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A THOUGHT |
Thine own friend, and thy fath
er’s friend, forsake hot. Prov.
27:10.
A friend may well be reckoned
the masterpiece of nature. —Em
erson.
That Boy of Yours
He was 22, the son of a
wealthy and prominent father
whose name stood for all that was
good in his community, and yet
the boy was a human Derelict.
A friend of the father, a
metropolitan banker, asked the
derelict how he, the son of such
a father could have sunk so low,
and the derelict's answer car
ries a message to ev
ery father. Said this human
yvreck to the banker:
“Yes, 1 have sipped of the
dregs of humanity. I have sunk
as low as the lowest, and you
ask me how is possible with
the father I have. My answer
is that I never knew my fath
er. He was a busy man. At
night he was too weary to talk
to me. Lost in the evening pa
per he invariably told me to
run along, not to bother him.
“You fellows who are friends
of my father KNEW him. 1 did
not. You played golf with him.
Together you and he lunched.
You and he had your evenings
at the club. 1 NEVER KNEW
HIM.”
And, as the, story goes, this
banker who had, criticized the
young Derelict, sat thinking aft
er,.the door of his office had
He had a son at home I
and of this boy, still in his 'teens,
he was proud.
A few days later Christmas
came banker presented
to his ypung son the strangest of
Christmas presents, for it was a
promissory note, in which the
banker promised his son one
hour out of every day of his life,
except on Saturday and holi
days, when he promised to give
his son two hours.
Tfyese hours promised the
boy, were truly the boy’s. Dur
ing them, the father became the
boy and the boy assumed con
trol, saying what they should do.
Sometimes it was a ball game
they attended together;, again, a
tramp into the. woods or a walk
about the city; , many hours
were happily spent, the father
reading a boy s book to the boy,
etc.
Y ears passed and the boy be
came a map—a great man—
and he gives the father all the
credit. He says that promis
sory note was worth more to
him than his dad’s millions.
Haye you a boy at home?
Do his eyes search your face
each evening for a word of
cheer, for a compliment of
.work done or the the ex
cellent standing he has taken at
jschool.
All of the money you may ac
cumulate means but a pittance
to the boy. The hours you give
him will carry him safely
through life's battles.
Do not permit that boy to say
later in life, ‘‘l never knew my
father.” < e
Better Government
Three features of yesterday's
election cause favorable com
ment and mark milestones iq the
road to better government.
By far the, larger portion of
both meq and women who vot
ed, came to the polls with their
ballot already marked, a clear
indication that in the quiet of
home, the voter had carefully
and after deliberation., voted as
his conscience dictated.
There was an absence of the
old-time running of the politi
cal gauntlet, with candidates
stopping one, beseeching a vote
for himself or friend.
The large number of women
taking part in the election was
another gratifying sign. The vote
should emanate from the home,
where hu’hand and wife may
consult with each other; where
father, son, daughter and moth
er canvass the field and vote
after a family conference.
The excellent good humor
that prevailed among Voters and
candidates was a thijd good rea-
son for being thankful and is an
indication of democratic prog
ress for better government.
Altogether, the Sumter coun
ty election reflected great cred
it upon the people of the coun
ty for their wholeharted par
ticipation and the genuineness of
their patriotism in voting for
that candidate who seemed to
the voter to be best qualified to
fill the office.
A brighter day has dawned.
The day of purchased ballots,
rowdyism and booze have dis
appeared.from the polling places
of the South.
When $ 1 Looked Big
Unskilled labor worked for
the equivalent of 14 cents a
day in Europqjn the year 1520.
Times were considered very
prosperous when this wage rose
to 22 cents a day in 1600.
Improvement came very
slowly.
About 35 years ago Carroll
Wright, chief of the United
States Bureau of Statistics, con
ducted an extensive investiga
tion of the past and found that
between 1770 and 1800 the av
erage American blacksmith
worked for 71 cents a day, la
borers 28 cents and carpenters
61 <cents a day.
Even as late as 1875 the
blacksmith got only $2.31 a
day, unskilled labor $1.50 and
carpenters $2.46 a day.
Many lines of work now pay
as much an hour as was paid
for a full day’s work a half cen
tury ago.
The cost of living was not as
low as most of us imagine back
yonder in ‘‘the goad old days”
when a dollar looked as big as
a house.
Take wheat, which is a faijjy
accurate measure or gauge of
general prices. Wheat in 1816
sold for $1.75 a bushel here in
America. The price dropped to
99 cents in 1845, bounded to
$2.85 in 1867, slumped to 58
cents in 1894.
