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PAGE SIX TIMES-RECORDER Published By The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelace EVe, r 'ditor and Publisher fetwrof ••’aeconci ciaaa matter at the pottoffice •t 4«erictia, Georgia, according to the Act of CoMreoK •*• »■?■■■■■■■■ 1 ■ if—■ The Aaaociated Preaa la oadusieely entitled to the un for the republication of all newa dia- credited to it or not otherwise credited to tbie paper and alto the local new* publiabcd hero? | tn. Al) right of republication of apecial diapaichea are alao referred. National Advertiaiug Rcpreaentatiree, FROST f>M)IS & KOHN. Brunswick Bldg.. New York; People** Caa Bldg., Chicago A Thought | Many sorrows shall be to the Wicked; but he that trustet’n in the Lord, mercy shall* compass him about.—Ps. 32:10. None But.such as are good men can give good things, Arid that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-governed and wise ap petite. —Milton. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Wednesday morning the governor will convene the extraordinary ses sion of the General Assembly call ed to consider taxation and the question free text books. To attempt to predict the out come of the efforts of this session would be foolish—-a waste of time. Neither governor, legislator no” pear could with any degree of cer tainty forecast the action of the assembly. A vigorous effort will be made to saddle on the people of the state so-called free school books. A long and determined fight will be made on the tax equalization law. Politics, personal and otherwise, Will be played from the opening to the very end. Many members of the legislatuie seem to favor a modified incoire tax law. Others would maintain the present laws, strengthening the tax equalization enforcement ma chinery. Still others favor a prop erty classification tax. As to the outcome, your guess is as good as ours. MEN AND WOMEN, REGISTER AT ONCE AND VOTE Combatively fe of the city of AMfeticbs nave registered for the primary Tuesday. November 13. when four couneilmen will be nomi nated to fill places on the city coun cil. Every man should register and vote. Every Woman 1 register and vote. You owe it to your city, to the men who are sacrificing their time and giving you of their best to car ry on the affairs of your city. Six splendid citizens have regis tered. It is up to you to choose four from the six. The registration books in the city hall close Wednesday, November 7. DON'T WORRY— IT GETS YOU NOTHING. No one trouble does more to un dermine bodily health and strength than mental overwork mixed with worry. Worry, carried to the limit, will often cause more severe ex haustion and loss than any other body process. The brain can perform a great amount of work. With proper train ing, favorable environment and the right kind of food to provide a nor ftial blood supply, there is hardly »ny limit to its energy. But sometimes, with a strange emotional incubus attached to a brain, which is under stress of cir cumstance forced to work in a groove or single track, it soon 'domes to the end of its usefulness. When you consider also that the train is always busy and never peases its activity, not even during yonr rest or sleep, you can imagine its tension and strain if cluttered up with worry. The periods of activity and rest must be regulated with great care. You should not draw too heavily on the bank of your bodily health by overdrafts on the brain. Those ■who try to conserve their health (veil know that strong or sustained brain work brings about cerebral hyperenia (a marked increase in the flow of 'blood to the brain.) This increased flow should not interfere with other body processes. Do not attempt heavy brain work Won. after eating. These two great processes should not be called into full action at the same time. Ofttimes nervous and . mental worry are caused by physical over work. In a sense they are one. MotoAactivity is the result of ner vousOnergy. Os course muscles undergo changes from their exertion, but the nervous (drain is the greater. Don’t worry. Try to relax com pletely from your work hobby at frequent intervals or as often as you can with the work situation at its maximum and your worry at mini mum. . - OPINIONS OF i OTHER EDITORS * • EXPORTING GA. BUTTER Dr. Andrew M. Soule deliver ed an interesting address before Georgia Kiwanians al their con-' venlion in Columbus,- in which he asked some questions calculated to put the Kiwanans to think- • ing. Dr. Soule asked: “Do you know that you are buying butter packed in Armour & Co. pack ages that was made right here in Georgia creameries? Do you know that Georgia butter is be ing sent out of of this state by the hundreds of pounds and that you are paying a premium for but ter made from the milk of cows right here in Georgia?’’ Con tinuing, he said: “Well, it’s a fact, and I have the figures on all I am telling.you. Wake up, Kiwanians, you.*, ‘Builders,’ and get on the job. You have a great amount of work to do in your na tive state, and it's up to you men here. I want to make Georgia so big in every way that when these Ohio and Illinois fellows < come down here that they’ll have to take off their hats and ask j permission to enter.”—Tifton * Gazette. NORTH GEORGIA VS. SOUTH GEORGIA. , It is undoubtedly true that a t great many North Georgians are I in the habit of thinking' of South Georgia as a region in which sick- i ness flourishes, when as a matter t of fact the average health of • South Georgia towns is better i than the average health of North j Georgia towns. ( There is more or less malaria 1 in this section, it is true, but it c is being brought under better . control as the years pass, and r is under practically complete con- r trol in many communities. The ] number of these communities is steadily increasing, and the time •, is not distant when the whole of J South Georgia will be practically s mt laria-free, just as are many large areas in South Georgia al- | ready. j This section of the state is i ready at all times to compare its health record with that of North I Georgia.—Albany Herald. s WHAT GEORGIA WANTS What the State of Georgia needs right now is a bunch of legislators who will hear all of the evidence, study . conditions and make a tax bjll that will equalize the burdens and raise sufficient revenue to meet the state’s needs and not go to At lanta with a conglomeration of ideas that they hope will land them “some place” higher up.”— Valdosta Times. THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING. Representative Charles Stew art, of Atkinson county, who in troduced the resolution last sum mer to investigate the state agri cultural department, does not seem disposed to accept as final the committee’s report exonerat ating Commisisoner Brown from the charges of mismanagement and political activity preferred against him. On the contrary, in fad, he says the fight has just begun, and talks as if he meant it.—Newnan Herald. A BRIGHT OUTLOOK The national statistics report shows that the South lias increas ed in farm production more than any other part of the country. Also the manufactured products show a big increase.. The South is slowly but surely coming into ■her own. We now have a bright er outlook than for many years. Let's can the sob stuff and perk up to opportunities.—Marietta Journal. LEADING THE STATE Today Ware county is leading every other county in the state in road construction and bridge building. Roads are being built out from Waycross in a norther ly, southerly, easterly and wester ly direction —actual work is un der way-substantial bridges are being built. We predict that in two years from today Waycross will receive from the rural dis tricts and the small nearby towns five times the trade she is re ceiving today, and we further predict that this trade will grow with the passing of the years. —Waycross Journal-Herald. J A QUITMAN PAY ROLL The Reinschmidt Stave compa ny of Quitman, has recently in stalled the improved machin ry for the establishment of a tight ■barrel heading plant, which is now in full operation with a dailp caacity of 2,000 finished circular heads from the raw tim ber. This machinery is also adapted to the manufacture of crate material. All of the ma chinery is of the most modern type and the output of the big plant has been materially increas ed.—Quitman Free Press. More Coming. If the party who took the auto tire from 380 E. Picadilly street will call, he can get the five blow out patches that belong with the tire.—Classified ad in the Win chester (Va.) Evening Star. * APPLES TO REDUCE YOU it is now claimed that apples* will heh) one to reduce. There is no doubt that apple juice after, setting a certain length of time, if taken internally, will bring one down.—Brunswick News. THE AMERICUS * TIMES-RECORDER ’ Corn-right, 1923, Dfiilv Pnpm 3y N. E. A. Service-. L/rtllj A UUHI Berton Braley PLAIN ENOUGH j. Shall booze come back? This talk of “wines and beer” ** Is but a smoke screen, Under it appear _'*■ The old, old enemies we fought to quell, The ugly emissaries out of hell, K Who threatened all that made life clean and dear. . ■ . Make no mistake, the issue stands forth clear! •». The grip of Drink is what we hav e to fear, * Shall we again yield to its evil spell? , Shall booze come back? ■- '7 ?' v . esiNl . * Shall youth b e ruined, womanhood made drear, Manhood grow sodden? Shall we once more rear The shrines of bboze ’mid which we used to dwell? Think straight about this! Weigh the question well! Advance? Retreat? We must decide it here; * Shall booze come back? *A. OLD DAIS US AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder