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PAGE FOUR " Jtx ME S - R E C 0 R D E R P _ PUMUSBED a» Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered «i Mcobd d«aa matter st the poet office tt Americua, Georgia, tctording to the Act o£ Ceagraw. The Aoeociated Prow it exelneirely entitled te the tiee for the republication of all newa die* patch?* credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and also the local news published here in. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. * National Advertising Representatives, FROST tANtHS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nw Twkt /copies* Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT ~| A wise ion heareth hit father - ! Instructions: but a scorner heareth Jiot rebuke.—Prov. 13:1. Many receive advice, only the Jrise profit by it.—Publius Syrus. K A Bit of English ( | Humor An Americus man is authori ty for this piece of English hu mor. He says the story is true, the American army officer once being located here. The officer told our friend the following story. Major Walker of the corps, U. S. army, stationed in London for a.short time after the armistice was being entertainlH at a fam ous London case or club by a group of a dozen or more Eng lish army officers. ' The English hosts were at tempting to have some fun at the expense of Major Walker, who was the only American pres ent. ’ “By Jove, Major Walker, you have a wonderful country, and wt would like to know the mean ing in words of the initials ‘U. S. A.’ ” said one of the Britishers. “Why,” replied Major Walker, “it means United State of Ameri ca,” “No, no, indeed,” said the questioner. “It means ‘U Silly Asses.’" And there was a great laugh which went th e rounds of the table at the expense of the American. “Well, will you explain fb me the meaning of our A. E. F.?’ ” asked Major Walker. “That’s easy,” said the Eng lishman—“ American Expedition ary Forces.” i: -“No, ho, indeed,” minced the American. "Its real meaning is ‘After England Failed.’ ” The day may come when that meaning will be brought back, to old England, for the blood ,of the one flows in the veins of the other. With a good natured respect and sympathy existing between the two great Anglo- Saxon nations we have but little to fear. If 9 1 * 5 day should come when w-e were down on our knees, the British would come across the seas to our aid as we went to hers during the World War. \ Where Your Federal Tax Money Goes Seventy-five cents and more from every dollar of taxes paid, directly and iiftiirectiy, to the federal government goes to ex penses. But for wars—past and future—we could reduce our federal taxes 75 per cent. In a series of articles appear ing recently in the New York (World, John F. Sinclair on na tional expenses, the taxpayers are told where their tax money goes. According to Mr. Sin clair — 1 , The Executive Department, in ( eluding the President’s salary, cost 1 cent out of every SIOO raised' last year. k The Department of Labor, em ploying 3,200 people, spends less eaeh year than the interest on the public debt for twelve hours. , The Legislative Department, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Deportment of Justice and the Post Office Department repre sent rather neglibigle investments of . public wealth. Th e Depart ment of Agriculture cost in the year what the Navy Department required for two months. The Department of the Interior is ex pensive because it handles the pensions, which took 7 cents out of every dollar last year and are taking more every year. -The Navy Department costs thrice a s much in a year as it did’just before the United States entered the World World. The War Department spent in JV23 $158,000,0 00 more than in 1913. In a word, we found out that tKe government spent $3,697,- 478,000 for the fiscal year 1923. Os this amount, pensions took 7.19 per cent; navy, 9.01 per cent; war, 10.60 per cent; Vet erans’ Bureau, 12.49 per cent; public debt charges 39.45 per ««nt The total tax bill of the na tion, for federal, state and mu nicipal is $103.84 a year for every man, woman and child, black, white and yellow, accord ing the figures recently given by the editor of the Albany Her ald, who say* — J Os course, sorr.ls pay very much mor e than* others, but when the total of the taxes paid last year is divided by the total of the gpuntry’s population the result as shown in dollars and cents is $103.84. And many will be surprised to learn that the heaviest tax is not that which comes directly or in directly through the federal government. The per capita bur ■> dent of federal