About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1924)
1 —— _ - no liter at tbo po*toffi<e A to the Act of Th® Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for the republication of all news (list* oat dies credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local news published here in* All right of republication of special dispatches ar® also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN. Bruntwick Biug., New York, Peoples' Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT | Thou shalt not be afraid lor the terror by night; nor the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh'-in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth noonday.—Ps. 91:5, C. The only inheritance I have ic ceived from my ancestors is a soul incapable of fear.—Julian. Georgia Is Prosperous. From practically every point in the state come reports of good December business. Those who were predicting poor busi ness, no doubt, are disappointed. Merchant after merchant in Americus state that Christmas trade was more than expected. Some state that 1923 December receipts were greater than De cember, 1922. One merchant said that his Christmas Eve business was the greatest single day in his history with one ex ception. Things are never as bad as they seem—or as some would have you think. The calamity howler not only wrecks his own fortune, but carries others down with him. Outside of’the State, the opinion had prevailed that Georgia was broke and GEORGIANS are to blame. The Savannah Morning News in a recent issue had this to say: " Thousands of Christinas and general holiday stocks of goods , J in scores of Southeast Georgia / towns lopked the day after Christmas Eve as if a cyclone had hit the place. Reports from many towns are to the effect that the merchants were cleaned out—and thht business was un precedented!” Commenting on the above, The Atlanta Georgian states that Georgia people had money to spend, and they spent it,” com menting as follows: .Somewhat the same status of . things prevailed in Atlanta and vicinity. Indeed reports from holiday trade, which are pretty we.ll/ in now, show that it was record-breaking all /z- oyerfthe State. Our Georgia people had mon ejr to spend—and they spent it! Neither the pessimist nor the calamity howler .gets anywhere L particularly in Atlanta, Georgia and the South nowadays! The fell ow who loses faith in | Miimself, his community and his State is a hopeless citizen. The pity is that he too often is gift id with lots of gab in compensa |on for little brain. No section in all the land has J ■ prospects than Georgia Southwest Georgias pios ..ts and possibilities are as I or betlei then other se< - H \ P arming Editor ■' Hk mere ■'editors ot daily and ?■ -. HJ. /gfiX ' BEwjSSjjffii e:i■:i . turn t-a l , 3*' '• ••■■>.<! Rl remark about! I* X , : ' 1 it j * W V ? > ' S'* w I j 1 " 1 ’ <L ■ 1 ■ Bi' SX/ SRI *•■*' ■ ■ ■ B j. S 1 ' l;-', "i ' i —— sjtelf pecans, 14 . ana..„ uiL-ely washed turnips, 10 pounds peanuts, and two cases of bottled milk and grinning ’pos sums. Some assortment! We ventured to ask what it all would total in cash, and was told about S3O. Within thirty minutes the car parked again in front of our office and was entirely empty save of crates and milk bottles, everything sold and delivered, and paid for. “This occurs, not once a week or month, but every morning, the products varying, of course, both as to variety and value. This was Saturday and Mr. Neal knew :.! nt what the market required. “Now here’s the story—and ‘it 1 >ints a moral and adorns a tale.’ Mr. Neal owns and lives, on a small farm of only 10 acres just outside the town limits, but he has it in a high state of cultiva tion. There is a small dairy of only 10 cows but good ones, from which he sells an average of $l5O worth of dairy products per month. He has practically every variety of fruit on it that grows, besides 35 bearing Satsumas and 100 young trees coming rapidly. The rest of the place he cultivates in garden truck of ev ery variety, specializing in vege tables that come in the fall and winter. His dairy forms the basis of his operations, and enables him to keep his farm at the high est point of production. He states that he finds ready sail for most of what he produces right in Bay Minette, and at better prices than he knows