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PAGE SIX TIMES - RE C o’fiDEß PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (Inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter at the poatofficl at Americus, Georgia, according to the Act ol CangreM. The Associated Press is excluairely entitled te the use for the republication of all news dis patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local news published hero* In. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nev York; •copies’. Gas Bid*.. Cuieajo. A THOUGHT - 1 But he that did his neighbor ■wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge?—Acts 7:27. It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will di rectly be sure to topple over.— Hosea Balloc. The time to buy is when the other fellows wants to sell. When a section is suffering from a temporary depression and lands are being offered for sale, then and there is OPPOR TUNITY. Georgia farm land sales are more active today and have been this year, than has been the case in a long time, J. A. Hollo man, associate editor of the At lanta Constitution told Georgia bankers here the other day. A representative of one of the largg trust companies of the state said to us recently that he could place 300 families in Sumter county next year, white families from the West and North- There’s a great future for Americus and for Sumter coun ty in the settlement of our rich lands by white farmers and their families. If we had a white family on every 100 acres in Sumter county, Americus and I the other towns of the county would be among the most pros perous in the union. The thing that is needed is a medium of bringing the would be buyer and seller together. The Pearson Tribune says: Do Atkinson county land own ers want their lands occupied and intelligently tilled? If so, (they have a fine opportunity now of securing what they 'want. There are many white farmers in the Carolinas, Virginia, Ten nessee, and even in North Geor igia, who would like to come to ( South Georgia and Atkinson county. The only thing lacking is some medium by which the landowners and the people seek ing homes in this section can be made acquainted with each oth er s wants. What is true of Atkinson is true of every county in South Georgia, and there is no better investment today than South Georgia lands. It’s a golden opportunity, the Albany Herald says, adding: Unusual conditions have tem porarily depressed t|ie price of land in this section, but that the depression will soon pass those * who are fapiiliar with general economic conditions do not doubt. If ever there was a good time to buy farm lands, that time is now. In every county there are farms of few acres of many on the market, and they can be purchased on convenient terms --small amounts <,f cash, and the deferred payments carrying a J°w rate of interest. That the inevitable swinging baC a the P e,,ti ulum has ai • ready begun is evidenced by re ports coming from various' sec tions of Georgia. According to news stories appearing in the At lanta Constitution, which has been urging the importance of buying while prices are low, both ■ because of th e attractiveness of investments in, farm lands at tins time and in order that those «nts l ? nß ’.t arnis may seeure ten a f ° r t J hem - and have them made productive again, demand is already developing in most sections of the state. .There are immense planta tions in South Georgia which have not paid a cent in divi dends in several years. With l e d* m * n * B hi n g labor supply, the ' boll weevil and the general change m farming methods the large farms will continue to be opreated at a loss. They can be divided into i smaller farms, with a few acres i planted in pecans, and sold to i those now seeking lands in Georgia. That there are those desiring to invest is borne out in thd,,following from the Atlan ta Constitution: “Prices paid vary widely ow ing to differences in fertility of soil, extent of cultivation, amount of improvements, etc. But the complete evidence, drawn from safes reports, gathered by reputa ble people on the grond. is so overwhelming in support of the claim that there is an eager and active market for Georgia farm Ijflds, that it establishes beyond dispute the unprecedented _ growth in agricultural prosperity the state has enjoyed for the past two years,” . She pendulum IS swinging [back, and soon, very soon, pros , j perous times will return to this j entire section, so richly blessed in climate, soil and a high type of citizenship. M. ■ ■ “Pity the Old Maid” As a type, "the old maid’’ has about disappeared, few if any