Cost of living in the old days
fluctuated decidely, for prices
have always traveled 'in 50-
year cycles, reaching about the
same high peaks every half cen
tury. One generation has low
prices. The next generation has
high prices, and the old timers
lean on their canes and discuss
the low cost of living of long
ago. Their parents, still anoth
er generation back, knew only
high prices. v
. Wages in the old days were
not very elastic. They were
adjusted for a period of low
prices, and failed to keep pace
with the cost of living when it
climbed high. So the man
born in an old-time period of
high prices was decidedly out of
luck.
Our generation appears to be
the ,firs| in history in which
wages have become elastic
enough to keep in sight of sky
rocketing cost of living. Cost
of living still tends to climb fast
er than average incomes, but
the situation is much improved
compared with former genera
tions.
Political Debts
Among the harshest criticisms
of Attorney General Daugherty
and the most insistent demands
for his elimination from Presi
dent Coolidge’s Cabinet are
those found on the editorial
pages of orthodox Republican
newspapers. Notwithstanding
these Republican outcries, Presi
dent Coolidge continues to re
tain Daugherty as a member of
his official family and to ap
prove him as a delegate at
large to the Republican national
convention from Ohio.
Several Republican and inde
pendent papers in Masachusetts
have urged President Coolidge
to call for Daugherty’s resigna
tion. The same advice has
been given by Republican
newspapers, in the Middle West,
among them the Chicago Trib
une. The Portland Oregonian,
a Republican paper of wide in
fluence, has been making almost
daily attacks on Daugherty.
The Oregonian, while criticiz
ing Daugherty, also raises a
question of propriety by Presi
dent Coolidge. Reviewing
Daugherty’s career in the Cabi
net, the Oregonian, is one ol
the latest editorials on the sub
ject has this to say:
“There was no reason for his
appointment, except inside poli
cies, and fhere was no reason for
his retention, except politics,
mingled with presidential toler
ance and amiability. There is
now more than one compelling
reason for his retirement. . . .
Mr. Daugherty is a toad and an
embarassment to Cool
idge . . . the public interest is
• paramount, and it should be de-
4NNIE LAURIE v
Maxwelton braes are bonnie
Where early fa’s, the dew, ’ ? p
And it’s there that Annie Laune
Gie'd the her promise true —
Gie’d me her promise true, I y Fk-S'
Which ne’er forgot will be;, a ‘v*'
And for bonnie Annie Laune \ &
I’d lay me doune and dee. >
Her brow is like the
Her throat is like the swan;
Her face it is the fairest
That e’et the sun shone on — >-y 4- j
That e’er the sun shone on — XG \ GLu
And dark blue is her ee; ,-rA\ • ' 3 1
And for bonnie Annie Laufie XFugpgg-/ A'.
I’d lay me doune and dee.
Like dew on the gowan lying W
Is the fa’ 0’ her fai?/ feet; •i • Iw
And like the winds in summer sighing,
Her void is low and sweet — '* l $
Her voice is low and sweet —
And she’s a’ the world ~-
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
» I’d lay me doune and dee. J gwx]
—Author ' j
dared and protected.”
Then the Oregonian wants to
be informed why Daugherty’s
“assertiv e consideration for him
self be permitted to involve and
entangle every one officially as
sociated with him. including the
President.
“What does Coolidge owe
him?" the Oregonian asks, om
inously.
That question has been answer
ed by the President and the gen
eral managers of his campaign,
Williams Butler and Frank
Stearns. They have conferred
with Mr. Coolidge regarding
Daugherty’s retention in the
Cabinet and his continuance as
a delegate at large from Ohio
to the Republican national con
vention. What they may have
recommended to President Cool
idge in respect to keeping
Daugherty as attorney general
was not disclosed after the con
ference. At any rate, Daugher
ty remains as one of the Presi
dent s official family. It is
known what Butler and Stearns
and the President thought of
Daugherty as a political dele
gate. They “approved his se
lection and he will be at the
convention to help nominate the
next Republican presidential
candidate.
I OPINIONS OF 4
! OTHER EDITORS §
KISSES—AND MONEY
'The verdict of ten thousand
dollars for a kiss ought to make
the girl .that gives theiji away
somewhat peeved with herself.—
Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
Kisses were made to give away
—under circumstances propiti
ous—, auspicious—romantic—and
under an inspiration of love.
Away with the mercenary! How
shocking is the thought of a tea
thousand dollar verdict!—Gor
dele Dispatch.