to obtain in any .other town. He only ships his Satsumas and occasion ally pecans, as the local market can absorb only a tithe of these products. He " also raises fine poultry, Wfflle Plymouth Rocks, and has two kennels, one for hound dogs and another for col lies, both of which he breeds for market.” Fortunate indeed will be the community in which this farm-1 'ng editor locates. Half a hun- Ired of his kind scattered over the state would do more toward really accomplishing something worthwhile in safe diversifica tion than a thousand of us fel- I lows who preach from observa tion alone. Atlanta. There is in the heart of every Georgian the greatest pride in his capital city—Atlanta. From a mei'c village, she has grown and expand-1 cd until today she is reckoned as one ' of the great American cities. There seems to be no end to her phenominal growth. In 1923 she issued more building permits than ever before in her history, the to tal reaching the gigantic figure of $26,250,000, about six millions I more than any previous record. I The 1923 figure was reached through the launching of several new office buildings, two huge ho tels, a number of large apartment houses, the Spring street viaduct leading to the Terminal Station and a large department store building. Atlanta belongs to Georgia. Many of the millions of dollars that are | spent in her limits finally radiate throughout the state increasing the wealth of the Empire State. § OPINIONS OF ! i OTHER EDITORS I HOLDING COUNTY PRIMARIES The Atlanta Constitution, which is quite sure there will be a presidential primary this year in Georgia, suggests that the counties hold their primaries at the same time in order to save costs and nominate their county officials foi the next four years. Indeed, it has been suggested that the counties all holu their primaries on the same day and j the Constitution urges the vari- | ous executive committees to de fer calling th e primaries for lo cal offices until the state com mittee has set the presidential primary date. The latter must be held not later than May, as I the Democratic National Conven- I i - tion will com e of probably in ■ Chicago early in July. Os course, 1 there must a lapse of time be- I tween the State primary and the I 1 national convention. The Constitution concludes 1 I that: | By holding the county and I presidential primaries at the same j time, with the same election of- I ficials, the costs will not only be considerably reduced but the pepole will be relieved of an ad ditional election in spring. This is of much importance, for the year is, in the general order of a national election program, to be surfeited with politics and j elections, and ary relief th it can ■ possibly be made should be wel- ! corned. It has been customary in , Georgia for many counties to told I their primaries in the spring for I the nomination of county offi- . I cers. In Chatham that nomina- ■ ; tion has usually been made Sep- • I tember, when the Governor and j the United States Senator are' I nominated and members of the Legislatui e also are chosen. These elections are fixed by law. The nominating primary is more im portant this year than usual be cause it*is presidential year and I it is necessary to keep the party organization intact. This is im •poiiant at all times, but especial ly-essential in 1924.—Savannah News. I pyrijht, 1923, PYATT Y POPIVI By I ,N. E. A. Service ■L-'zvlLa 11 Berton Braley THE AIR MAIL No stunting’s allowed in the Service, Although we could stunt if we chose; But our pilots’ copper-lined nerve is For other requirements than those. We fly when the tempests are blowing, We buck through the fog or the hail; Our stunt is to go—and keep going, We’re carrying Uncle Sam’s mail! At midday you’ll hear our planes humming And see them, perhaps, in the sky, At midnight our motors are drumming As steadily onward we fly. We whoop over forest and mountain, We swoop over river and vale, We’ve got to be guys you can count on, We carrying Uncl e Sam’s mail. Height records? We fret not about cm. Speed records? They’re not in our line. And yet w e move swiftly without ’em, On schedule, rain, snow or shine, y The eagle and hawk lag behind us 1,, Along our aerial trail, Look up when we’re due—you will find us, We’re carrying Uncle Sam’s mail! -:- OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS -:- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Jan.’ 8, 1914.) The many friends of Congressman Charles R. Crisp, both in Americus and throughout this district, will learn with regret of his continued indisposition at the home here, his illness having thus extended through the entire congresisonal holiday sea son of two weeks. A slight gain of four or five points in the cotton futures market [was the only ray of encouragement I received upon the situation yester day. The market was generally firm, good demand for the finer grades. In the Americus market 12 1-2 cents was the ruling price for good middling grades. Mrs. A. F. Hodges, Misses Rebec ca and Ruth Hodges were shopping in the city yesterday. Miss Rebec ca Hodges will leave shortly to re sume her studies at Winston- Salem. Miss Annette McDonald of Cuth bert is a charming visitor at the residence of Mrs. Shelton Howell at her home on College street. 1 Mr. Lynn Burt, of Atlanta, spent yesterday in Americus formerly his home, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arthur. , Mrs. L. I). Lockhart and niece, Miss Fannie Mae Harper, returned yesterday from a visit to Mrs. Alex ander in Dawson. I -:- THE REFEREE -:- ————— 1 1' -w ■wnwMHHMvmzwß*' , IDLE j Germany has three and a quarter 1 million men without jclbs. If these men were working full-time, at only: |S3 a day, it would mean at least I 'three billion dollars a year added to; the total of German wages. When you ponder this big sum, 1 in connection with German war reparation, you realize that there is nothing more important in inter national politics than any measure to keep Germany fully employed. TALKERS How often do'you use the phone? Nearly 25 billion conversations a year pass over the telephone wires. This is about 230 calls for every man, woman and child in the coun try. Less than one day. There’s a phone for approximately every seven Americans. So the average phone is used about 1600 I times a year. I Many now living can recall when the phone was only a toy of the experimenters. With this precedent, i it’s safe to make almost any pee-, liction for the future of radio and! 1 airplane. ALIBI Merchants frequently blame poor j business on the weather. J. Casin, sales manager of the Van Raalte I Company, has studied the matter I and decided that in the iong run weather has very little effect on business. Unfavorable weather may temporarily affect sales, but there’s a corresponding increase later, ac cording to Casin. Merchants, however are like the rest of us. Every person has his pet alibi—and usually -it’s a delu sion. ELECTRIC Epilepsy and many other diseases of the nervous system and endrocine ■glands are decidedly influenced by i the amount of electricty in the air |at various times, according to a ’ British scienist. Which suggest that electricity i eventually may be the Great Medi i cine. This is doubly probable, in view of thy theory thi.t matter or i ■material is “solidified electricity"' and the bodv an electrical machine. burglar Misfortune can frequently be I turned to advantage. Burglars' 1 stole some coats from a store ini i Waltham, Mass. The shrewd store, manager advertises: Ts the genth-i jmen who took the overcoats will I BSBrEVKAT HOME ANDHAS SOMETHING TO SELL EVERY WEEK” TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Jan 8, 1904.) 1 Mrs. T. S. Brooks, after a visit t< ’ her daughters, Mesdames G. L. Wil * liams, and Mrs. Albert Harris, re I turned to her home at Oglethorpe 3 yesterday. 1 The many friends of Col. J. C Roney were pleased to see him at hi office, again yesterday after hi ■“ confinement of three weeks at horn, Marshall Division No. 449, Broth - ■ erhood of Locomotive Engineers, o ‘ Americus, has recently elected an< ’ I installed officers as follows: R. F ' | Poole, chief engineer, Jr., Byrd -1 first assistant engineer, O. J. Gil ‘ strap, second assistant engineer, R G. Ferrell, third assistant engineer ■|J. H. Ross, guide, J. L. Ross, chap - lain, G. H. Rittenbury, insurance ■ Magnolia Division elected officers a follows: Mrs. George Van Riper ■ president; Mrs. H. C. Tarver, Vice president; Mrs. Charles Culpeppe •'secretary; Mrs. Charles Sanborn - treasurer; Mrs. John Ross chaplain I Mrs. William Sanborn, guide; Mr. iGeorge Rittenbury, insurance; Mrs ; E. J. Shehan, sentinel; Mrs. E. C ; Ryals, musician. Captr.in W. W. Drane came dowi from Friendship yesterday to 100 l • after matters of business here. II . -I IHIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY ‘ Monday, no paper published. 