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PAGE SIX TIMES -RECORDER I PUBLISHED 1*79 - Published by The Times-Record er Co., (Inc.) lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher utered m second elam mallee at the roitcflica •t Americus, Georgia, according t« the Act cf Con<reM. Aa The Associated Press fa etcfarveh entiti(«d to the use for the republication of ail news dis. I patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and also the local news published here- In. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST f/PDIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nov York; Peoples’ Gas Bldg., Chicago A Thought Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.—Jas. 1:19. Give not rein to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay.—Statius. BETWIXT THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA. Migration is likely to get the ne gro betwen the devil and deep , blue sea. There is a great deal o. hell in this migration question—for the negro. No brother, those aren’t our words a-tall. These we quote fion a negro newspaper, published EOR and BY negroes, away up in Pitts burg. That sentiment has been ex pressed dozens of times by the white friends of the negro ui th< South. The white man and the white press has cautioned him times without number that all was not as it was painted ‘‘away up north.” Frequently the negro has discount ed the advice of his southern friend. Maybe he will understand the words of one of his own race, so we quote the following editor ial from the Pittsburg American, a negro publication edited by a negro H. L. Keith: ‘‘The mayor of Johnstown has joined the ranks of Pennsylvania plunderers of American liberty and good government—to' add further o the disgrace attached to his city through violations of the law. He orders negroes who have been residents of Johnstown less than seven years to pack their goods and get out. Mayor Cauffel is without the law to sus tain his high-handed action. lie is a greater menace than the negroes he orders out of Johns town. Time will prove it. No groes houjr! Heave no storte. un fu’-ne 1 to reveal the mayor of as* a ‘‘masked enemy” * government. "TV-- act of the Johnh^otka"* 5 mavar ’■honld m->t;p negroeg think »• very ~'>kc-r’y *?n’P‘--’M»r!vania eijd thro-j-hym the North. Thcv if;* «fudv seriously more rerinu.'-’y thfir/’nvironment .-”’d its incr Mirig hand s aps. The Incident should fur '-a m •'grant-', f '"Xmtte 'South for thought get. Nt-/ STppf h<r wee re-the devil and <ieep/ sei: in this? <t«Mfntra>.< <■*•' doe-.- offer dWvert -’Wany / be- x . he’d in, it. Thtlftempor ary advantages of higher wage may be alluring but ‘better liv ing conditions’ dro more or less i n trevstv on Truth in the North. XecToes will do well to remember the advantages of b»- ’ng rooted in the soil ©f -h- South in contrast with the -y -> i. vontages n' being ni-r and ch-r-ed land! - - in hr North. THAT USELESS INVESTIGATION The Georgia Legislature, the Governor and the special inves.i gating committee have been so busy IN\ ESTIGATING the Agricultur al Department, J. J. Brown, et al., looking for graft and crookedness, thai. all have failed to see the real fly in the pic. We jjon’t know whether the de partment has pulled a crooked deal or not. We are inclined to believe that Kfowfi is too .-.mart for tpat. We believe thaf he and his ma chine have remained “eternally IN SIDE THE LAW.” If the Legislature and the gov ernor and the special investigating -ommittee devoted their time ant talents toward locating the useless ness, the absolute WASTAGE of the whole department, and so re port to the citizens of the state, there is a possibility of our getting somewhere. But looking for graft, expecting to lind Mr. Brown and his politi cal appointees guilty of pulling some crude sneak-thievery is a loss of time and a waste of the people’s money. Mi. Brown and his department will be found to have remained’ within the law, and the machine will go merely