Georgia Historic Newspapers

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WIMES-RECORDER
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National Adrertiaing Kepreaentativea. FROST
tANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nee York;
Voplea* Gas BMa- f-hicatto,
A THOUGHT |
Thou shalt not defraud thy neigh
bor, neither rob him- —Lev. 19:13,
The first and worst of all frauds
is to cheat one's self. — Bailey.
Can Underwood Be
. Nominated?
A few local voters have rais
ed the question of the possibility
of Senator Underwood being
nominated in June at the Demo
cratic convention, at New York.
There seems to be a doubt in
the minds of some of the prob
ability of his selection, even
though he goes into the conven
tion with the votes of Georgia,
Alabama and other Southern
states.
“If Oscar Underwood enters
the convention ip June with a
solid Southern vote behind him,
or a healthy vote scattered
among other states, he will have
as good a chance for the nomina
tion as any living Democrat,”
Senator Tom Heflin declared to
a few Underwood friend? last
night.
Indications now point to the
selection pf one of three out
standing Democrats. They are
Oscar Underwood, Ex-Secretary
McAdoo and Ex-Governor Ral
ston, of Indiana, who is now a
member of the United Senate
from Indiana,
Senator Ralston is an able
Democrat, a man who has the
love and utmost faith of his
state. He is the leading 'dark
horse' among the Democrats to
day.
Mr. McAdoo will enter the
convention with a goodly vote.
That’s certain. But he will not
h&ifc a sufficient vote to secure
the nomination and after a bal
lot or two he will be dropped.
That’s the consensus of opinion
of the leading members pf his
party.
Senator Underwood's chances
come next. He has the confi
dence of the South and the
East and he has scores of influ
ential friends from most every
state in the union. Mr. Mc-
Adoo and Mr. Underwood are
political or personal ene
mfes. Underwood has recog
mred the splendid ability pf Mr.
h/i 00 anc * we understand
Mr. McAdoo recognize? the
equal or greater ability of the
Alabamian.
Once Mr. McAdoo realizes
the impossibility of securing the
nomination for himself, reason
and facts would seem to indi
cate that he >yp,qld lpnd his aid
to his Southern opponent, Mr.
Underwood.
Friends of the two men be
lieve that this is just what will
happen. Therefore, in our
opinion, Mr. Underwood’s
chances of nomination in June
M 6 than those of either
Mr. McAdoo or Senator Ral
ston.
Regardless of his ability, his
loyalty and his pre-convention
support, the Democratic party
will not nominate Mr. McAdoo.
His business affiliations since the
World War are such that he is
not now an available candidate,
l o name him now would be to
Place an almost unbearable load
on the shoulders of his party.
Therefore, Mr. McAdoo's only
chance of nomination will be on
the first ballot. After that, his
support will dwindle.
To succeed, Mr. McAdoo
NGT mSb convention with
NOT LESS than a two-thirds of
the total vote, and this he will
not have.
Roger Babson and
Newspaper Advertising
. When Roger Babson, static
ian and recognized authority on
most questions relating to busi
ness, speaks, most business men
stop and listen.
Mr. Babson is a large user of
advertising in its varied forms.
He has t tried about every
method of advertising and his
conclusion on this most impor
tant question is worthy of seri
ous consideration.
In a letter not long ago, in
which he discusses advertising,
Mr- Babson says:
We have long needed a reliable
measure of business psychology.
My associates having studied and
rejected several indices finally
analyzed newspaper advertising
lineage, both as a cause in
changing local business condi
tions and as a barometer by
which impending improvement or
decline can be anticipated. The
resu’ts in this field of investing
ar e exceedingly interesting and
perl inent.
In comparing newspaper ad
vertising by months with the vol
ume of local business in 30 lead
ing cities for a period of ten
years, my associates find that
there is a distinct connection be
tween these two factors. An in
crease in newspaper advertising
is paralleled in almost every case
by an increase in local business
beginning the same months.
