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PAGE SIX EVERY LIVE TOWN HAS A LIVE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WITH EVERY LIVE RESIDENT A LIVE MEMBER times-recorder PUBLISHED 1870 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelcae Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered at second class matter at the poatoffirt at Americus, Georgia, according to ibo Act of Coogreua. The Associated Press it exclusively entitled fn f the use for the republication of all news "is oalcles credited to it or not otherwise credited ’« ( thia paper and also the local news published here* j Id. All right of republication of special dispa c • « are also reserved. { National Advertising Representatives, LANDIS & KOHN, Brunswick Blog., New York, ’eoplet’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT ” The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. —Mark 4 :28. The feast is such as earth, the general mother, ■■ ■ Pours from her fairest bosom. When she smiles In the embrace of autumn. —Shelley. Keep It Clean Football has come to be rec ognized during recent years as one of America's foremost sports. Likewise it is recognized as a clean, -wholesome sport that does its bit toward perfect ing the nation's manhood be cause it is a clean sport. Dangers said to threaten the sport in this country are seen by some of its most ardent admir ers, and this spectre has so im pressed certain officials at some of the larger colleges until the matter has been brought to the attention of the National Col- j legiate Athletic association. This j association which has, so to speak, within its keeping the good name of football as a game, has just heard a sug gestion that college authorities should act to correct imaginary dangers that threaten the game, and a decision filled with wis dom rendered in the following report: ‘‘lf there are any dangers threatening the prestige or good name of the game,” he declared, “they are not, in our opinion, of such nature that they can be averted by a mere framing of roles.” E. K. Hall, of Dartmouth College, who is chairman of the football rules committee of the association urges that body to 1 work through the academic and athletic officials of the colleges in upholding the* football code, stating that the apparently un limited increase in general inter-1 est and support necessitated vigilance in preventing the good | name and integrity of the sport. Responsibility rests on the friends of this greatest of acad emic sports to make certain, not only that the game while being played, is kept free from unfair and unsportsmanlike tactics, but that the preparations for the foot ball season and the develop ment of the teams are equally free from anything which sav ors of unfair competition and un sportsmanlike tactics. i The game itself is played in the open and under the supervis ion of officials who will’not tol erate unfair tactics. If the prep-' aration for the season and the building up of teams are like- I wise made in the open and under supervision of academic officials' who will neither tolerate un-1 sportsmanlike practices or stand- 1 ards in their own institutions by < approving schedules on which j appear teams whose first con cern is having a strong team and whose last concern is how they get it, the efforts of rules com mittee to make the game a good one will be powerfully supple mented. The rules committee has put itself on record as opposed now to making any fundamental changes in regulating the grid iron game. Famous Athletics We wonder how the althletes at hte Olympic games, t obe held this summer in France, would compare with the ancient Greeks who performed in the original Olympic games centuries ago. In brute strength and endurance, the human race probably has deteriorated even in the matter of its picked best specimens." It is 2700 years since the first Olympic meet, in 776 B. C. The! Greeks reckoned their calendar ■ from that date, in Olympiads or 1 periods of four years. Olympic j games were staged every four years for more than I I centuries. At first the only Olympic event was a match between run ners in the stadium. Other events were addtd later—such as wrestling, boxing, jumping, four horse chariot bareback hoisc races and javelin hurling. A s the height of their power, the Olympic games lasted five days- They were finally abol ished, in the year 394, by Em- Iperor Theodosius. In modified j form the Olympic games were (revived in Athens in 1896. to be held every four years. To the lover of clean sport, the strongest appeal of the an cient Olympic games was that there were no money prizes. Vic tors received only the glory of winning and a wreath from the sacred olive tree near Olympia. 