on, flinging away hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries to a herd of oil and fertili zpi inspectors whose most import ant work is keeping the machine going. From $125 to $l5O is paid each month in Sumter and the other counties bf'the state io the oil in- I Spector to do a job that the county | demonstrator or the office boy j could accomplish between smokes. ■ And, dear readers, that monthly j salary is very often split between . two or more fellows who are! thought to possess “pulls” in the ' said county. THE REPUBLICAN PANIC OF 1921. There is an intersting and im portant admission in .the latest re port of the Republican Commis sioner of Internal Revenue. Here it is ’ - ” I ‘‘The decrease in revenue from income and profits taxes* for the first half of the fiscal year 192.” is due principally to the depression of business in 1921 and to some ex tent to changes in the law.” This is an official acknowledge ment by an officer . * the Repub lican administration that there was “a depression of business” in 1921 —the first year of the present Fed eral regime. And it was this Re publican panic and not a signifi cant reduction ip the rates of tax ation that explains the shrinkage of collections. The Republican Commisfsoner of Internal Revenue says decreases in tax were responsible only “to some extent” for the reduction in receipts. • ED!TO RI A L I COMMENT ' CALAMITOUS TIMES FOR THE KU KLUX Dr. Kaleb Ridley, Imperial Kludd has hit the bottom with an awful thud. His congrega tion has accepted his resignation and the Klan is in a slate of dis solution. Looks as if the Kludd •hip had struck on Kalamitous times. Note that the Klan’s effort to obtain a charter in Pennsylvania have met wi:h opposition in the court.-. Those- opposed to grant ing the charter asserted that the name Ku Klux Klan “is signifi cant of a reign of terror, mob rule, lynch law, riot anti unlaw ful killings; and that it is asso ciated with race and religious hatred and has been assumed to inspire fear and terror.” Looks as If the Klan were being grad ually di covered.—Macon News THE PRESIDENT ASSUMES SOLE RESPONSIBILITY No, tile appointment of C. Bascom Jilemp to be Secretary to the President does not have to be confirmed by the Senate. It is a personal appointment by the President for which, of course, the President assumes sole re sponsibility. The presumption would bo that President Coolidge knew of Stemp’s recorc In con nection with she bartering of ‘ in Virginia, as it wa - openly ax.ros.ed qu the floor of ‘ the bn# e bv R"pticseh-utiveh and Published in thutle-Cor.gressioiflfT 1 1 Record as well as in the newspa- i per mess at the time. If he. did not knew of it. he has the op portunity now to let Mr. Slemp slide cut gracefully. Yes, Rec re entative I.arri-on, who made ■the expose and who was unseat ed by a Re‘;ub’i.:an Congrev,, v.ith a ; ar. y ptaiorii.y of lf>9, r hand tft of urogrejsivps. was ro-el’fte 1 -hv his eonstijn cjjts by the Tattles’ majority he h; i ovet-ire n>ved.—Ma-acha-.- jSCtts Indr.pQndeq*. A VERY DIFFICULT ROAD TO TRAVEL 1 ho-e who ret themselves to the task of pulling off whipping parties and corr-’et’r- all »' the wrong- real ’ and alleged in the c ,...„ r ,have a pr>‘ty dif ficult road io trav-l. The more th-j- -re whip-nl. th -e wip he arrayed in opnositino. There wgs a ’ime right ? f ‘»r ‘b- -ver when -.- hingings could-be nulled x>ff with safety and '■>- . The office’-s -v;.n:.thi re l with masked b. nd and so did »’! the whit'* people o' - resp< ctabilitv. There w-’-e none tn -he r.'ght ridiiv ex cept the negroes. , hag gers. and they could not do it. Today th< courts arc against private punishments. It may be difficult to nnrdsh members ©f a mob who Ivnch a regro acenwd of the usual crime. I.J- it will not be so difficult to indict and convi<-t elf-appoinfe/i whinnirg bands ‘hat ride at nia-bt and anread terror. Th” wb:n ping bands are not in too er.’y. Thev 'ennnot intimid-’te the offi-ze- ©f ‘go jaw cr ’h' eonr*--. The-.