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i" the house of my friends.-Zech.
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frionT 18 arC SUch a «f re «able
< n<s they ask no questions.
1 hey ras . s no criticisms.
George Elliot.
fall fashion
SHOW A
CREDIT TO ALL.
The Fall Fashion show Friday
night was a credit to every mer
chant participating, both as to
their ability to select clothes
apd models.
To any one who may - have
thought that beautiful costumes
for our women must be bought
elsewhere than here, the idea was
conclusively refuted.
Americus has a number of good
shops, managed by able merchants
who deserve the support of their
“home Folk.”
And that is not\ necessarily a
selfish thought, for the dollar that
Stay at home continues to enrich
4>ur peopl.e while the dollar that
goes outside, is gone forever.
Al] things being equal, our !oy
alty and patriotism should
cause us to spend every cent at
home.
And particularly is that true
during a time of stress. .When
“business Is a bit dull” yte should
use more than ordinary care to
keep our dollar circulating among
ourselves.
Ihe Thomasville Enterprise
says that:
“The most discouraging’thing
for any merchant to find is that
his home folks are sending away
for their stuff when they could
get it just as well on more lib
eral terms and with less trouble
at home. Trade at home and
you are making your dollar do
local work and bidding it r'eturn
to you in a short time. It will
never return if it is sent away
to some mail order house in a
big city, where it goes to make
tnat city bigger and decrease
the financial worth of your own
town.
“The fall business is opening'
up and Christmas is' in the off
ing. Make it a rule to buy what
you need at home and only at
home and it will add to our gen
eral prosperity and progress.
Trade at home, if you would
see your home town prosperous
and would prosper yourself.
JOCKEYING FOR
PLACE IN THE
REPUBLICAN RANKS
Jockeing for place, trying for the
inside of the track, is the order of
the day with those who have presi
dential aspirations.
Particularly is this true in the
Republican ranks. Gifford Pinchot
/progressive, friend of the Great
Theodore, governor of Pennsyl
vania, and all-round astute politi
cian, has them all guessing.
President Coolidge asked him to
aid "in settlement of the eoal strike
some weeks ago. Pinchot got busy.
Hejsucceeded in getting the con
tending faction together. He
grabbed the credit for same—or the
people gave him credit—and Mr.
Coolidge's political advertisers see
led: Pinchot said “I settled the
strike. They say “We,” and a White
House conference is called.
The Genial Gifford tells the
President that prohibition enforce
ment is up to him. Mr. Coolidge
passes the buck back to the gover
nors of t4ie several states.
So far the aspirants for his job
ha# failed to “stampede” Cautious
C&B’’ as the dub the President. He
goes his way unworried and serene,
in what the Selma Journal terms
“his eloquent silence.” says the
Journal:
."Although crisis after crisis is
thrust upon - President Coolidge
fijpm day to day his eloquent sil
ence remains unbroken. One top
of* the upheaval of the prohibi
tionists comes the ominous situa
tion in Western and Central Eu
rape, and the President is being
importuned to do something to
forestall the eruption which is pic
tured as inevitable.
’. “Germany is represented to be
op the verge of civil war with
Prance and Poland ready to in
tervene and Soviet Russian mak
iqn advances toward
Pitland. During all the turmoil
and the threatened wreck of mat
ter and crush of world’s ‘Sil
ent Cal" sits as motionless as the
i Sphinx, no doubt, listening to the
music of the spheres. It is not
i believed the American people are
j ready to sand for six years of
I this suspended commerce with
1 the presidential tongue.
The Little Man on the Kill
seems to have a mind of his own,
as well, as the ability to express
it when necessary. He may be
cautious, but when it is time to
shoot, look out for both barrels.
Don’t forget the Boston police
strike, when you think of Mr. Cool
idge.
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
Brunswick News: Mr. Bryan
told ,a meeting of some sort in
Washington the other day that
he would like to trade Governor
Smith, of New York, for- Gover
nor Pinehot, of and
he added that he would like to
throw in a few other Democrats
for good measure. So far, how
ever, we have heard of no one
wishing to cheat anybody by
swapping Mr. Bryan for any
thing. •
Centerville (Ala.) Press: The
Press understands from several
reliable men that cotton, where
chickens and guineas were allow
ed to run at large, has no trace
of the boll weevil, and has made
a good yield. We have seen
from numerous papers that the
guinea has cleaned them up in a i
radius of their foraging. It ,
would pay the farmer to raise .
guineas and chickens in different
sections of the fields, so they
could forage on boll weevils. Be- :
sides ridding the cotton of the i
pests, they would be very profit- <
able to the farmer. ,
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Valdosta Times: The New :
York Hiram Johnson for Presi- 1
dent Club announces that Mr. ,
Johnson is the only Republican •
who could be elected next year.