1 That was genuine sport. You realize it in our generation when you watch prizefighters re fusing to enter the ring except for enormous financial guaran tees. Originally the Olympic games were local Later they brought together in temporary reunion the scattered fragments of the old Greek empire. Similafly, the Oympic games, now inter national, should do a lot this year to bring the world’s nations closer together, j OPINIONS OF ’ OTHER EDITORS s . < FARM LAND ACTIVITY Reports from all sections of Georgia indicate remarkable in crease in farm land sales. , Several counties, some in north Georgia and others in central and south Georgia, reported larger transfactions last week, several improved farms having been pur chased by home-seekers from other states, and others by local investors who believe, and very correctly so, that agricultural lands in Georgia today are cheap er than they ever will be again, and, therefore, offer most excel lent opportunities for investment capital. , Coincident with this activity, which is so apparent to all stu dents of the state-wide realty sit uation, are the group activities of several Georgia organizations that appraise conditions much as do the private investors who are readily and unreservedly putting their money in farm land. The Georgia realtors’ organization is planning to begin a nation-wide campaign for home-seekers. The Georgia association and the Georgia in dustrial bureau are planning to consolidate their activities for a national drive. In Macon and Savannah groups are neing or ganized for the same purpose. All of this illustrates a trend of popular thought regarding Georgia lands, and forecasts a stiffening of the prices that eco nomically follows such strength ening of legitimate demands. There is every good reason why Georgia farm lands should in ctease in value. There is a com plete ectyiomic reconstruction of farm conditions taking place, and this means better home and fore eign markets for production, more business application to farm oper ations, a broadening of coopera tive marketing, a greater impetus to proper diversification, and a general coordination looking to better net compensations to far-- n»ers. There is also a gradual tend ency toward farm ownership. Conditions for making this bet ter condition possible are shaping themselves. The public thought is being educated to th<* high ideals of farm life, and to the great task of making farm life morel inviting. Farm lands in Georgia are a good buy, for no state offers greater opportunities to the ac tual dirt farmer who applies science, common sense and energy to his operations. A UNIQUE ANNOUNCEMENT. Probably not in the history of Georgia has there been a more in teresting political announcement than that of Andrew P. Rives, well-known citizen of Randolph county, and until the first of the present month agent of the Cen tral of Georgia railway at Spring vale. Mr. Rives writes volumin ously for Georgia newspapers, and his letters are nearly always introduced with texts from Holy Writ. He can quote scripture ap propriate to any contention or condition, for he has been a close Bible student for many years. Re cently he decided to make the race for ordinary of Randolph county next year, and his unique announceemnt, as we find it in the Cuthbert Leader is as follows: To the people of Randolph County, Georgia: I am a candi date lor the office of Ordinary of Randolph county, Georgia, at any election held for this office by the State of Georgia and the county of Randolph during the year 1924. If called to this office by the Christ and voters of Randolph He will be my senior partner in the administration of the office, He ha?: been my senior and guide in the conduct of the railway agency business for the past 44 years, from which, by His will and the approval of the Central • oi Georgia Railway’s officials, I retire on a pension Dec 1, 192:;. Your fellow-citizen, serving God by serving humanity, ANDREW P. RIVES —Albany Herald. r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER Old Days in Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Jan. 28, 1914.) James C. Denham has assumed the duties of foreman of the Seaboard shops in Americus, succeeding Foreman Elam Mauk, who has held that position during several years. • That Sumter county will produce a crop of approximately 40,.000 bales of cotton this season is in the government figures. Show ing that a total of 32,624 bales were ginned in Sumter county against 34,006 ginned to January. 