Nov. 5, 1913.). A real estate transaction of considerable interest and impor tance was the sale effected yes terday of the large Ehaugh plan tation in Sumter county, located near Cobb and sixteen miles east of Americus. The purchaser was R. L. McMa.th. While the consid eration was not announced it will total an amount close to the $50,- 000 mark. , A net decline of twenty points in the cotton future,: market yes terday caused a loss of a quarter of a cent in the spot market from recent quotations. * In the local market the best offerings yester day were around 13 1-3 cents. There was a sharp demand for good cotton anil several large lots wore soldi at ‘-h:// fgure., The local market was quoted as follows: Good middling, 13 1-1 cents; middling, 13 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Heys McMath are now at heme at the residence of Mr. end Mrs. J. W. Shiver on Lee street where they have apartment ;. Miss Ruth Lodges Iris gone to Eufaula as the guest of Miss Mar jorie Long, and will later visit friends in Pensacola. The Board of Gommisisoners of Roads and Revenue met in regular session. Present, J. L. Johnson, chairman; Arthur Rylc.nder, W. E. Mitchell, J. F. Daniel, T. B. Hooks. The board approved bills to the amount of $.5,807.85. 7 OM SIMS SA IS: A white crow was captured in! Denver. Our theory is the bird had j been smoking too many cigarets. i J The girls at California University i may stay up until 2 o’clock, against ' the bedbugs’ w’ishes. A Chicago man named Nelson had two wives. It was discovered i when one objected to a half-Nel- ■ son. Case of home brew blew up in Seattle. Headline on report should have been J‘Liquor Case Heard.” An auto spotlight was stolen in Youngstown, 0., probably by a/man who lost his collar button. _ • Corn thieves are active in Kan sas. Farmers slep with their shoes oh to save their corn, not corns. Indiana man is hunting his lost Son who is six feet two and may be working as a telephone pole. Here’s the, news from Paris. High heels for men are stylish. We would hate to be in their shoes. A deerli evidently thinking turn about fair play, chased a hunter out of the Canadian woods. The new gloves have fancy em broidery on the back. If you have a cold carry a hankerchief. Select a large patterns for the tablecloth wit hgravy and coffee de signs at each plate. While iiO.OOO roses are needed to make an ounce of attar of roses, less noses will smell it. THE REFEREE MAGIC More magical discoveries are made by scientists. In England they cut off the heads of two bee tles, a male and female, then sew the male’s head- on the female's body and vice versa. Both beetles go on living as before. Dr. Wood of Johns Hopkins Uni versity wondeis whether this could also be done with people. He says:, "The head of a famous scientist about to die could be grafted to the body of a convict about to be executed. In this way the brain of the genius would never be lost to mankind.” That gives us the shivers. But it’d end one of the greatest tragedies, which is that great men when they die t ike with them most of what they have learned. LIFE Three vivid pictures showing the versatility of the phenomenon of life in America: Westinghouse scientists demon- ' strate that, by artificial light, they make flowers sleep and rest, waken and grow. Florists say this may end flower shortages due to cloudy weather. Picture Two—American Express Co. will open a branch office neat’ TWENTY years ago today Monday morning. No paper pub lished. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY. (From the Times-Recorder Nov. 5, 1893.) Mrs. Jennie Edmundson left yes terday foi Milledgeville to visit her sons who are attending the Geor gia Military Institute there. Miss Rosa McCrary left yester day for her home in Macon, after a pleasant visit of several days to hqr cousin, Miss Carrie Speer, and other relates in the city. Prof. W. J. Noyes has brought his family from Atlanta to this city, where they will reside in the future, 'and will prove a most wel come addition to Americus. Prof. Noyes has leased the Pugh proper ty, 712 Church street. Capt. P. C.