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PAGE SIX TIMES-RECORDER PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Fublishei Entered as accoud class matter at the postoffira •• 4mericu>, Georgia, according to the Act of Congress. # The Associated Press Is exclusively entitltd to the use for the republication of all news dis patches <red i ted to it or not otherwise eroding to thia paper and also the local news published hero in. All right of republication of special diepaiches are alto reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST f/.■'DIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. New York; Peoples’ Gas Bldg., Chicago. A Thought Boast not thyself of tomor row; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. —Prov. 27:1. Tomorrow, didst thou say’* * * ‘Tis fancy’s child, and folly is its father; wrought on such stuft as dreams are; and baseless as the fantastic visions of the evening. —Cotton. THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION IN DOLLARS AND CENTS This week the minds of parents are directed toward the school room. The little tot, for the first time, with eyes sparkling and a happy smile, enters on the long journey of life. The older children are thmbing the pages of the new books, gazing for the first time on worlds to be explored in the next nine months. Mother is all aflutter, fixing lunches, examining ears, wrists, lit tle necks for the places that soap and sponge may not have reached. Dad is computing the expense an d sometimes —growling over the high cost of books, school clothes and vaccination, etc. Pos sibly he has not yet realized that what he terms an EXPENSE is in reality an INVESTMENT. Dr. A. C. Ellis, of the University of Texas, claims that every day spent in school pays the child $9.00. At the request of the United States Bureau of Education he made an exhaustive investigation and report ed upon the value of an education in dolars and cents. He states that the uneducated laborer earned on an average (us ing statistics of 1913) SSOO a year for 40 years, a total earning of $20,000. High school graduates, he says, earned SI,OOO a year average, for 40 years, a total of $40,000. High school education required an average of 12 years, 180 school days per year, a total of 2,160 school days. If 2,160 school days earned the difference between $20,- 000 and $40,000, then the average per day added is $9.25. The Rich land News says; “The child that stays out of school to earn less than $9 a day is losing money—not making money. “This gives some idea of the value of the days spent at school. The figures will be surprising to many and convincing to those who wrfnt to give serius consid eration to them. “These figures do not and can not give the estimated value of an education in other lines. In fact a good education is inesti mable to any person in hundreds of ways—yet some people are inclined to believe that the costs of good schools are too much. A good education for the child is cheap at any price.” When we buy books; when we pay taxes, let us keep these facts in mind, and we realize the vast benefits we reap by our invest ments There is, however, still another and more important side to be con sidered. The vast pleasures of books, art and music can not be enjoyed by the illiterate. He is moving in a restricted path, unable to enjoy many of the benefits and pleasures open to his more for tunate brother. The handicap in life’s battles is too great to impose on the child de nied ap education. The opportuni ty should be given him and parental authority exerted to make him— and her—take full advantage of the opportunity. POLITICIANS DESTROYING FARMERS CREDIT. The Mall Street Journal charges that those Senators now engaged in crying to the world that the farmers are broke, are deliberately destroying the credit of the farm ers, doing them untold damage. Says the Journal: Let it be conceded that Wall Street knows nothing about farm ing. The really intelligent farm er must necessarily be greater and more exact than that of all the farmers put together, in or der to carry on its business. But let us concede that this is not so. The farmer, in return, will grant that Wall Street at least knows something about credit. The farmer ought to know some thing about credit, and this is the time of year when he should be instructed. He borrows from small bank ers, who in turn are extended credit by larger bankers, togeth er w'ith advice and information on the state of the credit market. But these small bankers are at the mercy of popular rumor pre cisely as Wall Street is, on oc casion. It would be possible in Wall Street to damage, and ultimately to ruin, the credit of the most solvent corporation. A dexterously conducted • campaign of depreciation and false infer ence might easily make it impos sible for the packers to carry on business, in view of the small margin of profit on their im mense turnover. It is possible to damage the farmer’s business in the same way. It is possible