If he is the only hope, many will .
be inclined to expect hard sled
ding for the G. 0. P. next year.
Also: There is talk out West
of Governor Charles W. Bryan, I
of Nebraska,, as a candidate for <
the Democratic nomination for (
President next year. Has it (
come to this that “Bryan Demo
crats” are expected to be con
tent merely with “Brother ;
Charles?” ■ ... 1
Selma Times: Although the cot
ton crop in central Alabama this
year is one of the smallest of
which there is any record, the
purchasing power of the crop in
the state as a whole will exceed
last year and even surpassed the
value of the bumper crop that
was produced in 1914. The gov
ernment reports show that in
1922 Alabama produced 823,498
bales and the prevailing average
price received for it i» placed at
22 cents, and estimating bales at
500 pounds each, this would
mean a total money income of
$90,584,780 The Bureau this
year has forecasted a crop of
741,000 bales for the state, and
accepting these figures as a ba
sis of calculation and fixing the
average selling price at 28 cents,
the money value of the crop 'will
total $103,740,000 and show a
difference in favor of 1923 over
1922 of $13,155,200. The peak
crop of 1914 when the state pro
duced 1,731,751 bales and which
was marketed at an vaeragc price
of 8 cents dropped considerably
below in money value the crop
that is predicted for this year. Os
course these calculations and es
timates mean nothing to the far
mer whose production was this
year cut almost to the point of
disaster.
Ihe Sylvania Telepplione: Gov
ernment reports on crops, being
nearly always accurate, can not
hurt the farmer, nor any other
merest. The one whe gets hurt
is not the farmer, but the man
who guesses wrong before the
reports come out.
Three Smiles
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She Ought To Know.
Maid.—A gentleman to see you,
madam.
Mistress.—How do .you know he’s
a gentleman?
Maid.—Because he said “Beg
pardon” before he kissed me.—Kin
ema Comic, London.
Teacher Wa» Right.
Father.—Did you **tell your
teacher I helped you with your ex
ercises, Tommy?
Tommy.—Yes.
Father.—And what did she say?
Tommy.—She said it wouldn’t
keep me in today because it didn’t
seem fair I should suffer for your
ignorance.—Exchange.
That Accounts For It.
Mother.—Johnny, there were
two pieces of cake in the pantry.
Now there is only one. How's
that?
Johnny.—Well, ma. it was pretty
I dark, so I expect I didn't see the
I other piece.—Puck.
Little Brother’s Real Mean.
Visitor.—l hear you've a new
brother. What’s his name?
Elsie.—We don’t know yet. We
can’t understand a word he says.—
Selected.
Oh, Now We Know.
Turkey has gone in for golf. Or
ders for golf balls, golf sticks and
golf bags are pouring in on English
manufacturers. Now we can see
some reason for their wearing
knickers.— Daily News.
THE AMERICUS ’ 'HMRS-RECORDER 1
Copyright, 1923, TJailv PoPm ‘ By
N. E. A. Service. Jf A A VrClAl Berton Braley
NOT LOST. I
Fled, you say, is old Romance,
And the bloom is off the rose?
Juliets and Romeos
Haven’t, nowadays, a chance?
So you look on quite askanee,
And you shake your head and
frown
Watching Romeo advance,
Calling “Hi, kid, come on down!’’
Careless, slaiigy words, it’s true;
Yet to Juliet, above,
They are glowing words of love,
Just as sweet to listen to
, As Verona’s garden knew
• When, in days of long ago,
Whispering the foliage through,
Juliet heard Romeo!
What if Romeo drives a car?
Or if flapper Juliet
Sometimes smokes a cigarette, '
In these “humdrum days that are’’?
Still, she is his shining star,
He’s her knight of high renown,
When he sings out from afar,
“Hi there. Julie, come on down!”
'.OLD DAIS USt AMERICAS
+
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Tjmes-Recorder. Oc
tober 23, 1913.)
