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1 PUBLISHED 1879
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A THOUGHT"
Let another man praise thee, and
not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips.—Prov. 27:2
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A man’s praises have very musi
cal and charming accents in the
mouth of another, but sound very
flat and untunable in his own.—
Xenophon.
Fee System Is Doomed
The principal issue in the
county laces in the larger coun
ties of the state is the FEE sys
tem. For several years the
question of abolishing this ex
travagant system in the state has
been agitated and many coun
ties, by special legislation, have
already eliminated it in part or
in whole.
It has been charged that there
was a strong lobby in the State
Capitol to fight every move of
any county that attempts to elim
inate this old and now antiquat
ed system of paying county of
ficials through fees collected.
Every candidate in the race in
one of the largest counties of the
state is pledged to the salary
system and many of the candi
dates have declared that they
will accept only a stated sum as
a salary and place the balance
to the credit of the county.
The system originated when
the counties were less populous
than they are today. Its day of
usefulness has passed and its
end is near.
Every county official should
be placed on a salary and a fair
salary at that, but the income
over that amount should go to
the county or the charges re
duced.
The fee system collects an im
mense tax from the people of
Georgia and now is the time to
kill it forever.
Why the Difference?
War is idiotic. War is use-1
less. War is foolish. If ques
tions can be settled by men,
they can be settled by nations.
It s all a matter of training and
environment. You’ll find two
men who when differences arise,
will call in a third, and settle
the matter without feeling or
cost.
There are others who turn to
physical force, to brutal fists or
the more deadly firearm. Why
the difference in these men?
Possibly the first two have learn
ed to “give and take,’’ to con
trol their tempers, while the oth
er two have not. The remedy
may lie back in childhod days,
when the young mind is pliable.
Jim Nevin, writing in his al
ways interesting column
‘ Caught in the Current,” in the
Atlanta Georgian, tells this
story:
A Kentucky mountaineer died
a few weeks ago. leaving some
property to two sons—upon
which coal subsequently was dis
covered. They quarreled over
their inheritance; and finally one
brother “dared” the other broth
er to come wthn 100 yards of
his home. The other brother
came, they shot it out—and now
both are dead.
Somebody else got the coal.
That has been man’s idea of
the way to settle a good many
things, individually and collec
tively, since time began. It’s
idiotic, of course.
It is IDIOTIC. We know the
story of two men who recently
were called on to approach
each other in an endavor to
straighten out a vile story that
emanated from a gossiping
'tongue. They called in a third
friend—and all was settled hap
pily and those two are friends
today. Had the same thing oc
curred to two other men, one or
both would have been in their
graves today.
Things are not always as
they seem and an even temper
prevents much sorrow-
Don’ts for Wives and
Husbands
Nine common causes for un
happy marriages are given in a
•recent issue of the American
Magazine by Leonard McGee,
attorney in chief for the Legal
Aid Society of New York City,
an organization handling 35,000
cases a year, many of them
growing out of domestic dis
agreements.
Incompatibility', jealousy, in-
tereference for relatives, stingi
ness, extravagance and differ
ences in religious opinion head
the list of causes for domestic
shipwrecks.
Out of his large experience
Attorney McGee gives a list of
ten dont’s for wives and ten
don't for husbands who would
avoid the divorce courts. If
these DON’TS are observed by
all married people there will not
be much grist for the divorce
mills- Mr. McGee’s first list is—
DON’T FOR WIVES
1. Don’t be extravagant. Ev
ery man wants to be financially
independent, and a husband los
es interest in providing when
money he earns is spent foolish
ly-
2. Don’t let your house get
dirty. A clean house refreshes
a tired man.
<3. Don’t let your person be
come unattractive. A slovenly
wif e makes a truant husband.
4. Don’t receive attentions
from other men. Husbands arc
often jealous, and sometimes sus
picious without cause.
5. Don’t resent reasonable
discipline of the children by their
father.
6. Don’t spend too much time
with your mother.