When the lineage of local news
paper advertising turns and be
gins to decline the momentum
gained carries th e general busi
ness on the community either
from one to three months be
fore it definitely turns down
ward.
What Mr. Babson says of 30
large cities is just as true of the
smaller city. The advertising
columns of the small daily are
a true index to local trade.
The merchants who have se
cured the largest results from
newspaper advertising are those
who have been consistent adver
tisers. The safest method for
the small merchant, as well as
the merchant of the city, is a
definite appropriation, based on
a percentage of sales, appor
tioned over each of the 12
months of the year.
A Market Worth Going
After
It is common for a wealthy
Latin American to purchase five
or six autos at a time, great
ropes of pearls, diamonds, sap
phires and rubies. This is the
most interesting fac^,„ brought
from his latest South American
tour by E. M. Newfnan, trave
logue lecturer.
Newman is enthused, and
with good reason, about the pos
sibilities of trade between Unit
ed States and Latin America—
particularly Argentina.
He figures that South Amer
ica has a purchasing power three
times as big as France’s and 10
times as big as Japan's.
There’s a market going
after.
_ Ten years ago, when Newman
visited South America, he no
ticed very few American autos.
On his recent hg found
American cars by the thousands*
Our autos are so popular south
of the equator that they have
practically driven the cars of all
other nations off the market.
Mr. Newman says;
“Contrary to the popular im
pression, South Americans have
pride in their personal ap
pearance. American collars,
Spirts, underwear, hosiery, shoes
khd hats find great favor.
, “American moving pictures are
the only ones shown. Mary Pick
ford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie
Chaplin and Jackie Coogart are
as well known 'in South Ameri
can cities as they are in our
own.”
Good newa, that we are find
ing such favor with pur neigh
aors to the far south.
Argentina is an especially log
ical mqrket for the American
manufacturer, LbQtprer Newmnn
believes, because: "The peo
pie of Argentina are the most
extravagant race in the world to
day. Their extravagance ex
cels even that of the Rusisan no
bility during the czar’s regime.”
Newman says that Argentine
women, when they appear in
public places of reaction, are
so dazzlingly appareled and be
jeweled that they eclipse in
splendor even American wo
men.
All of which are surface indi
cations of enormous natural re
sources and national economic
productivity that will place Ar
gentina— (Brazil also) —in the
top ranks of world powers.
Many of us are so hypnotized
watching the decay of the old
civilization in Europe, that we
forge tthere s a mighty new
civilization rising on the South
American continent.
Argentina, in some ways, is
the key nation of the world.
Psychologists know that the epi
demic of World restlessness that
culminated in the World War
cropped out first sn Argentina
in the form of the tango, moth
er of jazz life.
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS |
COWS AND THE CASH
Cows and the cash, is a slogan
that many of our farmers have
adopted in practice. There are
great possibilities for this sec
tion in the cow. Many commu
nities in other parts of the state
are findng small cheese factories
profitable. Those who have tried
it out, say that a small cheese fac
tory can he built for about $2,-
000, with the capacity to use the
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COJLLABY
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep, pretty wantons; do not cry,
And 1 will sing a lullaby:
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you;
You are care, and care must keep you.
Sleep, pretty wantons; do not cry,
And 1 will sing a lullaby:
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
. . —Thomas Dekker. .
milk produced by two hundred
cows. There is always a ready
cash market for cheese. Accord
ing to figures compiled by the
Georgia Real Estate Association,
Georgia buys annually more than
100,000 pounds of cheese from
one state, Wisconsin, and a fact
worthy of notice is that the agri
cultural communities that produce
this cheese, are the most pro
gressive and in the best financial
condition of any farming com
munities in the United States. —
LqGrange Graphic.
GEORGIA POLITICS
We do not think we miss it
far when we say that Georgia
js badly infested with politics. In
state politics one campaign hardly
ends before another begins. This
means that more attention is paid
to office hunting than statesman
ship,”—Oeilla Star.