taxation has de creased considerably during the past three or four years; but city, county and state taxes have increased. Os th e $103.84 which the av erage person paid in taxes in 1923, 34.74 went to the federal government, $11.72 to the state government and $57.38 to the municipal government. The per capita taxes of the average city amount to about $23 more than the federal, tax. The federal taxes are being lowered, while both city and state taxes appear to be increas ing. This is readily understood, and is due to the fact that the states are developing their re sources, while the cities are growing and improving their streets and public utilities. Taxes in this country are high, but the people of the average live and growing town or city, who are the direct beneficiaries, and who have it in their power to re duce taxes, seem to prefer tp pay the cost of the things they want. Changing conditions, a high er plane of living, greater bene fits to the individual—all of these have made higher tax rates necessary. The policeman qn the corner must be paid; the fireman who stands ready day and night to save ydur home from fire; paved streets and roads; pensions and benefits to various and sundry classes of people; special aid to many in dustries all necessitate expense which must be met by taxing property. Foreign-Born Farmers Comparisons often are odi ous, useless and ineffectual be cause all of the elements that should enter in are not taken in to consideration. The announcement made by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, that its survey showed foreign born farmers in this country to be more successful than native Americans in tilling the soil and making it pay, is a farming comparison that will not set well with American pride. Os this survey, the Sioux City (Iowa) Journal says: It does not sound good to hear that a much larger percentage of foreign- born farmers than na tives own the ground they culti vate, that the size and the value of their holdings surpass those of the Americans, and that, on the whole, they are more progressive and enterprising. The truth, however, is always a good thing to know. Realization of the su periority of the foreign born farmers might inspire th e Ameri cans to greater effort. As said by a well known na tional advertiser, there is a rea son for this indifference in the condition of the American farm er as compared with the alien. Take, for example, the Germans and the Danes who are shown to be highly successful in agricul ture. Each race has been forced for generations to meet the de mand for heavier production be cause of limited areas and con stantly increasing population. Each was forced to apply meth ods of intensive cultivation. They got the maximum results from the soil. No doubt they have adopted th e same plans largely since coming to America. The German and the Danish farmers in the United States who own the farms they cultivate may be depended upon ot keep then lands in th e best condition pos sible for heavy production. The American farmer, frequently land poor and nearly always im pressed with the fatuous concep tion of a vast and inexhaustible resource of area and soil, has been unable 'properly to culti- “ vate the one, and Jie has wasted the othex. Another reason may be found for the difference in results ob tained by the two classes of farm ers here. This i s the standard of living. The American farmer is likely to consume more of his profits in the enjoyment of life than is the newcomer to this country. Saving a little here and a little there year after year counts in the long'run. A good deal of the farm work on lands owned, or tenanted, by foreign born farmers is done by women. The foundation might have dis covered a much heavier percent age of members of for eign born families i s at work on farms than in the case of native Americans. This, too, counts heavily. The American farmer is not so extravagant, but he has not yet been willing to operate as do his neighbors who have come from other countries, bringing different methods of cultivation. The result is not a surprise. Japanese farmers in California, the most intensive ag riculturists in the country any where, have a plan of life and of work with which no American can compete. Their women and children go into the fields, the families live in shacks, their food costs little, being of the simplest, and they spend nothing on hu man pleasures. It is suspected that this same thing, obtaining among other foreign born farm ers in varying dgerees of inten sivenesfi, is accountable for the comparison from which the American agriculturist suffers. We would not have our peo ple attempt to live on the same low scale as some foreign-borq 7/N ODE -4 The merchant, to secure his treasure, 'W .Conveys it in a borrow’d name: \ ,E u Phdia selves l< > grace my measure v Bui Chloe is my real flame. ■ fL’©! N ■■ x > V Zp £My softest verse, my darling ]y7e# s y' i '' ? %a X Zlslf Upon Euphelia’s toilet lay; /l «Z m /■ '■ I When Chloe noted her desire, // v/ j / / S ’ ng ’ I I >riß ' I tune, my voice I raise; !