About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT Published by The Times-Recordsr Co., (inc.> Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher EtUred M M«o>d eIM» sitter at the poet off Im U America!, Georgia, according to the Act at CeeigrrM, n« Aetoelawd Prm Ja ereleeteel, entitled N the m for the repebllealion of all neve die patchee credited to It or not othereiee credited to *la paper and aleo the local nova pnbliabed hero in. All right of republication of ipecial diapatckea ere alao reeerred. National Adrertieing F.; ruMttatlree, FROST LANttIS • KOHN, Bronnrick Bldg., Nov Yorkt ’aOplea' Gaa Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT Whoso 'mocketh the poor re proacheth his Maker- and he that it glad at calamities shall not be tin punished.—Pro’. 17:5. Each one wishes for his own ad vantage rather than that of others, e—Terrence. Daugherty’s Threat The deposed Daugherty Seemingly threw down the gauntlet to the President and his party, when a few days ago he said: “My conduct and my asso ciates have been equal in re spectability to those of any public official in Washington, President, cabinet officer or anybody else.” If Daugherty is bluffing, his party should be the first to call his hand. If he is not bluffing «—if there is more behind what he says than has come out, then revelations have but start; ed. We do not believe that the President and his Sabinet are on the same level with Daugherty. If what he intimates were true, this government is in bad hands. However, Daugherty’s statement is sufficient reason for the investigations and prose cutions to continue, regardlesss pf who is hit. [The President’s Speech Disappointing President Coolidge’s speech to the members of the Associat ed Press recently in session in New York, was rather a disap pointment to most of his hear pr's. -p The New York Times, which recently has had several com mendatory things to say about the President, and which was said to be about ready to espouse his cause in the coming elections, is frank to say that ‘‘the President’s speech before (the editors was disappointing.” Commenting on the Presi dent’s - speech the Savannah Press expresses this opinion: In spite of the revelations by the investigating committee's, he enjoins Americans to rest and asks them to be thankful that there are not more big rascals in public life. The President walked softly. His speech to the Associated Press was neither an inspiration nor a warning. It was that of a cautious man who was afraid to say anything. *The country was looking for him to take a strong line. If he had a burning message in his heart he did not disclose it. He display ed no enthusiasm. Evidently the disclosures of scandal in Wash ington have made no impression upon him. Members of the cabi net have resigned and others have been impugned. Millions of dollars of the government’s re serves have been turned over to private interests, but he was as unconcerned as if this matter did not effect him in the least. He read his speech in a weak, hesitating way and did not seem to impress anybody, either by the vigor of his presence or by the value of his utterances. A year ago Piesident Hard ing stood before the same group of men and devoted practically Jus whole Speech to the world court. With Warflington seething in partisan hate and the bitterest of politics, with cabinet officers retiring under fire, with many laws hanging in the balance and many principles hanging in the balance. President Coolidge spoke in a timid and cautious manner, delivering what one Southern paper calls “an elixir of soothing syrup.’’ . Only in passing did he speak of conditions in Washington, when he said he' would have of ficial life in Washington “cleans ed of every dishonest or cor rupting influence.” Can you imagine Theodore Roosevelt or Wodrow Wilson dealing with present conditions in so perfunctory a manner? * The “Fighting Colonel ” would have made his voice ring from Atlantic to the Pacific. The lamented Democratic chief would have given those editors a message that would have found its way into every hovel and hamlet. • The whole speech, according -io the New York Times, seem ed to be the emanations of a jnanwho.had got effoagTi qclc-.. gates to insure his domination and’who was trying'to smooth over all differences, not to re buke corruption or to arraign malefactors. Senator Johnson’s Frank. Opinion Several days ago they were discussing the immigration bill in the Senate. Senator Tom Heflin was orating on the '‘Nordic’’ theme now so much in vogue, making it quite plain that he would have no one emi grate to this country from Southern Europe. Mangus Johnson bided his time, then said in his big voice: / Mr. President, the gentleman from Alabama wants to restrict immigration. And some of the Senators want to discriminate between the people of the North and Sooth of Europe. Bui I came over as an immigrant from Sweden, and while it might be good politics for me to stand up and claim that the immigrants from Sweden and Norway and the slums of London are better than those from the country that gave the world Columbus and Marconi, I dont care for poli tics. I’ll tell the truth. There are good ones and bad ones from all nations. The Minnesota Senator's frankness is refreshing, especial ly in the United States Senate. There’s a great deal in what Magnus Johnson said. There are good men and bad men from every nation, and there’s plenty of room in this country for the good