About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1924)
PAGE SIX >h i» "JK JhfrV ’«*»»■■■ .*■■■---.! ..I ..■■ !■ TIMEB-RECCIDEB PUBLISHED 1179 , ———ni—am I II ■ I. ■ jn **>■’■* Published by The Times-Recorder Co., fine.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Catered •• eecoud claw matter at the p oat of flea Gecrfia, according to the Act of The Aeaoclated Pre** I* exclu*ire'y entitled t* the uee for the republication of all new* die patche* credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and else the local oewa published hare. Bn. All right of republication of apecial diapatchea • Bro alao reaerved. r .--. - ■ - Nitloul Advertise, Hepretenurive*. FROST LANDIS A KOHN, Bramwick Bldg., N«v York; _.«opiM’ Cm Bfdg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT ~ The wicked flee when no man |pur»ueth: but the righteous are bedd BS a lion.—Prov. 28:1 ” Wickedness may prosper for a yhile.—L’Estrange. i ,Weevil Control Vital ? Problem Controlling the boll weevil Will solve the question of negro migration. Make it possible for the negro farmer—tenant, crop per or owner—to raise cotton under weevil conditions and the negroes will remain on the farms. These statements have been repeated a number of times by ~ those authorities speaking in the county in the past few weeks in the weevil extermination cam paign. “The cotton field is the natural home of the native Geor gia negro,” J. C. Maness repeat ed once more. “H e would rath er live near a field of cotton than anywhere else on the globe. It’s his inability to cope with the weevil that has caused thous ands to become discouraged and go North. • “The Southern negro loves cotton; he loves to work in a cot ton field; he wants to see it grow and develop. In those counties where weevil control has been accomplished, the ques tion of negro labor has been solved. The work among the negroes by Elbert Stallworth, negro (county demonstration agent, is having excellent effect, bringing results. Stallworth’s messages to the negroes, in a language they understand, has given the negro farmer a renewed tonfi dence in his own ability. Dr. DeLoach and Stallworth have assured the white farmers that the negro WILL poison, that, they WANT to poison. To a remarkable degree these two speakers, with aid of George Marshall, county agent, are re moving whatever suspicion or prejudice the negro had regard ing poison. They have shown him the way and in so doing are solving the farm labor prob lem, which is another important angle in the gigantic weevil bat tle in Sumter county. That the negro in many in stances already has successfully met the weevil is demonstrated in two instances on the farm of Charles Ansley. Mr. Ansley Bays— \ “One negor cropper on my place last year, under conditions which prevailed during the 1923 wet season, CLEARED more than S4OO on his crop. He lived for the year and at the end of th e season had $4 n oto do with as he desired—in CASH. That particular negro had told me early in the season that in the fall he was going to Pittsburg where wages, he said, were high. When he looked at his savings— his profits—he decided to stay and is on that same farm again this year.” The weevil is one of the most important contributing causes toward negro migration. That's an additional rason why the weevil campaign now under way, under the leadership of Judge Hixon, should succeed; should receive the sympathy and help of every white citizen in the county—be he merchant, farm er, banker, or other profession. A Terrific Arangement of Schol and Home Discipline Bad news scatters rapidly. It wai a youngster about a dozen years of age whom we first heard discussing the conduct of certain high school pupils in a high school meet recently held somewhere in the State. So far as we know, no Sumter county or Americus boy or girl was present. This youngster was sorely troubled over the stories that were being told him. He could not quite understand how such was possible among school “children” as he pictured them. Following is an editorial clip ped from one of the strongest and most reliable weekly papers in the State, the Washington (Ga.) News-Reporter. It is iefnbarrassing to reproduce it, and yet if such conditions pre vail, the quickest way to meet and correct them is by “pitiless publicity," as Woodrow Wilson so aptly expressed it. The editorial in full, headed “School Meet Discontinued Misconduct of Students Bring Ban On Competition, ’ follows: “For some time the News-Re porter has believed that athletics in both high schools and colleges have run away with the good judgment qf both the faculties of the schools and the parents of the students. “It has come to pass, that in many schools, more importance is atayhed to having a winning foot ball team, or baseball team tran to producing winning students who will go out in the world and win places in those things that will amount to something for the race. “With the gaiety and hilarity which attend these football and baseball and field events in school at which whisky drinking and all night orgies are common, in which girls participate as well as the boys, these school meets are becoming' menaces to the race, and it is tirr. e that the parents of the young folks were awakening to the seriousness of the situation, if the school facul ties are blind to them. “The News-Reporter has espe cially in mind the high school meet held in Washington last week, “A >ast majority of th e stu dents of the schools in the Eighth congressional