/ - >'\ ■ «.^ ut w num bers mix my sighs; v" I I XTC And while 1 sing Euphelia’s P ra ' se >'^^]; \ 1 my *° u ’ on Chloe’s Fziir Chloe blush’d, Euphelia frown’d:’ >• . . sungl g azec h 1 play’d and trembled: V Arid Venus to the Loves around x Remarked how ill we all dissembled. V -Matthew farmers. At the same time there are things which we would do well to learn from the for eigner. One is thrift. He seldom spends .until he has it to spend, and-then he spends only a part. He knows how to save. Another characteristic is his determination to live at home, raise everything on his farm. He prefers small acreage, inten sively cultivated. And while comparisons, especially in this instance, are odious, they serve a purpose if intelligently used. . OPINIONS OF ' > OTHER EDITORS ! A PERTINENT INQUIRING Liquor and drunkenness has been “out-lawed” by the students at the University of Georgia, who last week voted to uphold the faculty in its determination to “fire” all drunk and disorder ly students. Are the Georgia boys just learning that liquor and drunkenness have been outlawed in this fair State for 10, these many years?”—Tifton Gazette. LITTLE MAN HAS TO PAY ■ The talk about cutting down income taxes interests the small percentage that pay these taxes. More interesting to the majority would be some talk about cut ting state and city taxes. These are the really heavy taxes. One chamber of commerce declares that the average citizen worke six weeks out of every fifty-twe to pay his share of government costs, national, state and loral. Many who think they pay no tax? es are badly mistaken. They hand it to the landlord in rent and ne pays the tax. The landlord’s tax the tenant pays, the merchant’s tax the consumer pays. Whatever the tax the little man. the big crowd must pay in the end.— Montgomery Times. A SUGGESTION Waiter F. George has made a graceful Senator. One may not always agree with him in the po sitions he takes; that is not to be hoped for, that men shall al ways approve each other’s opin ions. But practically all of us will agree that Senator George has been a credit to Georgia, lu our two Senators we have on the onv hand a poised and well-bal ■ anced student of human affairs, and on the other a man of sur prising energy and executive ability. Senator William J- Har ris. And yet, we are going to make a suggestion that were it to be carried out, would lose to Geor gia one of these Senators, al though! that is not the view' at all It has been noted by those who have followed carefully the va riousL-xenjaxkg of D(lr x _£eorge that he is a rbfound student of matters judicial and Constitutional. He has made a study of the United States Sureme Court, from the standpoint of function and auth orization, that is surpassed in only a few instances probably in the nation. And it occurs, after careful deliberation, that Georgia has never had a man better fitted for the United States Supreme Court. Os course, there is no vacancy now; but there will be in the fu ture. The next President is go ing to be a Democrat. At least, eventually there will be a Demo cratic President. The experience Mr. George will get in the Senate betweeen now and then can only be helpful in this connection. It it not too early for Senator George’s friends to be working on the matter. .We have never heard Mr. George say that he desired to serve on the-Supreme Court bench. We do know that he represents one , of the best opportunities the State has had in a long time to furnish I such timber—Macon Telegraph, r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER * •fjlLbyAlbart Apple EVADING Powerful A. C. Bedford, execu ’ ; five genius of Standard Oil, pleads. | “Relief such as offered by the Mel- j lon tax plan is needed to free capi tal for investment in new industries gnd in expansion of that existing. It has been working under a cloud so long it has become timid.” Getting to be an old story. Public is bombarded with it daily. But taxes have to be raised some way, that’s sure. If the burden is lifted from one class, it must be trans ferred to another. How about a lit tle relief for the