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PAGE EIGHT ‘THE MOST INDEPENDENT MAN TODAY IS THE FARMER WHO LIVES AT HOME AND HAS SOMETHING TO SELL EVERY WEEK” ■ TIMES- RECORDER PUBLISHED 18?9 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelcae Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered a» •erond claw matter at the postofficr j at Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of ( CoQgJoA. The AMochteJ Prest ia exclusively entitled to i the use for the repubiication of ail news dis patches ertdited to it or not oih<twi«e credited to j this paper and also the local news published here- , in. All right of republication of special dispatches j are also reserved. • ■■ ■ ■ I National Advertising Representatives, FROST i LANDIS & KOHN. Brunswick Bldg., New York; | Peoples - Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT | The seed of evil doers shall never be renowned. —Isa. 14:20. Those who provide much wealth for their children, but neglect to improve them in virtue, do like those who feed their horses high, but never train them to the men age.—Socrates. Cotton Sumter county is fifth in the state in cotton ginned, according’ to December 1 ginning report from Washington. Carroll county takes first place with Burke in second and Bullock third and Franklin fourth, by a two-bale margin. Hercs the figures: Carroll county 21,687 Burke county 21,116 Bulloch county 13,010 Franklin county 12,105 Sumter county 12,103 Laurens county 11,755 Jefferson county 11,244 Emanuel county 11,597 Hart county 10,861 Terrell county 10,623 Jackson county 10,504 Screven county 11,650 Randolph county 10,475 Al] other counties fall below ten thousand bales. The total ginnings to December 1 are given as 584.- 517 as compared with 712,356 for 1922. Sumter can regain her place in the lead of all Georgia counties provided our farmers observe the rules for producing cotton under boll weevil conditions. Fewer acres to the plow is the first essential Rapid, constant and everlasting cultivation is vital. The use of plenty of fertilizer and poison are two other essentials. However, it is vastly more im portant that we “live at home,” raising sufficient foodstuff for man and beast, than beating the state in the number of bales. Unless the crop is a cash crop, raised as such, there no money,’ no profit in cotton. And all of this is not the idea of a newspaper editor but it is the combined advice of every man in and out of Sumter county who has produced cotton profitably under the weevil. Grit and Determination Each of us comes into this world destined to do certain things. If we follow that natural inclination, we usually meet success. If we err and get into the “wrong line,” we become successful only by al most superhuman will power. Many of us, cursing luck for failure in life, are the victims of well meaning but stupid parents who guided us into the wrong trade or profession. It is folly for a father or moth er to try to make a lawyer out oi W illie when Willie’s natural bent is exhibited by his youthful craving to doctor cats and hang around hos pitals. The child, left to itself, soon dis covers what it wants to be in life. This is true, from art to all forms of manual labor. Interesting to reflect back over your career—what started you on the road you are following for a livelihood. If you had it to do over again, would you take the same road? It’s marvelous the way people’s inclinations vary so that all of us do not want to be, for instance, den tists. . In nearly every line of work there s always a surplus of follow ers—and a good thing, this compe tition. But in a general way our inclinations differ so that there are just enough to handle each line of work. A fondness for pie made Harry Houdini the Handcuff King. Hou dini was born and raised in Apple ton, Wis., in the heart of a berry district. His mother made wonder ful pies out of the berries. ' She kept a large supply on hand—locked in the pantry. The boy never lived, of com . who didn’t pick a lock to get at a pie, cake, doughnnuts or jam. Hou dini experimenting with such crude tools as hairpins—disco-—— ) that he had a natural talent for picking locks. So the berry pies started him on his stage career. Houdini has never been foiled at freeing himself when locked up. His closest escape was in Scotland, where the old turnkey of a prison shut him in a cell and chuckled as he went away. Houdini tried all his tricks. But he couldn't get the [door unlocked. After several hours, he gave up in despair, realizing that ! Ills reputation was due for a smash. | Exhausted, he leaned against the i door—and fell out into the corri ’ dor. The canny old turnkey hadn’t ■ locked the cell door at all. Many of us, some time or other in our careers, have been that close to failure—to giving up the fight —only to find that the solution of our difficulty was simple, once we found it. Something more than fondness for berry pies made Houdini the Handcuff King. That something was fate, determination and hard work. It was born in him, the destiny to make his living by such theatrical feats as freeing himself from locks and other bonds, and he had the grit to overcome all ob stacles. While other boys were indulging in street corner debates, Harry Hou dini was studying his chosen pro fession, that of picking locks for the AMUSEMENT of thousands who paid him to do what they could not do. OPINIONS OF OTHER EDITORS TAKE YOUR CHOICE “We don’t take much stock in Darwin’s theory of evolution; but if there is anything to it, we ar.? rather inclined to the beliei that man descended from a fish,” says the Dahlonega Nugget. "Unless it was a goat?