district at tending this meet doubtless con ducted themselves as ladies and gentlemen, but there was a large number of them—entirely too large a number—who took liberty for license and went the limit. “Whisky was greatly in evi dence at the meet, and it was young boys who were drinking it largely. An all night dance was indulged in. A hall was hired and the boys and girls without chape rones or other restraint, danced all night, or that part of the night they were not in automo biles in the public roads of the county, quite a number of couples having been overcome by too much liquor or exhaustion from other causes and fell asleep, head to head in their cars, where they were found next morning before they had dome out of their stupor, by Wilkes county people coming into Washington. Many citizens of Washington who were entertaining these young people in their homes stat ed that in many cases that their guests came in at four and five o’clock, after having been OUT ALL NIGHT with MALE COM PANIONS. “In another instance a crowd of hoodlums and they were representing a high school—be came incensed with the boys and girls of another high school, and took revenge, probably after hav ing indulged in enough drink to kill the sense of decency, rotten egging the latter as they were riding through the streets. “In the car that was egged were both boys and girls and it is said that at least one of the ancient eggs hit a young lady squarely in the face, streaming down her neck and over her clothes. One of the boys in the car stopped several of the eggs, his clothes next day showing this beyond doubt. “The conduct of a number of boys and girls attending this meet was disgraceful in th e extreme, and every boy and girl in attend ance could not help but come un der the harful influence of the bunch of roughnecks—both male and female—that made the two nights spent in Washington PERFECT ORGIES OF DE BAUCHERY. “The News-Reporter under stands that the officers of the district association voted to dis continue the meets, as a result of the horrible conditions that de veloped in Washington. Howev er, if there is an effort started to revive the meetings, the News- Reporter is sure that the parents of the young people of the dis trict, when they know the truth about the Washington meeting, will see to it that their daughters and sons do not come again un der such influence. “The editor of the News-Re porter will certainly not allow his daughters or sons to partici pate in such future events and it is quite safe to stat e that the majority of the parents of Washington feel the same way about it.” Public school or high school meets that require the absence from home over night of the pu pils attending, should not be permitted. The public school is essential ly a democratic institution. Among these pupils are those from every kind of home, good and bad. The pupils must mix indiscriminately, the pure with the evil-minded, if there be such—and there usually is. The teachings of a God-fear ing mother may be broken down over night. In the freedom and excitement, the young mind can not always function as clearly as it should. The place for the public school or high school girl AT NIGHT is under the roof of his parents. There lies safety. Danger lurks outside. Theres entirely too much so called freedom today. Home influences have been broken down. Parental discipline is less strict and much harder to enforce. The child is mistaking liberty for license. The open saloon excluded the minor, but the bootlegger knows neither age, sex or color. r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER x .. Sonnet*t;o:»his 1 flSsv' 'feTE- / My kitej be as thou wert when thou didst grow i&lr tby g^ ll mother in some shady grove, 1 iHEJVt* M'hen immelodious winds but made thee move, - / W, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow. that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, i ( Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, ' Is rest from earth to tune the spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe? -Thy pleasing notes be pleasing notes no more, But orphan wailings to the fainting ear; Each stroke a sigh, each sound draws forth a tear; 41 For which bd silent as in woods before: * J Or if that any hand to touch thee deign, ; Like widow’d turtle still her loss complain. —William Drummond. The Millen News, another ably edited Georgia weekly in reproducing the Washington News-Reporter editorial makes thejie pertinent comments — There may be communities that will feel that this particular case is of no special interest to them, but informed people know that in every community there exists an absolute disregard of any and every form of constitut ed authority, and a recklessness of conduct that is appalling. Wc do not know whether it is ignor ance of conditions or indiffer ence to them, that permits the at titude of apparent complacency on the part of parents as to the conduct of their children. Let us hope that it is ignorance, but if it be this, it betrays an intellec tual blindness that is almost in conceivable in people of ordi nary intelligence. The bars are down. Restraint is a forgotten word. Self-indulgence has been enthroned. Fanatics who have prgached the doctrine of individ ual sovereignty, liberty of action, the banishment of corporal pun ishment in the home, schools and , convict camps, issuing warnings to not “break the spirit of the child,” simply watch and not di rect his development, may now survey