Mr. R. S. Broadhurst, who for
twenty-one years continuously
has been with James Fricker &
Bros, as expect jeweler and watch
maker, has resigned therefrom and
will, in a brief time, be succeeded
in that capacity by Mr. Donald
Drukenmiller of Americus who for
several years has been connected
in that capacity with the jewelry
establishment of Mr. T. L. Bell.
Miss Kathleen McLendon was
successfully operated upon for
appendicitis by the Drs. Cato at
the Americus ’ hospital yesterday
her condition is very favor
able.
An interesting social event was
the wedding on last evening of
Miss Nettie Tarver and Mrs. Chas.
Foole at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs.*H. C. Tarver
on Furlow street. The only atten
dants were Miss Kathleen Denham,
the maid of honor and Mr. Irving
Foole, the groom’s best man. Mr.
t-.nd Mrs. Poole will spend their
honeymoon in Florida and upon,
their return will be, at home at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tarver.
Less than ‘2OO of the 750 Dem
ocratic voters of Americus had reg
istered up to yesterday for the ald
: ermanic primary to be held on
29th inst. And it seems at this
stage that the total registered list
will be natch smaller this time
than in several years.
twenty years ago today
(From the imes-Recorder. Oct
tober 28, 1903.)
Cotton climbed to 9 3-4 cents in
7OM SIMS SAIS:
Football players are among the
few who are cheered for kicking.
Zuppke of Illinois is a football
coach even if he does sound like a
foreigner asking for soup.
While Zuppke writes footbail
plays, he is not a playright. He
writes so they won’t play wrong.
Best football players come front
the broad open spaces where men
arc men and women are girls.
While the football season ends on
Thanksgiving this is not the origi
nal excuse for Thanksgiving.
Learning football is no easy mat
ter. Arguing with traffic cops and
ice men is fine training.
Excellent way to learn football is
by kicking every lap-dog you see
and then running.
Football players must be tough.
They must be tough as case steaks.
Eating case steaks will help them.
Never feed a football player on
raw meat. It is dangerous. He may
bite off his girl's nose.
Looking for needles in haystacks
will train a football player’s eyes to
see the point.
Football is better than golf. Ev
erybody knows where the ball is.
Best way to train a footballer is
make him fall in love. Then he will
fight like a bedbug.
What’s a little rouge between a
girl and her football hero? Noth
ing, if it is* on her lips.
Footballers must know open
running. Dodging autos helps in
this. Never stiff-arm a limousine.
Everybody should know football.
A good football player can trip a
i collector and step in his face.
Football enables one to kick a
I burglar in the eye and take his
! watches and pocketbooks.
Women should learn football. It
would help in bargain counter
; rushes and opening tight windows.
Never play football with your
mouth open. When you brush your
teeth You may find an extra ear.
Teach the family football. No
neighbor would dare talk about a
family of football players.
the Americus market yesterday.
This is comfortable close to 10
cents but it will go even for be
yond that price.
Mrs. Will Green Turpin and lit
tle son are visiting relatives' in Ma
con for several days.
An Americus man who found a
yellow legged chicken in the coun
try yesterday is going to show it
at the Macon fair as the only one
left in Sumter county.
'lhe City Board of Education
held a. meeting last night . Miss
Bela Hill was selected as teacher
in Furlow school, filling the va
cancy created by the resignation
of Miss Carrie Shrosphire. The
resignation of Miss Gertrude Smith
was before the Board, but by un
animous vote the members re
quested Miss Smith to draw same,
declining last night to take any ac
tion thereupon.
Os the nearly 2000 children of
school age in Americus, there are
only two white children who can
read but cannot write, and not one
over ten years who can neither
read nor write.
The Paresbytery church has
purchased from George D. Wheat
ley a very handsome ingrain car
pet to be added with other improve
nients, to the building.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning no paper pub
lished.
Buy the baby a football. Tel! him
football players don’t cry. Saves
you lots of singing.
This whole town needs.football.
If everybody could lick everybody,
they wouldn't have to do it.
If everybody in the United States
learned to play football we could
chase the book agents ragged.
Now that the world series si
over footballers come to pass.
bijAlbert Apple
IRON.
_ Production of nig iron in the
United States has slumped some
since the middle of the summer
when all records were being
smashed.