UNDERWOOD S STRONG CARD
Senator Underwood’s strong
card is his unswerving loyalty to
law. He respects the law-*-he
stands for the Constitutions and
Statutes, State and Federal, and
for their enforcement. When he
fakes the oath to support and de
fend the Constitution he has the
courage to keep his oath inviolate.
The American nation needs such
a man for President. —The Pear
son Tribune.
IT’S THE LIFE YOU LIVE
“It is not the money you have
that will make you happy during
the year. It is the life you have
live and the service you have
rendered to those about you. The
greatest happiness comes from
above, from within, from those
you love and those whom you
have made *to love you. Your
vision must transcend material
things to find out
—Dawson News.
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PRESIDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY
A president of the United
States who wants to make a
change i» his cabinet can do so in
short order. In his official fami
ly he is master. His word is law.
He has pnly to make known his
wishes to have them take effect
at once. There, is nothing to pre
vent him from ! reaching a decis
ion on his own responsibility or
enforcing it at will.
There have been presidents who
in the situation where Mr. Cool
idge finds himself, would have
fired Mr. Daugherty without pain
ful hesitation. They would have
given him to understand plainly
that it was time for him to go.
They would have left him no
chaice. Under provocation they
would not have beaten about the
bush or stood unduly on pun
ctilio. And Mr. Daugherty,’ if
not voluntarily, at least under
compulsion, would have quit the
cabinet.
Mr. Coolidge is a man of sc
ience and mystery.—Brunswick
News.
EDUCATE THE BOY
FOR THE FARM
Farm boys who (ake vocational
training in agriculture in the pub
lic schools are more apt to stay
on the farm than other farm boyt
who go; to high school. This is
a reasonable assumption, of
course. But the actual figures
given out by the Federal Board
for Vocational Agriculture are
somewhat amazing: “A survfey
of the graduates of 271 rural
high schools in the state of New
York who had not studied voca
tional agriculture showed only
3.6 per cent now engaged in far
ming. On the other hand, 45.2
per cent of the graduates of
school giving vocational courses in
agriculture in the same state are
reported engaged in farming.
This figure is based upon a survey
of 910 graduates. The same dif
ference obtains in the other
states,” it is declared in an of
ficial report which reaches our
desk. The moral would seem to
be easy. If you want your boy
to stay on the farm, let him get
some of the poetry and romance
of the business as it is taught in
the high school. If you want
your boy to be educated away
from the farm, banish the agricul
tural vocational training from
your high school.—Farm Life,
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ASTRAY
The legitimate function of Ccn-.
gress is legislation —making . the
laws to start new activities and
regulate old ones. But Congress is
never as happy as when it has an
prgy of investigations. Now, inves
tigating is a proper congressional
fppetion. Carried to extremes, how
ever, it encroaches in the judicial
side of government, a function
belonging primarily to the courts
and prosecutors.
Similarly, the courts show a ten
dency to encroach on the legislative,
by peculiar “interpretations.’’ And
the executive branch of government
for some yearsh as had a tendency
to usurp legislative and judicial
powers.
Government nationally is in dan
ger- of its three parts trespassing
on each other.
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SIAMESE-TWINS?
Voters, more than ever before,
are wondering how much real dif
ference there is hetwen the two
leading political parties.
Lenin, of Russia, once commented
that the effect of a two-party sys
tem of government is chiefly that
one party works while the other
rests.
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CRIME
Fathetically, Chicago boasts that
it had only 270 murders last year,
compared with 330 in 1919. Simi
larly, its burglaries dropped from
6108 to 3019, and its robberies from
2912 to 1402.
Crime waves follow every big war
The latest wave seems, to be grad
ually subsiding. The nation on tht
average is more honest.
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NIGHT-CAP
A night-cap is the best thing for
avoiding colds and rheumatism. So
claims Sir James Cantlie, celebrated
authority on health. His name is
most appropriate.
