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PAGE EIGHT TIMES-RECORDER PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered a* accond claw matter at the post of fid al Aanericua, Georgia, according to the Act of OogreM. The Associated Pros* ia eacluaively entitled to the uee for the republication of all news die pat diet credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and alto the local oewa published hare. In. All right of republication of special dispatches are alto reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST IANDIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. New York; ?eoples’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT" Let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor,— Zach. 8:17. Wherever there is a human be ing there is an opportunity for a kindness.—Seneca. The Business Outlook for Fall From every point in Southwest Georgia come reports of excel lent prospects for good crops this fall. At a meeting of the business managers of daily news papers in Southwest Georgia in Thomasville Tuesday the re ports were most encouraging. Possibly no other body of men watch ‘the prospects" more consistently or clearer than the publishers of daily papers. Most of them are trained news men, especially fitted to invests gate and form reliable conclus ions. Southwest Georgia is an ag ricultural section and its only "crops” they count, so it is the farmer who is watched more closely than all else. The consensus of opinion among these newsmen were that crops never looked better, that the farmers were working harder, more consistently and more intelligently; that diversi fication was having a splendid effect; that the general outlook for a prosperous fall was better than in several years. Writing on this subject this week, the editor of the Albany Herald says: The South is hopeful of gen erally improved business condi tions in 1924. That hope is largely based on a brightened ag ricultural outlook. That farm ing in the South, and particular ly in South Georgia, is on a sounder basis than in many years is admitted, and the average farmer has a “hunch” that this will prove a good crop year. Farmers in the lower section of the State have weathered two successive years of more or less extensive misfortunes, and they do not believe that 1924 will prove to be a third such year The agriculture of this sectiin is more diversified than ever be fore. More crops assure the farmers of steady income, and what has been learned of the boll weevil in the hard school of experience will be turned to prof itable account. ' We agree with the Herald’s statement that "what has been learned or the boll weevil in h ar£ l school of experience ■will be turned to profitable ac count this season. As we have remarked-before “ and expect to refer to often in the future—about all that’s needed is WORK and POISON —especially BOTH. And that’s that. Every merchant, every profes sional man, every banker should TALK poison to every farmer. Many will poison, there’s no doubt about that. But there are others who will not unless strong public opinion is formed in Sumter county. It s the business of every one for on the success of Sumter’s cotton crop depends Sumter’s prosperity— to a man. Fallacy of ‘Tariff Myth’ Among the publications which lately have been expos ing the fallacy and futility of the tariff on agricultural prod ucts, is the (Ohio State Journal, a Republican newspaper of con siderable influence among farm ers in that State. In an editorial captioned “Light On the Tariff Myth,’ the State Journal calls attention to the decline in the price of wheat following the re cent increase in the duty from 30 cents to 42 cents a bushel and gives the reason why any such method of “protection” is valueless. Says this G. O. P. daily: The present need of the wheat farmer is a bigger foreign mar ket. Europe needs our surplus and would buy it if she couid, but she cannot find th e money and is worrying along on short rations.’' It is a painful condi tion and not to be corrected by raising the American import duty on a commodity which we do not import but wish mightily to ex port .... So far as the manip ulation of the tariff is concern ed, the thing for th e< American farmer to hope for is that some day soon the rates on articles he tnust buy, which do come in competition with European prod ucts may be manipulated down ward. Al) he has gained by the increase in the duty on wheat is further light on the fallacy of the old tariff myth by which he has been fopled so often. The Valdosta Times thinks the constant recurrence of this sort of testimony regarding the inefficiency of and inequity of the Republican tariff is turning Republicans into good Demo crats. Given a strong reliable man to vote for, undoubtedly the. west and central west will cast many votes for the Demo cratic nominee. In a Boy’s Pocket The pockets of small boys yield peculiar collections. May be you read about nine-year-old Arthur Parker, knocked dowh and run over by a taxi. In his pockets they found 5 tops, 7.3 brass buttons. ’6O marbles, 2 oranges, a wooden cigaret hold er, a pair of clappers, 10 cig arets, a mouth organ and a Jew’s-harp. This will not surprise life mother of any healthy lad with normal tendencies. If there’s anything am a fcinig about Arthur’s pockets, it’s that their contents didn’t include a toad, a couple of white rats, a quart of bright pebbles and several radio sets. Spring is here, and boys are beginning to collect. The small boy is close to the savage state. His mania for col lecting odds and ends of ‘junk’ is inherited