- wi" be r-m down I and broken nn when th«v get into nation far ennno-h to s'art reaction.—Moultrie Observer. SWEET POTATO MONEY FOR PELHAM A Pciham dispatch to The Herald yesterday told of the shipment by W. J. Adams and T. M. Wilkinson of their sixth carload of aweet potatoes for the 191:; season. They are receiv ing CO cents a bu.-hel for No. 1 ; c’atoes 1. o. b. I’el’.iarn, and the -statement in the Herald's new item that “the price is proving “ attractive” is not surprising. In. the first place, the sweet potato ciop is not expensive to make, [n the second place, it is a crop that has never been known to be a complete failure in this section. Weather conditions affect it, as they do al! crops, but it is sur prising how many bushels of sweet potatoes an acre of the right sort of land will produce, no matter whether it rains too much or too little. When the new yam-curing plant begins opera tions at Pelham, that town will be an eve.n better market for tl.i important crop, the whic of I which to the farmers of this j . section will : -ter'dilv increase I during the years ahead. Its possi- j I bilities ii 1 ’ ■< money crop arc nrac- I tici'.lly unlimited.—Albany Her ald. THE AMERICUS 7OM SIMS SAIS: I Prize fighters once retired add started saloons. Now they.retire and start a few banks.' i The grocery bill may be re ' duced easily by feeding the fam ily candy before every meal. Finger marks, telephone num bers and splotches are remov ed from the wall by repapering. Ad i six spoonfuls of turpen tine to the mayonnaise &nd beat well. Now it will last, mttch long er. A spare tire is excellent for mixing milk shakes. Fill the tire and let the children roll it. If you cannot afford a fall hat wrinkle the straw lid up a bit and paint the thing black. You can tell a bungalow from a garage by remembering that gaarges have the largest' doors. Going through a husband’s pockets isn’t so bad, but don’t go through with his bank account. Some parents worry about keeping the kids in clothes and others about keepings the kids in autos. Some day a genius will arise to vaccinate us ali against book tgents and insurance men. Acting sensible under the har vest moon i i showing your ignor ance. OLD DAYS US AMERICAS\ —— —■■— — THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY ' Monday morning, no paper pub- ! lished. ' j TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY {From th; T imes-Hecorder, Sep tember 25, 1903.) At the meeting of the Board of L Education las. night the resigna- ! tion of Miss Carrie Shropshire ! a member of the faculty of Fur- I low School was read, and after con sideration ami expressions qf re gret upon the part of Uje mem-, .bers.’ of the hoard accepted. Miss' many years been a teacher in tne 'Jity schools and has eyer rendered faithfuTaffS sat isfactory service, and her hundreds ; of friends here hope for her early , restoration of health. Miss Lillie Glover is at home as- ’ ter a pleasant summer tour of the I North Carolina mountains, and her ■ frierids are delighted that she has j returned. That •‘estimated” efficiency of | one hundred thousand dollars ' in taxable values in Americus,.as giv-' -n out by an official, is pausing a very animated discussion, particu-j larly as it is intimated that the tax i .ate may also be largely increased. J Miss Brownie Carter is the guest j >f Mr.-. J. W. Ford and Miss Sebie , Wooten on Church street. Turpin Bros, sold to Mr. R. S. ; Broadhurst yesterday a pair of as i inc mules as have been seen in his city for many years. The rules were of large size, and .to- 1 gether weighed 2350 pounds, and the price paid was $450 for the pair; Miss Hallie Allen has returned 'rom Sumter, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. K. M. Mc- Donald. TEN YEA'RS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Sep tember 25. 