Thirsty readers will be disappoint
ed to learn that the night-cap he
refers to is, not a whisky toddy, but
a flannel cap for the head. Once
these were used by nearly every
body. Old things always return, if
you just give them enough time.
History is a revolving wheel.
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RAPID
To make a drinking glass has re
quired from four to seven hours.
Now it’s done in II lminutes, by a
new machine at the Libbey plant in
Toledo. One machine makes 1,200,-
000 tumblers a week, so strong that
one inverted tumbler support? 970
pounds of iron.
Machinery like this takes the
place of a lot of human labor. But
every one gains. The labor former
ly employed is released for making
other articles. So, each month,
more and more articles come into
general use—steadily raising the
standard of living.
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MOVIES
The talking movie, attempted
many times, is now perfected and
soon will be exhibited to public audi
ences. So announces Prof. James
J. Norris, who credits General Elec
tric Co. with perfection of the ma
chine said to synchronize movie
films and spoken words.
Will people prefer movies com
bined with speech? A
charm of the movies is in thei.
silence.
Escaping from a fire, in zero
weather, thinly clad, is almost as
exciting as emerging unscathed
from an oil tangle.
If riches brought happiness, boot
leggers and many otiter such people
would laugh themselves to death.
Among new inventions is a col
j lapsible grip. It acts like a man
'asking the railroad fare. ,
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Old Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Thnes-Recorder. March
18, 1914.)
Aapidly increasing traffic in the
freight department of the Seaboard
railway at Americus demands a pro
portionate increase in the clerical
forces to handle it. The Seaboard’s
freight business here has been grow
ipg rapidly in recent mopths, to
such extept that more clearicla help
is. required. To the end of investi
gating the situation locally, V. C.
Tompkins, general traveling frieght
agent of the Seaboard, spent yesi
terejay here, and it is understood
that he agrees that the increased
business demand additional forces
to properly hapdle it.
Eigth thousand, two hundred and
thirty dollars will he paid next
week to Confederate pensioners
residing in Americus and Sumter
county. Such was the cheering in
formation received yesterday at the
office of Judge John A. Cobb, of
the court of ordinary, whose duty
and pleasure it is to look after the
interest of Sumter’s pensioners, file
their applications for them and lat
er to pay their checks.
The following names appear on
the monthly honor roll of the Fur
low Grammar school: Fourth Grade
B: Ruth Comer, Hulet Humber,
.Elizabeth Sheffield, Annie Ruth
Jones, Ruby Oliver, Pauline Cleve
land, Clarence White, Thelma Hines,
Marie Bell, Samuel Hooks, La Vern
Hubbard, Janie Lee Kent, Chester
Dixon. Sixth grade A: Eugenia
Collins, Irma Cannon, Lollie Chap
man, Mary Dudley, Couradine Lane,
Madre Rogers, Elizabeth Stevens,
Rose Mae Stevens, Mary Eva Gnos
yelius, Fannie Veates, Rpsella West
brook, Eugenia Warlick, Winnie
Lou Webb, Emory Jones, Louie
Hansford, Dewitt Glover.
Mr. Earnest Statham came up
from Cobb yesterday with all the
other residents of that part of the
county to see the balletic scraps.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. March
18, 1904.)
Among he announcements this
morning is that of Robert E. Lees
who aspires to legislative honors as
one of Sumter’s members in the low
er house. For some time past Mr.
Lee has been urged by liis host of
friends to enter the race, and with
such assurances of support, together
with a laudable ambition to attain
this high distinction, his formal an
nouncement is made today.
The beautiful stee( ceiling for the
First Methdist church building, ex
quisite in design, has arrived.
One of the candidates running
here has arranged to get married if
elected, and one deqr old spinster, at
least, eagerly ip- the result.
The funefU cf Ben R. -Tossey took
plape at o’clock yesterday aft
ernoon v’ Or’ :rove cemetery and
the yer large concourse of sur
rowiil mds this gathered to pay
tea- ■•bute attested but in a
d .o high esteem in yvhich he
1 id.