SWEET POTATOES AS STOCK
FOOD
There is no more valuable
stock food in the category of the
farmer here than the sweet pota
to. And in uniform grades in
marketing condition, the select
stock is a good money producer.
But. the greatest of all opportun
ity lies in marketing all the pota
toes—the inferior and the cull in
cluded—through the dairy cow
and the hog in cream and mea>.
No crop of sweet potatoes of
any farm will ever be too large for
To the Voters of Sumter
County
I -wish to express my deep and sincere appre
ciation and heartfelt gratitude to the men and wo
men voters of Americus and Sumter county who
so splendidly rallied to the support of my can
didacy for Commissioner of Sumter county.
Having been chosen by the voice of the peo
ple to this position, it shall be my earnest endeavor
to discharge the duties of the office to the best of
my ability, relying implicitly on the continued sup
port and co-operation of those voters who expressed
their desire for my election. Respectfully,
W. T. ANDERSON
~ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER w
sensible money-making In this di
rection. If we woulu only grow
more sweet potatoes —there is the
rub. Is it not?—Cordele Dispatch
THE FOUR GREATEST MEN
About the most harmless indoor
sport with which we are familiar
is the selection of the “greatest
men” and women, whether in the
world at large or in the state
or with any other limitation. But
at the same time it is about the
most futile.
President Burton, of the Uni
versity of Michigan, recently de
cided to pick out the four great
est men of the twentieth century
—according to his notion. He
named Roosevelt, Edison, Ford
and Orville Wright.
All very well, as far as it goes,
but men’s notions of greatness d’s
fer as much as their taste in food
and raiment.
Those who are not satisfied
with President Burton’s choices,
however, can make a slate for
themselves. And that is just what
Bishop Brant of Hobert college
has done. His four great men
inelude the names of Woodrow
Wilson, Cardinal Mercier, Lemne
and Ghandi. Bishop Brant, how
ever, does not state upon what
considerations he bases his esti
mates of .greatness. Nor does
either explain why he limits his
list of great to four. Macon
News.
SI/fete
Apple
VERSUS
So few of us fully appreciate the
wealth and high standard Os living
in America, it is worth while to
compare occasionally.
The British now have only one
auto for every 43 inhabitants. In
our country there is one auto for
every seven people. Britain in the
whole of 1923 manufacutred only
65,000 autos. You have to multi
ply that figure by more than five
to have American auto output for
one month only, February, 1924.
fire
Uncle Sam’s 146 national forest
reserves were visited by nearly 10
million people year, it is an
nounced. Eight millions came in
privately owned autos.
The auto is taking us back to
nature. As we increasingly invade
the forests and use them for play
grounds, let us remember that fire
is the most formidable agency of
forest destruction and prevention
of reforestration.
Four-fifths of the big forest fires
are started by people careless with
campfires, matches, cigarettes and
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O/J Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Mar.
20, 1914.)
The rapidly increasing freight
traffic out of Americus this season
is well reflected in the greatly in
creased volume of fertilizer ship
ments handled by the Seaboard, and
no doubt, by the Central railway as
well. There are in Americus seven
large fertilizer manufacturing
plants, including the two cotton oil
mills which manufacture cotton seen
meal, and there are begin run on
full time.
Little Miss Luqy Furlow, the pret
ty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Furlow is ill and a slight attacK
of pneumonia is feared.
Mrs. H. C. Tarver and Miss Kath
leen Denham will go to Atlanta to
morrow upon a visit of several days
to relatives in that city.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
THIRIY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder. Mar.
20, 1894.)
Judge R. F. Watt and Judge J.
T. Harrison, of Lumpkin, were
among the visitors to Americus yes
terday, Both were on the side of the
prohibitionists during the recent
election in their county,i and the ob
ject of their visit yesterday was to
secure from Judge Fish an order
for the taking of testimony in the
pending contested election.
One of Sumter’s old Confeds, J.
R. Williams, of Andersonville still
has his parole, issued at Macon May
16th 1865 by Major General Wilson
which is now quite a*curious relic
of the closing days of the war.
Cordele has a new bank, the Nav
al Store and Lumberman’s of which
D. T. Dougherty is president and
Lee B. Jones, cashier. The capi
tal stocq $25,000 and the new
other tobacco. B e cuatious in the
woods.
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RICHES
Fifteen billion dollars are invest
ed in the utilities of our country
gas companies, telephone, electric
power systems and electric rail
ways and others. A terrific amount
of money. But it’s only $136 for
ever man, woman and child.