ones. We have no place for the undesirables. The immigration question will never be satisfactorily set tled by sticking to geographical lines. Education Is Mental Training A mother Writes us that she is very much worried because her young son is “doing poorly at arithmetic” in school. She says the lad is quite bright in other studies, but she he will never be able to master arith metic. The trouble probably is in one of two reasons. First: Arithmetic is taught in the most interesting way pos sible to reach the average child. Educators long since realized that making a subject interest ing is the key to arousing men tal perception and making a study indelible in memory. But this particular lad may be one of the exceptions to whom the present system of teaching Ynathematics is dull and unat tractive. ' '9P " What is the remedy? We suggest getting this lad inter ested in figuring baseball per centages. Or, if he likes, to play, store, at home, pncourage him to keep books on his imag inary sales. Baseball has greatly increased the average boy's knowledge of mathematics. A more probable explanation is that this lad is not interested in mathematics for the very simple reason that he is “not cut out for it. There is such a thing as having no “arithmetic sense —just as some people never can learn to play cards, not having “card sense.” As long as the boy is reason ably bright in other studies, don't worry too much if he is backward at arithmetic. Chances are, when he strikes out in the world for himself, he will fol low the line of work he likes best. And, not being “good at figures, he 11 hire some one to do his figuring for him—possi bly the schoolmate who stands at the head of the arithmetic class. Real education is MENTAL TRAINING, rather than filling the brain with facts like pouring water into a jug with a funnel. It is important to know things. But it is more important to know where to look for and find knowledge when nedeed. The world is full of star mathematicians anxious to work for $35 a week, the same as ev ery poorhouse has several good fiddlers. • So it goes with other studies. We know a man who in school was a dumbell at history— simply because he wasn’t inter ested. He wanted to write for a living. Well, he’s writing now —and writing history! In ma turity history began to interest him because he found he could make money out of it. So he began to study the past. Every child, except the ex ceptionally brilliant, has at least one subject in which he lags. Ponder the studies at which he stars, also ones in which he is dull,” and probably you lan - figure out what kind oF work he <)DE ON SOLITUDE Happy the man, whose wish and care A lew paternal acres hound, Content to breathe his native air -W* ? own A Whose nerds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees tn summer yield him shade. In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away j In health of body, peace of mmd, ' %. J Quiet by day. - ■ ■’*.s Sound sleep by night; study and ease ' r - Together mix’d; sweet recreation, ( U - And innocence, which most does please jiff With mec l’ tatlon - X ||£ let me live, unseen, unknown; p Thus unlamented let me die;, / ‘ Steal from the world, and not a stohe <, Tell where I lie. —Alexander Pope. is going to follow. Increasingly life becomes a matter of specialization, not generalization. School children, like grown-ups, succeed best at the things they LIKE to do. OPINIONS OF OTHER EDITORS INCREASED PARCEL POST RATES It is not going to help the busi ness of any one to increase the parcel post rates on farm pro ducts going to market. The poli ticians who have mercilessly ground out the life of the man on the farm in the past three years seem relentless in their plans to complete his ruin.—Cor dele Dispatch. A COSTLY MISTAKE Chauncey M. Depew recalls that away back in the eighteen sixties Alexander Graham Bell of fered him a sixth interest in the telephone for SIO,OOO, .but unfor tunately the president of the Western Union Telegraph warned him that the telephone was Only a toy and would never be of any practical use. Such are the mis takes made by shrewd but unim aginative business men. The ven erable Chauncey says that if he had invested he would have made s.lso>ooo>ooo.: —Valdostg Times. ROLITICAL TAXATION .Underlying this whole contro versy that now rages around tax .•< f.vxm is a fundamental differ ence of attitude that leads to end '.ess talking at cross purposes and results in the tax bill becoming a sort of political football. It ought to be fairly clear by this time that the Mellon adherents and their Democratic opponents will never be able to reach anything better than a compromise of ex haustion. Ani the reason is be coming increasingly apparent. The Republican of the Mellon brand and a few Democrats re gard as a good tax bill a measure which will produce maximum rev enues with least possible disturb ance to existing industrial and social realtionships The major ty of the Democrats, on the other hand, and so-called “progressive” Republicans regard taxes as weap ons to correct economic inequali ties and upon occasion to put down the mighty from their seats. Against* believers in taxation as a means of redressing social grievances and those who think tax reform must mean disburden ing the small man at the expense of the wealthy Mr. Mellon directs the batteries of his arguments in vain.