1913.) The announcement this morning of the marriage of Miss Daisy Eid son and Mr. Herman Horton, which + • Three Smiles j 1 1 1 Accommodating. Igg; "So you didn’t like Cuba?” Tigg: “Naw. 1 went into a res lurant there “o gcJ a glass of milk. The waiter didn’t speak any Eng lish, so I drew a picture of a cow and the son-of-a-gun went out and bought me a ticket to a buil fight.” Igg: ‘Serves you right for or derin’ milk in Cuba.” A Supreme Advantage “Yaas,” drawled young Farmer Hardacrcs. ‘‘l’ve sort of decided to buy a radio set for the lonely evenin’s, 'stead o’ marryin’ that Perkins gal on the money I got saved.” “Do tell!’ ejaculated iris neigh bor. “’What’s the idea?” ‘“Will, I figgtfired ye can turn off a radio.” ' , Perfectly Familiar Word The ex-doughboy had secured a position in a garage and was whist ling away at his wqrk when the bo ’s entered. “Hey, you look here,” stormed the latter. “’You’ve put a low ten sion magneto in that car when this order calls for a high tension one. You don’t know anything tbout tension.” "The devil I don’t,” retorted the former squas-easter. “Thut’g all I heard for two years.’ In a small,town the stray dogs get you and in a large town the Str;iy bullets get you. What this country needs is a law against grass widows being good looking, as they are. Weather forecasts are not so reliable, but they are more re liable than fashion forecasts. . Where will you put your coal this winter? If you have, had your bath, use the bath tub. A platitude is a familiar sen tence entirely surrounded i>y people saying “Ain’t it the truth.” An idealist worries about why people do things while a prac tical man worries about how. High ideals do not attract as much attention as high insteps. Reputations would get better if all neighbors stuttered. The best acting in the movies is done liy the ticket seller, who pretends she isn’t good looking. Flat feet will carry you farth er than a flat head. Being poor is no disgrae'e but very inconvenien-t. “Get together” is the advicec given politicians. They can’t get very much by themselves. If everybody had beautiful hands, who would wash the I I dishes? (was solemnized at 9:30 o’clock last I evening, will be in the nature of a ! surprise to the many friends of the | bride and groom, as a later date 1 before the happy event had been expected. The sub-division and sale of the ! former Edwin Bell farm of two i hundred acres as conducted by the i Carolina Development .Co. evi i denced in the price paid for the j four tract,’ the value of Sumter farming. fends; desirably located,. The ho& tract of 75 acres was purchaa*t b> Messrs? T. B. Kooks’ and D.4R. Andrews .at? Al per .acre. Mr* Oliver bough!. One ' tract of 40 acres, as di® Messrs. Shipp & Sheppard, while Mr. W. L. English bought a tract of 46 acres ; paying S3B and acre therefore, the ’ four farms being the aggregate 200 acres. The Americus cotton market con ' tinned steady yesterday and the < advances; recently made were firm |ly retained. In the local’spot mnr. ’ ket 'f-dod middling grades contin ued to bring 13 1-8 cents readily, with 13 1-4 for the finest quaRE j lies offered. v Mr;. Joseph Bryan, who has been ' quite ’ll with fever recently, is very | much better, and has been free of J fever during two days. Miss McMath is an interesting littie guest at the home of Mr. and Mis. (Robert L. McMath, where she was made a welcome guest yes terday morning. -- Apple TROUBLE With the perspective of a few | - weeks, the most interesting angle j so the Japanese earthquake was the I promptness with which the Chinese - ' rushed help to the Japanese,, i • whom they generally hate. b > Shiploads of rice were hurried 1 j >to Japan from China. In our coun- ' try the Chinese Merchants Asso i I elation rounded up contributions 1 ► j of many thousands of dollars for I Japanese relief. ” Trouble makes strange bed-fel lows, makes the lion i.