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PAGE SIX “THE MOST INDEPENDENT MAN TODAY IS THE FARMER WHO LIVES AT HOME AND HAS SOMETHING TO SELL EVERY WEEK” TIMES-R E C O R 1> E R PUBLISHED 1879 <■.. >' ' ■ - - , Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelcae Evo, Editor and Publisher m second class matter at the po«tofficr •t A»ericu», Georgia, accoiding to the Act of C<M£Tt.a. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for the republication of a l wwi dis patches credited to it or not otherwi*e credited to this paper and also the local news published here in. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives. FROST LAMDIS & KOHN, Bldg-, New York; Peoples' Gas Bln*.. Chicago. - A THOUGHT | The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.—Prov. 17:14. From hence, let fierce c intending nations know What fire effects from civil dis cord flow.—Addison. There’s No Battle We appreciate those things for which we are compelled to battle. There is no value to the dollar that comes with no other effort than a request. The fellow who battles his way through school or colleg", ' working before and after classes, has ten times the opportunity f»i success as the boy who has every thing handed him on a silver tray. One of Americus’ most successful ' professional men said to us la. t week: “I remember very ’distinctly when my father bought a couple of lamps. We childfen thought they wertKthe greatest of inven tions. Up to -that time, we stud ied by the light of the fire. 1 cun feel the heat of those blazing logs on my head now. i "I had to roll out early in the morning in those days, milk a . couple of cows and walk two 0; miles to school. From Bto4 we studied, with time off for a cold dinner, carried in a tin bucket, s “Sometimes I wonder if all our advancement has been for the best. Our children are not appreciative; liije is making them soft. Why, nearly everything is thrust upon them. There’s no bat '•tle for existence. Free schools, short hours, hot dinners, automo biles. And now the politician would give them free books. I fear it is all a mistake. It's mak- , ing our boys soft and our girls weak.’’ We fear for the present and com ing generation. Whether, son of pauper or wealth, every boy should work a part of the day. The boys today have no conception of the val ue of a dollar. Far too many do net appreciate the rights of owner ship. Credit is easily secured and badly abused. Edward Wolff, general sales man agei of a Milwaukee clothing man ufacturing corporation told the fol lowing story to an intimate friend, who in turn repeated it one of the financial writers of the East: “I am the son of a rich father. He came to this country with sl3, he often told me. He educat ed me until I was 18 years old and then he said: “Now, son, you know that I have made a great deal of money.’ “ ’Yes, sir.’ know it is customary for wealthy men to leave their sons a part of their wealth as inheri tance.’ "Yes sir.’ "Well, I am going to do better than that. I am going to leave you fifty millions of dollars. Think of it—fifty millions. Er— , ah, that is to say, there will be fifty million of dollars available for you in this country when 1 die. All you’ll have to do is to Set out and get it. When I die 1 shall leave my sons not one Penny. Money sent the owner doesn’t earn is a curse. I shan’t curse a son of mine. Now son, The boy is drifting. From 12 to' 20 are most important years, and yet it is in this period that he is practically his own boss, to come and go at will. Ihe fault is at home. We must get back to unquestioned absolute respect and obedience for The salvation of the future home— of America—hangs in the balance. The greatest inheritance that can be left any boy is the brain to see and the grit to go after those fifty millions of dollars, collectable from the-world at large. If he is a MAN he will got it, or . that pan of it that he needs and wants sufficiently to pay the pn<-e to secure. Thirty Five Years How many Christmas present are you giving this year? La-' night Friend Wife showed us the complete list of presents th::. ;: ■<■ being given by al! members of the family. When it was handed to us. we thought at first it was an in ventirjf oi household furnishings Our mind slipped back f to t'i< simplicity of some of the oldtime Christmases. , In particular we recall the fin est Christmas we ever had. We were a boy then. Most of the plesents were home-made. Grandma furn ished mittens, knitted by oil lamp after we’d been tucked in bed— thick warm mittens with a long cord that extended up through coat sleeves and around the neck to pre vent loss. Aunt Saphronia gave us a basket of Christmas cookies, shaped like animals