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lipa, and he that uttercth a slander,
■> a fool.
There is no slander in an allowed
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•—Shakespeare.
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’ The Coming Revival
A simultaneous evangelistic
campaign is to be launched in
Americus next week. The first
sermons in this coming wave of
religious revival will be preach
ed in various churches here
Sunday morning. The move
ment is almost unaimous among
the Protestants of Americus.
And, co-incidentaly, the seven
days ending next Sunday
are being observed by Cath
olics and Episcopalians through
out the world as ‘Holy Week.
Only a few weeks ago, Jews of
the universe were celebrating
certain festal, or holy, days in
their religious calendar.
Easter Sunday, according to
sacred historians, marks the
raising of Christ from the tomb;
the triumph of the spirit over
death and the perpetuity of
Christ's church upon earth. This
is the one point upon which all
Christian denominations stand
united. Except that Christ
lived and was crucified, died,
was buried and rose from the
dead forty days afterward, the
Christian religion has no support
upon which to rest its conten
tions. Christ, risen from the
dead, is the keystone of Chris
tianity, the rock upon which the
church of Christ is founded, and
upon this (ruth rests the whole
fabric of Christianity itself.
It is fitting, therefore, that
Easter should usher in a revival
at Americus. The movement is
one in which Christians of ev
ery denomination, creed and be
lief may heartily and profitably
join. Few mqvements bring
more lasting results to a com
munity than a good, old-fash
ioned revival. A wave of re
ligious fervor, such as usually
accompanies a real revival acts
as a tonic to the individual who
attends and a source of renew
ed Christian ‘ strength to the
community wherein such revival
is staged.
Persecution, such as certain
organizations are alleged to
practice in religious matters,
never yet drove a man or wo
man into the fold of Jesus
Christ. But there is no gain
saying the fact that thousands
are brought to love—and serve
——the Savour of Man through
the medium of revivals.
Love is a greater force than
persecution, and love of God
and fellowman is the thought
Stressed most in revivals. Ex
cept one be brought first to
love God, little more than lip
service can be offered by such
ton individual.
A revival is needed by the
churches in Americus, say lead
ers in all denominations. Con
gregations here may or may not
have grown lethargic toward
.their religious affiliations. That
question we are not discussing.
Religious leaders say the need
exists here for a revival.
Methodists, Baptists, Chris
tians and Presbyterians have
united in the effort to make next
week’s simultaneous evangelistic
campaign the greatest event in
the religious history of Ameri
cus. That so many congrega
tions can unite in a single re
vival argues good for the re
sult of their effort. Many busi
ness houses have agreed to join
to make the revival a success by
closing their stores and indus
tries during the hours of morn
ing service.
Preachers who will conduct
the services are men of talent
and ability whose messages
must, perforce, sink deeply in
to the hearts of many of their
Roarers. The truths of the gos
pel are to be presented by these
men as they have been brought
to view such truths.
It is interesting to contem
plate now many will be helped
by the coming revival —how
many lives will be saved for
how many church-goers
be .roused to a sense of
their duty as Christians. It is
to be hoped before this revival
shall end no unsaved person will
Remain in Americus; that every
church member shall have re
newed allegiance to God and
the church of his or her choice
and that a great wave of broth
erly love shall envelope the en
tire community.
Such, wc believe, is the end
sought by those who are head
ing this great movement for
humanity—and Christianity—
in Americus.
Cow Peas vs. Soy Beans
With the early opening of the
Americus creamery, we, as a
county, must devote more at
tention to feed crops, for cattle
must be fed and buying hay and
grain is unnecessary and too ex
pensive.
One of the first essentials —
possibly the most important of
all others—is to produce our
own food stuff. With good
cattle and plenty of home-rais
ed foodstuffs for them, there is
money in milking a few cows.
To the farmer there are only
two essentials in the raising of
feed, says the Southern Culti
vator, and that is: First, to know
how'; second, "to do it.”
In a recent issue this splendid
Southern farm journal discusses
_the production of soy beans as
compared with cow peas, de
claring:
We have always been a strong
believer in the cow pea. For a
long time it was the grand
champion legume for the South
ern farmer. But often a grand
champion has its day and a new
one comes into the ring and car
ries off the honor. The agricul
tural college at Athens has been
carrying on a test for six years
as to the quantity of grain and
hay obtained per acre from soy
beans and cow peas and we give
you below a summary of the re
sults obtained:
Soy Beans—hay per acre;
O-Too-Tan, 3,200 pounds; Lare
do $3,020 pounds; Mammoth yel
low, 2,800 pounds; Cow Peas,
hay per acre.