—New York Journal of Com merce. ADDINQ ANOTHER TO THE LIST OF ERRORS The North hs noat asserted that Senator Underwood is unfit ted for the office of president be cause he w<|s born in the South, but it is evident that hte Demo cratic electors of Georgia prefer a man of Northern training to him, even if the man of choice has been made the subject of sharp criticism by a Democratic senator from Missouri. If Senator Underwood should secure the nomination he would be open to much criticism as re all candidates for the office, but the fact that he was born south of the Mason and Dixon line would change no more votes than would his choice of collars and ties. The South glories in its infirm ity, for while the North realizes that the Civil War ended fifty nine years ago, to the South it i.- an event of yesterday. And it is wonderfully mistaken, but it declines to listen to any argument which tends to show its error. If it shows that it prefer.-. McAdoot to Underwood jt will add another its list_ of mistakes. Hartford (Conn.) Currant. * Tftfe IteftteUS TIMES-RECORbEft * byAlberl Apple RADICALS Hard times seem to make Ameri cans conservative instead of radical. The Labor Year Book says the So cialist party in 1919 had a member ship of 104,822. A period of busi ness depression followed. The So cialists started 1924 with a member ship of only 12,000. At the same date the Workers’ Party had abcut 15,000 members. On the other hand, how many peo ple have so-called “radical” political beliefs privately, even if they don’t register them openly? People do not always vote as they think. Lacking the courage of their convictions, they play safe. • •- « ROYAL The crown prince of Uganda, East Africa, is doing janitor work in Atlanta offices to help pay for his college education. A good thing for the more than three million people he will rule later if he lives., From America he will take home democracy, along with schooling—and, even better, scientific and industrial knowledge t 0 better hjs country and make it more prosperous. The way is being paved for him His father uses a flivver for a royjii cap. It’s a changing world. * * * RENT House rents, averaging the whole country, have increased 85 per cent in the last 10 years. So reports Na tional Industrial Conference Board. The estimate is extremely conserva tive. On the other hand ,the landlords are being paid in dollars that are worth only about 50 cents apiece in buying power. They’re in the same boat as the rest of us. The so-called high cost of living is really just a shrinking of the dollar's buying power. Prices have doubled. And every wage, every salary also should have doubled. Has yours? * * • EXCITEMENT Nine-tenths of firemen die of heart failure, according to File Chief Daggett of Springfield, Mass. He has been checking up. His es timate sounds a bit excessive. But a fireman usually is expected to be on his way to the blaze 20 sec onds after the alarm gong rings. Excitement and rush throw a heavy strain on the heart—not only in fire fighting, but in all ways of ‘living. Heart disease is one of the leading death causes, and increasing swiftly. A result of living fast. • * • HOAX The more than 20 nations that en gaged in the World Fair had com bined national wealth of 630 billion dollars in 1914. The wealth of these same nations is now 619 billions, Bankers Trust Co. estimates. That’d make it seem that the real cost of the war was only 11 billions, which is ridiculously low. The na swer is tht national weath is fig ured in dollars tht were worth 100 cents apiece before the war, but worth only 50 cents now. If you salted away SIOOO in the bank in 1914, it’s worth only SSOO now, in buying power, and the other SSOO has disappeared. How do the thrift preachers answer this? * * * RAY Light, supposed to travel always in lines almost exctly straight, can be made to turn corners and even travel in a circle. This queer thing is done by scien tists of General Electric Co. Does the discovery seem useless? not so. It enables doctors to send the ultra violet rays of sunlight down the throat, possibly into the lungs. And this ultra-violet ray is the best agency so far discovered for battling tuberculosis. You will read more of this later, whw the dis covery is put to practical Use. JUST WAIT UNTIL IT BEGINS 10 BO'L ® F.pon- * ’ , ■ w v ■ -i- —~ * * ’' / Tr ’ r—> if 3£ \ O ....... - ... Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY {From The Times Recorder, fiiay 7, 1914.) Sumter county farms and partic ularly those near Americus, showing the disastrous effect of the long protracted drought, lasting already through six withering weeks. Cotton and corn have suffered ma terially, much of the young cotton hiving died from the lack of mois ture to, start the young plant grow ing. While being driven at very nigh speed, the Buick car Off Mr. Edwaid : Sterne of Albany, in -which he was bringing a party of friends to Americus was overturned and badly wrecked at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon all members of the party sustaining painful though not ser ious injuries. The accident occur led at the sharp curve near Wells Mill, on the Lee and Sumter county line. The merchants of Americus have made up their minds that they are going to make the week of May 18, a banner one for Americus and a profitable one for the many visitors tha tare expected t 0 be in Americus that week. They have formed them selves int 0 a trade association and are going to refund railroad fares to everyone that visits Americus during chautauqua week. The following names appear on the Third Grade A Honor Roll for this month: Rossie Andrews, P. C. Allen, James Crew, George Council, Charlie Everett, Newton Glover, Margaret Granberry, Albert Harris, Sarah Hamriek, Herman Howard, Martha Ivey, Lucy Lane, Georgia Lumpkin, Lena Mayo, Lula Miller, James McArthur, Murph McDonald, Edith Oakley, Ruth Oakley, Hazel Prather, Carrie Lou Parker, Frances Ryals, Geraldine Ryals, Tommie Reynolds, Mildred Summerford, Mar vin Tison, Helen Vorus, Marie Garner. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 7, 1904.) Americus ball twirlers are work ing with griiatest prethuiiasm to the end of organizing a crack team for the\summer and giving a series of excellent games. Rev. L. G. H. Walliams has been made captain of the local team, and there is no bet ter or more enthusiastic player in the city. The team has rented from Mr. U. B. Harrold for $25, a level acre or two of Ind aout on Han cock avenue and will lay out a good diamond there. It is now Justice G. S. Cobb, by appointment of Gov. Terrell. The appointment is for the full term, and Judge Cobb will soon get busy. L. M. Holloway brought to the Times-Recorder offic? yesterday a stalk vs cotton as a sample of one of hi fields. The stalk was ten inches high and of luxiurant grow th for the season and Holloway, who i; an excellen tfarmer by the way, stands a good chance of being among the first bale men in the fall. Citizen ; of Americus will welcome to his former home tomorrow Du- » maae on im P roved i-sV/XT.! xi«f arm lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5, 1 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, .Americus, Ga. Phone 89 9* 211. ... . - .. Pont Guerry, piesident of Wesleyan College at Macon, who comes here in the interest, of that noble insti tution of leraning; the alama mater of hundreds of Georgia’s matrons and maidens. The many Americus friends of Rev. George W. Matthews, former pastor of the First Methodist church here, were gratified yester - day at the news of his election tin the General Board of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, now in session at Waco, Texas. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 7, 1894.) W. T. Avera, the spot cash, gro cer, has taken pity on thirsty man kind, and in addition to cheap gro ceries will furnish him free ice wa ter. A large tin cooler over which hangs the sign “free ice water” now ornaments the front of his store. The Americus Buggy Company shipped a fine new' passenger trans fer omnibus to Columbia, Aid., yes terday. The vehicle was built ex pressly to order and reflects credit upon the superior skill of Americus workmen. Misses Jones and Wilkerson, of Montgomery, who have been the guests of Miss Hawkins for several weeks, are now the guests of Mrs Pinkston at ther home on Church sreett. Miss Callie Windsor reurned home yesterday from Macon, where she was the charming guest of Miss Hattie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fricker and Prof, and Mrs. L. D. Lockhart will spend today with friends in Colum bus, returning home this evening. Quite a large crowd, it is thought, will go over to Columbus on the Central’s special this morning. The train will leave Americus at 7:30 o’clock and reach Columbus atll:10 a. m. returning here at 8 p. m. The fare for the round trip was seventy five cents. 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 Americus (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE Q^ est an ß largest 11 ‘sate Bank in South- I west Georgia. Any if BflFrnferW business entrusted to MsES bbUel us w *H ieceive our Ic!'. C best attention. J? If you are not al read{y one of our ■jl j valued customers, ~~ we WOU JJ appreciate an opportunity of serving you. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, T4M THE STANDARD SHORT LENGTHS OF CON- • GOLEUM AND LINOLEUM AT 60c SQ. YARD Regular $1 and $1.25 quality. Some of the lengths run to 9 feet. Here for sale at about half price; per square yard 60c GENUINE OTIS PIN CHECKED TROUSERS AT $1.50 Non e better made for men, with waist measures from 29 to 50 ;■ guaranteed fast colors, strong and serviceable, all sizes, per pr..sLso OUR FAMOUS VICTORIA SHEETS AT $1.50 ! Bleached snow-white, extra heavy linen finish, made with broad hems, guaranteed free from dress ing; regularly $1.98; here now it . $1.50 INDIAN HEAD AT 25c The doubled and rolled grade, mercerized finish; Indian Head woven in the selvag e of every yard; here at yard 25c 40 INCH NURSES’ CLOTH AT 24c White Nurses’ Cloth, 40 inches wide, fine good quality, free from dressing; yard 24c gold SEjU. pillow cases A'rasc New lot just received, wide hems, full regular size, soft finished; ab solutely free from dressing; reg ular 50c grade at 35c $2 to $2.50 CREPE DE CHINE AT $1.69. This gives you pick of the stock we have on hand, in almost every good shade including white and black; yard $1.69 FLORENCE CASTILE SOAP 1-2-LB. BAR FOR 25c We guarantee this Soap to give perfect satisfaction or we will re fund the purchase price; pure Cas tile in long white bars, per bar 25c $1.50 SHEPHERD CHECKS AT SI.OO Beautiful quality, 44 inches wide, medium size Checks; just a clear saving of 50c yard; here yard. $1 SMITH’S FINE AXMINSTER SQUARES AT $45.00 Fine heavy Axminster Squares, seamless, siz e 9x12 feet, equal in every way to many grades offered elsewhere for $55.00, new patterns. Convenient terms may be arranged on Rugs, without interest. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