from the savage, who adorns himself with glass beads, feathers, etc. The instinct of accumulation asserts itself in the lowest forms of human life. Civilization makes it more intense. This accumulative instinct separates us from the animals. Crows and rats sometimes gath er and hide queer collections. But as a rule the animal accu mulates only what is actually needed to sustain life. The squirrel works scientific ally, hoarding nuts but not any more than will be needed during the winter. The ant has his storehouse of food. So does the bee. But the purpose of their accumulation is to keep them alive when food is scarce. Man alone tries to accumu late more than he needs. The way people fight for money, you d think they ex pected to be here on earth for at least several thousand years. Does any of them ever get enough? Not so. The savage with his glass beads, the boy with his pock ets crammed full of trash, the rich man struggling to acquire wealth that he no longer needs —ail three have much in com mon. It is wise and necessary to provide for emergency, old age and a better chance” for the children. But when w e pass a certain point in accumulating, the quest becomes an obsession and life loses its color. A large part of the misery, friction, hatred and ill health of life is due directly to the mania for acquiring more wealth than we need. Life can be a very happy adventure and journey, if we enjoy ourselves as we go along instead of trying to hog everything in sight. < OPINIONS OF I 5 OTHER EDITORS j SOMETHING WORSE, YES. The State convention was noted for being “harmonious,” a con dition which was guaranteed when three men got the power to run it their way. But har mony often means stagnation and that means something worse. The STATE CONVENTION The state Democratic conven tion held was a very tame affair as far this county was concerned There were four delegates and eight alternates appointed and it is stated that one delegate and one alternate attended, or went to Atlanta for other purposes and went around to see what wa ■ going on so that Thomas county would not be entirely unrepre sented.—Thomasville Time-. WHO WOULD BELIEVE THIS? On the night of March 3, 1921. a stranger made his appearance a. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Alvin Adams in a pitiful condi tion. He was barefooted and not enough clothing to hide naked ness. He appeared to be utterly exhausted, and was unable to speak. To judge his age, one needed only to look at him. His head was entirely bald and not a tooth in his mouth to gnaw the bone of charity. Mr. and Mr Adams kindly took care of him, •and rendered first aid by pro viding him with some comfortable clothing and succeeded in get ting him to take some nourish- Clie -LANGUAGE \fcgsftPF MAN (ochan "babes of the wild, have been lulled, into dieims By the Tnun of i melody strain; And youth starts us oft is one people, it seems, In spirit, down himonv lane The world is akin, when il breaks into m For languages Fade in Us spell Tune keeps the universe moving alortg. And bids bitter feeling farewell. Music, a treatment for .sorrowing soul, Unto the heart is inspiring Break into harmony let the song roll'—' .. Poll with a spirit untiring Tver the keynote to sentinfent deep Making earth's people a clan Melody lulls every hatred to sleep Music's the language Os man. ment. He is now slowly gaining strength; but he is not yet able to talk to tell where he came from. He. weighs eight pounds.— Cleveland Courier. AND DIVORCED IN THE FALL Once they married in haste and repented at liesure; now they marry in spring and and repent in summer.—Rome News-Tribune. THE ABSENT MINDED ENGLISH We sure would hate to risk get ting in jail in London. Some of ficers forgot a man they had placed in jail and he starved to death. Gee but the English are forgetful.— Bainbridge Post- Searchlight. TIP FOR THE LECTURERS “I have 10 different titles for my lecture,” confesses a clever lecturer. There is perhaps the most constructive idea developed for years on the American plat form. Instead of preparing new j lectures, just give the old one new titles.—-Fitzgerald Herald. HOW DID THEY MISS HI? They arrested a man in Wash ington the other day just because he was running around and claim ing that he was going to be elect ed president. His name wasn’t Coolidge, Hi Johnson or LaFol lette, cither.—Albany Herald. THE ONE SAFE CODE You have heard about Christian ideals—possibly. Well they make up a mighty good code of. ethics for the business man—the man in business. That’s what men say about it who have tried it out and seem to know.—Cordele Dispatch. CONGRATULATING MACON Macon lost no time in punish ing the two men who assaulted tourists whe were guests of the city in its tourist camp. Had prompt action not been taken, it would have given the Central City a bad name witii those who travel through every year. Macon is to be congratulated for such prompt action to protect its guests.—Tif ton Gazette. PENSIONS BEING PAID Major C. E. McGregor, State Pension Commissioner, is quoted in the Atlanta Constitution as saying that if the tobacco tax is upheld by the courts it will be possible to pay all past-due Con federate pensions this year. He made this statement Wednesday in pointing out that pensions to the old class for 1924 are being paid in full this week, this being the first time in 13 years that two installments have not been necessary.