16 last year. The plant of the Americus Bot tling Co., on Hampton street was : offered at public outcry in front of the courthouse yesterday, the prop erty being thus disposed of under foreclosure. The highest and best bidder was R. L. McLeod, who of fered $1,950. Rev. James B. Lawrence, of this city, left last night for Bainbridge, where he will preside at the n|set ing of the archdearconry Wednesday md Thursday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Duncan wel comed a pretty little daughter to their home circle yesterday. Mr. W. H. R. Scfiroeder suffered tn attack of vertigo at 9 o’clock last aight at his residence here. Dr. Mayes was called to attend him and ixpressed the belief that Mr. Shroeder was in no danger. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder. Jan. 28, 1304.) Engineer Charles Culpepper, of :hc Seaboard, now wears a hand some scarf pin, voted him as the nost popular throttle puller on the line. 1 Col. and Mrs. W. T. Lane have as heir guests today Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crittenden, en route to their wme in Shellman. The couple were united in marriage at Jackson, Ga., yesterday morning, the bride being Miss Helen Land. Ice an inch thick was plentiful; n Americus yesterday morning fol lowing on the heels of the blizzard which struck with full force. Rev. Sam C. Dean, at one time pastor of the First Baptist church ‘or four or five years, has just ad epted a call to the Lerigh Avenue ihurch, of Philadelphia, one of the largest and wealthiest churches in hat city. Sumter county farmers now pre paring to plant a cotton crop are nterested in the ravages, of the 101 l weevil, which has wrought such destruction in Texas. Letters have >een received by Americus relatives Yom Texas telling that only one isle of cotton to 60 acres has been nade "in .that state. When the price of cotton touched '5 cents here Monday there were umerous sales of the fleecy staple t that price. Mr. Cullen Horne brought to Vmericus yesterday the trophy of a urkey hunt in Flint river swamp; wo gobblers which weighed 40 ounds eacr. thirty years ago today (From the Times-Recorder. Jan. 28, 1894.) Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gabbett en ertained the ’At Honie Club" royal y last evening at their handsome .ome on Furlow Lawn. A large at endance complimented the charm ng hostess and genial host wiith .heir presence. The evening was me of rare pleasure, dainty refresh nents being elegantly served, the vening being pronounced one of .he most charming of the season. Miss Mary Watts entertained luite a large party of young friends ast night at the home of her sister, ■lrs. R. L. McLeod. Dancing Was the chief feature of the occasion, nd all present enjoyed greatly the iccasion. Mias Alice Henderson, of La Grange, is the guest of Miss Emma Dodson at her home on Lee street : for a few days. , New York: The total visible sup ply of cotton for the work? is 4,- 104,901 bales, of which 4,083,701 ire American; receipts at all inter or towns, 77,572 bales; plantation •eceipts, 141,778; crop in sight, 6,- 047,730. Miss Elsa Pope the social queen if our sister city Albany, will visit her friends, Miss Jennie Hollis, early in February. Miss Pope has a host of friends who will hear with pleasure of her coming. Miss Lena Hayes, who for the past few months has been on an extend ed visit easf, will return home, about February 3. Miss Hayes is one of. if not the most exquisite dancer in Americus, and without her a german would seem like a ball without music. MAYBE SO It is contended that Secretary Mellon’s proposal a reduction of hardly more than $3 per capita. "If we do not get it,” says Commerce and Finance, “we can probhhly struggle along un der the present schedule for some time without serious loss.”