to spread rumors about his financial con dition which will so scare the small banker that he will lend the farmer less money and charge more for lending it. When therefore, Senator Brookhart bawls all over the country that the farmer is broke, that he lost, by deflation, $32.00(1,000,000, or more than half of the total value of all the farms in the United States and everything on them, he damages the farmer’s credit everywhere. It makes no dif ference that his statement is not only exaggerated, but flatly un true. Brookhart throws a suc cessful scare into the small bank er and the credit of every farm er in th’e United States is in jured. Observe how one of the com monest expressions current among farmers is turned to their disadvantage. The individual farmer may know Wall Street men whose standards of honor are of the highest. But he lis tens to continual vituperation of Wall Street and finally says that “where there is so much smoke there must he some flame.” In the next few Weeks, thanks to Senator Brookahrt, Senator Cap per and other vociferous “friends,” of the farmer, the banker to whom he goes to dis count his note will inevitably say the same thing to him. ‘You farmers may not all be broke, as Brookhart says; but where there is so much smoke there must be some flame.” Frankly, how will the farmer like that? It is not Wall Street that has damaged his credit. It is the very men he returned to Congress, to smash (he credit of Wall Street, who have done him this ill turn. When the banker will only advance him 30 per cent on his collateral instead of 50 per cent, charging the highest rates the law allows and making the most generosu terms of re payment, the farmer will know that he is dealing in a credit market demoralized by his own representatives, from Minnesota and elsewhere. This is addressed to the farm ers of the United States, in all good temper. The more a business man knows about credit the more care he takes in preserving his credit. The suc cessful farmer, like the successful man in any other line must know credit, commerce and farming. MAKING PRINT PAPER IN SOUTH. Many efforts to make white pa per in the South have been made. In Southern mountains there is quite a number of pulp mills that ship most of their products to Eajsterij mills for finishing, ’but another serious effort is being made in Florida to produce an all- Southern product of newspaper. The Polk County Record of Bar tow, Florida reports on the devel opment of the project as follows: “The recent -edition of the Leesburg, Fla., Commercial was the first newspaper printed on stock manufactured from saw grass pulp. • “Three years ago work com menced in this undertaking. The minds -of some of the greatest inventors and chemists in the nation were taxed to produce machinery that would gather raw sawgrass in the marshes around Leesburg and transform it into newspaper pulp. Al though majiy problems were met the company stuck to the work, and, on the whole extraordinary success was had. “A giant caterpillar saw grass harvester was built that would either float in shallow water or traverse, the soft mud where the water was insuffi cient. It cut the sawgrass in a sixteen-foot swath, lifted it into a hopper where it was cut into shorter lengths, and conveyed to barges in the rear by means of a blower. A pulp mill was built and the original plan was to confine the product to pulp and ship it to northern mills, but freight rates made complications in this program. “The men behind the finan cial end of the industry looked into the matter thoroughly. The high freight rate on pulp going North and the high rate on finished paper coming back South gave a margin of profit that made it advantageous to complete the manufacture of the finished product right where the pulp was produced and this prog ram is now being followed out. “The sawgrass paper is of bet ter texture and twice the strength of the wood pulp pa pers. The stock used in the issue of the Leesburg Commercial is characterized as ordinary news yet permits the use of a pen without the least blur. It is dif ficult to tear it with the finders ; in a straight pull. Craft wrap • ping paper will be the main I product at first to utilize this strength and finish to advan , tage. “The pulp mill will be opera- ; ted continuously hereafter while the paper-making machinery is to be installed at once. Immense sums are already invested in the industry and monos the widest experience are reporting its fi nancial success.” Copyright, 1923, TAfliiv PnPITI By N. E. A. Service. .1 UtJIH Berton Braley UNAPPRECIATED GOLD The golden rod is blooming, It s blooming far and wide, ' Its fragrance is perfuming The lovely countryside; It’s lining all the highways With beauty much extolled, It’s banked along the byways In masses made of gold. Z- ....JU The golden rod is glowing, And it is fine to see, And gentle winds are blowing • The scent of it to me; But somehow, with each whiff, it Brings me to tearful grief, Achoo! Oh gosh, I sniff it! Where is my ha’dkerchief ? The golden rod, codfou’d it! Is very fair to view,. ’ But when I ab abort’d it—. Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! It sets me fretti’g, fubi’g, And though you think it odd, I wish it was’ud bloobi’g The bloobi’g golden rod! •I- II Cl-"-M ">■ u.__ n „ v >ll—Mnwi M-i < OLD DAIS IIS AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 18, 1913.) The continued serious illness of little Belie Pearlman, the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pearl.nan, is a source oi deepest concern to the .family and their n-ary friends. The child has been very ill during several days and her condition yesterday was regarded as extremely grave, with faint hope of recovery. Thirteen cents for cotton was the top level price paid for the finer grades in Americus yesterday, and there was no “hoodoo” about the figure, either. The market ad vanced sharply during the morning upon reports of bad weather* in the cotton belt and prices went bal looning right away. Os course only the finer grades brought 12 cents yesterday, the ruling figure being 12 3-4 to 12 7-8 cents much of the cotton now marketed being stained to some extent by recent rains. Martha Duncan, the pretty little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Duncan, has been quite ill during several days. Miss Virginia Perry, the young daughter of Mrs. Allen Perry, and who has been quite ill recently, is now convalescent, to the gratifi cation of her friends. z-' w to While silence is a very good substitute for brains, perfume is a very poor one for soap. The real trouble with all nar row-minded people is they are too narrow minded to admit it. This is the season the school boy thinks a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I The boys are off for college where many will learn for the first time what pajamas are. A fairly hard thing to do make a fortune and run around with Miss Fortune at the same time. Staying up ‘ all night may make you as wise as an owl, but owls have no sensee during the day. Tomatoes once were called love apples. This may be why they are best taken with a grain of salt. Breathes there a boy with soul so dead who never to himself hath said ‘‘School’s a crime?” What thia country needs most is a law reauiring all bills to be sent anouxracusly, • Taking U drihk of the aver age bOudeg booze Tyill not run a man crazy. It doesn’t have to. Being a politician pays good money. It', should. You are al ways liable to reform and be out of work. Don’t throw away-your straw hat. Be honest. Take it back to the case where you got it. Powder sprinkled on her part ners’ neck will keep a girl’s nose from getting shiny at a dance. Rich men should keep their sons away from dances. Girls al ways want to catch the fresh heir. , “Select and chew food well” says a health article. It should have been headed “Chews Food Well.” s You can’t keep a secret and tell it too. t VS ' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 1 , Miss Julia May Horne Sand Miss Louise Hargroze, of V’iriia, are guests of Mrs. Rena Horne, at her residence on Church street. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Tries-Recorder. Sep , tember 18, 1903.) Miss Flora Hamil left today for Decatur, where she will enter Agnes Scott College. Cleve Tillman is reported quite ill with fever for ten days at his home on Furlow street. Wallis Mott left this morning for Atlanta, where he has accepted a good position with the Regal Shoe Co. Little cotton, comparatively, has been received in Americus this week, yesterday receipts aggregat ing but a few dozen bales as the result of the destructive storm. Had it not been for this, receipts here this week would have been great. Even 10 3-4 cents is a mighty good price for cotton. And Amer icus is about the only market in Georgia that is paying the price. Mr. R. J. Perry desired to dis pose of carriage horses, advertises them for sale in thl Times-Recorder. /THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday morning, no paper pub lished. Referee bijAlbert Apple. PRODIGY A ninety-year-old girl prodigy is so highly educated that an intelli gence test shows she is qualified to be a high school teacher. She is Elizbeth Benson of Los Angeles. In an all-round way she probably js the “brightest” youngster of her age in the world. But if she lived 200 years from now, her mentality would not be above normal. Average intelli gence rapidly. The aver age boy radio bug of 1923 knows more about science than Abraham Lincoln knew when he died. He doesn’t have Lincoln’s wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom are sep arate and distinct things. * * * FORD Net profits of the Ford Motor Co., recently have been at a rate of 162 million dollars a year, ac cording to the latest Ford financial , statement. To save you the bother of figur ing it out; 162 million dollars rep resents 6 per cent a year interest on 2700 million dollars, which is ■ not far from three billions. This gives you a rather