But the iron output still is over
three times as big as it was at this
time of year in 1920, during hard
times. And it’s a fourth more than
in 1913, a typical "re-war normal
year.
The outlook is good. We can’t ex
pect records to be broken month
after month without some setbacks.
Business comes in waves..
MAIL-ORDER.
Sears-Roebuck mail-order sales in
first nine months this year were a
fourth larger than in the corres-
■ ponding period of 1922. The other
: big catalogue house, Montgomery
Ward, had a 52 per cent gain in
business.
Which means that farmers have
been buying quite heavily, for farm
ers make up the bulk of mail-order
business. It’s to the city man’s in
terest for farmers to have their full
| share of the national prosperity.
When they get it, they’ll buy city
made products with a vengeance.
Most of their buying lately has been
compulsory. Thye’re still far b?-
■ hind their needs.
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RUST.
■ Rust destrvps 30 million tons of
i iron and steel a year, investigation
■ by steel makers shows. Golden op
portunity here for inventors to de
velop rust-proofing processes.
Incidentally, 30 million tons is
more than all the pig iron made in
our country last year. Everything
i wears out in time, and requires ru
l placing. That helps bring prosperity
j by keeping producers busy.
BOOTLEGGERS.
' Bootleggers have found insur
ance companies that give them poli-
(gitfbr (oh yes heQ '
home -jssays da-oa JUST the
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LEFT HBNRY HARRINGTONS YARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
LOST WATCH WAS FOUND- .
THE COTTON SITUATION
Unfavorable Weather in West Causes Marked Advance in Spots.
By Henry Clewa & Co.
GOVERNOR PINCHOT
The consumption by American
mills for the first two months of
the season amounted to 975,000
compared with 1,020,000 bales last
year. Stocks in hands of domestic
mills aggregated 773,000 bales at
end of September, against 1,065,-
000 bales last year. The general
statistical position continues
strong enough, but prices appear to
be approaehng a sufficiently high
level to restrict consumption in the
near future unless a broader de
mand should develop for the fin
ished production of cotton mills.
The cotton contract market is in
a very nervous and unsettled com
dition, which is reflected by the
frequent reversals in local sentf.
ment respecting future of values
and the rapid changes in technical
market conditions. It now remains
to be seen how a return to 30c
cotton at this time will affect the
demand from foreign and domestic
consumers. Present indications
are that advances above current
price levels will attract more or
less general selling and will there
fore be more difficult to maintain
than heretofore.
Most of flic developments of the
week have again been in favor of
the holders of spot cotton and fu
ture contracts. Apprehension of a
scarcity of desirable grades of
American cotton later in the sea
son as a result' of recent unfav
orable weather conditions in! the
Western sections of the belt has
been the immediate cause of the
recent scramble for spots in the
southern markets at a sharp ad
vance over previous quotations.
The continued good demand for tile
actual from American and foreign
spinners has not only absorbed
Southern spot offerings on a price
scale upward, but has automatical
ly reduced hedging sales of future
contracts to a comparatively small
volume. This technical market sea
ture, together with the small stock
of contract cotton Sow held in this
port, created a scarcity of supply
when the recent heavy demand for
both trade an dshort accounts set
Heavy rains and floods it
Oklahoma and other parts of the
Southwest are reported to have
damaged open cotton in the fields
and have also checked crop devel
cies to pay their court fines when
arrested. So claims W. M. For
grave, Anti-Saloon League agent in
Massachusetts.
And yet, no company has come
forward'with a special policy to pro
tect the thirsty people who take a
chance on drinking the bootleggers
hooch. Maybe the risk is too
great?
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THEATRICAL.
Strange things are happening to
the theatrical art, which remained
virtually unchanged for many cen
turies.
We have movies, where the audi
ence sees a play without actually
seeing or hearing the actors.
Also we have radio-drama, the
audience hearing the actors without
seeing them.
The two —movies and radio
drama—might be combined into a
novel sort of entertainment. Maybe
this will be the eventual “talking
movie."
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SPENDERS.
Investment securities are “on the
bargain counter at enormous and
almost unparalleled returns on the
money invested,” but there seems to
be no money for investment among
the rank and file of people, mourns
the New York banker, Jules S.
Bache.
There never was a better time for
saving and investing money. Be a
wise squirrel. The buying power of
the dollar stands a good chance of
returning to normal practically
doubling—before 1950. The dollar
saved now may be worth $2 later
in buying power.
