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PAGE EIGHT lIMEB-RECCJDEB I PUBLISHED 1879 S i „ ■ It Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered m Meond clem «•«« »t the poetoffia Bt Americus, Georgia, according to the Act ot Centres. The Aeeociated Brest it eiclutively entitled te the we (or the republication of all newt di*- patebet credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and alto the local newt published here in. All right of. republication of special dispatches Bre also reserved. ... . . - ■ - Nitionti Ad rer tiling Repreientitieee, FROST LANDIS a KOHN. Braniwick Bld|., New York; ?eoplee* Gal Bid,.. Chicago. 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 iTT —2 \ u \ V -dr & 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. LET THIS TONIC REBUILD YOU 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 quent discoveries made in our labor atory enable us to guarantee greatly increased results in combatting Ma laria, Chills and Fever, Colds and La Grippe. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR 101 TONIC .The IMPROVED tonic for Mala ria, (.hills and Fever, Colds and La Grippe. It is “Safe and Sensible.’* PRICE 25c USE DAILY UNTIL HEALTH IS RESTORED 'X 1 ■ xW / \ / i hope This'll ) Pl \ cuae *7 sow \l/ . Iwfiw) -jBL 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 I - - 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- r*- ence is always at the command of our cus i*SlMwJßa tomers. We cordially "" solicit your banking —business. 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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. Make a Date With Kathleen Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA. *' ««K M