stagger ing picture of the amount of mon ey in the Ford camp. Six per 1 cent interest, you know, is about as much as the average rich man can get, with absolute safety. At least, it satisfies most of them, barring the profiteers. ♦ ♦ ♦ GOOD-WILL Ford Motor Co., in, listing its as sets, values its “good-will” at qbout 21 million dollars. As you know, the “good-will,” of a business is an intangible or invisible asset, rep resenting its reputation and the i value its name has acquired , through advertising. It would, of-course, take at least a billion dollars to duplicate the one item of the cumulative adver tising value of the Ford name. How much is your own ‘‘good-will” worth? Y’ou know when you try to borrow to the limit. Ford is the greatest advertising genius that ever lived. His unique ingenuity gets him millions of dol- ( lars worth of free advertising a y ear -. * * * CYCLES Japan; is not apt to have another severe earthquake for 30 years, says Dr. Chester’A. Reeves, expert geologist of American Museum of Natural History. He finds that quakes come in cycles. That is, they are apt to repeat at certain in tervals of time. This principle of the cycle oper ( ates all through our lives. For in- Current Business Conditions By GEORGE E. ROBERTS (From the Monthly Bulletin for September Issued by The National City Bank of New York) THE business of the country has given evidence of grva- stability during the Summer months, and enters the Fall season with general confidence prevailing. It is now more than three months since the re action to the Spring boom began, and notwithstanding the .spirit of cau tion that has been dominant the vol ume of business has been well-sus tained. 3’he ind.-tries have shown rather less than more of the usual seasonal slackness, and railroad traffic for each mouth has been gi eater than for the corresponding month in any previous year. The fact that forward buying has •been light, coupled with the fact that retail trade over the com try has been good, gives assurance that stocks o‘ merchandise must be constantly re plenished, for there is no reason to believe that th- purchasing power oi ccnstimers has been diminishing. I abor is wcll-cmpl* yed at high wages, the only menacing contro < rsy being that in the anthracite coal field. The situation of agriculture h;.s improved by reason of price -ad vt.t.ces for live stock anc corn, while c\en wheat has a more hopeful out look. On the whole the outlook is for steady business, sustained, by the con sumptive requirements of a well-ein ployed population, with little specu lative activity ami relatively small price changes. This signifies that aftepTthe great upheaval caused by the war the country is getting back to more stable conditions. Mexico Recognized 1 he restoration of diplomatic rela tions between the governments of the united States and Mexico is an event which may prove to be of impurt mt significance in a business way Di course the United States desires riendly relations with Mexico. It ’.ants nothing of Mexico but that American citizens who , "sit the coun ry or seek to transact business there hall b<? accordeu the protection of ■he laws of the country, in those aenonal and property rights which ire recognized in all civilized coun ties, and which this country accords reciprocity to citizens of Mexico here. The matters that have been at issue between the two countries have been under patient consideration between the Mexican government and a yery competent Commission appointed by the President of the United States, and the agreement arrived at ha-- been approved by the Secretary of State and President of the United States. Methods have been arrived at for the settlement in detail of the matters that have been subjects of controversy, and there is no reason to doubt that everything will be worked out in a satisfactory manner. The foreign creditors of Mexico, holders of her government bonds, some time ago arrived at terms of settlement with the Mexican govern ment, making liberal concessions by way of aiding the country to resume its position upon a sound financial basis. Mexico is a country of very great natural resources, which can be de ••e’/jped only by the investment of capital. Doubtless it will be to her advantage, as it was to the advantage cf tire United States in former years to Iwrtre forcigL, capital employed in such dcvelopme it, and the United States ■,« the must natural source of such. capital supplies. With the de vek.ivT.ec.t of her resources and in- stance, prices reaches about the same high peaks every 50 years. * * * FARMERS. Experts of foodstuffs of all kinds from our country were val ued at 979 million dollars in the 12 months ended June 30. This compares with the 1911- 1913 average of 435 million dol lars a year. So the money value of food exports is more than twice as much now as before the war. But what the exporter' is an entirely different matter from what the farmer (producer) gets. Higher freight rates to seaboard, among many other things, help ab sorb the gain. ** * ♦ SUPERSTITION All rats left the ship Abner Co burn before she sailed from Seattle to the Alaskan fishing grounds. An old-time sailor would have said the ship was doomed. But the Ab ner Coburn made her trip north and returned to Seattle safety. That’s the way with most supersti tions when we put them to the test. However, superstition is based on precedent—on the law of av erages—and it does no harm to keep one eye open. The idea about i it being unlucky to walk under a i ladder probably originated with, a I painter dropping his can of paint on a pedestrian. f—j | Three. Smiles \ 4*—..