Cow Peas—hay per acre; Brab
ban, 1,240 pounds; iron, l;880
pounds; Whippoorwill, 1,720
pounds.
You will see that the lowest
yield of soy beans exceeds the
highest yield of cow peas, and
the O-Too-Tan and Laredo gave
a yield almost double the aver
age of the.cowpeas. The South
ern farmers today are buying
hay and grain feeds which is en
tirely useless. They will put all
the blamg on the weather, when
the fact is our farmers still lack
two essentials which J. Gid Mor
ns said were necessary to make
money growing onions and fall
Irish potatoes v.lich are: first,
to know how, and second, to do
it. The emptyness of our barns
and the poor conditions of our
cattle show conclusively that we
peed to “do it” in 1924.
With a few good cows, cows
that will produce a profitable
amount of butter fat; feed
stuffs raised on our own farms
and intelligent work, the cream
ery will bring prosperity to thia
community.
The most intelligent thought
and observation should be giv
en the question of the best type
of feed for Sumter county. Soy
Beans, according to the state
college, is superior to cow peas.
Whether the soy bean is best
for milk production cream is a
question that should be investi
gated since it is a question of
pounds of butter fat and not
tons of hay per acre that is of
first importance.
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
TOO MANY KILLINGS
“Killing in Atlanta” is fast
becoming a substitute for “Made
in Atlanta.” The board of trade ,
in that little city ought to get
busy. This thing will keep lots
of folks from coming to town in
the fall to attend the circus.—
Cordele Dispatch.
BIBLES C. O. D.
Out in Los Angeles an evange
list who has been selling 75c
Bibles for $3.75 was sentenced
to serve three months in prison
for using the mails to defraud.
His scheme was to l®e the news
papers death columns to get
names of bereaved persons and
would send them a Bible c. o. d.,
presuming they were in a frame
of mind to buy a Bible.. If he had
been as adroit in “expounding” it
he might have made more and
kept out of jail.—Valdosta Times.
A PIVOTAL YEAR IN'DIVERSL
SIFIED FARMING.
By stages and processes which
often have seemed discouragingly
slow, the agricultural system of
the South has been changing in
recent years.
Georgia has made steady pro
gress toward that agricultural in
dependence which should be hers,
but some of the old practices have
persisted in spite of the apparent
need of more progressive farm
methods.
The year 1924 brings Georgia
definitely to the parting of the
ways. That most valuable of all
(HHAT LOVE IS LIKE
' ' Love is like a lamb, and love is like a lion;
Fly from love, he fights; fight, then does he fly on;
Love is all on fire, and yet is ever freezing; ~ ;
Love is much in winning, yet is more in leesing.
Love is ever sick, and yet is never dying; Z
Love is ever true, and yet is ever lying; * ■ T
Love does dote in liking, and is mad in loathing; ’
Love indeed is anything, yet indeed is nothing.
~. —Thomas Middleton.
< = J
education —the kind that is
bought with experience—teaches
the folly of clinging longer to the
one-crop system. It is a system
under which only a few farmers
have prospered permanently,
while thousands have seen the
slender profits of occasional fat
years of low prices or crop dis
aster.
Since the advent of the boli
weevil in Georgia cotton fields,
the one-crop system has been
proved even more hopeless. Cer
tainly no thoughtful person will
contend that it is longer possible
for a farmer in this state to make
cotton his only money crop and
be prosperous, says the Albany
Herald.
Consider South Georgia. In this
section of the state there are so
many crops—crops that not only
can bring but are bringing, in in
creasing volume, cash to the farms
■ o f this favored section that to neg
lect them seems almost criminal.
Some of them are cash-producers
every month in the year, and
there is not a farm in all South
Georgia that cannot, with proper
management, have cash flowing
in from January to December
without interruption.
Consider this list of South
Georgia money crops: Peanuts,
Hay. Pecans. Corn, Small grain.
Hogs. Chicken and eggs. Milk ana
cream from the small dairy herd.
Beef cattle. Tobacco. Water
melons. Sweet potatoes. Truck.
Syrup. Peaches. Nor are these all.