the wreck and ruin wrought by their damnable the ories. The re-action is going to come, but what will be required to set it in motion is difficult to forecast. The entire social at mosphere is polluted. Parents, Guard Well Your Own Homes. We would not have you lay the blame on teacher or faculty. They must deal with what is sent them from the home. Their task is hard at best. There is no desire to criticise the teacher or principal or board of man agement. The fault is AT HOME and only at home will a remedy be found. : OPINIONS OF ' i OTHER EDITORS : TIME TO STOP IT! The proposal to eliminate the Pullman surcharge, which is 50 per cent of the scheduled Pull man fares, and which 50 per cent accrues to the railroads, despite the fact that the passengers have already paid the regular carrier' fares between the initial and ob jective points, is being fought by the railroads, as might be expect ed, and is being equally as vigo rously demanded by business men, public service commissions, and even by the Pullman com pany. The question is entirely up to the interstate commerce commis sion, as congress provided in the law creating this surcharge that it should be abrogated by the commission at such time as it found advisable. A decision is promised within 10 days. There is not a more unfair tax upon the traveling public than this surcharge. When created the railroads were not making money, and were having a hard time to recover from tne disrup tions and disorganizations pro duced by war. The people did not seriously object then as the strained economic conditions were recognized, and the spirit of co-operation predominated to a marked extent. Now the railroads are enjoy ing an even greater prosperity than before the World War, and they demand the surcharge now only because they have it, with its annual increase into the rail roads’ revenues of something like $37,000,000 a year, and are not disposed to give up what they have without a fight. For a half-century before the World War there was no Pull man surcharge, and none thought of. The railroads did not com plain then, and they carried the Pullman cars as a part of rou tine service-equipment, the equip ment, demanded of trunk lines making overnight runs. There is not as much reason for a surcharge accuring to the roads, in addition to greatly in creased passenger fares, as there was before the World War. Therefore to keep this additional and wholly unfair tax fostered upon the public would be the-pei- , Wlbert Aoale PROSPERITY Railroads are expecting very heavy freight traffic in the fall, and are getting their equipment in shape to handle it. So reports the Wall Street Journal after a sur vey of the leading roads. Railroad optimism, curiously enough, is mose pronounced in the east —chronic home of pessimism during presidential campaign years. Heavy autumn traffic would mean big buying by the public, with mills and factories running at capacity— in short, general pros perity. ♦ ♦ ♦ SPENDERS American people spent more mor. ey in April than in April of any’ former year except 1920. During the month, 36,415 mil lion dollars worth of bank checks were written and passed through the clearing houses. This was two and a half times more than in the boom years be fore the war. Since prices have about doubled, on the average, peo ple are spending a fourth more than in 1913. measuring their purchasing jn terms of 1913 buying power of the dollar, • * * HOMES In April about 550 million dol lars worth' of new building conj struction was contracted for, the country over. This was a fifth more than in April 1923. Even a pessimist will have to put ion several pairs of blue spectacles to find fault with that. People don’t build on a big scale unless they’re betting on good times ahead. A few business men may be nervous, but the public isn’t. And the psychology of the public is what counts. It generates pros pertiy or hard times. As long as 'the public spends freely, there is nothing in the business situation to worry about. • • • FAIR England is having a World’s Fair this year, costing 60 million dollars. They call it the British Empire Exhibition, but products of other countries are represented. Steamship companies estimate that 1 out of every 400 Americans will attend. How many are going to. the Exhibition, ■ how many to drink Scotch? The former British Exhibition of 1851 featured Yankee devices such as chewing tobacco, parlor stoves, bathtubs and cornhusk mattresses. Quite a contrast, visitors will pon der, as they view airplanes, radio etc., at the 1924 fair in London. * * * JOB An old man, 74, walked from San 1 rancisco to Detroit “to see Henry Ford about a job. He is proving quite a curiosity to the younger generation—which, if it has a member that would walk across the continent to find work, has yet to be heard from. Work is popular, as a rulft, only when it has an element of sport— Keen competition, for instance. A shrewd refrigerator manufacturer, sensing this, manufactures hi s own .'Ompetition secretly, and keeps the two sales organizations fighting aach other for orders. ♦ ♦ ♦ DEBT Canada estimates its national wealth—and the sum just about matches the national debt of ths United States. How much does Uncle Sam, owe? Look at the map of Canada for the answer. It’s a good thing so few taxpayers can comprehend ho a much a billion is. If they could, there might be a lot of fireworks, politicians this year campaigning in asbestos suits. People who talk in their sleep should tell the truth while awake. Chinese bandits have captured a town, but we will worry about the weather instead because th e weath er is much nearer. petuation of an unwarranted and unjustified ' subsidy—Atlanta Constitution. ( JTHE CRAZY QUILT j? r wsh l '\ i iTSURELVJSA ’• COMPLIOVeP j I u lookin' Thing ] Oh ! V ■ « \i f a jCW ZzZ* W. 11iMz"' I 1 ‘ /\./ "MR \ y TzVw L . . j Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 17, 1914.) Mrs. A. C. Crockett was hostess on Friday evening to the High school set at her home on South Lee street. The party was a com pliment to Miss Mary Hudson, who is one of the most attractive of the younger girls of Americus. 