7. Don’t accept advice from
your neighbors, or even from
your own people, about affairs
inside your home. Think for
yourself and consult your hus
band freely.
8. Don’t disparage your hus
band. Encourage him.
9. Don’t be glum. Smile.
10. Don’t forget that little
things are important. Be tact
ful. Be feminine. Men like to |
be coaxed, but resent benig driv
en. And they “fall for” fem
inine charm.
The responsibility on the hus
band is as necesary gs that which
rests on the shoulders of the
wife. She has equal rights and
privileges in the team work of
life. If the home life is to be
what it should be, he must ob
serve Mr- McGee’s—
DON’TS FOR HUSBANDS
1. Don’t be stingy. A wife
has a right to expect liberal sup
port. She is tolerant of misfor
tune, and will live on next to
nothing if it’s necessary. But
she hates pettiness.
2. Don’t interefere with your
wife’s management of th e home.
She is a better housekeeper than
you are.
3. Don’t be a grouch. A
gloomy husband makes an unhap
py wife.
4. Don’t hurt your wife’s
-feelings. A woman is a bundle
of nerves, and slje is far more
easily hurt than you are.
5. Don’t stop making love to*
your wife just because you have
been married a few years. Neg
lect is fatal to married life.
6. Don’t nag, or use sharp
words. Be pleasant and reason
able.
7. Don’t life with your own
people, or with your wife’s peo
ple.
8. Don’t share your house or
apartment with any other fam
ily.
9. Don’t be careless about
your personal appearance.
10. Don’t be unjust to your
children. If you abuse them,
your wife will side with them
and against you.
lake your pencil and run
over those DON’TS again.
Grade yourself, giving ten
points for each DON’T that does
not apply in your case because
in that instance you have been
fair to the other member of
your domestic team. How do
you grade?
Drinking Days
Drinking among passengers
at sea has been steadily getting
less and less, for the last 20
years. T. D. Smith makes this
comment. He’s chief steward
of the White Star liner Adriatic,
and he has been for 35 years in
the North Atlantic service.
lhe decline in drinking is a
genuine prohibition movement,
and not because liquor costs
have gone up, Smith believes.
He says: “Efficiency in busi
ness—with telephones, wireless,
radio, taxicabs, electrical de
vices and the general demand
for more speed—has destroyed ]
the old idea of doing business
in the forenoon and devoting the
rest of the day and night to
drinking."
That just about sums up the
prohibition movement, in the
last analysis. It comes as a matter
of efficiency, rather than of
morals.
Smith says that when he first
went to sea the ships were so
small and tossed about so much
in storms that ‘‘only hardy in
dividuals cared for the- North
Atlantic .trip except in May,
June and July when there were
prospects of fine weather.
He recalls that many of the
old-time liner passengers were
hardened topers who could
drink all day and most of the
night without ever getting
drunk.
Their favorite breakfast,
served at 1 I in the morning, was
deviled bones with champagne.
The best whisky in those days
I cost only 90 cents a quart, with
I gin 50 cents and lower. Beer
Copyright, ,923, DAILY POEM By
N. E. A. Service * * WXulVl Berton Braley
THE MOTORIST’S DILEMMA
It was a weary Motorist
Who stoppeth one of three; ,
“I have a grisly tale to tell,
I prithee, list.to me:
‘‘Four days ago I drove to town /
And on th e street did stop.
‘Ye cannot park that wagon here, '
Drive on! So spake the Cop.
“And then I sought another space
Where there seemed room to spare; •*"
‘Drive on drive on’’ Ye Copper quoth, .
‘Ye cannot park it there.’
“I needed shelter and a shave;
Ye night was growing dark.
But though to park my boat I’d crave,
No one would let me park.
“I tried ye narrow streets and wide,
For many hours I’d ridden,
But ever I would find a sign — ,i ‘
‘HERE PARKING IS FORBIDDEN.’
“I even tried ye graveyard once,
When sudden did appear
A ghost from out a vault who said,
. ‘Ye cannot park in here.’