And there is not a farm in all
South Georgia on which soil and
other conditions do not permit of
an intelligent combination of
enough of these crops to make
that farm prosperous and inde
pendent- provided, of course, the
farmer plans intelligently and
works industriously.— Brunswick
News.
“HEADED FOR A FALL”
Just what Miller Bell Hollins
Randolph and Tom Hamilton have
up their sleeves, is not thorough
ly understood, unless they are
seeking to build up a political
machine that will give them con
trol of political affairs in the
state. If this is their idea, then
they are headed for a fall. They
have already done the McAdoo
cause in this country a great deal
of harm, and McAdoo would help
his chances a great deal if he
would repudiate the work of these
so-called friends.—Dalton Citizen.
COST OF A FULL DESK
The efficient business man has
long since learned the cost of a
full desk.
So fully has his cost been learn
ed that there are few, very few,
business men today who use a
roll top desk.
They are afraid of the pigeon
holes.
They have learned to their re
gret how costly it is to pigeon
hole a matter and then forget
about it.
Consequently the modern busi
ness man with very few except
ions uses a flat top desk. —Way-
cross Journal.
SCREEN NOW
In these words we cannot im
pres our readers with the vast im
portance of drainage and screen
ing on the farms that the malaria
mosquito may be kept down to
the smallest possible activity. We
regret to write such a thing in
these columns, but the people of
Cordele and Crisp countw have
more malaria to dispose of than
they have heretofore been willing
to admit. It is a question of elimi
nating the waters where mos
quitoes breed. This applies to
the back yard where pots and
pans and old cans catch and re ■
tain water as well as in the ditch-,
es and low places which should
be sprayed with kersone oil
enough to prevent mosquito
hatching.—Cordele Despatch.
The hardest thing about amount
ing to something in this world Is were involved in the exchange of
| tliQre are so mary ways not to doigoods—exports and imports.
it and so few ways to do it. The governments report discloses
r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’
hjAlbert Apple
CHANGED
Our generatio: cats 30 per cent
more food and 374 per cent more
sugar than our grandparents, claims
the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal.
The claim about increased sugar
consumption is indisputable. Sugar
has naturally taken the place of its
twin-brother, alcohol.
But we doubt that modern people
eat about a third more food than
their grandparents, who thought
nothing of a pound of ham, four
eggs and 35 flapjacks apiece for
breakfast. Statistics may indicate 1
more food is being consumed. Out
guess is that the increase goes into s
the garbage pail.
*« * 1
SUN <
A machine using mirrors to cap- :
ture and focus the sun’s rays heated 1
an oven to a temperature of 175 de
grees centigrade last year at Mount
Verr,on, Calif. Mr. Abbot, astron
omer of Smithsonian Institution, *
built and operated the “solar c
cooker.” '
This summer he will renew his ex
periments on the practical basis of
trying to use the heat of the sun for '
kitchen cooking. It would be all '
right except on cloudy days. At- '
tempts to harness the sun will be : *
more or less'futiled until away is
found to “can” its heat for uninter- 1
rupted use. It is a fascinating fu
ture possibility. 1
** * 1
teddy
The Teddy Bear was invented by 1
Margaret Steiff, Bavarian dress- '
maker. A memorial portrait of her 1
will be exhibited this spring at the 1
Leipsic toy fair.
Margaret made a large fortune
from the Teddy Bear industry she 1
built up. And, measured by the joy
she brought to children, she deserved
all she got and more. Her life was
symbolic of the amazing simplicity
with which money can be made on '
a large scale. The public would rath
er have a Teddy Bear or ice cream
cor'e than a new motor.
* * *
SUICIDES
Thl Save-a Life-League is in
creasing its membership rapidly. It
was founded eight years ago by
Rev. Dr. Harry Marsh Warren. In
a sermon he urged people who in
tended to commit suicide, to write
or visit him first. Gradually tJ
clearing house for misery was built
up. (League members keep their
eyes open for unfortunates in
wretched situations that might
tempt them to take their lives.
Twelve thousand Americans com
mit suicide a year. Dr. Warren
says he finds that a promise to
think it over until tomorrow usual
ly gives the despondent a new grip
on life. This is true of nearly all.
situations that seem hopeless at the
time. Wait and thirk!