T! 2 best evidence of a city's
growth is the rapid and steady in
crease in its population, and more
especially does this'apply to the in
fantile contingent. And from the
standpoint of “the babies on our
block” Americus ranks with any
MOTHERS — , „
Why allow “snuffles’ ana stnuy,
wheezy breathing to torment your
Babies when quick relief follows
the use of
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COUGH REMEDY
No Narcotics
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 18, 1924
other Georgia city #f ten thousand
population.
The illness of both Justices Gra
ham and Ansley leaves this district
without a justice on duty at pres
ent, a condition never before occur
ing.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY t G
18, 1894.)
Yesterday was St. Patricks day,
and every loyal Irishman in Ameri
cus as elesewheve, wore the sham
rock in memory of the old Saint and
of the beautiful Emerald Isle.
There was no public demonstration
here as far as could be learned.
When the porter at Smith & Dav
enport’s furniture store went to the
Stable yesterday morning to harness
the hrose for the -day’s work he was
surprised to find the animal covered
with foam and showing every evid
ence of having been driven nearly to
death a few hours before.
A Forsyth street bachelor was
heard to say yesterday that he does
not know whether marriages -re
failures or not, he does know that
all attempts of marry have been
complete failures with him so far,
and he cannot explain the cause.
While Toni Bivins, a fisherman,
was coming to the city With a wagon
load of Flint river catfish about
daylight yesterday, he stopped the
team out near the Hoys place in or
der to prepare breakfast. While
pasking about in the dark, looking
for firsewood, he fell handfirst into
an old well. His partner McDonald,
fished him out with a plowline and
declared it was the biggest sucker
he ever saw.
Miss Massie Crittenden, a beauti
ful and highly accomplished young
lady of Shellman, returned home
yesterday after a visit of several
days at the home of Mrs. I). B
Hill.
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is a Precsription prepared for
Colds, Fever and Grippe
It is the most speedy remedy we
know,
Preventing Pneumonia
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
The Planters) Bank of j Americus
(Incorporated)
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growth "is based the
ence * S 3* th®
tome . rs - TVe cordially
The Bank With a Surplus
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
THE STANDARD]
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Sale of 200 Pairs Kid
Gloves at 59c
Many'of those 6loves wsr e for
merly $1.50 to s2.’ot) paii’j most all
sizes in the assortment; choice
Wednesday and Thursday, pair 59c
Men’s "Fleeced Lined Undershirts
At 50c
Formerly up to SI.OO Shirts only
to close at this price, every size in
the lot; Wednesday and Thursday
each 50c
The Best Bleached Seamless
Sheets at $1.39.
Just for two days you can buy
these Sheets for this price. The
jjest that can be figured on the
Sheeting alone today would cost
$1'.69. These ar e gobd Sheets, not
the kind" made to sell and not to
wear, full size for large double
beds; here in reasonable quantities
Wednesday and Thursday , $1.39
“Seconds” of $1.50 Stockings
At 75c
Displayed on center table are
these wonderful ‘‘seconds.” The
pmall defects will not hurt the
Stocking in looks or wear, all sizes
and all colors; Wednesday and
Thursday, pair 75c
Fine Yard Wide Sheeting
At 15c
Full yard wide, even weave,
good weight; just one bale to sell
at this low price, yard 15c
Men’s and Boys’ Caps
At 98c
The greatest assortment you
have seen for this price, fine all
wool cassimere Caps of the very
latest styles, displayed on center
tables, each 9sc
Boys’ Serge Caps
At 50c
Fin e Blue Serge Caps of all woo}
materials, all sizes, worth 50 per
pent mor e than our price, each 50c
The Largest Display of Gingham
in Southwest Georgia, at 25c
More than five thousand yards ,
New Spring 1924 Ginghams, now on
display in our store. The colors are
guaranteed, widths range frpm 27
inches to inches wide. More
than two hundred patterns to se
lect from.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commercs
AMERICUS. GA.