“Four weary days I’ve driven ’round
Within this benzine ark.
My strength is getting very low,
For everywhere in town I go
• They will not let me park.’’
A traffic Cop aproached the group,
His aspect bleak and dread, *
“Ye’re blockin’ traffic on the street,
Ye can’t park here,” h e said.
Then off ye dock the Motorist
Propelled his dusty Flivver.
They fished him out, all blue and cold
With all his bones ashiver;
z And then the Cop arrested him
For parking in th e river!
was served at 6 cents a bottle.
Maybe this explains the origin
of the “good old
days.”
The old-time ocean passen
gers bought their hooch, aboard
ship, by the bottle- And at din
ner time in the first-class din
ing saloon 30 years ago cham
pagne was seen on every table.
Liquor flowed freely at all
hours of day and night. Many
of us recall when John Barley
cron was the silent partner of
business on shore also, it being
customary for a drummer to take
a prospective customer out and
throw a dozen rounds of drinks
into him before inducing him to
sign on the dotted line.
People have been tapering
away from liquor gradually but
steadily in the last 20 .years.
Many have the notion that pro
hibition was “put over" in a
twinkling. They forget that,
out of about 2500 counties in
the United States, only 150 or
even fewer were wet when the
prohibition amendment was
adopted.
Such drinking as still takes
place is viewed through a mag
nifying glass. Smith, veteran
seaman says drinking aboard
ship has been steadily declining
for 20 years, but most lands
men seem to have the notion
that ocean travel resembles
Ten Nights in a Barroom."
OPINIONS OF j
OTHER EDITORS I
DENBY
The Washington correspondent
of the New York World doesn’t
seem to think very much of Mr.
Denby, who, when hris is written,
is Secretary of the Navy, but w.w
may not be when it is read. This
is merely newspaper chronic col
oring, says the Secretary.
There is Secretary Denby, a
well-meaning but dull man. Mr.
Denby was less culpable than
careless. He was the type of man
to whom America erects monu
ments, sometimes figuratively and
at other times in stone or bronze.
He was the successful business
man, whom America worships. He
was not the great captain of in
dustry, to be admired for his
courage and audacity and vision
or to be vilified for his ruthless
ness and disregard of those who
stood in his. way. He was a
plodder and booster. He stood
for respectability and a bigger
and better and greater city. His
admiring fellow citizens sent him
to the Legislature, then they pro
moted him to the House of Rep
res< wtatives. 3 hen he went into
the Cabinet ns Secretary of lhe
navy. Honest, well-meaning con
scientious, according to his code
frankly, the job was too big for
him. It was one of Mr. Harding’s
many curious appointments. So
Mr. Denby flames for a brief mo
ment and goes out in darkness.
This is a rather dismal picture
of the physically big, if not men
tally fit, Cabinet officer. W>-
remember when he was an ordi
nary marine over at Parris Island.
He used to visit Savannah when
he got a day off and we know
him here as the millionaire ma
rine. We have always thought h'
made a better marine than he did
Secretary »f the Navy.—Savan
nah Press, M * .mi
TOE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 7
S Refers
Albert Apple
BEER
High-powered beer made thirsty
Babylonians smack their lips 4700
years ago. The recipe for making
this ancient beer fro mhops and
yeast is unearthed engraved on
bronze plate, by a French scientist
digging in old ruins.
Nearly every savage trible has
discovered how to make intoxicat
ing liquor. Alcoholic stimulants
probably were invented shortly aP
er primitive man graduated from
the animal stage.
Liquir has been man’s companion
for thousands of years. Small
wonder, a nation can’t enforce
prohibition in a few years. Much
thirst is hereditary. The pancreatic
gland will gradually eliminate this
craving—but the time required is
problematical.
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TEAPOT
From long experience with simi
lar scandals, you have an idea hov
severely the guilty people in the
Teapot Dome mess will be punished.
Seriously, why not deport them
to Russia? They have done more
to shake popular confidence in gov
ernment that 1000 Emma Gold
mans.
