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I PUBLISHED 1879
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A THOUGHT^|
A foolish son is a grief to his
father, and bitterness to her that
bare him. —Prov. 15:20.
You pity a man who is lame or
blind, but you never pity him for
being a fool, which is often a
much greater misfortune. —Sydney
Smith.
Instigators of Crime
If there was no demand for
bootleg liquor, there would be
no bootleggers. It is the man
who BUYS that causes the man
who SELLS to become a law
breaker —a peddler of poison
ous whiskey and the wrecker t>f
homes and human life.
The buyer is guilty both be
fore and after the illegal trans
action has bpen performed. Be
fore, because he is the instigator
of crime; afterward, because he
has, or has had, illegal whiskey
in his possession. He is mor
ally involved, whether legally
liable or no.
This phase of the question
may not have occurred to pa
trons of two society bootleggers
of Hartford, Conn., whose tes
timony caused the conviction of
the liquoi venders.
Supporters of the bootleggers
have reason to be interested in
the remraks of Judge Maltbie,
of Hartford, di ected at the two
informers The judge said to
them. *
“The.e men here are chur’ged,
and have pleaded guilty t>; break
ing the laws of their country, not
in any accidental way, not in any
outburst of passion, but coldly
and consciously, in order to get
a portion of the results of an il
legal traffic; and they have done
it to get your money; and not
only have they broken the laws
Os thei rcountry in this respect,
but the trade which they repre
sent drags after it every manner
Os violence up to murder, smug
gling, piracy, and worst of all,
“bribery and corruption which
reaches out to every man that
tries to enforce these particular
laws of his country; and the
trail of these crimes leads right
to the door of you who have
played your part in it. It is your
money which causes that, and
you who are supposed to repre
sent property, respectability and
social position—what are you, af
ter all, but participants in crime,
instigators of crime? That’s
what you are; and you set your
selves up and say “I will choose
What laws I will obey.” Well, if
you can choose what laws you
will obey, any other man can
Choose what laws he will obey;
find if you do that, what becomes
of.your country? American citi
zens, some of you with creditable
. military records digging at the
Very vitals of your country. There
Is many a man who sits in that
pen over there who is more de
serving at the hands of the
court and the public than you
are.”
I am my brother’s keeper."
In this enlightened Christian age,
there’s no denying that Biblical
precept.
“The answer of those who
Support and expect to continue
to support the bootlegging trade
can be foreseen," says the Val
dosta Times editor; “they will
deny that they are participants
in and instigators of crime; * * *
that they merely ignore a single
Unjust and tyrannical law which
must and will become a dead let
ter They will hold that this one
law can not be enforced, be
cause the sentiment of the ma
jority is against it.”
Law is law, until it is repeal
ed; and he who breaks a law is
a law-breaker. Those who claim
to believe that "a majority" is
not in favor of prohibition, do
no; know what they are saying.
Business as business favors
prohibition. Busines knows how
whiskey interferred with labor,
skilled and unskilled. Business
knows the economic value of
prohibition.
Nor have those opposed to
prohibition taken into considera
tion the fact that woman votes,
and that she will vote almost
unanimously for prohibition.
She and her children were the
real sufferers from whiskey, and
she and they have not forgotten
the days when much of the con
tents of the pay envelope found
its way to the money till of the
licensed bar room.
To those who claim that pro
hibition is not being enforced,
we can merely say that neither
are laws against murder or lar
ceny, counterfeiting or bigamy.
But that’s no reason why the
Jaws affecting these crimes
B
should be written off the sta
tutes.
Prohibition is here, and here
to stay. Time alone will make
its enforcement more universal
—that and a realization of the
truth in the opinion expressed
by Judge Maltbie.
76 Bales of Cotton On
7 5 Acres
Armour & Co. last year had
control of a farm near Arling
ton. This farm was placed under
the direction of R. J. H. De-
Loach, who recently spoke to
many Sumter county farmers on
the subject of weevil con
trol.
jOn this Arlington farm, Mr.
DeLoach planted 75 aejes in
cotton and gathered 76 bales.