- Clegg is a farmer as well as a financier, and on yester day received from his plantation in Dooly county nearly a car load of the finest turnips ever seen hero. The Americus telephone ex change under the efficient man agement of Mr. J. D. Peacock, is giving the best service the city has had in several years. Calls are nns- Wpred promptly and courteously, subscribers are pleased and the business of the exchange is in creasing every month. Will C. Wright, of hardware fame, came yesterday from an Ex tended trip on the road. He will enter regularly upon his duties with J. W. Sheffield & Co., on the 20th inst. . Ohio farmers sell apples at 50 cents a bushel, but we refuse to say it isn't enough apple jack. V A iseonsiri bnion crop this pear is estimated at 407,000 bushels, or 50 times as many smells. Coolidge has enough pets to start a circus, not?counting congress. Experts say a circle cannot be squared. Me_say street car wheels come mighty close. There are 437,000 sewing ma chines in American homes, some of which are entirely paid for. Letting your children hide under the bed is dangerous. They may grow up and be burglars. While a scientist says man is run by electricity, we know one who is run by his wife. ».f When you use oatmeal for cook ies place them on a clean plate and lock them up some place. A new machine lays 10,000 bricks a day. Well, the auto lays about that many pedestrians. Women will never be men’s equals until you can tell one she is ugly and escape alive. ■ A shortage of prohibition in cel iers is reported. A lattice work.of two-toned rib bon is seen on the latest lingerie, but not on the street. King Tut’s tomb, expecting - big business from tourists. Picture Three.—A Next - York vio linist with high ideals commits sui cide by gas when forced to earn living by playing jazz in cabarets. • * ’ BETTING. Here is something new under the sun—interesting statistics: Lloyds, London insurance people, say the odds are 100 to 9 against Henry Ford being the next president. Lloyds have written a $400,000 pol icy, on these odds, for a New York firm. » ♦ » MORTGAGED In the last four years nearly 16 billion dollars worth of new securi ties have been issued in our coun try. America is heading swiftly to ward the point where the entire national wealth will be blanketed dollar-for-dollar by stocks and bonds. Life is certainly getting complex and systematized to the last detail. •» » * POLITE? People when they travel are not as polite as they were 15 years ago, observes Joseph Lepore. He ' SITTIN’ PRETTY? , i-mimi ■ ifc —. ' .. - ■ ? . ■h *•'’ ?4 - 4. O A * * \ * XW / L ■ v MOr A i . v ml /> : A ■ ■ 'A - - ; lUI 1 1 I > IN AND AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. ATLANTA, Nev. s.—William A. Wright, who' has been comptroller genera! of Georgia lor forty-four years, today said that the chief les son he had learned from his service was to follow the law literally and treat every one impartially. General Wright has the distiction over all other state house officials ot having been elected to office ! for tach successive term since 1879 —and only three times during this period has he been opposed for re election. •‘I ht.ve seen all kind of faces ah i I people since I have been in this of- j lice,” he said, “and I have learned so many lessons it would take a long time for me to tell them. 1 believe, however, that the only way to get along is to treat every man fairly and let him know he is having to do only what every other man, according to the law, is required to do. “I don’t know how much longer I will be here,’’ he laughed. “You know when a fellow get=f ot getting old some people think he is not any good. But despite such an opinion 1 still am pretty ;tcti\-e and hap py,” he said. . — SERVED IN CONFEDERATE ARMY DURING THE WAR The comptroller general was born January 19, 1844, at Louis ville, Jefferson County, Georgia. His father was Ambrose Ransom Wright, Louisville, and his mother Mary Hubble Savage Wright. His father was a major general in the Confederate army (Northern Vir ginia) and was elected to congress in 1872, but died before taking his seat. In April, 1861, the comptroller general enlisted as a private in Company K, Third Georgia Infan try. The following year, he was appointed to the staff of his fath er. On August 30, 1862, he was wounded and lost his right leg in the second Battle of Manassas. As soon as Mr. Wright recovered enough to- tide a horse, he went back into the army. He was cap tured about the middle of June, 1863, and was held a prisoner at Johnson’s Island, Michigan,- until March, 1864, when he was ex changed. He returned to his com mand and in November, 1864, was assigned to ordinance duty at Au gusta, Ga. General Wright was in charge of the ordinance department at Augusta until General Lee’s sur render. < In 1879, he was appointed comp troller general to fill a vacancy and was elected to the office at the general election of 1880. , The du ties of insurance commissioner were placed upon him in 1887 and he has since discharged this work. “About the hardest time I have has been a "news butcher” on trains for 20 years, selling papers, magazines, candy and fruit. Joe also reports that “people ask hundreds . foolish questions and scarcely listen to the answers.” Many others have noticed this is the national attitude in politics and economics. St g! s>s SALESMAN Joe Lepore, veteran train boy, says selling magazines, fruit and candy to the traveling public is an exact science requiring psychology. Joe