♦ * *
FLYING
A “congress on aerial legislation”
will be held in Rome April 22. Un
cle Sam will be represented. The
airplane is swiftly coming into wid
er use, and internatior al regula
tions necessary, the same as
laws for ships in foreign ports.
Every far-sighted community will
see the wisdom of local regulations
for flying traffic—such as prevent
ing planes, apt t 0 fall, from flyi’g
over houses and streets. The air
plane will be a popular form of
transportation, same as the auto,
time. Laws regulating it should
provided in advance.
* • •
PERSONALLY
Our business relations with other
countries ii. 1923 paid a net profit
of about $1.40 for every American
man, woman and child.
All transactions involving pay
ments between America and other
countries left us, when the books
were balanced, 152 million dollars
:||o the good. Billions, of course,
AUTO OK RISE
TO MH CRIMES
ATLANTA, April 18.—Since
Fulton county voters have express
ed them selves as favoring the sal
ary system for county officers and
consequent abolition of the fee
system, appropriate steps should
immediately be taker; to bring
about the change, according to a
statement made here by Solicitor
John A. Boykin, of the Fulton su
perior court, who at the same time
states that he will be a candidate
for reelection to the office in the
next democratic primary.
Mr. Boykin’S statement invites
the cooperation of the grand jury,
all civic organizations and citizens
in securing passage of the necessary
legislation to abolish the fee system
at the meeting of the Georgia Legi
slature in June, and declare that
he will personally appear before the
proper legislative committg to urge
passage of such legislation.
Solicitor Boykin is now rounding
out the last year of his present term
as solicitor general of the Atlanta
judicial circuit, having assumed the
duties of the office January 1, 19-
17. During his incumbency he has
handled more than 10,000 court
cases.
“New conditions have apparently
increased the tendency to violate
laws and seem even to have added
new classes of criminal transgres
sions l 0 the category of crime,”
Solicitor Boykin declared.
Old Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. April
18, 1914.)
Members of Americus chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, one of the
largest and most popular of th!
secret orders represented here, are
very much interested in the thir
teenth annual session of the grand
chapter of Georgia of that organi
zation, which will be held in At
lanta on April 22 at the Piedmont
Hotel.
At their attractive residence or.
Lee street, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Crockett have as their guests to-<
day, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Heard and
Mrs. J. P. Heard, of Vienna.
Misses Mary Hudson and Eliza
beth Eldridge are charming young
lady members of a motoring party
going this morning to Ashburn to
witness the High school athletic
contest today.
Miss Catherine Davenport, a
pupil of the Bell Piano school here,
was awarded the prize in the
musical contest in the High school
meet in Ashburn. John T. Taylor
Jr. wor- the first prize in declama
tion. Miss Elazabeth Allen, won
second honor in the girls’ essay
content, in which there were a largo
number of formidable opponents
Miss Laurt Ardley returned yes
terday from a visit of two or three
days to relatives in Macon.
C uncil of Safety chapter, D. A.
R. held its April meeting at the
lovely home of Mrs. W. K. Bell on
College street, with a large atten
dance, The officers elected for the
new year are; Regent, Mrs. E. A.
Hawkins, vice-regent, Mrs. C. O.
Niles; corresponding secretary,
Mrs James Harris, Jr. recording
secretary, Mrs. W. D. Ivey; treas
ure Mrs Maude Smith; historian,
Mrs. W. K. Bell; registrar, Miss
Constance Holt; chaplain, Mrs. T.
B. Hooks.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper puMi. lied.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From Tthe Times Recorder. April
18, 1894.)
Among tb.e familiar faces missing
from the streets on account of
sickness are those of Messrs. S.
Montgomery, G. W. Glover, and
James A. Fort, all of whom are con
fined at home by sickness. The
many friends of each will wish for
their early recovery.
At the faculty meeting of the
Girl’s Normal ai d Industrial Col
lege, Milledgeville, held a day or
two ago a very interesting election
for selecting two students to rend
essays on graduation day. The fol
lowing young ladies were finally
elected: Miss Sara Crichton, oi
Columbus, Nor -al Eessayist; Miss
Maggie Dur :, of Americus, Indus
trial Essayist,
Col. Tom Line is nursing 'a
sprain i turn, the result of a bi
cycle illision in which both he,
ar ? other man were knocked
Sam figures 30 millien
< kaTs worth of liquor was smug
f'ed into the United States la.-i
year.