On nearby farms, it is reliably
reported, it required 9 to 10
acres to produce a single bale.
Mr. DeLoach’s signal success
was gained by following the
simple plan advocated by the
government, and here is what
he said to farmers as quoted in
the press of the state:
Three applications of poison
did the work. When the first
squares developed he began dust
ing, and dusted at intervals of
five days each. After that he X
picked up all the squares. He
claims the weevils that appear
prior to the formation of squares
do not damage the cotton. No
young weevils are furnished by
this brood of weevils, because
.they have no place to deposit
their e,ggs. They come out of
their winter quarters and die be
fore they lay any eggs. Sucking
the buds of the young plant
dees r.ot damage the plant. He
tested this thoroughly and found
that the plants thus attacked by
the weevils made as good cotton
as those that were not touched
by the weevils in the bud. The
first eggs are laid in the first
squares, and that is the time to
begin dusting. If dusking is
properly done at that period all
the weevils are killed. After
that when three applications have
been made and then all the
squares are picked up, th e fight
has been won., K’e prefers the
dust method in preference to
the liquid applications, though
he says the latter is good. But
the point he stressed was that
dusting be thorough at the ap
pearance of the fri.st squares,
and then following the three ap
plications, if all, squares are
nicked up that have been punc
tured, the fight has been won,
and there is no more dusting to
, be done during the year, * be
cause all the weevils have been
killed. Then in November run
a cutter over the stalks and plow
them under and that method de
stroys the weevils that would
otherwise go into winter quar
ters.
He did not advise the farmers
what to do. He is very optimis
tic. He says that beyond all
doubt, we can make a bal e to
the acre, no matter what sort of
weather we have. Asked about
dusting after rains, he said if
he could get eight hours before
the rain fell, that was all he
wanted, and he would wait until
five days to make the regular
application. He also said that 15 ,
pounds of poison was sufficient
for an acre of land, regardless
of weather conditions.
Mr. DeLoacb .does not speak
as a theorist, but as a practical
farmer. He did not tell the
farmers how it could be done,"
but ‘‘how 1 did it."
Mr. DeLoach s plans mean
more cotton to the acre, more
work to the day and more poi
son to the plant. As one Sum
farmer expresses it,
Raising cotton now isn’t like
,y to be; the fellow who
follows the old methods will
lose out; it’s a new day with a
new plan."
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
DEMOCRACY’S BEST BET
Occasionally we some
body say: “Nobody can beat
Coolidge.”. Maybe not. But, if
that oil scandal, which stinks to
the Heavens and then on to hades
does not furnish the Democrats
with a fulcrum sufficient to
“prize” the rascals out, then
there’s no hope for the Demo
cratic party, now or hereafter.
Commerce News.
TOO MANY CANDIDATES NOW
Bryan favors the government
paying all expenses of candidates.
Good gracioous! We have too
many candidates now, when they
pay their own expenses. Just
think of what would happen if
they could run free.—Palmetto
Florida News.
AFTER THE PISTOL ‘TOTERS’
The government may try to
stop the sale of firearms pro
miscuously but it won’t succeed
with any half-handed measures.
There are some cowards that
wouldn’t go around a corner un
less they were armed and ready
to make trouble.—Thomasville
Times-Enterprise.
TOWN AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Town development depends
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& S- 7 '
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring..
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do singT ”
Cuckoo, jug-jug," pu-we, to-witta-woo!
-'■ \ The palm and May make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birdsjune this merry lay,
Cuckoo* jug-jug,*pu~we? to-witta-woo!
‘The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, |
.Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sitj
rLjffiY J j ln every streeUhese tunes our earsdo greet,)
4 ,Cuckoo,* jug-jug,’pu-we,’to-witta-woo!!
£ Spring! the sweet spring!
upon the citizens and business
men, while along with both of
these the farmer enters into the
development of the rural district.
They go hand in hand and one
cannot function properly without
the other, as they are dependent
one upon the yther and for that
reason each should be largely in
terested in the progress of the
other.—Richland News.