and stars and covered with delicious colored sugar Uncle Tom gave us a watch, and his generosity appalled us even if it was the old turnip that he'd dis carded. You can imagine the re action you’d get if you tried giving a 1923 boy a second-hand time piece. Most of the presents were use ful, in the old days, including reefer overcoat and a new pair of shoes, . As for store-bought pres ents, they were limited ‘Thef Erie Train Boy,” by Alger, Henty’s “With Clive in India,” a New Testament, a pair of skates and that most wonderful of al] old-time toys, a tin monkey that climbed a string. , At that, Christmas of long ago represented proportionately as big an outlay as now, comparing the family incomes of the two periods. But the gift itself was second ary to the spirit of the giver, far more than in the present genera tion. Somehow we believe the Christmas dinners of those days were superior. The Christmas Eve entertainment at the church was as enjoyable, to us, as the modern movie. Christmas has changed, but no. more so than the rest of lifq. An advancing standard of living has its price. i OPINIONS OF ’ OTHER EDITORS ' THE NEEDLE, WATSON I Married a widow and this widow had a daughter. My fath er being a widower, married our daughter, so you see my father is my son-in-law. Then my step daughter is my stepmother. Well, then, her mother is my grand mother, therefore, that makes me my own grandfather.—Plant City City Fla., Courier. “UNCLE NAT’ HEARD FROM Discussing the tax problem now being considered by the gen eral assembly, ex-Gov. *Nat E. Harris says that when he was > governor x the income was $6,000,000, and that met all the obligations of the state with its' credit and reputation unimpair ed. Now, he says, the income is $14,000,000, and the state hope lessly involved. Commer > Observer. I AM YOUR TOWN Make of me what you will—f shall reflect you as eliarly as a mirror throws back a candle beam. If I am pleasing to the eyo of the stranger within my gates; if I am such a sight as, having seen me, he will remember me all his days as a thing of beauty credit is yours. Ambition and opportunity call some of my sons and daughters to high tasks and mighty privil eges, to my greater honor and ts my good repute in far places, Kut it is not chiefly these who are my strength. My strength is in those who remain, who are content with what I can offer them, and with what they can of fer me. It was the greatest of all Homans who said: “Better be first in a little Iberian village than be second in Rome.” I am more than wood and stone—more even than flesh and blood—l am the composite soul of all who call me Home. I am your town.—Exchange. PLATFORM SPEAKING "The art- of platform speaking rests upon a knowledge of how and why men act as they do,” writes George Rowland Collins, assistant professor of public speaking at New' 1 York University school of commerce and finance, in his just-published book, "Flat lot iu Speaking” (Harpers’). “Speech-making needs to be studied,. The underlying science should •be mastered. The speak er ;. j.dy as slowly and la oilousiy as the musician studies the sciehce underlying the art of rendition. —. After a somewh: t varied experience in actual speech-making and in teaching speech. I am firmly convinced that there is a pressing need for more instructional attention to preparation and for less atten tion to the mechanics of presenta tion.” Professor Collins deciares that nothing could be farther from the thith than the explodvl theory, “Effective speakers are born, “and not made.—Savannah Press, OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder Dec. 22, 1903.) Rev. I’. L. Bivins leaves this af ternoon for Cussata upon a pijsant mission, as on tomorrow evening he received the marriage vows of Miss Mattie-Lou Molder and Mr. C. C: Minter. Mr. Minter was for many years a resident of Americus, and numerous friends here will con gratulate him upon his good fortune. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Daniel an nounce the* engagement of their daughter, Hattie Louise, to Mr. T. Marvin Everette, the nfarriage to, occur at high noon January 6th, at their residence at Friendship. No similar announcement of like na ture here will cause more pleasur able surprise as both Miss Daniel and Mr. Everett? are very popu lar in Americus and widely known throughout this section. Stewart Furlow returned yester day from Atlanta for the, holidays and has a-s his guest his nephew, Mr. Felder Furlow of that city. Miss Ceril Parson, the charming guest of Miss Mabel Sawyer for some time, returned to Savannah yesterday to the regret of her many friends. Z A jump of fifty two, points told a glad -Christmas story in the cotton trade yesterday. For it means an additional $2.50 per bale. Miss Eva Harris, of Barnesville, is* a beautiful and very popular holi day visitor in Americus the guest of Mrs, W. J. Jossey. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Dec. 22, 1893.) Miss Inez Felder, one of the fair THE REFEREE HEARSE It’s coming at last—the air plan lieatse. The first one in the world will ibe put in service sby John Petruzzi, "funeral king” of the East Side in New York City. John is a progressive. He invent-, ed the musical .hearse, with a sort of calliope attachment, to save money for patrons who otherwise would insist on brass bands at funerals. The airplane, hearse, Undertak er John argues enthusiastically, would <i<> away with present funeral dehiys due to taifffic jams. Speed enthusiasts-will hail it as the eighth wonder* of the world. Many of thonr"have felt for some time that the auto hearse is too slow;. * * th 1926 I The war-devastated regions of France will be completely rebuilt by 1926; the French finance mini ster promises. Gradually the war is wiped off the blackboard. Hatreds and war debts are not as easily REUNION blench and German football teams recently played a game at Mayence, Germany. Spectators were described as impartial in their ap plause. The captains of the opjlßs ing teams shook hands warmly for getting political differences. When it comes to playing— sports —-nations meet in friendly rivalry without bitterness. - It’s regrettable that Germany will not participate in tne 1924 Olympic games in France. Considerable might be done to ward reconciliation, through ath- Ictics. TOM SIMS SAYS All these, funny looking objects being found in Tut's tomb remind us so much of Christmas present s. When the weather’s balmy so are the people, hut winter doesn’t seen? to make much difference. Bryan favors a soldier bonus. We hope the American Legion will not let this discourage them. x Politicians lead a hard life. 'Get up every morning nd spend the e.n tire day in a quandary. There is talk of drafting Henry Ford for president. He wouldn't be a conscientious objector. These European squabbles remind us of a gamble in v.hicl? no nation | can quit while winning, j Christmas is tWe"*time of peace on eaj;th. This, however, is one thing not made in Germany. j London hints the Prince of Wales’ ! taste in girls is npt so good. Girls 'should use flavored lipsticks. H. G. Wells lost in tlx> British elections. Now his enemies will say ail’ well that ends Wells. News from Mexico. Fighting around Jalapa. All we know Is the name sounds like a horse race. THE AMERICUS’ TIMES-RECORDER ’pupils of the Girls Normal and In dustrial College, Milledgeville, re turned home last night to spend the holidays. z - ' Friends in this city and others throughout Georgia and the Caro linas were the recipients yesterday of/beautifully 'engraved wedding cards announcing the marriage of Mr. Haywood Ingram Norvell to Miss Etta Gregorie Wednesday, Jan. 3rd,- at All Saints church Yemas sess, S. C. On Sunday evening next at the home of Mr. Joe Glover, near Amer icus, Mrs. Georgia Aycock will be married to Mr. R. E. Allison. The prospective bride and groom are Well known citizens of Americus, and have a host of friends who will tender hearty congratulations. The ceremony will be .performed at 2 o’clock and the wedding will be a quiet one. Albert Chapman shed a while buckpt of tears yesterday. His pet billy goat, his boon companion for years is dead. Everybody in Ameri cus knew Albeit and his goat, and the sight of the old back billy, drawing Albert and his little red wagon through the streets, was a familiar one to all. But the scenes that knew him once will know him (the goat ( no more. MiSses Maggie Dunn, Camille Derrick and Lillie McGarrah, three fair pupils of the state Norman had i Industrial college, returned home yesterday for the holidays. . Miss. Jennie Carter was the fan ner of the prize offered by George Oliver, the book man, to the pupil in '“ref. J. E. Mathis room at Jack son street schopl for general ex cellence. MCLTI-MILLIONAIRE , A Maine lawsuit involves a man | named Benjamin F. Smith. Ever | hear of him? He’s described as the ! richest New Englander. Estimates I of his wealth run as high as 75 million dollars. There’s certainly a lot of loose money in the country, when a man can be worth that much without being famous. He gets into the limelight by contest ing, a will leaving him only $lO. Maybe you remember the days when a millionaire was unusual. J r * X RED Coloi* gasoline red, as a safety measure to prevent its being mistak en for water, urges W. A. Jacobs. He’s a government chemical engi neer. While we don’t doubt that a lot of people are buying disguised gasoline from their bootleggers, if there’s any red coloring to ibe done let’s apply it to wood alcohol. Gov ernment is criminally negligent in not safeguarding the public against wood alcohol the same as it restricts the sale of all other poisons. , * * * CITY > Claiming 400,000 school pupils in New York City are denied full time study because of the shortage of school buildings, parents formed an association to fight for more schoolhouses. This association is now on the warpath. New .York City alreadv is .