1 bring them back, we will exchang [them and see that they are well ifitted, as we carry a complete line. 1 Troubles and mistakes cn be con j verted into good investments. Mi; itakes uually prevent us from man jing greater bunder later. SILVER I here’s considerable agitation 1 some quarters because the count is not consuming more silver tha 12 years ago. There’d even be decided decrease, if it weren't tha the use of silver in photoplay ha increased greatly. One of the rea sons for the decline in silver con sumption is the growth of the sal of silver substitutes (alloys of othe m-tals) for tableware. Gold, the hypnotist is more pop ular than ever. THREE SMILES Parental Wrath. | “And did her father foUow then 1 when they eloped?” “Sure, he’s living with them yet.' Hamilton Royal Gaboon. No Razors in Those Days. “Minion, tell me the truth!” thun dred his august majesty. “Wha makes all these nicks in my broad sword?" t “Sire," replied the trembling pag< “I don't want to be a snitch on ; woman, but the queen’s been shm-p ening pencils.”—Washington Sui Dodger. • A Distance Man “There goes a great track man." "He looks like a hobo to me.” “ is.”—Oregon Lemon Punch. Last year 540 bank failures wer< reported. Besides this manyi chil dren's banks failed ChristmaL There was a tremendous Nui crop for 1923. We tell you becai)si prices forgot to mention it. \ i Shoe production increased las 1 year, but emergency gasoline tank: ■may soon cut this gain. Building booms boosted the lum .her trade last year, even presiden itial timber being plentiful. 1 Fur business was good in, 1923 i All domestic pelts sold. They eon I from skinned husbands, THE GUY WHO ROCKS THE BOAT / welAxe This \ f LiTTue ceuise about \ v This T/M6 Ye^'•] \ Ab A t A ■ ■ (taCv- < y v/ / \\ A / 'J A s -1 b u PbM FtSt# , . .. ;vA. x: i .. —' ■ ■ x... .. ' I . , _.>• Qibits uy the father of Physical’ x . six Culture BEn.NAR.It. MACEADDEM There is one structure of the , body that may be regarded as the I foundation for everything else, ft | has more to do than any other with determining one’s state of health and one's physical age. The importance of the spine in | its relation to the general 'make-up of an individual has been recogniz ed from the earliest times. When our forefathers referred to the. value of “backbone”, speaking in a moral and psychological sense, they expressed their recognition of the supreme importance of the spinal column. The. same idea is brought home to us today by a clever humorist and cartoonist some of whose work appears under the significant title “Are you One of These Spineless Creatures?" Speaking in either the moral or physical sense, these expressions mean simply that without back • bone one does not amount to . much. The spine 13 the dominating ami central structure of the body. It is the supporting structure. • It gives stability, and at the same time flexibility, to the entire body. From the. purely mechanical stand point it is a marvel of adaptability. Do you realize that in practical , ly every effort you make the spine i is involved? Do you appreciate the fact that in lifting a piano, or carrying a trunk, it is this mar velously strong, yet exquisitely con structed and flexible spinal col umn that bears the brunt of the burdi'n? Win'll you have seen tlm Arabian acrobat hold on his shoulders, in pyramid style, the entire troupe of his fellow acro bats. or when you have seen the | strong man of the circus lift a I horse clear of the ground, you 1 have had a graphic illustration of | the strength possibilities of the ; spine. And yet this degree of j strength is, as we have seen, com bined with a flexibility which is , nothing short of marvelous. But what lias the spine to do with youth and with age? Simply tins: When your spine becomes obi you become old. So long as you can keep your spine young you may remain young. As we advance in years the spine natur ally tends to become bent and stiffened. It does not matter how early’ or late in life this condition develops, but as soon as the spine has taken on these signs of age you may know that you are