“e down witn . the lamb. Humanity is in need of -a series of natural catastrophes to v . make people forget their hatreds 1 i and co-operate for mutual good. “I ... .. ! PATRIOTIC ’ British movie manufacturers, un able to compete with American films in their home markets, as a r last resort are urging the British o . to patronize British films as a mat y i ter of patriotism. t Some one in a cynical mood once t defined patriotism as the last re sort of a scoundred. While this i- i may be false philosophy, the Bri ’ tish movie incident is worth notice n as an illustration that patriotism frequently is used in economics as a crutch foi industrial inefficiency , or a mask for things and motives a I a lot worse. ■■ | • * * e POSSIBLE Eels front American waters are d ' shipped to Dr. John Schmidt in Den - j,mark, world’s greatest authority on s ’ eels—which doesn’t mean much ex '. 1 cept to a scientist. The eels are t i shipped in bottles containing salt i water and compressed oxygen. They e arrive at destination alive and, I i squirming. ' We don’t know what Doc S^-] • TIMES-RECORDER ’ ’ EVERETT TRUE By Conde ~ Jones'. Eci.-Vi' Ll—-F TG<£- Wij-e |IS VOVIS. C/INTHT) , J-"'tvs Xavg - pPINIor.; Oi fc T.tCi ' ijo Sf-MMAMAS j G VIP G CCj Y Ci ?zzN T<’ 27A Y" —• \ ‘'' Jr ~* z c" ”” x ■llWßln' l v~7 4 - XEA SERVICE % ’ ■ ■ | S’TFseF’S: Daily Poem Berto „%, a , es THE HERO They gave him twenty minutes but he finished up in ten; Oh, there’s a prince of speakers and a servant unto men! His diction wasn’t such a much, he hemmed and hawed a bit, But still he spokp a lot of sense, and after that—he-quit. At first, wo sat plumb paralyzed, then cheered and cheered again, They gave him twenty minutes, and he finished up in ten* In all post-prandial history nq finer deed is known, Among the dinner orators his figure stands alone! A gratitude unlimited from all of us he’s won, We’ll vote for him for president if he she Cid rare to run. < lie pulled a stun! that hitherto was quite b< yoml uivr l.en; > \ I 1 hey gu-yn hint t-vo-nty iitinutes-a-nnd he finished up in ten! at • g '' ' A deed Without a precedent .we can’t express our thanks,. T- But should-.he jurn tA piracy,- 'or- busting opbn. banks, ’ We’ll t.re;it-Up-‘K.-.things as trivial aricj.let him pfo his wey- And, vvhen-ie’s dqad,-a mohument we’ll rear above his say, / And this shall be the epitaph we’ll carve in marble then, “They gave him twenty minutes, but he finished up in (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) - ’ midt will do with his eels, and care ■ ) fes,__but the unique way of ship-' ping" them probably will to j methods qf delivering Jive, seafood J. ’ to consume's at great distance;? in- 1 land. Live salmon trout, for in-1 , stance. * * * ’ I; FAGS Forty per cent more cigarets are : being manufactured in America than in 1921. The output is about six billion cigarets a montn, not counting the “roll you own” kind. We wonder if this gain has any taing to do with the great increase n bronchial infections and common colds. The cigaret is a lighter -moke than the cigar, but it’s eas ier to-inhale. To inhale a cigar re quires leather lungs. '* * * HEAT ■ Reykjavik, city in Icland, will j do away with coal by piping the ( water from nearby boiling springs and geysers. i If Jules Verne were alive, he could write an entrancing - novel about future men drilling deep ; holes and harnessing the heat from ■ the interior of the earth to do most of their work. The harness ing of natural power has barely started. « * * ESCAPE Imprisonment is mild compared ' i with the agony of‘ hiding from the ' police, says Joseph Lundy, Boston lawyer. The fugitive lives in con -11 stant terror of arrest. He is ever ’ j waiting for the thing he dreads most—capture. In many cases they become frantic guarding their secret and “have to tell somebody.” : ) Worst of all, man cannot escape i t from himself. K'e is his own judge j i and jury, whether his crime is murder of a petty act of meahiness. JUST RECEIVED ‘I k new line of Shaeffer a Fountain Pens; also the 1 I p newest styles arid colors in Whiting Society Station ery. When you think of writing think of Whiting. It is a pleasure to use the Shaeffer pen on Whiting’s • high grade paper. Phone 229 AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY . By WALLIS MOTT, Mgr. |• ■ | WHY SO MANY BACHELORS IN O'UR CLUBS? ■ iou nave doiib'tle.s‘ why toiiib'- 6f the., A oid "iMchefcrs in OUI- Club never ma;T;«U',‘ IJuerc s a rcaschS-. A Nev/ York ly awarded worn;; r $4'6,000 lor the los.i -GJ .rday. "i latest) court deciMons7 , 'a&--®-:eqibk,d by a' legal journal, show the value of a wo man completely assembled as: Legs, $40,000 SBO,OOO Arms, at, $42,500 85,000 Hail' - 20,000 Nose 15,000 Eyes, "at SIO,OOO 20,000 Broken Heart '25-0,000 Total value $470,000 This teaches us, that a first class wife should be given at least as much attention as a 1914 sliver. First Salesman—Did you sell that Mr. Brown a hot water heater? Second Salesman—No. K'e said his life keeps him in hot water all the time. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager. Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 889 Day Phones 88 and 231 DR. S. F. STAPLETON VETERINARIAN Office in Chamber of Commerce Phone 8 Residence Phone 171 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ain't. Caahhr. I C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. IL KIKER, Asst. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (In jovporated) PERSONAL’ « SERVICE Every department in this bank, which is the largest tin der state supervision in U Southwest Georgia, is or ganized and maintained to give our customers that help co-operation and advice which is natural to expect from so substantial a bank ing institution. We believe .it will be to your advantage to get better acquainted with this bank of personal service. The Bank With a Surphu RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25/1923 ! Ochoa r ’ V’ w k* ml With a string of victories over Greco-Roman mat kings to his cred it, Javier Ochoa, Spanish wrestling champion, is turning his attention to the United States. Recently he has been performing i nMexico, meeting and throwing all comers. THE STANDARD “Shopping Around” is Really Un necessary Orfcc You Realize How i Cunqi.t|tently We ’Present <The Lowest Prices in Americus. Here Arc Values by Which to Judge and Profit. At SI.OO Yard. < All Wool Storm Serge, 38 inches wide; value $1.50. At 2bc. Heavy German Linen Toweling, full width; actual value 35c. At 50c. Boys and Children’s Un ion Suits; good ribbed vfinter weight.. At $1.2,5. Men’s Winter Union Suits; good quality; sizes 36 to 46. ’ At $1.25. Boys. Knicker Trotts*' Sers, Cassimdre, WorsteiTand SergoM, all sizes. i 1 At $2,98. Ladies Silk Jiiisey I'et-1 tieoats; all sizes; rogtilarly $3,501 • At- stdte-. Mahtifaiitiirers’ Sam ples, of fine. Dresa Shirts' for m«if great assortment of patterns; many in the Ipt worth $3.50. ><i At 98c. Womens Felt Slippers ribbon trimmed padded leather soles; sizes :L to S- > • m J At- $1.50. Misseal- Gingham Di.«.- w;i: of guaranteed >• Amosk-eag 1 GinghaUt, new styh s. ... - ~ 1 2 '.At . Velvet Rugs, .size 5 pO.xQQ,. Jqijgq.. asurUnept. sqf ; [pretty ' patterns. > . , . , t At SI.OO Square Yard. Genuine* ; Cook’s Linoleum; new patterns for rooms or baths. At 99c. Boys’ and Youths’ Union -1 Made Overalls; best quality; value J now about $1.50. At 90c. Genuine Duplex Win ' dow Shades, complete with all the rtccessaiy fixtures. j. At sc. Men’s fine Hemstitched s Handkerchiefs, full regular 10c size s sc. Ladies’ fine White Lawn Hemstitched Hindkerchiefs, regular size. t At 10c. Ladies’ guaranteed every thread pure Linen Hemstitched q Handkerchiefs; full regular size. i At 12 l-2c. Ladies’ Silk Crepe de Chine Handkerchiefs, beautiful j, assortment pretty patterns; regu larly 25e. At 15c Yd. Short lengths of 25c Outings, light colors, suitable for underwear. At 50c Yd. Short lengths of Double Faced Satin Table Damask; 2 to 20 yard pieces. ,At 49c. Short lengths of 75c Fan cy Figured Sateens for fine lin- ’ ings I At 25c Y'd. Short lengths of, ex tra Heavy Turkish Toweling, full width. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth Street, Next to Bank of Commerce, Americus, Ga.