—Sa vannah Nows f q . •' / -v / ~— Z.Z; - TIT ex. Our Daily Poem smile awhile With Dave C. Burkhalter The day is cold, the night is clear, The wind is full of air. It sighs among the tree tops And whistles everywhere. The poets sing about it’s charm But they are only teasing. I’ll have to get a shot of hooch To keep my blood from freezing. ' I went into the cellar, You arc wrong about the reason I looked to see if our coal Would finish out the season. And now I’ll leav eit with you For I’ll surely have to go, The reason why I cannot stay Is written just below: I cannot, laugh, I cannot grin, Mv winter nants are growing thin. , N & W S iPAPER. EXTRA! ANTI-SOBER EXTRA! NO TONGUES STEPPED ON AT THIRSTY MEETING More than 1000 delegates attend ed the anti-dry meeting in Washing ton. The thirsty gathered to make faces at prohibition. , Sober facts were presented. The law, they say, is making good, drinks as plentiful as feathers on a gold fish, but it is making bad drinks as scarce as whiskers on Santa Claus. GOOD NEWS London is going dance crazy. This is fine. A dance craze will produce a great race of wrestlers. $ $ ♦ BAD NEWS Prisoners in the Carlinville, 111., jail got drunk. We need a better class of people in our jails. * * ♦ WORSE NEWS Brockton, Mass., grandma bobbed her- hair. Says she is only 35. A woman is as old as she bobs. * * CUSSING NEWS ‘Mah Jongg is a menace," says a. Techny, 111.,. preacher. It is increas ing our cusswords. » * * SPORTS Stanford, Ky., teacher’s wife was his pupil. He spanked his pupil. Now she doesn’t love her teacher. Imagine a woman trying to leant from her husband, or a husband teaching his wife anything. * * • AVIATION NEWS Texas plane went nearly three miles a minute, which is faster than a dollar buying coal. • • • ADVERTISING The editor’s pipe is missing. The pipe was chasing a cat yesterday and accidentally tore down a neigh bor’s garage. Answers to the name of Gumshoe. Liberal reward dead or alive. * s> « SCHOOL NEWS Henry Eord has bought his boy hood school, and now he can cut his initials on every desk. UlU'’g<-, sity of Washington offers a course in canning, but boys at many col leges get pickled. THE BATTLE RAGES FASHIONS Berlin girls wear ankle-warmers. American girls still dress to catch either a man or pneumonia. v ft EDITORIAL The world is full of troubles. Fighting in Mexico. Talking in Eu rope. Scandal in Washington. Jack Dempsey got wrecked in a sea plane. People who enjoy worry ing should be very happy. • * • FINANCIAL New York will have an $18,000,- 000 hotel. Thp news doesn't say if this is the cost or rate. ❖ ’•;< :Jt MOVIE NOTES Man blacked Charlie Chaplin’s eye in a resturant fight, but there were no pies handy. • • « SOCIETY When Mrs. Soc heard a Kentucky teacher spanked his wife she said, “My husband hasn’t tried to hit me since just before I broke all thep dishes over his head.” HOME HELPS A stick of dynamite will remove phone numbers from the walls. THREE SMILES A Poor Bargain. Bobby—-. Mania, dfd you buy me from the stork? Mama—Yes, dearie,' why do yoti ask? Bobby—Oh, I’ve often wondered why you didn’t pay a few riiore dol lars ami pick out a little boy with out freckles. —Kansas City Star. He Wa» Prepared. He—My dear, it’s no use for you to look at those hats. I haven’t more than a dollar in my pocket. She—You might have known when we came out that I’d want to buy a few things. • He—l di<l.—Boston Transcript. i Strong Resistance. “Why do you say ’she has the hardest t jM'Mt of any girl you’ve ever known;” “Because it took a diamond to make an impression on it,” —Life, MONDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 28 ,1914 f%feiP6 by Albert Apple BABY Did you read about the 22-pound baby born recently in New York City? Every woman on earth would be interested in this baby —■ walk blocks to see it. , It’s a girl, Rosa. When she» camq into thA world she was 26 inches all, nearly 16 inches around the chest. A delightful baby healthy, cooing, gurgling. If you want to break up a dry dis cussion of politics, just mention this baby. , Babies in general can’t get too much attention. They later will shoulder, and possibly solvev, the frightful mess our generation has made of the world’s affairs. $ ♦ $ MOTHER The mother of the baby"' that weighed 22 pounds at birth is 46 years old. She already had J 0 children. In all, 11. Almost a marvel, that figure, in our generation. Turn back in .i family album and you find that .the. mother - of 11 