says the train bfiy works hardest to land a customer at the front of the car, keeping an eye on him while calling out what’s for sale. If the man up front bujjs, others also' buy, copying his ex i ample unconsciously. If the front of the car patron refuses, says Joe, you are apt to go right through car without a customer. With even the train boys study i ing psychology, it’s no wonder we i find it so hard > hang onto money. experienced since being hi office,” General Wright related, "was back in 1892, when I had to place the franchise tax law into effect.” ADVANCE GUARD HERE FOR ASSEMBLY SESSION With the opening of the. extra ordinary session of me general as sembly oi . at for Wed nesday morning at 1U o’clock, the advance guard o legislators was arriving in Atlanta today. Statements from several of the lawmakers indicate that the rec ommendations of the special tax commissioner appointed by Gover nor Walker will receive ’ serious: consideration. Predictions are being made that tax reform law's will be passed by the assembly, while some of the lawmakers are equally certain that no changes will he made in ihe present tax laws. Representatives and senators al ready here are Spending exchanging views and ; metireßkiTl friends and new arrivals. Much of the conversation is centered around prospective candidate: >, state of fices next year. Gavernor Walker was said to be confident tliaf he would have the co-operation of the assembly in his tax reform program and that it would bo passed by both •houses. RAINS AND LOWER TEMPERATURE FOR WEEK WASHINGTON, Nov. s—Weath er outlook for the period November 5 to November 10, inclusive. For the South Atlantic and east gulf states: Rain wilt occur at the be ginning of the, week in the South Atlantic states; otherwise fair weather will prevail until nearly he end of the week, When rains are again probable. Temperatures will be somewhat ibeltAv normal. Head colds Melt in spoon; inhale vapors; apply freely up nostrils. VICKS w Vapoßub Ov* r 17 Million Jar* U*ed Yearly Americus I Jnderfaldncf Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 389 Day F’hones 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Caahiar. C. M. COUNCIL. V.-P. and Cashier. J. F. KIKER, Asst. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus] (Incorporated) / SERVICE -XeXvs: ipwlwWrif Is v,ce has won us ■ ™ recognition as “The ill Bank of Personal Ser- <4. tVjMßwwm vice.” We invite your .. .. account large* or Si EfcffiWa BWBMM small—commercial or savings - The Bank With • ! 3orp!va RESOURCES OVER 5t.700.000 PROMPT CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small v MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1923 THE STANDARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY BARGAINS. . 1 • In addition to our regular bar gain list for Monday and Tuesday we are going to give FREE with ; purchases of SI.OO or more ten ■ cakes of Armour’s Toilet Soap. | Plenty for everybody here Monday ; and Tuesday. 100 Crinkle Bed Spreads for sin gle beds, excellent quality, Monday and Tuesday 50c Ecru Curtin Scrip, 36 inches wide, double bordered, regular 20c, here Monday and Tuesday, Ygzd ........ 12 l-2c Bleached, Mercerized Table Dam ! ask, 64 inches wide, worth up to ! 89c, Monday and Tuesday, Yd 50c i Fine French Broadcloth, 50 ; inches wide, black and colors, equal to any $3.00 broadcloth shown in Americus, Monday and Tuesday, Yard $2.45 Very fine French Serge, guaran tee<i all wool, 44 inches wide, worth $2.00; here Monday and Tuesday, Yard $1.50 All Wool Sfoyn Serge, 50 inches wide, sponged and shrunk, regular ly $3.00; here Monday and Tues day, Yard $1.98 Fine Woven Madras Shirting, 36 inches wide, regularly 50c; here 1 Monday and Tuesday, 3 Yards for SI.OO Beautiful Silk Striped Shirting, 36 inches wide, sold all the way up to 75c; here Monday and Tuesday, Yard .... 49 c Ladies’ Hemstitched Handker chiefs, guaranteed every thread pure linen; here Monday and Tues day only, Each 9c Beautiful quality Bath Robe ma terials, light or dark shades, reg ularly 75c; here Monday and Tues day, Yard 59 c One big table Children’s Gownsj, Ladies’ Drawers and teddies, child ren’s underwear; , values up to $1.00; choice Monday and Tties- - sOc Girls’ Gingham Dresses, made of Amoskeag Gingham; col ors guaranteed; worth up to $2.00; here Monday and Tuesday $1.49 Ladies Satin Bloomers; all colors; all sizes; regularly $2.50; here Monday and Tuesday $1.98 Miller Flesh' Color Coutil All- Over Elasitc Corsets; regularly $2.50; here Monday and Tues <|ay . ■■■ - $1.75 Miller Make Corsolettes, flesh color; excellent inaterials; elastic insert hose supporters, with full I rubber hooks, Monday and Tues day-- $1.25 Standard Dry Goods Company i Forsyth Street, Next to Bank of I Commerce, Americus. 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