sees conditions, he knows the facts, But he thinks and figures and.talks and acts With the full belief that “the world ido move,” That men and women in time mprove, And that, though prospects at whiles seem glum, ‘The best of all possble worlds” wll come! OLD DAYS IS AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 14, 1913.) “Caterpillars” a name that strikes terror to the heart of the south Georgia farmers, have made thair appearance here this se<!4 son and while found in only one locality as yet, so far as reported may spread rapidly throughout the cotton fields, destroying the plant and inflicting considerable damage. Mr. Emory Webb, whose fine farm is below Americus ten miles, reported the appearance of the* caterpillar in his cotton. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Easterlin and the Misses Easterlin, of An dersonville, werb visitors here yesterday, coming over in their car. ... Mrs. Fred Gordy returned to Albany yesterday after a visit of some length at the home of her mother, Mrs. Allen Perry on Prince street; Messrs. Wil! and Jesse Cham bliss, whose fine Sumter county farm lies twelve miles east of Americus, usually make up a wagon train of their own farm teams when they market their cotton, and it is needless to state that this “oveland train” presents a picture of thrift, and prosperity in making its weekly trips to Americus. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday morning, no paper pub lished. * i •#' S ’ lOM SIMS SAIS: Dollars are supposed to be". well made. But they won’t last. You must keep making new ones. . . .i a What some merchants give you for a dollar indicates they think the dollar is silver plated. A dime looks like a dollar to a small boy. And a dollar looks like a dime to a bootlegger. 1 Some people are so generous they throw pennies around as if they were five dollar bills. About 23 is the proper age for a girl to marry. If she lets him reach 24 he becomes un ruly. Reading a man’s palm to de termine his future isn’t as sure away as asking his neighbors. Pottery making is the oldest art, unless you count making a living - 1 . A use foft old safety razor blades has been found at last. Pickpockets slit pockets with them. If you have the right kind of political bunk you may be able to swap it for an easy berth. In spite of tfae fight by many dancing masters against jumpy dances, the jig is not up. Seals are being skinned for this winter, seals and people. A serious shortage of people with nothing to say is reported. Peace of mind is often de stroyed by a piece of mind. These air mail pilots make good time because they have fine roads. Poor breaks cause auto crashes. Bad breaks cause busi ness crashegj ’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 1 THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 14, 1893.) It is not often the case that canned tomatoes are bought in carload lots,'but this is just what an enterprising grocery house in this city did recently. A few days ago, Mr. E. D. Ansley the grocer, received samples of goods canned at Marshallville, and so well pleas.-d was he that he pur chased the entire, stock of goods on hand at that time, consisting of something over 500 cans. Mr. John Kay, the merchant tailor, was presented yesterday with a specimen of wool of the Vicuna sheep, which is perhaps the most valuable known to the trade, selling at $11.85 per pound. The old wooden depot that for nearly forty years has stood at the foot of Wheeler street, is being torn down in the general march of progress in that part of the city. When the southwestern rail road ryas built from Oglethorpe to Americus, away back in the fifties, this old was quite a pretentious building, and no doubt was regarded with much pride by our people. It is to be torn down to make room for the extension of Harrold & Johnson’s big com press. Buzzard Roost the old frame building on the corner, near the Artesian well has been j given a coating of white wash from top to bottom, and the occupants are so "stuck-up” over the fact they dis dain to notice a coon who lives in a less pretentious castle. are iqelebratpd before 20. After 20 they are cussed. 4'n i Wheat acreage will be cut to boost prices. Expecting larger prices, they will plant more. There are many children who think you milk with a can opener. The annual coal shortage seems to be about the same this year. Making home-made wine age quickly is so simple. Set it on the table and tell it your trou bles. S To turn sweet cider into hard cider kick the cider around the house cussing freely. Many a father who wanted to be president has a son that he wants to become a brick layer. Some men take, baths on Sat urday night. Others go out to get soaked. ■ x'lß The average husband has more sense than his wife thinks and not as much as he thinks. Taking proper care of a beau tiful complexion leaves no time for cleaning up the house. Men have worn neckties a thousand years without ’ think ing up a logical excuse for for thcm - ft The best way to argue with your wife is to go out on the porch and smoke a cigaret. Fiji girls have their date of birth tattooed. No matter where it is it shows. We might try it. 666 quickly relieves Constipa tion, Biliousness, Headaches, Colds and LaGrippe. adv. Our Boarding House—By Ahern (/ amos.’