'Miss Bess McLeod was hostess at an informal tango party at her home on Brown street last evening. The dancers were Misses Annie Ivey, Sara Britton, Melva Clark, Mary Hawkins, and Besh McLeod, Charles Payne, Edward Mathis, Mem-ill Wheatlep, Cliff Wheatley, Dudley Gatewood, Joe Frank Reese and Ferd Cohen A delightful affair of Monday evening was given bp Miss Edith Jlightower at her home on Lee; street, when she entertained five couples at an informal dance, in honor of Miss Georgia Fort. Those present were Miss Georgia Fort, Miss Louise Rodgers, ■ Miss Sara Sheffield, Mr. Harry' Williams, Mr. McCord Prather, Mr. Thomas Har rold, Jr., Mr. Furlow l Rodgers and Dr. M. H Wheeler. Mrs. Thomas McCarthy is at home again after having spent sev eral days in Macon with relatives. Americus Pecan growers will bq represented at the meeting of the Georgia and Florida Pecan Growers association from those interested in pecan growing and the indications are. that it wi/i be the most largely attended in the history of the or ganization. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 17, 1904.) Americus ball fans are discuss ing the “outrage” which Atlanta is going to perpetrate in taxing base ball. An ordinance has been intro duced in council to make the owner of the Atlanta franchise pay SSO license and 5 pei- cent on his gross receipts. Col. George Duncan has pulled the rattles off his naughtymobile hnd the machine runs as. smoothly now as an ordinary one-horsp dlay. Within thirty days now the cong regation of First Methodist church will worship in their splendid new $30,000 church building. Mrs. A. J. Hall and Miss Stella Fountain, of Adrian, are guests of Mrs. J, M. Weeks and Miss Jessie Weeks on Jackson street. Rev. R. L. Bivins of Furlow Lawn church, returned yesterday from Nashville where he attended the re cent Southern Baptist Convention. After a delightful visit of som& length to Mrs. Gabriel Toombs An thony and othe:- relatives in Wash ington, Miss Maiy Tower has re turned home. The robbery at the Stalling's home near Americus, wherein mon ey and valuables were stolen has not yet been ferreted out. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 17, 1894.) Will ’.I. Harper, of Americus and f A IMS? made on improved ‘-'“ZZiilCfarm 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, Americus, Ga. Phone 89* W 21 It " SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 17, 1924 - * Henry W. Grady, of Atlanta have been admitted to the bar in that city after a very fine examination in Judge Lumpkin’s court. The ex amination of each applicant was far above the ordinary, and is de serving of more than a passing! mention. Harper is a loung man, whose home is at Americus, where for several years he was secretary to the president of the S. A. & M. railroad. Since November, 1892 he has been in the office of the at torney general, and during his resi dence in Atlanta he has made many friends who will congratulate him upon his successful entrance to his profession. i Captain M. B. Council will har vest a five acre field of fine oats at his home on Rees park this morning, using aT McCormick reap er. Elton Parker will hold the reins and manipulate the machine, an easy job or he wouldn’t do it. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Hawkes, Mrs. I 1 T. R. Slappey, Messrs. W. E. ann Howell Elam made up a pleasant i, party that left yesterday for Bell’s | . mill in Webster county, on a fish ing excursion. They will be the 1 guests of Mr. and Mrs J. W. A.' Hawkins. Judge and Mrs. J. N. Scar borough, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Daven- ■ port, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cart- . er attended the funeral of Mrs Robert Burton, in Ellaville yester- ' day morning. Miss Ella Cameron returned home last night from a visit to 1 friends in Andersonville, accompa nied by Miss Hallie Underwood who will be her guests for a few days. It is a fact that singing prolongs a person’s life if said person is care ful where and when he sings. The great'silence you hear is the kids kicking because vacation days are coming. Perhaps some people wear tight shoes because they feel, so good when they take them off. 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 n SERVICE Oldest and largest State Bank in South west Georgia. Any business entrusted to us will receive our best attention. If you are not al ready 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; None Too Small I THE STANDARD Our Big May Sale We are turning the Biggest Stock of Merchandise in Americus into Cash. No prices are quoted, but ( you will find prices here below the other fellow Not one or two items for in stance, but the whole store is in the sale. Be on hand Monday and Tuesday and see how much you can save In this Sale. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