—James B. Nevin, in the Atlanta Georgian. 'We shall not undertake to dis cuss the question of evolution, but Some men give, as we we might say, gymnastic demonstra tions that one might regard as indicative of their close kinship to a mule’s daddy.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun. NUT WRENCH APPROPRIATE And now it is an “accessory shower” for the person who has bought a new car. All of the guests at the shower bring some automobile part as a gift to the purchaser. That is a pretty good idea. When a salaried man buys a car he. hasn’t enough money left to lay in a supply of spotlights, mirrors, etc.-—Tifton Gazette. A LOST OPPORTUNITY A strange thing happened Wednesday when Senator Brui j of Maryland bolted the Democra tic action and voted for Senator Cummins for chairman of the In terstate Commerce committee. If Senator Brtice had voted with his Democratic colleagues Senator Smith of South Caro lina would have been elected chairman of this important com mittee. It is difficult to under stand why he should not have done so. It was not a question of electing Senate La Follette, because if a democrat and been seated as chairman of the com mittee LaFollette would have been summarily retired. Senator Bruce simply voted against his own man and went off in a spec tacular way for an Idaho repub lican. If Senator Bruce had vot ed for Smith, the latter would have been elected and the United States Senate could have then proceeded to business. The objection of Senator Cum mins is not that he is an unfit man, but because he is already President Pro Tern, of the Sen ate and it is against the usage of that body for a man to be presi dent of the senate and at the same time chairman of an impor tant committee. The opposition to Mr. Cummins seemed to be well founded. At any rate, the Democrats had a chance which one of their mem bers threw away by defection. [Five of the seven recalcitrant Republicans voted for the Dem ocrat, but the Democrats could not hold their own ground. What kind of a man is Senator Bruce, anyhow? We all know that Maryland gives utterance to some strange expressions, but we were not prepared for a bolt at this time on the part of one of its Senators. A party which cannot control the votes of its own members doesn’t deserve to succeed a good manv • nl e . will say. At all .acre will be a discussion * l lain ranks of the defection of the Maryland man. President Coolidge in his message to Con gress advised the railroads to speed up in consolidation, Mr. McAdoo in his speech in Cftlifor i nia declared that this indefinite | proposal gave little promise of r •- lief for the farmers and for the , people of the country from the ' present high railroad rates. The importance of electing a Democratic chairman of this com mittee at this time is therefme shown.— Savannah Press. Copyright, 1923, D ATI V POFM By N. E. A. Service 1 kJ IL IVI Berton Braley THE LOTTERY Jack didn’t know much about her, Jill didn't know much about him, Just strangers, as you might aver, And victims of Dan Cupid’s whim. They married, however, as people will do, Believing that they could make One out of Two. Bill thought he knew all about Ann, , Ann thought sh e knew all about Bill. Their love with their childhood began, They married—as some people will, Believing as lovers have constantly done, That they could change Two quite completely to One. Jack and Jill are the happiest pair That you w-ill be likely to scan, Unless yo« should chance to compare Their rapture with Bill and with Ann. Which jlfoves—well, it proves—well, I think if I knew I wouldn’t leave just what it proves up to you! -:- OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS •:- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder Dee. 20, 1913.) Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a bycicle and a necklace chain for my locket and two yards of wide red ribbon, and a horn, and some oranges and apples, bananas raisins, Malaga grapes, ana al! kinds of nuts. I sure appreciated the things you brought me last year. Little sister, said bring her a doll that she can not break and a little wagon and some confection ery. Don’t forget my papa and ma ma. Your little friend Nell Hogg. Am sending ten cents for the emp ty stocking fund. Another slump of fifteen points in the cotton futures market yes terday served to add to the gener al dullness of the cotton market. While affecting conditions very generaly, this added decline did] not affect values, locally to any great extent and Americus warehouse men still held to 12 1-2 cents as the selling price for better grades. Misses Lillie Mae and Thelma Easterlin returned yesterday from Bessie Tift college,- ami have ad their guest for the holidays, Miss Annig Lou Fudge, of Colquitt, Ga. Rqbert Lee McMath and Arthur Rylander, Jr., who are attending Riverside Academy at. Gainesville, are at home to seek Santa. Miss Louise Rodgers, a fair pu pil at Bessie Tift, is welcomed home by her many young friends for the Xmas holidays. Miss Carlie Speer will return next week from a visit to Atlanta, accompanied by Miss Mary Gran berry, who will spend Xmas with her. TWENTY YEARS AGO iTODAY Monday, no paper published. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (from the Times-Recprder. Dec. 20, 1893.) The Seventh Grade and B THE REFEREE MORBID Egyptian government, it’s ru mored, will put King Tut’s mummy on exhibition in a glass cage. While this is the same as visiting the lo cal morgue, it’ll attract tourists and bring foreign money into Egypt, where it’s badly needed. King Tut probably would approve, if he could see the present impoverished condi tion of his once mighty empire, ♦ « * HENRY The descendants of Henry Bre voort must wish their ancestors had kept the piece of land Henry bought 200 years ago. It was a farm, 40 acres, on lower Manhattan Island, New York, Henry paid SISOO for it. Now it’s worth 68 million dollars. So the original value in 200 years' has increased 45,000 times. Much American land, now ob tainable for a song, will increase correspondingly in the next 200 years—unless the people tax un earned increment as it deserves. * ♦ ♦ WHERE People toil generation after gen eration and as time goes on there’s nothing left to show for their ef forts—except increased value of land. Some economists, single taxers, believe that land values eventual ly absorb all wealth produced by hu man labor. If you disagree, explain where else wealth hides. '* * » EAtING After being told, so many times we’d begun to believe it, that we all eat too much, along comes Kam merer,'the Viennese scientist, and make:- this observation while visit ing New York City: ' Examined the American at his meals. This specimen eats far too little. ] myself do not believe in gorging. But yven during the worst starvation periods during the war the average European ate more than the average New Yorker.” W<- Americans call ourselves a lot of false names. THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER Classes honor roll, Miss Lannie Adams teacher, includes: Clem Warren, Genie Glover, Sarah Math ,Louis Hugh, Nellie Stone. A class Otto Harper Claude Speer, Herbert ! Hawkins, Sam Clegg, Clay Clarke. I Third B. Classes, Miss Sarah Cobb : teacher, B. Class, Florence Colson, ' Lucile Clegg, Marie Morgan, Vi • Callaway, Lizzie Bivins. A class, Mitchell Morgan, Lily Poole, Wal- ' ter Colson Cliff Bosworth, Lizzie » Taylor. The many friends of Mr . and • Mrs. James Lanier will regret to • j learn that he will leave Americus • today to make his home in Birming ham, having accepted the position of traveling representative for the ■ well known supply house of Milner and Ketting. Social and business circles will greatly regret his de- ■ parture. The following is’ a list'of the in ; vited guest to the Long-Harrold marriage, as complete as the Times- Recorder could get it last evening: Col. U. B. Harrold and family, Mr. . H. T. Davenport, and family; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Shipp, Miss Maria Itarrold, Mr. William Har rold, Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Ethridge, Col. and Mrs. Cecil Gabbett, Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Myrick, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Eldridge, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Coleman, Mrs. Henry Johnson, Mrs.'S. R. Maxwell, Misses Carrie Speer, Chloe Belle White, , Gertrude .White, Flora Wheatley, Alice Wheatley, Nannie Lou Hawi.ins, Susie Taylor, Alice Stall mgs, Sarah Cobb, Nina Fish, Willie Rutherford, May Duncan of South Carolina, Messrs. W. K. Bell S II Hawkins, Jr., W. K. Wheatley’ John Sheffield, Crawford Wheat -L W. Furlow W. T. Lane, J4. Brown, George Bacot, Charles Caldwell, of Macon, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Boone and Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Boone will not ac company the wedding party today owing to the serious illness of Mr ; Harrold Boone. | EXILE A law, compelling every Ameri [ can to spend a year outside his J country before he is 25, is suggest ied by President Farrand of Cornell. He believes the perspective from abroad would open our eyes to r.ome of our faults without weakening patriotism. Our notion -is that it’d strength en patriotism, for iro one really ap preciates the conveniences, pep, prosperity, geniality and ideals of America until he views it from a foreign land. • * • DISTANT Travel is such a fine educator, all should voluntarily spend a year abroad—even if they traveled by cattleboat. Look what exile to Russia did to Emma Goldman, in her viewpoint toward America. Given choice of a year in college i or a year of travel, choose travel. I You can get college at home, j studying at night, if you’re willing to work for it. Airplane, the com ing means of travel, is potentially the greatest educator. burglars TAKE SIOOO LOOT IN JEWELRY JOE ATLANTA, Dec. 19.