old. Your problem, therefore, should be to keep the spine strong and straight and flexible. DON’T BE HALF SICK. ALL WINTER | ILL health is more of a fault than a misfortune. If you are weak, thin and. run down it’s your duty io yourself and family to get well. More than likely ail you need is a good tonic. I You have heard many people say ; that nothing builds up the strength and ■ purifies and enriches the blood like j Gude’s Pepto-Mangan. That is true. Hundreds of thousands of people have l proved it. Physicians have prescribed I it for over 30 years. ! Get Gude’sfromyourdruggist—liquid lor tablets—and begin to take it. FrAf* Try L! a! c ■ c•w ■. ,c... ■ t :*■ ret 1 aoieis iiej’m buiidmg: Gude’s Pepto-M.uigan.send lor free Pae.. M. j Breitenbach Uo., 53 Warren St., N. Y. Gude’s Tonic and Blood Enricher TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 8, 192 TOM SIMS SAYS i More London Leap Year new?. Girl of 17 married a man of 71. < Cop says Babe Ruth, ball player, I was speeding. Babes in the wood: had nothing on Babe in a car. I Irvin Cobb, writer, is wanted by I a Texas game warden, perhaps for : shooting dice out of season. I | Cop says Jack. Dempsey’s dad had some booze, a brave cop. Judge Landis must decide if a | player’s wife is a necessity. Judge is married. So that’s decided. General Wood’s son says invest ing in Wall Street is his own busi ness. Ye, but it’s a bad business. Scotti got decorated for being in Mertopolitan Opera 25 years. Il does take a brave man. There’s one nice thing about movie celebrity scandals. We are always getting brand new ones. Microbes, say experts in Cincin nati, are being eradicated. Well, it’s the microbes’ fault. Indications are that 1924 will be a hum dinger, except for those who make it a ho-hum’, dinger. Bostom phone company will oc cupy a new building soon if mov ing men don’t get the wrong num her. Americus Undertaking Co. j NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 23'1 HAVELUNCH With Us Sandwiches, Hot Chocolate, Tomato Bpuillion, Hot Cof fee, all hours during the day, at Americus Drug Co. —»— r ——-™- 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) ’1391-1924 Vpon the foundation °f years of if growth is based the present organization of 0 W gjSßjWjtai? our bank. This experi- ence * s always it the command of our cus- Ly<< !KW*^~l jlawl tomeis. We cordially *- —t>fcx t■ solicit your banking St- —»• - business. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 . PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small Here’s Leap Year news from Lon don. Prince of Wales is preparing for a trip to South Africa. A Chicago boy of five who can play a saxaphone needs spanking. Washington has a crime wave; a real crime wave, not Congress. This 1924 looks like a bad year for celebrities, hut then every year is bad fcr celebrities. DR. S. F. ST APLETON VETERINARIAN Office in Chamber of Commerce Phone 8 Residence p htme 171 IO AN'’* niadc on im P roved lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given Money secured promptly. We have new outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sumter county alone, with plenty more to lend. P4IDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Macon, Stewart, Randolph and ■Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americus, Ga. Phone 89 or 211. . | RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgo 3:45 am 12:37 am Chgo-St. L., Atl 2:53 am 1:54 am Albany-Jaxville 2:10 am 2:10 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:54 am 2:53 am Albny-Jaxville 12.37 ani 3:45 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am 5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:37 am Albany 7:21 pm 10:20 am Columbus 3:15 pm 12:20 pm Cols-Bham-Chgo 2:40 pm 1:18 pm Chgo-St. L. Atl 2:01 pm 1:51 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:17 pm 2:01 pm Alb-Jax-Miami 1:18 pm 2:17 pm Macon-Atlanta 1:51 pm 2:40 pm Alby-Jax-Miami 12:20 pm 7:21 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:37 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:14 am SEABOARD AIR LINE (Central Tinle) Arrive Departs 10:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5:15 pm 12:26 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 pm 3:10 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm 5:15 Richland-Cois 10:05 am