E. E. Armstrong, traction offi
cial, estimates that the investment
in utilities is four times as much
as in the steel industry, eight times
the investment in auto manufactur
ing, and 10 times as much as in
the meat packing industry. So
much is at stake, no wonder the
utilities are so involved in politics.
* * *
HJ-.-lES
People stand for a iot of cruelty
in the nr- : <." ..port. At the dog
derby ir . Manitoba. “Shorty” Rus
sick’s re, drawn by six huskie
dog- the Arctic, traveled 200
nr , -stop, in a trifle under 24
If any one over worked wolf
hounds like that, in the course of
everydaylli e in th e Far North, a
bunch of “sourdoughs,” opposed to
cruelty to animals, would invervene
with rifles.
Americus
Undertaking Co.
NAT LEMASTER, Manager
Funeral Directors
And Embalmers
Night Phones 661 and 88
Day Phones 88 and 231.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1924
company will occupy” the banking
house of the old Bank of Cordele.
June weather in March is some
thing unusual even in this glorious
kmd of sunshine but for the past
several days it has been uncomforta
bly warm. The mercury stood only
two degrees above summer heat
yesterday morning.
Miss Genevieve Adams entertain
ed a number of young friends most
delightfully at whist at her home
on Lamar street last evening.
Among those who particiated in the
game were Misses Nellie Johnson,
Bessie Nowell, Vieve Morgan, Jen
nie Stapleton, Nannie Dodson, and
the fair young hostesses; Messrs.
George Oliver, J. S. Britton, Walter
Stewart, Lynn Fort, Walton Calla
way, anti Will Turpin.
Messrs. Dug Prince, Bird Lewis
and Tom Haris have returned from
Kentucky, where they attended last
week the great annual stock sale at
Lexington. A carload of fine horses
and mules were purchased and will
arrive today.
BRIDES TO BE
Spring is here, wed
ding dates will soon
be announced, and
brides to be are now
choosing their pat
terns of silver. Real
social leaders prefer
the FAIRFAX pat
tern for all occasions.
If you see this pat
tern you will buy it.
You will like it.
Americus Jewelry
Company
! Phone 229
1
Wallis Mott, Manager
Grove's .
Tasteless
Chill Tonic
Old Standard Remedy for
Chills and Malaria, eoc
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)
989 t * 1924
rtrW" uiA'Wlfr 11 Upon the foundation
S EKgaMM of thirty-three years .of
growth is based the
present organization of
our bank. This expert
ence is always at the
command of our cus
ffiawKjf iffiY4w< 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
■ » , 11.
THE STANDARD
MONEY TALKS, SO DOES QUAL
ITY HERE; BOTH TALK OUT
LOUD IN THIS SAKE
SPRING SHOES
Women’s $6 Gray Suede Slippers
At $3.95. '
They ar e now on display in our
window —front strap effect 'Slip
pets of fine gray suede leather, all
sizes, flexible soles; beautiful slip
pers at ......$3.95
Women’s $6 Patent Slippers
At $3.95.
Women’s Black Patent Leather
Slippers with gray suede front
strap effect, new heels and toes;
regularly $6; her e at pair ....$3.95
Women’s $5 Brown Suede
Slippers at $3.95.
Snappy dark brown Strap Slip
pers, flexible soles, new toes, new
heels, all sizes, at $3.95
Women’s Soft Kid Oxfords
At $2.50.
Flexible turned soles, kid, soft
as a glove, rubber heels. For com
fort and wear they have no equal’;
here in any size at, pair $2.50
Women’s Fine Black Satin Slip
pers at $3.95.
Excellent quality black satin,
black suede leather trimmed,
strap style, all sizes; regularly
ss;> here at $3.95
Ladies’ 25c Ribbed Vests
At 2 for 25c
Medium, regular and extra sizes
tapes neck and shoulders IXL rib
bed, very elastic; always 35c; here
two for 25c
Slightly Soiled Sheets at 85c.
Bleached Sheets with center
seam, full duoble bed size. The
sheeting alon e is worth over one
dollar. Price for these soiled ones
while they last 85c
More Lighthouse Cleanser at 5c
Get your supply while w e are
selling this at half price. Large
sprinkle top cans that sell in most
places for 10c, never below Bc,
here at, per can g c
Plenty of Genuine Indian Head
At 25c
This is the genuine article with
the name stamped in the selvage
.of every yard. Some stores are
Celling all kinds of cloth and call
ing it Indian Head. We have the
genuine article and sell it while
the present stock lasts at, yd... 25c
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUS. GA.