—Burglars' smashed the plate glass window’s ini the G. W. Baker jewelry store, 21 ■ 1-2 East Hunter street, Tuesday! morning and escaped with jewelry ; valued at more than SI,OOO. The loot included watches, rings' and many other valuable objects that had been placed on display for the holiday season. Police are con vinced, they said, that the work was [that of experts. The burglary was (staged druing the time the regular I patrolman on the beat was absent (from the immediate section in whi-n I the store is located. HAVELUNCH With Us Sandwiches, I lot Chocolate, J omato BouUlion, Hot Cof fee, all hours during the day, at Americus Drug Co. TOM SIMS SAYS Here’s an alibi for salesmen, “No orders today. Feet frozen on Pull man last night!” . Fine training for a long trip on a Pullman is to sleep with your feet out a window. Bride shot at her husband in Chi cago. This is one you can tell when the honeymoon is over. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., bank cashier and $400,000 are missing, so he may be Christmas shopping. Some things could be worse. Aus tria has a postal strike. Imagine such a calamity during Christmas! Everything be worse. Sup pose book agents and insurance men ate onions for breakfast and lunch! There’s one way to stay single during Leap Year. Eat onions. ’ Syracuse (N. Y.) couple have their second set of twips this year. Well, two at a time are cheaper. A Worchester (Mass.) couple were fined for fighting over poli tics, instead of over how he treats her. " FRIENDSHIP Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown Daniel, who have been visiting relatives in Ashburn stopped over Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. G: C. Hale en route to their home at Wood land. G. L. Alston left Monday morn ing for Cochran after spending the week-end with his wife at the home of Mrs. Ida Wright. William Alexander is at home on a visit from Rdopville. Mrs. Ida Wright, Mrs. G. L. Als ton, Miss Blanche Wright and Mrs. Robt. Wells spent Friday after noon with Miss Neva Smith at Dranesville. C. D. Carter is very sick at the home of his sister, Mrs. Bob Deris co. Mrs. R. W. Knox and children who have been visiting her parents Talbotton, returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Averett of Albany visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Averett Sunday. T. B. Wooldridge and Chambers Alexander were recent visitors to relatives in Columbus. On account of the bad weather, Miss Mary Harris and Miss Olive King did not go to school at Plains Monday. Jack Harvey of Dranesville was in the community Sunday night. Miss Martha Taylor of Plains was supper guest of Miss Mary) Har ris Friday night. Mrs. Rose McGarrah and R. IL McGarrah spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Carter at their home in Ellaville. Mi. and Mrs. Morris Woodson spent the week-end with relatives in Thomaston. Miss Blanche Wright gave ai pai ty in honor of her Sunday school class Saturday night, a nice crowd was present despite the bad weather. All thoroughly enjoyed themselves until a late hour. When hot choclate and cake was served. OFFICIALS ANALYZE DEATH DEALING RUM I ATLANTA, Dec. 19.—Analysis | os liquor taken by prohibition en ; lot cement officers in Hart county < Sunday, a portion of .which result i ed in the death of one man and j serious illness of others, was being I made to the city chemist here Mon” I day, at the instigation of Fred D. i Dismuke, director in charge of the | state prohibition forces. I Mr. Dismuke declared 1 the gov ernment would first ascertain who i ther the liquor was poisoned and if | so he would order a sweeping probe of the case in an effort to run down the parties responsible for its man ufacture. NERVOUS ! Can not be cured by a glass of water, but will disappear under the healing and soothing effect of CHAMBERLAIN’S COUGH REMEDY Every user is a friend Rub Rheumatic Pain i From Aching Joints I Rub Pain right out with small trial bottle of old “St. Jacobs Oil.” Stop “dosing” Rheumatism. It's pain only; not one case in fifty] requires internal treatment. Rub soothing, penertating«“St. Jacobs Oil” | right on the “tender spot,” and by the: time you say Jack Robinson—out comes the rheumatic pain and distress. 