HOW TO PREVENT WAR
Mr. Baruch says that in the
next war money as well as men
must be conscripted. When young
men are marched away to be shot
or gassed, the money of rich men
must be taken away to be spent
for the war and not returned to
the owners.
That has been suggested very
often between wars, but it does
not mean anything. It will net
mean anything while money re
mains as it is the greatest force
in government.
You may write this down on
your tablets of prophesy:
If there ware any real probabil
ity of capital being conscripted,
along with men, for government
use in the next war, THAT WAR
WOULD BE POSTPONED IN
DEFINITELY.
The real bosses would see to
that.
The war in which little fellows
lose their lives, at S3O a month,
and big fellows double their prof
its, is the war that will last. —
Arthur Brisbane in Atlanta Georg
ian.
NOT SO TEMPTING
The Republican nomination for
President this year will not be
nearly so tempting as it was four
years ago, and there is good rea
son for believing that less effort
will be made by designing poli
ticians and scheming plungers to
control it.
But recent developments and
the testimony of witnesses before
the Senate oil committee natural
ly lead to more or less speculation
as to who is planning to control
the G. O. P. convention at Cleve
land and how much money will be
spent for that purpose.—Albany
Herald.
ANGELINE IS SOME BIRD
‘ All hail to Mrs. Angeline
Caruso!
She was married about a year
ago to Dicky Caruso.
She has put all birth control
advocates to shame. She has de
monstrated the qourage and the
fecundity of the American moth
er, and she has shown that her
race is not dying out.
For within the one year of her
married life, she has had forty
three children, who are all alive
and healthy.
She is living at present in Mil
waukee.
She is a canary bird owned by
Mrs. Fenske, of that city.
It can be said, without the use
of slang, that Angeline is ‘‘some
bird!”—Atlanta Georgian.
“RULES TO BE IGNORED.”
The Atlanta appointed dele
gates to the state convention are
not entitled to be seated. The
rules governing the presidential
primary plainly state that the re
sult shall be declared April 12,
and that the chairman of the vari
ous counties are then to name
the delegates froth among the
friends of the successful candi
date. If the chairman will follow
these rules, as they should, and
issue certificates only to those so
appointed the premature delegates
will have no voice in the conven
tion. Only those appointed in
regular order should be given any
consideration. There is no need
of making rules if they are to be
ignored. The county chairmen
should exercise their rights, await
the declaration of the result which
will be announced next Saturday,
and proceed to appoint the dele
gates in compliance with the rules.
—Sandersville Progress. j
- THE AMERICUS T IMES-RECORDER ’
Apple
ORDER
How can auto accidents be re
duced and traffic laws improved?
These problems are being studied by
a commission of experts represent
ing Yale University and the state of
Connecticut.
For quick action and direct re
sults, we’d like to turn the clock
back and the troffic situation over to
a certain group of old-timers —Luke
Short, Bat Masterson, Charlie Bas
sett, Neil Brown, Jim McClain, W.
H. Harris and Wyatt Earp. They
served on the “peace commission”
that ruled Dodge City, Kansas, back
in the days when it was the toughest
town in the west. What they’d do
to auto speeders would be a plenty.
♦ * ♦
SECOND-HAND
Auto dealers now have over half
a million used cars “on their hands.”
The prices average around S3OO
apiece.
The dealers say that three-fourths
of new car sales this year will in
volve “trading in” of used cars.
At least nine-tenths of autos arc
now sold on time, according to ex
perts. Wearing out of the old and
replacement by the new assure the
auto industry of virtually pepetual
business.
* * *
MEMORY
For GO years Frank O. Niles of
Lynn, Mass., has kept a diary. He
began it when he was 12. As he
turns back to the first volumes, he
must read things that he had en
tirely forgotten. Mermory grows
dim in half centiury or less. How
much of your youth do you recall?
Probably not a tenth of it.
How much of this life will we re
member 10,000 years from now;
How much of it will be worth re
membering.
* * *
MIDDLEMEN
When the consumer buys a dol
lar’s worth of potatoes, 50 cents goes
to the grower, country buyer and
railroad, on the average. The rest
is pocketed by city distributers.