in former tisne» wwsj not exceptional enough to attract! any attention. There’d Ibe just as big average', families now, if parents had the, money. High cost of living is the real reason for race suci’de. AMBITION A girl in South America, Miss Harrison, swam across the River Plate where it is over 26 miles wide. She had to swim for 24 hours and 'more. This is exceptional in cvery- Iday life. But thousands of people have swum farther and longer, at sea when thejr ships went down. Our possibiliaies are super-human, provided we have the necessary goal Goal is Ambition. The higher our' ambition, the higher we are apt to get. Life, after all, is a swim across a wide rivjsr. /» * » RENT If you think your rent is too high, consider the gentleman who took a Icasd on a ground-floor location at Broadway and Thirty-sixth street, New Yrk City. His lease is for 21 years, and for a space 40 by »3 feet he will pay $70,000 a year. The philosopher, John Raper, truthfully remarked: ’The Lord giveth and the landlord taketh away.” « * * -1 MA A man’s work is from sun to sun, L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) 1891 - 1924 " SwiiilmlßS L pon the foundation HkoSSsI ■ EnMH of thirt T- thre <-‘ years of Era * WlwWllli growth is based the Iwl r C'‘- P rescnt organization of MBS Kffififj|||• I? HKjrollll our bank- This experi- ; '-i- ’•«*J enco is always it the fiL '. command of our cus tomers. We cordially - solicit your banking ~ ... —ji." business. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING > No Account Too Large; None Too Small \ X. but aHvoman’s work is never done, So runs the old saying. However, a lot of ma's work is unnecessary, a duplication of effort. Uncle Sam is busy along this line, making sug gestions to farmers ’ wives. One woman writes: 'The new location, of my wood-box saves me 400 steps in getting dinner.” In former generations, the major ity of women died of overwork. ♦» • I SHEEP In a contest in Australia, a man counts 19,217 sheep in an hour 1 and 39 minutes, without a single error, and gets a prize. , Remarkable accuracy of eyesight and thinking. : But the thing impressing us most is that counting over 19,000 sheep didn’t fua him to sleep. we’ll try another system. The works strange tricks. Maybe you’ve had the experience of counting im aginary sheep to put you to sleep, and suddenly the* sheep changed into cows. THE STANDARD DEPENDABLE QUALITY, CON SISTENT LOW PRICE IN LARGE SELECTION. THIS COMBINA TION Here Assuring ALWAYS, THE GREATEST DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR VALUE IN AMERICUS. Cotton Blankets at $1.50 Pair Cotton Blankets, fair weight; here Monday and Tuesday, pair ....$1.50 Pequot and Pepperell Sheeting At 49c Yard Bleached or Unbleached 72 and 81 inches wide, full pieces and I short lengths. You know the price; [ here Monday and Tuesday, yd. 49c Pure Linen Table Damask, 2 Yards Wide at $1.98 The first opportunity you have had to buy all linen Table Dam ask of this quality and width in four or fiv e years. Guaranteed all linen and two yards wide; here Monday and Tuesday, yard .. $1.98 All Silk Crepe de Chine at $1.69 Beautiful quality, 40 inches wide in every good shade; guaranteed ail Silk; regularly $2.50; here Monday and Tuesday, yard $1.69 Fine Heavy Black Satin at $1.69 36 inches wide; extra good $2.50 quality; he're for Monday and Tuesday selling yard $1,69 Men’s $2.50 to $3 Dress Shirts at $1.69 . Silk striped Madras, plain woven | Madras, all Silk Pongee, Merceriz ed Pongee, attached or collorless sjyle, all sizes; here Monday and Tuesday $1.69 12 Cakes White Floating Soap for 24c Good size cakes Whit c Floating Soap, made by Armour and’ Co., facture; Monday and Tuesday, 12 now at less than the cos tot rnanu cakes for ... . ........24c Ladies Silk Stockings, Black, Brown and Gray, at 44c. Guaranteed perfect quality, lisle tops, toes, and heels; regularly 98c; here Monday and Tuesday, pair. 44 c New Spring Hats for Ladies at $2.98 - ’ Equal in every way to some $5 Americus. Come see the display; Monday and Tuesday about 24 mod els at $2.98 Hats offered in other stores in Extra Heavy $1 Bath Robe Materia! at 49c. Kxtra heavy Bath Rob e material in pretty designs, full width; reg ularly $1; here Monday and Tues day, yard ...49c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS. GA. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231