1 “St. Jacobs Oil” is a harmless rheu-j matism liniment which never disap-1 points and doesn't burn the .kin. It j takes pain, soreness and stiffness from aching joints, muscles and bones; stops (sciatica, lumbago, backache and neuralgia. Limber up! Get a small trial bottle| of old-time, honest "St. Jacobs Oil”: from any drug store, and in a mo- > merit, you’ll be fee from pains, aches and stiffness. Don't suffer I Rub> rheumatism away. i Next year is Leap Ye.ar, but : candidates are already leaping at every chance they get. The women are supposed to pro- , pose during Leap Year, instead of [ talking the men into proposing. Single men should get ahead with their kissing before Leap Year. It will not be safe to.kiss then. Staying single during Leap Year will be difficult. Plan now. Look at the price of furniture. Perhaps the safest way of stay ing single during Leap Year is to be sure you have no auto. Stop, look and listen. Leap Year* coming. Beware of grass widows. Hoover is urging consolidation of railroads. If it means lopger blank ets in Pullmans we favor it. I The Pullman people have millions I of blankets, yet they are short. [ That’s the trouble with Pullmans, [You may not be afraid to sleep, but ! you get cold feet. Pullman porters, as a rule, act more like Eskimos than Africans. Grore's 7*aste/ess Tonic Stops Malaria, Restores! Strength and Energy. 60c| WHAT WILL YOU BE WORTH IN 1953 Thirty years from now your financial security may depend entirely upon the amount of your insurance. Think this over carefully. Suppose fire destroys your home, your possessions or your business 30 years from now—or maybe this year? Only insurance wiil guar antee your financial protec tion. We can give you all forms of Property Protection Policies. BRADLEY HOGG Phone 185 Representing the ALLIANCE INSURANCE CO., OF PHILADELPHIA Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 25'1 GIFTS THAT LAST JEWELRY Solid Gold Cuff z J and up Sterling Silver w Buckles Ss. SLOO Buy your goods where you can have them engraved. Thos. L. Bell L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) - Greetings Th ® Jfoodwill of our patrons and friends i //vin'U’AJl °ne of our most valua asset * The spirit ~f th <‘ seas ? n bri '* 1 ' ; Alii AX a ’IS renewed aijpreeia- ttons assoc inf. s il an(| the value of Mftv your Ch ristm a . 31$ I,e a happy one and success attend your —New Year, is our most ' cordial wish. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small - - - --..-r- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20? 1923 I News from London. Crows are ! stealing golf balls. Fair enough, 1 Golfers afways want birdies. The British are polite. Members [of Parliament have gotten out to ; give five more women &eats. i Big fog in Paris stopped traffic. Maybe it was so thick you couldn't i see what you were drinking. Npvs from Germany. Closely clipped hair is more popular. Well, it makes heads easier to scratch. There are 400,000.006 women it Asia in need of education, f THE STANDARD I EACH DAY THE RUSH GROWS GREATER. CHRIST MAS PRESENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AT LOW PRICES At $3.98. Colored Bed Spreads; full regular size, for large double beds- s At $1.98. Crinkle Bed Spreads; large size for double Ibeds. At 50c. Great variety of Linen and Turkish Towels, plain or hem [ stitched. c At $1.25. Embroidered Pillow pretty patterns. i At $2.00 Pair. Embroidered Pil t ilow Cases, new designs; all sizes. j At 70c Pair. Gold Seal Pillow Cases; plain wide hems; actual value ' i SI.OO. At $2.50 Yard. French Broad cloth; 54 inches wide; black and | all colors. i. At $1.25. Pongee Waists; new styles; just opeuedy all sizes. At $2.98. Satin and Silk Jer sey Petticoats; all colors and black. At $4.95. Child’s All Wool Coats; new styles; all sizes. At $4.95. Congoleum Squares! pretty patterns; size 4 1-2x9 feet, value $6.00. At $15.75. Genuine Cook’s Lin oleum Squares; new patterns; size , 8.3x10.6; value $20.00. At $19.75. Cook’s Linoleum Squares; new patterns; sjze9xl2 feet; value $25.00. At $2.98. Your choice of any pair Ladies’ Sljoes in our formerly up to SB.OO. At $2.98. Your choice of any pair Men’s Shoes in our house, for merly up to $7.50. At sl-50. Special Hits of Child’s Shoes; flexible soles; guaranteed solid leather. At $1.50 Yard. Gold and Silver Lace 5 to 10 inches wide; worth up to $3.00. At 50c Pair. Ruffled Garters in all colors new webbing; service able. At 95c. Kid Gloves for women that are actually worth $1.50; all colors. At $1.98. Long Kid Gauntlets for women all; sizes ; formerly $3.50. At 25c. Ladies’ Satin Bordered Linen Handkerchiefs ;beautiful quality. At 50c Box. For three Ladies’ Landkerchiefs, in pretty Christmas box. At 25c. Men’s Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefsj full regular size. At 35c. Gpeat assortment of Men’s Knitted Silk Four-in-Hand Ties. ; At 50c. Men’s Four-in-Hand Ties of rich, he’avy silks; new patterns. Standard Dry Goode Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