'opment for the time being in that
important cotton producing terri
tory. During he same period there
has been abundant sunshine east of
of the Mississippi River, with tem
peratures about normal and favor
able for picking and marketing.
Taken as a whole, the crop condi
tion is believed to have deteriorat
ed somewhat during the past
week.
Harvesting is now claimed to bo
further advanced than usual for
the season in many sections of the
Atlantic States and the size of the
Ultimate production will still de-;
pend to- some extent upon climatic ;
conditions over the greater part of
the cotton belt. The distribution \
of cotton goods appears to have 1
been stimulated in a moderate way
only through the renewed strength |
of the raw material markets. Stan-:
dard print cloth quotations have
have been advanced 1-4 cent, al
though many regular cloth buyers i
are refusing to pay the higher ;
prices asked. There is a marked:
absence of speculative buying of
finished or unfinished goods this
season and the regular trade de
mand is of limted proportons. Spin
ners are quoting hi; r for yarns,
but owing to the uncertain market
conditions and slack demand no
new business is being attracted at
the advanced basis. With these con
ditions mills are not taking chances
of stacking up with goods made
out of ruling high.priced cotton and’
the tendency is toward regulating
the output almost entirely by the
volume of actual orders secured.
At the same time merchants and
jobbers are not Seeking any new
forward delivery contracts for
goods owing to the great risks in
volved. The tendency among the
New England and some of the
Southern mills toward curtailment
of production has been more mark
ed recently with cotton again above
the 30 cent level, although no seri
ous interruption of present scale
of operations is expected during the
balance of this month.
NEWERA?
Mrs. M. C. Veal, was a, visitor
at the home of Mrs. Z. A. Bailey,
in Americus Wednesday.
Mrs. T. A. Bradley, spent Wed
nesday afternoon 'with Miss Deila
Barker.
Miss Lois Pilcher, of Americus,
spent a few days of last week at
the home of her cousin, Mrs. Jesse
Glawson. i
Mrs. W. L. McNeal, and Miss
Madge Bagwell, were visitors at
the home of Mrs. H. A. Parker
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. W. A. Parker spent Wed-
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r TUESDAY, UCTOBER 23,
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, nesday afternoon with Mrs.
Glawson.
Mrs. W. C. Gfant, was a vjMtOr
at the Some of Mrs. W. B.'BnUltiy
Friday.
Mr. >and Mrs. H. A. Parker J ap'd
children are at home with Kfr. ahd
Mrs, R. p. Parker for a fdw
weeks. ’ ? '.
Mrs. M. C. Veal was a visitor at
the home of Mrs. >W. E. Carter
Wednesday afternoon.
The group meeting of the Wo
man’s Foreign Missionary Society
was held at Salem Thursday, Oct-,
19. A very interesting! program
vas given, i
Messrs. C. M. and U. R. Mur
phy, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. *and Mrs. S. J. Bradley.
Mr. Robert Dowdy, was a S.tjit
day visitor at the home of Mr. afld
Mrs. WJ T. O. Bray.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cary, Miir-
Mary Everiyn Cary and, (Mt*
Cary, of Arles; were Sunday vid*- s
tors at the home of Mr 1 and Mrs.
E. W. Parker.
Mrs. W. L. McNeal, entertained
the members and a fejv invited
guests of the B. V. P- U. Friday
evening. After several games
were played delicious refreshment?
were served.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Veal and N-
M. Veal, were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A-
Bradley.
Marshal Parker spent the week
end with Ottis Cary at his home
near Arles.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Harden spent
Saturday night with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Parker.
WILMINGTON PAPERS
ANNOUNCE COMBINE
WILMINGTON, N. C.. Oct. 23.
Consolidation of the Wilmington
News, an afternoon newspaper
published here since February 12
as the afternoon edition of ‘'he Wil
mington Morning Star, vritji the
Wilmington Dispatch, afteropn
newspaper. Was announced Non*
day effective today. The consoli
dated publication will be knoym ns
the News-Dispatch, which will be
issued by the Port Publishing com
pany, publishers of the Dispatch, as
a 6-day paper.
French scierrtwts pgedCcta that
in a few hundred years the world
will be in the grip of another-ice
age.
Americus
Undertaking Cd.
NAT LEMASTER,
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Night Phones 661 and 889
Day Phones 88 and 231