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RADIO
The Canadian National Railway
government-owned, is installing :
chain of radio broadcasting stations
clear across the continent. It ar
ranges to put'a receiving set in Un
hands of each of its 100,000 em
ployes. They’ll pick up reguiai
concerts and incidentally keep i>
touch with their employer—new
suggestions, etc. President of the
railroad will talk to them every
week.
This is prophetic of the future
when radio, now mainly a scientific
toy, will become as useful as auto,
telephone and watch.
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TUT
Money, usually lurking in the
background or- standing boldly in
the spotlight of troubled situations,
is tlje root of the row between the
Egyptian government an<T the ex
cavators of King Tut’s tomb. .The
value of the “Tut find” is now
placed as high as 40 million dollars,
even though most of us wouldn’t
have the .tomb’s junk in our attics,
except the jewels. How to divide
the plunder, is the argument.
HEINIE
When the war ended, business
leaders in all the allied countries
feared a commercial war-after-the
war, with Germany vanquishing all
comers. There was much scram
bling for tariffs and other prot .
tions.
Nearly five and a half years have
passed since the armistice. The
situation, summed up, shows that
Germany’s exports in 1923 were
less than three-fifths as big as in
1921, measured in the 1913 unit ot
gold marks. While she’d have made
a much better showing if the Ruhr
hadn’t been occupied, the situation
Illustrates how a nervous kvoHd
since the war has been fearing
crisis after crisis that never ma
terializes. , 1X1 <«
MELTING
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J | Old Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. March
7, 1914.)
Americus Lodge of Elks has just
held its annual election of officers
for the current year. Exalted
Ruler I, J. Kalmon is succeede-1
in that capacity by C. J. White.
Other officers elected were as fol
lows: Esteemed Leading Knight,
Mr. Otis M. Physioc. Esteemed
Lecturing Knight; Mr. Reese Hor
ton. Esteemed Lecturing Knight ;
H. C. Garner, Esteemed Treasurer,
Chearles H. Burke. Esteemed Ty
ler, Frank Marshall. Dr. Henry B.
Allen was chosen to represent the
Americus lodge at the national con
vention, B. P. 0. E., of Americus,
which assembles in Spokane in July
next.
Sumter’s school teachers —more
fortunate than are many other
county teachers in the prompt pay
ment of their monthly salaries, re
ceived yesterday the spot cash-bank
checks for their entire February
account, amounting to $2,534. Os
this goodly amount the twenty-six
white teachers received $1,557
while the colored teachers were
paid $977.
Greatest interest attaches just
now and for some time past as io
that matter to the annual meeting
of the Board of Education of
Americus. The four members
whose terms are about to expire
are Captain John A. Cobb, presi
dent of the board of education;
Messrs. J. E. Hightower, J. E. D.
Shipp, and E. B. Everett.
A special program of music has
been arranged for the Furlow Lawn
Sunday school for this morning,
Mrs. Furlow and Mr. Gordon How
ell will augment the regular choir
in addition to singing several solos
and duets. *
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. March
7, 1894.)
Despite the hard times and 1 u*
very low price for their product
the worthy hens of Sumter county
have gone industriously ’to work,
and the market is well stocked with
the fruit of the barnyard. Ari
Americus grocer bought twelve
hundred dozen eggs, yesterday in
one lot—think of it; 14,490 dis
posed of among local grocery mer
chants.
Much complaint has been made
recently by persons who owns lots
in Oak Grove c aotery concern
ing the de aa.lons of lower
Snatchers. Cnly a cay or two ago
a young negro girl stole a large
tray f. . of he choicest hyacinths,
jap?-’ , and other flowers from
th ut there, which she ped
.out the streets.
. try Black is the proud owner
Sto P f s
Influenza
K-J jPticumonia _
Keep strong.
healthy and free firom winter complaints.
Hill’s Cascara Bromide Quinine is the
quickest acting, most dependable cold
remedy. What Hill’s does for millions it
will do for you. Get red box bearing Mr.