- VJUAT OKI \ •/ -r seem wsquoted ~TAis k 7 POSSESSED YOU TO T-LL W I / >, - Boys such vjild stories j gvjeka To over exaggeration .’= ABOUT THIS bulky old w recall Telling THE $ " LEATHER CHAIR? ~ ANYTHING out* of the = THS FIRST THiNG I KNOUJ, ORDINARY ABOUT* THE CHAIR, you WILL BE TELLING AS To ITS COtAVORTf = ■ THEM THAT OUR POOR OLD \ JT FULLVJtLL 7 4 OUT-OF-TUNE PIANO VJAS u()4OUJ IAM A BtTTER FOE OF 7 \ or w evaw f •' \ RESPECT F \ VAILE LET MATTER? > (Terminate V wovi 7 i * L• ‘ M tw. •. = .W- 'A- ■ -a II t ° /oWoe: l 'l i T IfihwiiMli <-■'- W W /< . hator AS-W GTAKIDARD bearer for -TriitM y THXT HOWARD ROW Regardless of the merits of the Atlanta bar association’s at tempt to blacklist Judge Gus Howard and of the charges made by Edgar Latham against the former, which seem to rest upon a question of veracity be tween Howard and Latham —or Latham—it would appear that the latter has lathered the pub lic with the conviction that he is not judicial size and that the governor did well not to ap point him to the new Atlanta judgeship.—Walton Tribune. The laymen Who isn’t on to the ins and*ou£s of the Atlanta bar association and its fight on Judge Gus Howard might bear in mind the fact that sev eral of its members are selfish lawyers who have personal axes to grind and some others rep resent interests which are vio lently opposed to any tax re form In Georgia, und will go to any length to muddy the waters add embarrass the governor who doesn’t subscribe to their nefarious plans.—Walton Trib une. “ Many of the state papers take the position that Governor Walker, with all the lights he had before him, made a mistake in appointing Judge Howard.— Augusta Chronicle. “Judge Howard can sympa- ho Psferee MW Apple CLOWN Pete Conklin, veteran clown, is said to be the last surviving per former of the original P. T. Bar num circus. He has been clowm ing for 70 years. Started when he was 13.- Recently Pete washed off his grease paint and powder, and took the first vacation he ever had. His idea of an entertaining vaca tion was to mingle with and watch the crowds—-his audience. An old animal trainer once told us that monkeyk have more fun watching circus crowds than the crowds have watching the monkeys. * * * IMAGINARY Regarding that penniless doctor who died in California under the delusion that he was worth five million dollars: As far as he was concerned, the delusion was just as good as having the actual money, and maybe better. When Ford, the world’s richest man, banks a mililon he doesn’t get half the thrill of the small boy finding a few pennies. Joy and sorrow are states of mind—large ly imaginary. Unhappy' the man without illusions. Nature is kind in not letting us know too much. * # * JOY A French ragpicker, Francois Pallegry, inherits a fortune. When told about it, he has such an ex plosion of joy that he dies of heart failure. This illustrates the terrific pow er exerted over the human body by. emotions. Recommended es pecially for people who dfestroy their health by outbursts of tem per. The body is merely a violin played harmoniously or discord antly by the intellect and emo tions. . * * - - SKILL Vladimir De Pachmahin, cele brated Russian virtuoso, sits fond- FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923 thize with Japan. He has been hit by an earthquake,” says The Savannah Press. And it seems like the shocks are not entirely over.—Griffin ‘ News and Sun. What has become of Judge Howard’s resignation? Or was it that he didn’t and won”t..+— Brunswick News. The Macon Telegraph insists that Judge Howard should I re sign. It says: “How can wc expect for law • in general or. for a judge's de- | vision in particular, if the judge is able to postpone an impeach ment hearing until the expira tion of his term of office, as it has been suggested from Atlan ta that counsel for Judge How ard contemplate doing? This proposition—of holding at any attempted action against Judge. Howard until he has fin ished serving his term of of- ' fice—was a bad feature of this whole Controversy. j There is serious complaint ' against "the laws delay.” When the people see notice of this pro posed delay by lawyers, of law yers, for la wye ■, the regard for law and bel._ in law is not enhanced. If there is to be at tempted impeachment, the mat ter should be attended to now; not at a later time.—Augusta Chronicle. ling the keys of his beloved piano. A reporter asks him how many hours a day he practices. He an swers: “How foolish! Some days I play for 19 hours, other days one hour.’’ So he keeps in trim by playing only when the mood That’s when all of us do the best work. What a pity life isn’t ar ranged so we’d have to work only when we wanted to. Still, if it were, few of us would ever do a tap. Thinking is a great pastime. But if you don’t do it right it will get you into lots of trou ble. Americus Undertaking Co. 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