ultimate consumer who pays taxes indirectly, tacked on to his cost of living? Capital has no monopoly on “tax burden.” • • • VACATION In 1916 the average railroad em ploye worked 3148 hours. In 1923 he worked 2584 hours. This is equiva lent to giving him nearly three months’ vacation a year, taking a bit of it daily. So claim the railroads. We won't pause to analyze the accuracy of their figures. The important thing is the principle involved—the vaca tion idea. And railroad men in this respect are no different than the rest of us. Nearly every one is working shorter hours. We are reap- . ing the harvest of invention and ef ficient methods. » * » TRADERS Germany is our third best exporr customer now, and crowding Canada for second place. Both countries are buying over 49 million dollars worth of American good a month. United Kwgdoms tops them by tak ing 57 millions a month. When it comes to imports, Ger many ranks ninth among countries America buys from. We’re flooding Germany, with goods, not Germany flooding us as many feared when the war ended. It’s different story when we compete with Germany in outside countries. » * * COMPROMISED Most phonograph makers were alarmed when radio swept into popu larity, earing it would ruin their business. A few months ago their attitude changed. Many of them are making radio parts and putting out combined phonograph and radio mu chines. Nothing can stop progress. The wise course is to co-operate, not oppose. There’s always room for both. Years ago it looked as if the auto would displace the horse. Time proves we need both. So with poli tics. Both conservatives and pro gressives are needed, progressives as the engine to drive the car of prog, ress ahead, conservatives to serve as brakes in rounding dangerous curves in the road. e * * TWILIGHT Spillertown Sam, veteran mine mule who died recently, was the most pampered mule in the world. He toiled 26 years underground. In his old age, his owners gave him a private pasture near Marion, Ohio, with his own barn and special ser vant. Sam was the lucky creature of someone’s whim. No such pampering care goes, in old age, to the veteran miners who drive the mules. ‘Or, for that mat ter, to the great rank and file of mules. Usually they’re shot when they can no longer work. • * * PASSE The editor of a highbrow maga zine writes on the “Tyranny of the Classic.” He claims that the cla s ics, used in schools, are intellectual straitjackets. And children, he ar gues, instead of reading novels de scribing life in past generations, should read fiction dealing with our own times. For this purpose, he recommends Fannie Hurst, Edna Ferber, BooUt Tarkington and others. Tq (lo the job properly and reflect the mdtiern spirit, the list should include Sam Hellman. H. C. Witwer and Ring Urdllcr - THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanley. HOLD ER NEWT i ITI fZI NEWT WILL/ Our OR. You U- ]£o bm l 5 ffi Hl BREAK HIS/ BE THF WRECKj/ J SO (shucks naST) Wk' ff" CHUCK COBS REPORTS THAT S/NCE / / // 9 7 HE HAS MAD A STIFF NCCK ALL / KINDS op THINGS OF w;Ei?EST HAVE Z HAPPENED BEHINP HIS Back. > Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder May 12, 1904.) A telegram from Gainesville last night brought the news, of the eelc tion of W. W. Dykes to a very high position in the state council of the Red Men, now in session there. Dykes represents Lannahassee Tribe of Americus, with Mr. Homer Dan iel* and will wear worthily his new honors. The Farmes Cotton Oil Company filed application for the clerk’s office of Sumter superior court yesterday. The company de sires to be incorporated for the term of twenty years. The capital stock is $25,000 which sum may be increased to $1,000,000, at will. Tne Incorporators named in rhe petition for charter are S. B. Brown, of Al bany, U. B. Harrold, H. R. Johnson, C. M. Council, L. G. Council, Craw ford Wheatley, Cliff C. Clay, Frank Lanier, Henry H. Singletary, of La- Crosse, and H. C. Bagley of At lanta. Aaron Cohen is not given to work ing shell games of any .character but just now he is converting brass into silver by a very simple process a “shell game.” When the gun tourney here was concluded two weeks ago no one thought that money was left lying in heaps there. But the eagle eye of Aaron Cohen described value in the barrels of waste shells used by the gunners. Daughters of the Confederacy, fair maidens and matrons, all, ever faithful to the cause they represent, will open today in the Windsor Hotel their bazar for the sale of re freshments and fancy articles made for the occasion. Mrs M. L? Jones purchased yes terday from Mr. C. L. Ansley, the pretty cottage home out Church street, east and near Oakgrove Cem etery. The home was sold for SB3O. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 12, 1894.) Fresh strawberries, peaches, pine apples, bananas, new tomatoes, snap beans, and cukes were plentiful yes terday, and found ready sale , at reasonable prices. A merry party of young folks enjoyed a straw ride and dance at Leeton park last night. About fif teen couples were in attendance, and all declared the occasion one of the most delightful of the picnic season. Elaborate preparations are being made by the good people at Gate wood’s for the Entertainment of delegates to the Sumter County Sun day Schoo! Convention, v.hich maetg there on he 25th inst. The Ameri cus sc' uols will be represented. La . night possesed every requis its or a moonlight picnic, except a r.jon, but this trifle was easily overlooked by the merry party that went to Chapman’s mill yesterday afternoon for the dual purpose of Your Kind of Face Powder If there is anything in face pow ders you want-, it will pay you to ask us first; when we say “any thing” you get an idea of the enor mous line of face powders we car ry. Your Powder is here. Prices ranging from 25e to $2.00; all tints. AMERICUS DRUG CO. Phone 75 partaking of fried fish and riding home by fair Luna’s silvery rays. The party returned at 10 o’clock, all voting the affair a grand suc cess. Among those attending were Misses Nellie Johnson, Jennie Hollis, Mattie Jones, Nellie Wilkerson, Chlo Belle and Gertrude White, Lil lian Ljanier, Mervin Callaway, Messrs. Lanier, Sheffield, Harper, Council, Berryman, Brown, Shiver, Oliver and Hightower. Misses Jessie Greene and Lii.ie Council are spending several days in the city, the guests of Miss Fan nie Campbell at her homo 117, Tay lor street. The coming entertainment at the library Tuesday night is the all ab sorbing topic of conversation in so cial circles. Many couples will con tend for the delicious nut cake pre pared by Mrs. O. A. Coleman, and the graceful agile young lady and. gemzeman who wins will be crowned with glory and much sweetness. Elfeifflsect? ■ BiWs.Mntbs bed Bugs, House Acts cud Fleas. Harmless to humans and annnaJs. Does not stain. Pieasout odor. No dust or dirt. -50a Ql --SI.ZS I Wj-gZf’jst - - !5c Gal. - . 4 j;a S ll islSpra /a with each bottle h If ”Ji hapreresi Hand Spraytr -40 c | The Toledo | | Spray Co. I ■®L.' Toledo, Onio g <ITY-roK> At your nus Grocer or Druggist 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 Oldest apd largest State Bank in South- I'jT.V -.al weßt Georgia. Any I? business entrusted to T'WZjoa us receive our M'IWjWW beßt attention. If you are no t al one ° f 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; None Too Small MONDAY AF rrRNfVIN. MAY 12, 1924 THE STANDARD SOME MONDAY AND TUESDAY BARGAINS THAT WILL PAY YOU WELL TO SEE 1000 YARDS 35c TO 50c VOILES AT 25<1 About forty patterns, new pat« terns, new colors, 40 inches wide, medium light or dark styes, a pat terns, new colors, 40 inches wide, medium, light or dark styles, a pat tern to suit every one; here Mon day and Tuesday, yard 25<r 1200 YARDS 29c VOILES AT 19c All forty inches wide in about twenty-five patterns, new styles, new colors; regularly 29c; here Monday and Tuesday, yard 19c 22c COLORED BATISTE AT 15c About twenty pre.'y patterns to select from, all kinds of plaids and figures; regularly 22c; here Mon day! and Tuesday, yard -15 c PLENTY YARD-WIDE SHEETING AT 10c YARD Unbleached /Sheeting, full yard wide, fine even smooth weave; nothing to equal it in this part of the country; Monday and Tuesday yard ■——lo c LADIES’ RIBBED VETS AT 9c Equal to most 25c grades, taped neck and shoulders, fine elastic ribbed, bleached snow-white, all sizes; Monday and Tuesday 9c DUPLEX WINDOW SHADES AT sl. Duplex Window Shades, mount ed on the genuine Hartshorn roll ers. every one guaranteed; Mon day and Tuesday, each $1 DUPLEX SCALLOPED AND FRINGED WINDOW SHADES AT $1.49 Beautiful Shades of the best materials, scalloped and heavy fringed, extra lengths, complete with all the fixtures; Monday and Tuesday ............ ..... ................$1.49 YARD-WIDE BROWN LINEN AT 25c Not all linen, but it looks like it> will wear like it; yard wide, excel lent finish. If we were to prij; at 50c you would not think it a bit too high; just enuogh for Monday and Tuesday’s selling at, yard..2sc WOO YARDS CREAM RATINE AT 22c Yard-wide Ratine, natural cream color. \ 36 inches wide; regularly 50c; here Monday and Tuesday, yard 22c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