These figures are supplied by Uncle
Sam’s Department of Agriculture.
It traces some interesting cases.
Maine potatoes sold for $2.17 a 100
pounds, of which the grower got 67
cents!
■ Problems of production are practi
cally solved. The problem of dis
tribution seems to be getting stead
ily farther and farther from solu
tion. Consumers certainly are tol
erant.
* * *
BUILDING
The nation is spending at the
rate of about three billion dollars
a year for now building construc
tion. Dun’s Review reports that
new building permits filed fun
March totaled nearly 319 million
dollars.
So far this year, more money is
going into building than a year
ago. The importance of this is that
the real solution of high rents is
more homes.
There’s always room at the top
for the cream.
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Experiments and research work
prove that nearly everything can in
some manner be improved. How
ever, tireless effort is necessary in
almost every case if real results are
to be accomplished.
Recent experiments and subse
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atory enable us to guarantee greatly
increased results in combatting Ma
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La Grippe.
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J Old Days In Americus
ten YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. April
17, 1914.)
Americus friends of Peyton Holt
will regret to learn of his very
critical illness at Houston, Texas,
which developed quite recently.
His mother, Mrs. P. L. Holt haj
gone to his bedside, accompanied
by her brother, Arthur Bussey, of
Columbus.
L. G. Council returned yesterday
from a short stay in Brunswick,
where with several Macon bankers,
he attended one of the group meet
ings, composing the Georgia State
Bankers’ association. Mr. Council
first attended the meeting of the
Macon group and upon its conclu
sion went with several friends to
Brunswick t 0 attend the convention
there.
Miss Elizabeth Brown returned
last night from a visit in Macon, the
guest of her sister, Mrs. T. F. Cal
laway.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Stewart
en route to Americus from Miiar,
Italy, arrived yesterday morning in
New York, and-will reach Americus
on Sunday or Monday night.
The following names appear on
the sixth grade honor roll this
month: Carl McAllister, . Charles
Wright, Joe Thomas, Carlton Shy,
Rollie Rigsby, Ralph Lane, Ger
trude Davenport, Nellie Griffin,
Irma Tooke, Mary Sheffiled, Gladys
Randall, Margurite Oliver, Georgia
Mayo, Agnes Gate wood, May Crabb,
lone Carter, Pauline Bell, Mary
Azar, Joe Fred Hamrick, Mary
Merritt.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. April
17, 1904.)
The card party at which Mrs W.
Green Turpin entertained a number
of friends, Wednesday afternoon,
was one of the most enjoyable af
fairs of the week. The home was
very prettily decorated in roses and
wild flowers. The first prize, a
framed Christie, picture was won
by Miss Lillie Glover. The lone
hand prize, a hand made work bag,
was wbn by Miss Agnes Hawkins.
On Tuesday night Miss Agnes
Hawkins entertained the Summer
Girls Club at a large card party.
Six hand euchre was the game play
pd, at the close of which refresh
ments were served. The house was
a wilderness of palms and ferns,
and roses were used in profusion
The’ Times Recorder extends
thanks to O. B. Wallis for a crate
of the finest strawberries seen this
season, grown by him on his splen
did fruit farm near the city.
Mrs. E. P. Morgan and daughter,
Mrs. W. P. Blasengame went to
Moultrie, yesterday.
The Woman’s Literary Club met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Frank Harro I '. The program was
as follows: Paper-German Navy.
Reading Gounod “Congregational,,
Singing i L. ’ Cologne Cathedral,
Miss ( wles. Current Events Miss
Brc. •.
hundred visitors who came
. lay. from Lumpkin, Richland,
1:5.15, and Preston have Agent E
IP. Everett of the Seaboard, to
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I O A made on improved
xiJf arm lands at cheap
est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10
years with pre-payment option given
Money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over $1,100,000 on
farms in Sumter court? alone, with
plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON McDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank
Building, /mericus, Ga. Phone 89
81 ~—Ofc-
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 17, 1924
thank, largely for their barbecue
dinner. Had they made the trip
across town to the Dell they might
have arrived after the feast.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. April
17, .1894.)