—..—..——,.„— Chicken Hootch. Sam, the colored culprit, looked . disreputable. The judge was stern. I “Looks like you had been drink ing again.” ’Yes, sah, jedge, dat was power ful stuff—-some ob dis heah chick en hootch.” “I never heard of that.” “Well, sah, jedge, you take one drink ob chicken hootch an’ you lay ’” ' « ■ Also, Going Some! A story is told of an Irishman I who was a hand on board a sailing • I vessel on Lake Erie. The skipper ■ said to him one night, “Jimmy, I TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 crease of production trade between the two countries naturally should have great expansion, to the advant age of both countries. It is to be hoped that the reestablishment of a good understanding between the two countries will lead to all these de sirable results. Rise of Agricultural Products Prices of agricultural products were at their lowest in July, when small grain crops were nearing harv est with large promise. Estimates upon this country’s production of wheat has been lowered about 30,000,- 000 to 35,000,000. bushels since July Ist, and upon the Canadian crop fully 100,000,000 bushels, and these reduc tions have given some strength to the markets. It remains true, however, that without including Russia, Europe phis North Africa, has produced about 200,000.000 bushels of wheat and rye in excess of last year’s har vest. It is accepted that Russia will export a considerable amount of rye and probably some wheat, but no very definite calculation about it can be made. An unusual feature, of the situation in this country is that east of the Rocky Mountains and aside from the durum variety, which is , practically all exported, the wheat crop will be practically all wanted for home con sumption. The surplus is in the Pacific North-west, which has a fine crop. As a result of the short crop of Spring wheat in Minneapolis ter ritory the milling demand at that center to supply domestic consump tion has carried the price in that market about 14 cenU per bushel above Chicago. It is a mistake to suppose that whea* lias been ranging much below the price, of a year ago. The range of contract wheat in the last week of August. 1922. was, for September delivery. 99% to $1.03% while for the. last week of August. 1923, the range for September has been from SI.OC to $1.03; for the De cembtr delivery, ,’n the same weeks, the range was, last year. $1.00% to si.osJs; this year, $1.04% to $1.07%. Last year, the Chicago and Minneap olis, markets were about on a level, while this year, on the last day of August. September wheat closed in Chicago at $1.00% and in Minneap olis at $1.145 6. The December de livery was about 3 cents higher in both markets. All other grains are higher than they were a year ago. two months or one month ago. In corn, the range in Chicago during the last week of August, 1922, for September deliv ery was 59% to 60'.' cents, and for the December (new crop) delivery, from 54 to> 55% ; in the last week, of August, 1923, the range for Septem ber delivery was from 81% to 84%, and for the December delivery from 66% to 67%. The fact that the De cember delivery (new crop) is sell ing about 12 cents per bushel over the corresponding figures of a year ago and about 5 cents a .bushel over what it was two months ago, is not able because the crop now promises to yield over 3,000,000,096 bushels and rank among the half dozen largest crops ever produced. Oats, a year ago for September de livery, were ranging from 31% to 32%; and at the -’->se of August, 1923, from 37% to 33%. The most pronounced change in prices has been in hogs, which scored an advance of about $2.00 per hund redweight in August, a remarkable want some sleep and I want you to take hold of the tiller! Do you know anything about navigation?” “Not much,” said Jimmy. “Well,” said the skipper, “do you see that star? Keep her head in that direction.” “Yes, sir,’ said Jimmy; “I’ll keep her in that course;” and the skip per went below. Jimmy did very well for a time, but by and by it grew a little cloudy and stormy, and when the storm had cleared away somewhat, and Jimmy looked again for his star, 10, it was b hind him! He turned around much alarmed, and said: “Wake up, cap tain! Wake up! Give me something else to steer by, for I’m past that.” Evidence Not AH In It is quite as hard as ever to get ahead of Pat. This was proved the other day during a trial in an English courtroom, an Irish witness being examined as tn his knowledge of a shooting affair. “Did you see the shot fired?” the magistrate asked, when Pat had been sworn. “No, sorr; I only heard it,” was L. G. COUNCIL, President. T, E. BOLTON, Asa’t. Ca«hi«t, C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Asst. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) PERSONAE SERVICE Every department in this Abank, which is the largest un er stnt;e supervision in Southwest Georgia, is or- JI I? Kanized and maintained to : ip '''ril give our customers that help- IS co-operation and advice Ji Ik, SlMgl which is natural to expect r from so substantial a bank- ’ n K institution. We believe it will be to your advantage to get better acquainted with this bank of personal service. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small demonstration of strength in the fall of record-breaking receipts at the principal markets since last Winter. The advance may not be sustained when the big Fall runs are made, but it shows how readily the market responds when deman i and supply come into fairly balanced relations. The market for well finished cattle also has been much stronger, and sheep and lambs have been doing well. The Cotton Situation The cotton situation La: been an extraordinary one throughout the year. Two short crops in succession had reduced the stocks to a point where anything like normal.consump tion would exhaust them before this season's crop would be made. But the high prices which .-esultetk from this prospect ha ' the effect of re dm-ing consumption in some of the principal markets. Exports from the United States in the crop year <tided July 31. 1923, were 10.W0.000 bale-,, which comparer with 9.999,000 bales, average exports in the five years cr.il el Jitly 31. 1914. The following i- an extract from a recent letter Ly a member of the stall oi the London branch of this Bank, touching this subject. The Manchester spinners simply cannot nuv the .nice for American cotton and nuke it no into iroodß that will compete in the maTkets of the worhl. More than tbrey quart, ers of- the buxiiit'XS iu l.iwtpvui used to be in American cottons: now the American product constitutes less than one-half of the total am) the rest of the business is in the uncalled “outsiders” i. e. Peruvians, Africans, and Indians. Manchester prefm the Amer ican cotton and will retutn to it as soon us possible, because tbev have been using it for generations and therefore know the grades well. Furthermore, the grades are uniform, which is more Than can be said of the ‘ out* siders.” and this makes for better production trom the spindles and looms.” The official figures for British ex ports of cotton piece goods support this statement. For the month of July, 1923, these aggregated 316.084.- 000 square yards, against 638,971,000 in the corresponding month of 1913, and 443,610.000 square yards for July, 1922; for the twelve months, August. 1922, to July. 1923, inclusive, they were ’ 4,309.661,00(1 square yards, against 7,075,559,000 in the corres ponding. period, 1912-13. The reduced stocks and advancing prices induced the cotton-growers to plant last Spring the large .-t acreage on record, but with drought in the Southwest, too much rain in the' Southeast and' insect pests every where the market has been kept in a constant state of excitement trying to estimate the outcome. The gov ernment July report (as of July 25) indicated a crop of about 11,500,000 bales, but the August report brought the probable yield down to 10,788,- 000 bales. The total carry-over of American cotton is about 2,500,000 bales, which wculd give a total sup ply of about 13.300,000 bales. Con sumption is estimated by Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, at 12.681,000 in the last year and 12.829,000 in the previous year. It must be borne in mind tha: it is impossible to get the aggregate carry-over at home and abroad much below 2,500,000 bales without a very extensive curtailment of mill opera tions. In view of the small stocks of cotton goods everywhere, the out look is one to cause apprehension in the trade. The drought in Texas and Okla homa is now-broken, and it is pos sible that the crop may make some recovery in that section. The price has advanced about $3.00 per bale on the government report. the evasive answer. “That evidence is not satisfac tory,” replied the magistrate, sternly. “Stand down!” The witness proceeded to leave the box, and directly his back was turned he laughed, derisively. The magistrate, indignant at the con tempt of court, called him back and asked him how he • dared to laugh in court. “Did ye see me laugh, your hon or?” queried the offender. “No, sir; but I heard you,” was the irate answer. “TTiat evidence is not satisfac tory,” said Pat. And this time everybody laugh ed—even the magistrate. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager, Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 889 Day Phones 88 and 231