■span-l ing more than SIOO a ‘ year for each of its 978,000 pupils, but that seems to be insufficient. Other cities are in the same bqpt. Cities are rapidly becommtng “im possible ’ for child-raising. After a city passes a certain point, it be gins breeding wilderness disadvan tages that cities were supposed 'to end. • , Naval avaiators will try to fly to | the north pole, which is the old home town of janitors. "Lone Bandit Gets Watch’’k— .headline. Loan bandits do the same, j Prince Youssoupoff, an art cr:- I tu', probably got his name from a ■‘ line of soup-eating ancestors. News from Russia. Something wrong with Trotzßy’.s stomach Couldn’t be he has nothing in it. ! 77 rAery government has its good ; i-oinls. In Moscow, they are put* j ting all the gambirs in jail. Ameri. an girl in Paris hit it un lucky. Man couldn’t steal her In-art so he stole her jewels. A kidnaped Canadian teacher’s I mind went blank, so maybe she i thought she was a pupil. Los Angeles bank 'runner spent i $15,000. He may have mistaken himself 'for a movie star. “What a Wife i Learned” is a ney movie. If complete, it would be , the longest movie ever made. Santa. Claus got arrested in Los Angeles, but not for parking his sled by a fire plug. They are trying to get the vets out of the bonus by Christmas, Our Daily Poem ONCE ON A TIME (Commenting oh “North of Thir ty-Six,’’’Stuart Henry, in the Inter nationabfeook Review, speaks of the “unsophisticated who read such ro mances.”) BY BERTON BRALEY “Once on a time,” wrote Emerson Hough, “When trails were faint and when ways were rough Aand full of perils and pains and fears, The West was conquered by pion eers.” Says Stuart Henry, “Aw, that ain’t so, I didn’t see it, and so I know That those brave tales o£.<the West’s expanse Are nice and thrilling—lbut sheer romance.” I’m not profane as a rule but —well This Henry person can go to hell! He proKably lives in a city flat With Persian mgs and a Persian cat; And he thinks-as he sits with his quilted wrap on, That what don’t happen to him can't happen; Hf’s one of these realist birds, ’ b’gee, I Who won't believe what they can not see. I Their daily paper brings tains of truth, : Os brave old age and valiant youth, Os high adventure and splendid fray, Right in the humdrum of today. But chaps like’Henry would sniff, "Oh, lot, For ‘such romances’ I care no jot; They’re bosh and blither; could such things be/ I Since nothing like ’em occurs to me?” “Once on a . time,” wrote Emerson .Hough, And told us stories, clean, gallant stu f f Os men and women and children, ’ too *Who won an empire all young and new. But now it’s and has settled ! down To quiet country and "peaceful town, Why, Stuart Henry says things ain’t so That Hough has‘told us of long ago; And he’s a critic and critics know I 1 Know what! Well, chiefly, as I re-1 call, Know how to be critics and that is all. Copyright, 1923, NEA Service Inc. THREE SMILES | Yes, He Had an Alibi, Judge—You’re accused of steal ing some swords and fencing foils from a'pawnshop—and you’ll prob-j ably tell me you did it because you were •hungrjt The Accused-—yes, your honor. I’m the sword swallower at the cir cus.—Princeton Tiger. ’Twas Harder Then. “So you got off for good behavior?” “Yes, sir. You see I didn’t steal a thing while I was in jail.”—Judge. Ground for Complaint. Harriett—Plenty cf cheek, has she? -- x - she uses our tele phone to invite guests to a party, and doesn’t include us in,the. invi tations.—Selected. Keening his Promise. "Is your .new son-in-law a good provider?” “He can just about keep my daughter in gloves; I pay for' every thing else.” "‘Then he deceived you as to his circumstances.” “No. 1 remember he merely ask-; ed for her hand.” BFnr | - ‘7/ : ’ CLOSIN’ IN” FEATURES DUDLEY’S PICTURE BILL “Handsome Bill” Desmond is a member of the Canadian Northwest Royal Mounted in the latest Enter prise feature, “Closin’ In,” to be run at Dudley’s Opera House today only. Mr; Desmond is noted for- Ins I athletic prowess and. Apollo-like i' figure, and he shows these qualities! to utmost advantage in this pictur-. i of rugged aiid primitive life. His i strength enable?, hhn to toss men ' about i)i this feature with the ease I of a child handlinng a