The “At Home” Club will meet
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Sheffiled Friday evening
next. All are requested to meet
promptly at nine o’clock, as a pro
gressive eucfe game will be played.
The Jroung ladies are requested to
call and check early.
James McGarrah and J. C. Ca
wood, two of the young men recent
ly appointed as substitutes in the
carrier service here, donned new un
ifo’rms yesterday and carried their
routes like old timers. They will
get the first vacancies made among
the carriers.
The pretty little jet mule and
cart owned) by Ed Hornady is to be
raffled, and the lucky winner will
secure the smallest mule in exist
ence. The team attracts attention
e’very where it is seen, and would
prove a most acceptable present for
any boy or girl.
Miss Lillie Glover 'entertained
quite a large party of young friends
last evening at her beautiful home
on Lee •street. The occasion was
in honor of her fair guest Miss
Maud Gilbert, of Albany, who ha?
won many friends .during her. brief
visit here. " x
Mrs. Henry Fite and little daugh
ter, arrived yesterday on a visit to
Mrs. Fites parents, Captain and Mrs.
A. C. Belle at their home on For
rest avenue.
Mrs. Marie Louise Myrick left by
the early fmprning Central train
for Atlanta tls attend an important
meeting of the executive committee
of the Woman’s Press Club of Geor
gia.
More cars were loaded /with
freight during 1923 than ever be
fore in the records of American
railroading.
Americus
Undertaking Co.
NA T 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 Americus
(Incorporated) /
J 891 - 1924
Upon the foundation
•*f< i >■ °f thirty-three years of
li growth is based the
present organization of
II our hank. This experi-
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command of our cus
i*SlMwJßa tomers. We cordially
"" solicit your banking
—business.
The Bank With a Surplus
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You want rightno w just the right
merchandise at the eight prices.
Read over this list. You’ll find our
prices and qualities much Uettey
than some of the ‘bull’ sales now
being advertised.—
At 50c—Twenty styles of Ladies’
Collar and Cuff Sets; all colors.
At $1 —Big assortment of new
Neckwear for ladies. Just unpack
ed.
At 35c—Mens Knitted Silk Four
in-Hand Ties, regularly 50e.
At 48c—Men’s Four-ini-Hand
Ties, made of rich heavy silks,
formerly up to 75c.
At 25c—-Men’s Fo'ur-in-.Hand
Ties of silk material, formerly 50c.
At $1.50 —Men’s White Madras
Shirts, attached or eollatless style,
all sizes.
'At $1.98 Men’s Silk Striped Mad
ras Shirts, great variety of pretty
patterns.
At $1.98 Men’s Genuine*'Eng
lish Broadcloth Shirts, attached
collars; value $3.
A't $3.95 —Men’s B»-own and
Black Oxfords, Goodyear welts;
new stock, all sizes.
At $4.95-r-Men’s Tan and Black
Zici Oxfords, Goodyear Welts;
values up to SB.
At $2.50 —Misses Patent and
Brown Kid Sandals, all new lot;
just received.
At $2.50- —Laides’ Sandals of
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At $3.00 —Ladies’ Black Patent
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At $1.98 —One big table Ladies’
Odd Lots of Low Shoes, all stylish;
some worth three times the price
we ar e asking.
At $3.95 —The . greatest assort
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• At 50c—Men’s Checked Nain
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At 75c—Men’s cjosely woven
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At sl—The famous Red Cross
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all sizes.
At $1 —For six pairs Ladies and
Men’s Lisle Hosiery, th e best 25c
grade you have seen. Sold in lots
of six pairs—no more or no less
for the price of 6 pairs for $1
At 79c—Fine Table Damask, two
yards wide, of regular dollar grade.
At SJ.SO —New styles of Blouses
and Waists for.ladies, just opened.
At 49c —-Ladies’. Silk Stockings
in black, brown, gray, sizes 8 1-2
to 10.
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