I A A ivw made on improved
J-jx/ZTilNCfarm lands at cheap
est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10!
years with pre-payment option given
Money secured promptly. We have
new outstanding over $1,100,000 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more tq. lend.
MIDDLETON McDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank
Building, Americus, Ga. Phone 89
or 211. . .. -
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 18, 1924
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galley west and two $125 wheels
mashed into a shapeless mass.
Miss Mattie Jones, of Mi tgem
ery, Ala., Misses Margaret Muldoon
and Sollie Smyser, of Louisville,
Ky., will arrive in the city today
and will be the charming gudsta
of Miss Nannie Lou Hawkins.
City Engineer Eldridge, assisted
by the boys of the fire department
ard J. C. Nicholson, of the hotel
company, were busily engaged yes
terday laying off the walks in the
new park east of The Windsor. A
handsome fountain will ornament
the centre of the square, ar.d the
little park will indeed be a gem and
a joy forever.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Justice of the
Peace of the 789th District G. M.,
Sumter County, Ga., to be held at
the court house in Americus, Ga.,
on May.3rd, 1924, to fill the unex
pired term of the late Judge F.
W. Griffin. Your support is earn
estly solicited and will be highly
appreciated. Respectfully,
H. C. DAVIS.'
Exasperating
COUGHS-
XTOT only you—but all those
IN around you arc annoyed by
the constant hacking of a j>t rsist
ent cough. Dr. King's New Dis
covery breaks coughs quickly by
stimulating t lie mucous membranes
to throw off the clogging secre
tions. Has a pleasant taste. At all
druggists.
Dr. KING’S NEW DISCOVERY
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 1
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKEE, Ass’t. Cashier
The Planters Bank of Americus
(Incorporated)
* .1891-1924
Upon the foundation
..,1 of thirty-three years of
growth is based the
X" present organization of
I oh our bank. This experi-
Uw/ziJi' *5 ■ v.ence is always at the
£• command 4 our cus-
tomers. We cordially
: :o; -or firming
business.
The Bank With a Surplus
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
No Account Too Large; None Too Small
THE STANDARD
LAST CALL BEFORE EASTER!
You want rightno w just the right
merchandise at the right prices.
Read over this list. You’ll find our
prices find qualities much t>ette»r
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-Hapd Ties, regularly 50c.
At 48c —Men’s r our-ink Hand
Ties, made of rich heavy silks,
formerly up to 75c.
At 25c —Men’s Fdur-in-Hand
Ties of silk material, formerly 50c.
At 51.50 —Men’s White Madras
Shirts, attached or collarless style,
ail sizes.
At $.1.98 Men’s Silk Striped Mad
ias Shirts, gyeat variety of pretty
patterns.
At 81.98 Men’s Genuine Eng
lish Broadcloth Shirts, attached
collars: value $3. *
At $3.95 —Men’s Brown and
Clack Qxfords, Goodyear welts;
new stock, all sizes.
At $4.95 —Men’s Tan and Black
Zici Oxford', Goodyear Welts;
values up to SB.
At $2.50—-Misses Patent and
Brown Kid Sandals, all new lot;
just received.
At s2.so—Laides’ Sandals of
Green, Blue and Biown Kid, new
styles, all sizes.
At $3.00 —Ladies’ Black Patent
Leather / Sandals, new cut-out
styles, all sizes.
At $1.98 —One big table Ladies’
Odd Lots of Bow Shoes, all stylish;
some worth three times the price
we are asking.
At $3.95 —The greatest assort
ment of Ladies Low Shoes ever
shown for this price. Every pair
at this price will show up better
than most sfi grades.
At 50c—Men’s Checked Nain
sook Union Suit., elastic seam back,
all sizes up to 46.
At 75c—Men’s cjosely woven
Checked Nainsook Union Suits,
clastic back, all sizes.
At sl—The famous Red Cross
Union Suits for men; none better;
all sizes.
At $1 —For six pairs Ladies and
Men’ ' Lisle Hosiery, th e best 25c
grade you have seen. Sold in lots
of six pairs—no more or no less
for tflc price of. 6 pairs for $1
At 79c—Firte Table Dantask, two
yards wide, of regular dollar grade.
At sl.so—New styles of Blouses
and Waists for ladies, just opened.
At 49c- -Ladies’ Silk Stockings
'n black, brown, gray, sizes 8 1-2
to 10.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUS. GA.