of her species are seen or heard from these days, and there must be a teason. Probably the enlargement of the < sphere of usefulness of woman has had rpore •to do ! with the changing of this type than anything else. Political and commercial freedom have taken the old maid from her chimney corner and made her into something distinctly useful. In a recent issue of the maga zine, “Beautiful Womanhood,” Mrs. Bernarr Mac Fadden wrote the following interesting ■ j editorial, entitled, "Pity the- Old Maid:’’ The most woe-begone, God forgotten creature in all the world is an old maid. Fortunately this type is disap pearing. Life knowledge and sex knowl edge are making this tribe al most as scarce as Nature ihtend ed they should be. In this age when advancement waits on mental and physical agility, there is no excuse for a girl growing up into a senseless, sexless thing that is an abomina tion in the sight of God and man. We were never intended to file ourselves away, to stand aside while life passed us by. to hold ourselves aloof from the facts on which the very existence of < the human race i s founded. ; When you do run across an “old maid” you’ll find a person warped in mind and body—a soul-shriveled being who fits into no known or recognized elassifi- ( cation. A woman may not marry for ' personal or'economic reasons. ; But when such a woman gets ] along in years she can be young , in spirits, cheerful in tempera ment, fresh and alive in appear ance, full of health and the joy 1 of living—a long way from any thought that sh e is “done.” The spirit of youth never dies ir a sane and healthy body. Up to the last the great Queen S Elizabeth, though she never mar- j ned, made one of the greatest < rulers England ever had. She ? was alert, interested, competent J vigorous. ’ ) Susan B. Anthony, the pioneer suffragette, never grew old in spirit. Torthe last she fought a good light which helped women to the freedom they now enjoy. Jane Addams is as young to day as on the first day she de termined to devot e her life to good works. You can’t grow old if you won t. The newest wrinkle in wrinkles ' is to have none. But if they come as the almost inevitable concomitant of advancing years see to it that th e wrinkles your brain (sure sign of a de veloped intellect) keep pace with the wrinkles in your face. Nothing is nobler than a good ‘ woman and a faithful, devoted wile and mother. .In every age and clime such women have been granted special privileges. The next noblest being is just a— woman. lhe next noblest thing is a husband and a father. After that comes just a—man. • eac k us has our place in the scheme of things—a meed of service to give the world—a life loaned us for the purpose of making it a thing of beauty. f* or the old maid there was no place—there is no place to day, other than the chimney corner, there to puff and sleep with her cat. There is a place of useful ness for every man or woman, married or unmarried. That pllc/ce can be found by those who will. The old maid of yesterday is the alert, athletic single woman of today, who finds a task to do and does it for the love of the thlng - A $1,000,000 Story Conan Doyle regrets that he created the world-famous Sher lock Holmes detectives stories. W riting his memoirs in the Strand, an , English magazine, Doyle yarns have eclipsed what : he considers his more literary j works such as “The White Com pany.” All this ,is amazing. The Sherlock Holmes stories and their dramatic rights are under ; stood to have brought Doyle a million dollars. I Theatrical booking agents I will nod their heads and repeat; Y es, when they can sing, they want to dance. And when they can dance, they want to sing.” lhe comedian, Eddie Foy, for many years nursed as his greatest ambition the desire to star as Hamlet. George Ade j wanted to write tragedies—and got sidetracked. So it goes, all of us imagine we d have done better if we had followed some other line of work—a peculiar i form of self-hypnotism and de lusion that is especially charac ; teristic of successful men. | There’s a saying that every j man thinks he knows how to r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER Copyright, >923, DA II Y POFM By N. E. A, Service X-zZt.Xl_j X X vZX-iXVI Bcrton Braley “MEET THE WIFE” All proper folk would shudder if they heard that common phrase, And they’d look upon the speaker with a cold contemptuous gaze, And they’ think his ways and manners with vulgarity were rife If they heard Bill Hubbard saying, “Meet the Wife!”’ ’ There’s no doubt that Bill is vulgar, he’s a common sort of ehap, And there’s not a line patrician in his figure or his map, But if you could see the wonder and the happiness ami pride Which his features ar e revealing when his wife is at his side, You would sense a tender glory that suffuses all his life When you heard Bill Hubbard saying, “Meet the Wife!” Love can make pure golden metal of th e dullest sort of lead, « And it isn’t words that matter, but the way that are said; And when Bill gives you a “knock-down” to his dumpy little spouse There’s almost a radiant halt ’round his not-too-lofty brows; And his voice is full of wonder and his eyes are misty-dim As if dazzled at this fortune which has com e alone to him; “Meet my sweetheart, meet my darling, meet my love through storm and strife!” That’s’ what Bill means when he bids you, “Meet the Wife!” edit a better newspaper than any now published. The life function or purpose of Conan Doyle unquestionably was the writing of the Sherlock Holmes stories. He started out as a physician in Edinburgh. He felt pulses and prescribed pills for eight years, his income in this never exceeding SI4OO a year. Then he wrote ‘Study in Scarlet, first of his detective thrillers—calling his hero Sher rinford Holmes. The name la ter was changed. Dr. Watson originally was known as Ormond Saker. In all history, there have been only three endurably great fic tional detectives—Poe’s Dupin, Gaboriau’s Monsieur Lecoq and Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. These are the three greatest. Holmes brought Doyle a million dollars, they say. Also inteinational fame that will live, no one knows how many generations. We call that a big job well done. OPINIONS OF OTHER EDITORS J THEY ARE COMING There is a drawback to import ing agriculturists from other counties, based upon racial pecu liaritis and characteristics. There should be nothing of this kind hindering an effort to induce far mers from other sections to come here. These farmers would be ■glad to come if they know what we have to offer.—Dawson News A GIRL’S CONFESSION The dying confession of a beautiful Southern ‘girl with everything that wealth and posi tion could give, is of more than passing interest. According *o her own testimony. “Her love for .social life, dancing every night and. smoking cigarettes” caused her to take her own life at the age of twenty-three. What a ter rible indictment and what a ter rible price she paid for the good time she thought she was having. —Madison Madisonian. RICH AND OILY Washington would not be Washington without a scandal, ■but the last and most popular one is certainly oily. After all that has been said regarding con servation, economy and good gov ernment this black and greasy old “Teapot Dome” rises up be fore us, a shame and disgrace. We like to point to the shortcoin- . ings of foreign nations, the graft, the intrigue and the wickedness of foreign courts; but what is Eu rope saying now? It i- a rich and oily scandal, but they enjoy it; for they see that there is some thing rotten outside of Denmark. —Valdosta Times. NOT A POUND OF BUTTER Editor John Shannon, of the Commerce News went out to buy some good home-made butter, known, probably as “country but ter,” and he found not a pound for sale in his city. He bought some of the shipped in product and went away reasonably hap py, but he thinks his home folks should raise more cows and pro duce more cream and butter. We remember quite well when all of the surplus cream of this county was marketed as “country butter.” It was hardly worth the 'name, for a low grade, white, and soured butter was often market ed, and it brought little more than half what the Western but ter brings. There is hardly any of this low-grade country butter sold in Moultrie now. Those who do not know how to make a high gr; de butter at home are selling their i ream to the creamery, ami this is much better. We still have some country but ter bn the market. It is about the highes' grade butter to be found. Just a few families are making it, and they are selling through leading stores to select customers at fancy prices. Where one dollar is realized from cattle through selling country butter, one hundred dollars is realized from the sale of cream. This reminds us that the.season is here for l-lanting the dairy feed crops. This is the basis of suc cess in dairying. Good feeding. , gooil attention, making the feed • at home and saving the by-prod ' ucts. —Moultrid Observer , a , 4 foe bujAlbert Apple RADIO Get ready for a lot of mysterious radio interference, warns the astronomer, Dr. Davide Todd. H announces that another big peri, d of sun-spots has started. Those •■> spread out on the sun over an are i 45,000 miles