Hill’s pot trait. 30 cents.
CASCARAIQUININE
PIT.QIT.MKH.
of a setter dog, that, according to
the statement of Lawson Stapleton,
beats the record for pointing birds
in the state up to date.
Mrs. George Byington left yes
terday for her home in Atlanta aft
er a week spentmost delightfully at
The Windsor. Mrs. Byington is one
of those gracious charming women
who make friends everywhere. She
is equally as popular as she was
when Miss Brown, the belle oi
Southwest Georgia.
The plantation of the late James
Rodgers, consisting of 1,595 acres,
was sold at administrators’ sale in
order Ito perfect titles. The prop
erty had previously been purchased
by Mr. W. E. Mitchell a prosperous
farmer of Sumter.
A ticket to Talmage’s lecture has
been offered to anyone who will re
veal the present hiding place of Col.
Ed Littleton. He has not showed
Up in his usual haunts for nearly
a week, and his absence is a mat
ter of great concern to his friends
at the warehouse.
THREE SMILES
She’d Learn Plenty
“What does the phrase, ‘address
ing the ball’ mean, Colonel?” in
quired the sweet young thing, shy
ly.
“Go out on the links, my dear,
and listen,” retorted the old veteran
The Way It Goes!
“How long will it take us to get
through with our case, Mr. Law
yer?”
“Well, I suppose I shall be
through with it in six months, but
I doubt whether you will be in six
years.”—Klods Hans Copenhagen.
A Good Many Do
“Where do you suppose those
scenario writers get their ideas?
“Well, judging from the product,
I should say they get them from
each other.”—Boston Transcript.
Americus
Undertaking Co. /
NAT LEMASTER, Manager
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Night Phones 661 and 88
Day Phones 88 and 231
L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier fl
The Planters Bank’of Americus '
(Incorporated)
n .1891 - 1924
Upon the foundation
of thirty-three years of
growth is based ths
present organization of
our bank. This experi
ence is always at the
command of our cus
tomers. We cordially
solicit your banking
business.
The Bank With a- Surplus
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1924
THE STANDARD
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
An Extraordinary Sale of Shoes
for Women. Hundreds of Pairs
Brand New Shoes in the Fashion
able Styles and Leathers for Spring
Wear. All at Amazingly Low
Prices. Every Pair in the Sale is
Guaranteed All Leather and Will
Wear As Well As Some of the
Shoes Sold Elsewhere at Twice the
Price of These.
At $2.50 Ladies Black Kid Flex
ible Turned Soles, plain or cap
toes, all sizes.
At $2.98 Ladies Black and
Brown Kid Oxfords, with turned
soles, all sizes.
At $2.98 Ladies Black Kid Ox
fords and Straps, suede trimmed,
all sizes.
At $3.50 Ladies’ Patent Leath
er Suede Low Shoes, black or
brown, various styles.
At $3.95 Ladies’ Black Patent
Colt Oxfords, grey suede trimmed,
medium heels.
At $3.95 Ladies Patent Colt Slip
pers, fancy grey straps, all sizes.
At $3.95 Ladies Grey Suede
Smart Strap Pumps, flexible turn
ed soles. z „
At $1.50 Infants’ Tan and Patent
Leather Cross-Strap Slippers, sizes
3 to 5.
At $1.75 same Shoes as above
only in sizes 5 to 8.
At $1.25 Infants’ Black or Brown
Kid, also Patent Leather One-Strap
Slippers. Guaranteed all leather,
sizes 3 to 5.
At $1.50 sam e Shoes as above
only in sizes 6 to 8.
1000 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 63x90 at $1.48
Size 72x90 at $1.69
Size 81x90 at $1.98
Size 90x90 at $2.25
Brassieres at 50c.
Many different models at this
price, of satin striped poplin, all
sizes.
Watch for our Wash Goods ad
vertisement in Saturday’s paper.
Over 11,000 yards of brand new
goods will be in this sale.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUS. GA.