doll. He por- > ■ trays lhe role of a young Ameri- I > can athlete who is suddenly strick- , ' en with pain ae he exercises and i | is led to believe, by an incompetent 1 doctor, that he has a leaking heart, ' | and but a year of life before him. i i How bill fools the doctors and' ' cleans up the giants of the North I i presents both An amusing and thril- I I ling story. Maud Wayne is seen ii j support of Mr. Desmond. Other- ’ in the cast 'are Darrell Foss, Louis I | : Durham and Graham Pette. ‘‘Stage Rotten. ’Say-’ Bowlby”— i headline. He means salacious. We I i heai- of shows so warm they use as 11 I Festos curtains. ' A peculiar situation in Europe is I the more they owe the United I States the larger their aripy. j | Would be Interesting / Doc Cook’s next book should ,be | called “From Pole to Pen; or Gum i and Oil Drops.”—Brooklyn Eagle. ITCH Killed in 30'Minutes With PAR-A-SIT-A-CIDE' Buy no substitute. 50c at -all » Drug Stores AoV tUGHTs'THE'HOUSE--- I N .'LIGHTS THE BARN t PUMPS THE WATER--- N SEPARATES THE CREAM- K TUMBLES THE CHURN-* • Install DELCO-LIGHT W FOR SALE BY R. D. Winchester Leslie, Ga. HAVELUNCH With Us Sandwiches, H<?t Chocolate, Tomato Bouillion, Elot Cof fee, all hours during the day, \ at Americus Drug Co. GUESSING IS A I LOSING GAME I No one can guess a com- i ihg catastrophe The business man never relies upon a guess You Can't out-guess a fire or an accident You may be most in dan ger When you ‘guess’ you are safe Insurance only out-guesses the unexpected Win the game of chance -—INSURE! We can give you all forms ! of Property Protection Poli- | cies.' 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 2 h' 1 Gents Rings $lO Gents Set Rings, Special $5.00 1 GO-Pc Haviland Dinner Set $50.00 . Thos. L. Bell Gifts That Last. • — . 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 -Ts r’'” - ■''‘GT • ■ * The goodwill, of oyr " ’.tfi&i..>'A patrons and friends'is V jTU it’.-Jli K n,! ‘‘ of our most valua- I- A’ *■ •• hit’ assets. The spirit ' 'C- ;:■ J". M of the season brings to ■ '.. 'T/ 1 ? us renewed apprecm- C fe pta/-ffo .tions of old gjjmciates and C.f the value of •KK i. w fi i. Moy your Christmas be “ happy one and ——ZzTi ••—Nuw Your, our most cord id I wtfdi. The Bank With a Surplus ‘ RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1923 HOW S THIS? / I HALL’S CATARRH MEDICTN® wij •jo we claim for It—rid your systeit of Calarrn or Deafness caused bj Catarrh. ~ -- HALL'S-CATARRH MEDICINE con sists of an Ointment which Quicklj Relieves the" catarrhal inflammation, ani the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, whiej acts through the Blood on the Mucoui Surfaces, thus assisting to restore nor mal conditions. ) Sold by druggists for over 40 Years. 1 " J ~ cbeney & Co - Toledo. O 666 n Precsription prepared for £<slds, Fever and Grippe It isn&e most speedy remedy we know, ‘ v - Preveriftipg Pneumonia iIIffiSTANDARD j EACH DAY TAE RUSH GROWS GREATER. CHRIST MAS PRESENTS FOR THE i WHOLE FAMILY AT LOW j PRICES ! Heavy Axtninster Squares $24.75 Genuine Aletdrndcr Smith’s Ax minster Squares in eight pretty pat terns; the best rugs you have seen in years; here Monday at ... $24.75 , Axminst'er Rugs at $6.75 I Smith’s Axminster Rugs; size 3x6 I feet, in twelve beautiful patterns; i regularly $10.00; here Monday I at i: $6.75 Men’s and Boys 50c ■ Neckwear at 35c Knitted Silk Four-in-E'and Ties, ; in great variety of pretty patterns; lalwiys 50c; here Monday at each |“se or three for SI.OO Embroidered Pillow Cases at $1.25 Pair Full size, excellent quality; beau tifully embroidered; regularly $1.50 here Monday, at Pair $1.25 (Linen Sheets at. $lO Pair j Extra size for large double beds; 'fine make; what can you find that i will make a nicer Christmas pre • ent. Pair ... SIO.OO ; Linen Pillow Cases |At $2.00 Pair Pillow Cases to match the above | Sheets; size 42 and 45x26: beauti 'ul quality; here Mon’day Pr $2.00 200 Dress Patterns at 95c Dress I'atterns of fine Gingham afld Percale: plenty in each pattern for a full dress; regularly 25c to 29c quality here/ Monday, the whole pattern for 95c $1.50 Sftk Stockings at 75c First Quality of good heavy Silk; ithey are as good as any $1.50 Stock ings sold in Americus; h6re Mon j <tey at, Pair . 75c 9x12 Cook’s Linoleum Squares at $19.75 I Five beautiful patterns; some of thes& look like Axminster Squares; canvas backj which gives them twice the strength of the ordinary square; every one is a good $25 value; here Monday, Each ......... ...... $19.75 $4.00 Satin .and jersey Petticoats and Bloomers at $2.98 This.takes almost your choice of the vyhole stock, jn black and colors; all sites here Monday at $2.98 Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