—Albany Herald. A BUILDER OF BUSINESS The kind of banking Mr. Mel lon has done all his life depends above all things upon the ability to select the right men to back as managers of enterprises. The success Mr. Mellon has had in this, which has resulted in amass ing one of the largest for tunes in the country, has come ■ from an almost unerring genius in judging men. Added to that, of course, is an untiring business brain driven by a love of happi ness problems and a keen relish of constructive work. Mellon loves to build and deveop business as J. J. Hill loved to build and de velop railroads.—Selma Times, THE ETERNAL B4TTLE Fifty-nine Congressmen have introduced fifty-nine bills in the .House proposing a modification of the Volstead act. Each and every bill calls for the legalizing of 2.75 P< r cent beer. Wet delegations from St. Louis, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia lire in tVashington or on their way there. Not that any man or woman in th<-ie delegations seriously expects any action in the Sixty-eighth < ongr-' . They do not; but they are promising that the long bat tle that preceded the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead act will be matched by the one now beginning to re peal these enactments. And it was only a few years ago that we were being urged to adopt the Eighteenth Amendment and for ever take prohibition out of poli- | tics.—Selmi Times. ' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER A bjAlbert Apple. HOOCH Before prohibition, the grape crop of our country was paying 45 mil- I lion dollars a year to the growers. I Now they are getting 215 million [ dollars a year. So claims Editor Windle of the Iconoclast. The an swer is in the keg in thq cellar. Soft drink manufacturers also have profited tremendously by pro hibition. So have business men, who are getting the dollars that used to be rung up in the barroom cash register. Powerful forces stand ready to oppose the return of anything alco holic. Most active would be the manufacturers whose dollars did much to bring prohibition, their pur pose being to get more work out of theif men. Prohibition came as an ECONOMIC matter, not moral. » » » CELLAR “All the efforts that have been made since 1840 have been directed to driving liquor out of the home. iVe were succeeding until the prohi bition law was passed. We are now raising a generation of young peo ple who are seeing their fathers and mothers discussing around the table ways of getting a beverage with the most kick in it, and ,we are undoing the-work of 80 years.” A minister says this before a con gressional committee. His is a nev; angle on prohibition. Worth think ing about. * * ♦ STRICKEN In two weeks the plague kills 17,- 000 in the Punjab district of India. The epidemic struts in lhe jungles as well as cities. Health is a matter of sanitation even more than outdoor life. The child death rate is higher on New York state farms than in the Lower East Side of New York City. * * * CHINA China sold America nearly 187 million dollars worth of goods last year, final report shows. Nearly half of this money was; for silk We also made huge sales to China. Our foreign trade future, both im ports and exports, is in Latin Ameri ca and the Orient, rather than Eu rope. In both markets we”U en counter sharp European competition. The young man who expects to “take up” foreign trade should simply study at least three language.; —Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. « * * HONKERS More than a million passengei cars and motor trucks were turned out by American factories the first three months this year. Some bank ers and aut 0 industry leaders are beginning to fear over-production. They fear it because it would result in price-cutting wars. The auto business is freer of mon opoly than any other basic industry. Monopoly is to prices what gas is to a balloon. How long until gigantic “mergers” will begin among auto makers? • • • CONTENTS Do you ever smoke 50-cent cigars? A dealer in Providence, R. 1., was doing such a big business in perfectos at half a dollai - apiece, that rum sleuths sampled his wares, Inside-each cigar was a glass tube filled with moonshine. Yankee ingenuity will always find away to get liquor to the thirsty as long a it is manufactured. Th l same is true olf narcotics and all other forbidden fruit. Education alone can enforce prohibition effo - lively—that and prohibitively h.gh price. The real problem is thirst, rather than quenchers. Attention, Masons Regular corAmuniegtion M. B. Council Lodge No. tonight. 8 o'clock, Masonic hall. All Masons cordially invited. | I DAN CHAPPELL, W. M., R. L. CRAWFORD, Sec. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE? ■ V ... •.<,' if ■ ’ / \ ’ •"’■el v- -r' % X WW if-.g X • \ % v't'z V V V A .< V - '/O v v v '*'■* A J * k ?• V W V V ***** U** Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 2, 1914.) Thirty seven thousand bales of cotton have been handled at the Americus compress to this date, and while the plant will not close down for the season just yet it is a fact that there is practically an end to cotton receipts until the next crop moves in September. Another pretty suburban resi dence will soon be numbered with the many others erected recently out on the southside, near the lands of the Country Club. Mr. J. D.Ded man has recently acquired owner ship of a fifty acre* track out that way and will soon begin the erec tion of a pretty home thereupon. Interest attaches to the announce ment, made yesterday, that Dr. W. S. Prather, and Dr. A. J. Kemp, two of Americus’ well known physi cians and surgeons, had formed a co-partnership and would, hereafter, continue their general practice of medicine and surgery under the firm name of Prather & Kemp with offices in the McKee building. Miss Cordelia Thornton, left yes terday for her home at Winterville, near Athens, for the summer, ac companied by her . pretty little niece, Miss Ruth Hightower. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort will re move tomorrow to their new home in the handsome Fort Apartments on Lee street, now rapidly nearing com pletion. VWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 2, 1894.) One of the features of the re ception tendered General Evans Monday night was the very excel lent music rendered by the Eclipse Band of Ellaville, and which added no little to the interest of the oc casion. The band of twe’r.'j or four teen pieces, under the leadership of Prof. Len Baldwin is on- of the best in this part of the state. ‘ The series of meeting:; at the First Methodist church arc continu ed with interest unabate 1, and twice daily the spacious edifice is thronged with earnest listeners. The pastor Rev. T. M. Christian, is doing a great work and should have the piayers and earnest co-operation of the good people of Americus. Eighteen miles from Americus is a branch of Flint river that is com monly known as “Dead River,” but nowhere is finer fishing to be found, this morning a party consisting of Col. and Mrs. L. J. Blalock, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sir ; 'k, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cobb, Col. J. E. Sullivan, and others wi’l go to D '"I river where they pr yose spending several days. Tents and cooking utensils will b:> take-; along, dull care and business w . be left behind, and for three ays the party will enjoy qamp l : fe to the fullest extent. Gus -Stallings, who has been the right bcv.er at A. D. Gatewood’s store f< r a year past has resigned in ■»-<L tn enter another field. H : i A |%IS made on improved 'Ju, farm 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 county 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, Ca. Phone 89 CI 211« J FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1924 place is filleed by Dudley Gatewood, who will be glad to have his friends call upon him. ' DAILY POM SITTIN’ ON THE PORCH— After the grind of a troublesome day, when you’re needing of real relaxation, shed all your cares and remain unawares of all, save a few hours’ vacation. You’re due for a rest; shed your coat and your vest and blot out the cares of the day. Hie to the stoop and just let your nerves droop as you watch Mother Nature at play. The birds in the trees and the cool evening breeze are restful if man maktfc them such. Look the world ever and smell of the clover and get the real open-air touch. Throw out your chest and just drag in a breath and fill up your lungs to the brim. Breathe long and steady, ’cause nature is ready to help keep your system in trim. You’re just a machine that’s been functioning keen and running in form through the day. It’s great to go to it, but don’t overdo it; remem ber your system needs play. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) PLUMBER THOUGHT HE NEEDED NEW PIPES “My stomach and intestines were always full of gas and I often had severb colic attacks. The pain and sorenes caused me to think I need ed a new set of pipes. Since tak ing Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy all this has disappeared and my only trouble now is to make enough to buy all the food I’d like to eat.” It is a simple, harmless prepara tion that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liv er and intestinal ailments, includ ing appendicitis. One dose will convince <Xr money refunded. For sale by Howell’s Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.— (tidv.) 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 xlmcricus (Incorporate J) AT YOUR SERVICE Oldest and largest ‘‘i State Bank in South- IBartalM west Georgia. Any business entrusted to L’ SWII rcceive our „o, .i --wSfetWfwll re l% one of our valued customers, —we would appreciate an opportunity of serving you. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; Too Small I THE STANDARD ' Our Big May Sale Be i gins Friday, May 2, and Continues Through Sat urday, May 10. 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 Men’s Knitted Silk Four-in-Hand Ties, regularly 50p. At 48c Men’s Four-in-Hand Ties, made of rich heavy silks, formerly up to 75c. At 25cHen’s Four-in-Hand Ties of Silk material, formerly 50c At $1.50 —Men’s White Madras Shirts, attached or collarless style, all sizes. At sl.9B—Men’s Silk Striped Madras Shirts, great variety of prettv, patterns. .|t‘ $1.98 —Men’s Genuine Eng lish Broadc’oth Shirts, attached collars; value $3. At $3.9® Men’s Brown and Black Oxfords, Goodyear welts; new stock, all sizes. At s4.9s—Men’s Tan and Black Vici Oxfords, Goodyear Welts; values up to SB. At $2.50 —Misses Patent and Brown Kid Sandals, all new lot; just received. At $2.50 —Ladies’ Sandals of Green, Blue and Brown 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 Low 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 t this price will show up better than $5 grades. At 50c—Men’s Checked Nain sook Union Suits, elastic seam back, all sizes up to 46. At 75c—Men’s closely woven Checked Nainsook Union Suits, elastic back, all sizes. At sl—The famous Red Cross Union Suits for men; none better; all sizes. ' At sl—For six pairs Ladies’ and Men’s Lisle Hosiery, the 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 $1.50 —New styles of Blouses and Waists for ladies, just opened. At 49c—Ladies’ Silk Stockings m black, brown, gray, sizes 8 1-2 to 10. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.*