across. The largest ; f this group of spots is 9000 miles wide. Sun-spots, according to sicentific theory, affect radio through the dis plays of aurora borealis which thej create. Radio fans in the Far North tell us that “northern lights” tend to cause fading rather than noise. that the sun >s the source of our electricity. May be the radio bug has the sun for his slave without knowing it. » » » MAIDEN LANE Many detective thrillers have been written around Maiden Lane, New York City. The street is rhe jewelry headquarters of our conti nent. Especially for diamonds, which flow through it by thousands. Thirty prominent jewerly firms, mainly wholesalers, are quitting Maiden Lane to move uptown. They are fleeing from high rents. Rents will overtake them, however. That’s the experience in all cities when business districts move. Land val ues and high rents follow the pro duCerS‘ A » * RHINELAND Germany adds up and finds she has paid about one and a quarter billion dollars for upkeep of the Army of Occupation since the armistice. Occupation of thn Ruhr has cost France 73 billion francs in a year. These terrific sums would make quite a hole in the reparations ac count if applied that way. The bill collector’s expense ac count seems to eclipse what he col lects and turns in. • » • WEALTHY An obscure barber in Harrison, N. Y., gets word he is heir to a fortune of 75 million dollars. Tin.. money has been held in trust by the French government for more than a century. The history of the case involves old-time sailors, a kidnap ing and other highlights of adven ture. It appeals to the imagination. But, according, to Christian Science Monitor, there are more than 200 personal fortunes in the Unit'.'. States estimated at over 50 million dollars apiece. This certainly is ; land of opportunity—though,' often only for a few. THREE SMILES Every One Helps She—My father gives me a book every birthday! He—lndeed! You must have quite a library!—Klods Hans (Cop. enhagen). No Skill Required Client—Heavens, man, you are taking tour-fifths of my damages! Lawyer—Well, I furnished the skill, tire eloquence and the neces sary legal learning of the case. Client—Yes, but I furnished the ease itself. Lawyer■—Bosh! Anybody could tall down a coal hole.—Passing Show (London). Capitalizing a Misfortune. A clerk in a retail clothing stole stayed out so late at night that he felt compelled to snatch naps do ing store hours. Being a relative of a member of the firm was all that saved him from being tired. The manager, becoming -exas perated', enlisted the aid of one of his assistants.- The next day, the lethargic clerk found himself in the pajama department. On the coun ter before him was a sign which read. “Oour pajamas are of such su perior quality that even the man wh o sells them eant' keep awake." . —Printers’ Ink Monthly, FHERE ARE DUMBBELLS—AND THERE ARE DUMBELLS X \ i¥ // /W ' / VMENI '.*s A \ |U V / // ZZ/ ' ip I 6oV IWAS i iit /1/////' i ’ <7 V\\ I awful dumb-bell / ////// ]r/ jv i /IMj W Zx X jwhr / //-7 ( Gee urn, Dusfy, A / / 1 You AR’ I MUSTa ( 7/ Bsen a coupls o'l ' , j ’-•tv //■ / CHILO PRODIGIES J z AvvT®. ' as. \ i■ ■ ■ ■ -. • . Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. March 5. 1914.) The many friends of Miss Maria Harrold greeted her with pleasure yesterday while out for a short drive; Miss Harrold has been ill with fever during several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Turpin are moving today to their desirable home, the former Hooks residence, on Furlow street, purchased recent ly. The formal opening at 10 o’clock this morning of the immense new department store of the Churchwell Co., marks an interesting epoch in the mercantile business of Americus and will be an occasion long con templated with keen anticipation by the general trade of Americus and this entire section. For several weeks the Messrs, Churchwell and their local manager, Mr. W. E, Tay lor, have been busy in preparation for “Opening Day” and they want 10,000 people to visit their new store today and witness the verifi cation of every statement made. The many Americus friends of Mr. Cullen S. ilorne, as well as those throughout the county, are it’ terested in the announccmtnt of his marriage recently, his fair bride being Mrs. Thompson of Madison, Fla. The marriage rites were solemn ized Wednesday evening at the brides home in Madison, and the happy couple will be “at home” aft er today at their residence on Church street here. Five hundred bales cotton, sold in one lot at L. G. Council’s ware house yesterday, brought to the owners the round sum of $31,000 and constituted the largest single sale made in Americus this season. The purchase of this large lot of 500 bales was Mr. B. B. Ford. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Mui'ch 5, 1904.) Miss May Quinney, the beautii '1 guest of the Misses Perry spent yes terday with friends in Buena Vista. Miss Aline Roberts and Mr. J. W. Bolt, residing several miles eas; of Americus near Leslie, will be married this evening. This date, a rather unusual one, was selected because it was the groom’s birth day, and never will any previous one be remembered by him with more pleasure. That the city authorities will take prompt measures to eliminate the hogpen i.ui ce in Americus r ■ ’■< ‘ | "■■■■MmaMMenor*..'JtwßAJK.izrWt faai . PRI\TI!\Gi -s Wedding invitations, engraved or printed cards, monogram stationery, letter heads, envelopes, cards, blot ters, statements; no job too large I or small for us. GAMMACE PRINT SHOP Phone 72. Opposite Buick Service j assufß stfka amu* • Station 4 Wednesday afternoon, march 5, 1924 may be depended- upon, as the dan ger existing is fully realized. Un counted hundreds of these fever breeding pestholes are to be found in the city, not only in the slums but in the’best residence sections as well, and an epidemic of fev. r and typhoid can be everted only by abolishing the deadly peril. Under the provisions of an ap plication for charter published else where, Messrs. JI. M. Eldridge, W. E. Staley and E. L. Murray will or ganize a corporation to be styled “The Eldridge Drug Company” witn headquarters in Americus. Muckalee creek yielded up a pile of choice meat yesterday morning when Fireman J. Mize on a skirmish ish after fish, pulled up one of his set hooks . A monster turtle weighing sivty pounds was the string, and while the initials oi George Washington were not carved on the saurians shell the old settler must have come here with the In dians a century ago. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday morning, no paper pub lished. GEORGIA HAS 519,000 COWS WORTH S3O EACH ATLANTA, March s.—The num ber of milk cows in Georgia! is esti mated by the department of agricul ture at 519,000, with a value per head of S3O, making a total value of $15,570,000. But that record, as pointed out by cattle men, won’t reamin long, as this state is making remarkable progress, they say, in cattle raising and a better quality than the S3O a head average. STOUT PERSONS incline to full feelinsatler eat ing, gassy pains, constipation Relieved and digestion improved by CHAMBERLAIN’S TABLETS Cleansing and comforting - only 25U Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 23! 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) - 1891 - 1924 am f Upon the foundation thirty-three years of growth is based the present organization of ■ our bank. This experi- enc ® is always at the HHmSRadaM command of our tomers. We cordially solicit your banking **■— business. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING r«rx_-.a No Accounl To ° Large; None Too Small THE STANDARD Real Irish Dress Linens At 98c. ’ ’ r ~ A firm, lustrous weave that is most effectively used for dresses, blouses and small children’s things, ready shrunk, all the new colors, yard 98c TOGO Snow White Linen Finished Sheets Our famous Victoria brand, none better sold in Americus. bleached snow-white, heavy linen weave, all with broad hems— Size-- 54x90 at $1.35 Size 68x90 at $1.48 Size 72x90 at $1.69 Size 81x90 at $1.98 Size 90x90 at $2.25 Men’s 75c Checked Nainsook Union Suits at sOc. Checked Nainsook, sleeveless and knee length, rbbed insert at back, sizes 35 to 46; her e special at per suit . 50c $2.00 Corsets at $1.25. The popular Miller make, white and pink coutil, hose supporters at tached, various models, all sizes, pair / $1.25 $1.50 to $2.00 Kimonos at 95c Os crepe, flannelette and vari ous cotton materials, beautiful styles; non e worth less than $1.50, here choice 95c Sale of Pepperci Unbleached Sheeting at 50c. You know the grade of Pepperel, fine smooth weave, guaranteed 72 inches wide; only limited quantity to be sold at this price, per yd...50c The Best Standard Sea Island Sheeting at 15c Yard F_ull yard wide, even weave, guaranteed full 4-yard weight. The mill price is just about our price. Only one bale to be sold at this price, per yard 15c Flannel Finish Velour Check at $2.50 and $3.50 Yard * A new Spring Dress material as pretty as can be and priced great ly less than ordinarily, 54 inches wide and all wool with just enough warmth for early {spring Dresses tan and brown with blue and brown checks. Standard Dry , Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS. GA.
