About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT ’ . ■ -77 —j.!. -UJ.-AW" W ll " 1 " 1 J' — CALCIUM ARSENATE POISON FOR THE BOLL WEEVIL IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN COTTON FOR THE BOLL WEEVIL. POISON NOW Published by The Titnes-Recorder Co., line.) Lovelace E?e, Editor and Publisher Entered M eeeoM dnee Benet et the foatolfta M Ameticoe, Georgia, accordlag to the Act si CoMreae. The Ahaoctated Praaa la erclnrlrely entitled ta th* M lot the republication of all neve die gatebee atedlted to it or not otherwise credited to thia papar and alee the local neve publiahed bera te. All right of republication of apeclal diapatebea era alao retorted. , Ul—' National Adrcrtialng Repreeenutlree, FROST LANDIS « KOHN, Brtuuteick lldf, Nov Tteks ?eoplea’ Gaa Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT By thy words thou ahalt be justi fied, and by thy words thou shait be condemned Matt. 13:37. No legacy is so rich as honesty.— Shakespeare. Malarial Survey in Dooly County Dooly county, our neighbor across the Flint, has completed a malarial survey of part of the county, conducted by Dr. M. A. Fort, of the State Board of Health. In his report Dr. Fort, speak ing of the examinations he has made of the school children, says— These 624 examination are a sample. If smaller and larger children and adults white and col ored are similarly affected, there are 2257 chronic cases of ma laria in the county r.t present. Each of these may have a return of-the fever when late summer copies or before. Each of these may infect mosquitos which bite them, and these mosquitoes in fect other people, and thus the disease continues to spread. And the “spread" is not con fined to Dooly. It affects her neighboring counties. No man liveth unto himself. It is grati flying to know that Sumter’s neighbors are awakening to the malarial menace, to know that they are realizing that malaria can be controlled and eventually eliminated. Miss Emily Woodward, edi tress of the Vienna News, one of the finest weekly papers in South Georgia, makes this com ment on the report of Dr. Fort : . The report of Pr. Fort pub lished elsewhere in this issue should set the people of Dooly to thinking and also to acting with a view to ridding the coun ty of malaria. This is a pre ventable disease, one that re quires only intelligent and deter mined action to combat. For economilal reasons, if for no oth er, malaria should be eradicated. It costs the people of this coun • ty far more to allow malaria to exist than it would to stamp it out. The cost of medicine and medical services together with the, loss of time from work to Say nothing of the disfress and suffering incident to malarial infection, when reduced to dol lars and cents would total far more than an efficient anti-ma larial campaign would cost. When Miss Woodward throws the prestige of her paper and herself into a campaign to control and eliminate the mos quito, Dooly will follow. Tell the people the truth. Expose .the conditions accurately and consistently and continuously. Education is the first step. Sumter is vitally interested. She has taken the lead in Southwest Georgia in this fight. She will be the first of these counties to control and eliminate the little pest. Her health officer, Dr. J. W. Payne, his assistants and the County Board of Health are ON THE JOB and doing good work, backed to a man by the ■ Board of County Commission-', ers. ' i We hope soon to see the same' condition prevailing in Dooly. The Real Fight Comes ' in November | The San Barnardino (Calif.) i Sun, a Republican newspaper, J says that convention skirmishes at Cleveland (among the Re publicans) and in New York (among the Democrats) will be merely preliminary to the big fight of November, and it may be well for Republicans particu-’ , larly to remember that. We gather from the Sun that the thing for the Democrats to do is to nominate Senator Under wood, against whom nothing can be said—who is not even indirectly connected with the oil or any other scandal—and the Republicans would do v/eil to name some candidate who is equally free from any sort of connection with scandal, oil or otherwise, which, in effect, means that Mr. Coolidge should be eliminated. The Sun says: Gefflrge W. Hinman, of the Hearst staff, who has recently been mentioned in this column, i pas reafhyd Texas on his swing 4 around the country for the pur pose of observing conditions, po litical and financial and com mercial, and from Fort Worth he wires the following which is by way of an interview with one of the leaders of the Texas Demo cracy, who made this statement to Mr. Hinman: ‘‘l was for McAdoo, now I am for Underwood, I have two rea sons. “First, I do not believe that the Democrats next November can get the full political advant age of this oil scandal unless they make it a Republican scan dal and they cannot make a Re publican scandal if they run a candidate like Mr. McAdoo, who is so badly sprayed with oil. “Second, though I am sure Mr. McAdoo was not guilty of any dishonesty, I do beiieve that he got his $150,000 in fees for his political influence rather than for his legal advice. I believe this, and I think the more his conduct is explained the clearer this fact will appear. Therefore. I think he should be eliminated as a candidate.” Which merely emphasizes what any political observer must ac knowledge namely, that it will be impossible to keep the oil scan dal out of the Presidential cam paign. Now President Coolidge has not leased any oil land nor accepted any oil retainers nor done anything else that can cause the slightest reflection to attach to him. But it .may just as well be frankly admitted that th e ad ministration of which he was a part will be under fire in the na tional campaign. It will be un fair, it will be dirty politics, it wlil be a lot of things that it ought not to be, but the cold blooded question that the dele gates at Cleveland must deter mine is whether in the face of that sort of a campaign, it is not the wise and th e politic thing to do to insure Republican success and the supremacy of Republican policies by naming a candidate against whom that kind of a campaign cannot be made. We may as well prepare to meet the Democratic challenge that they will try to make the oil scandal a Republican scan dal by themselves nominating a candidate who is free from any indirect connection with it. The way to meet it is by using the same recipe. The oil scandal will be the big issue in the campaign—that is it will be, provided the Democrats name a man as its candidate who CAN MAKE oil the. ISSUE. Mr. McAdo cannot. The Re publicans would shoot him as fqll of holes a® a moth-eaten blanket. His legal connections as attorney for the oil interests will not "set well" with the av erage man. Not that Mr. Mc- Adoo did anything dishonor able, illegal or unethical. But the people would prefer some one farther removed frbm these grabbers of government lands and bribers of public servants. Divorce Easy in Texas Texas is now a happy hunt "nS ground for divorce hunters. Mental cruelty is the favorite ground. Examination of com plaints shows that, in a large percentage of cases, this con sists of using profane language. A Houston judge granted 1 20 divorces in one day. He pried very little into the private af fairs of those who came before him, many of whom relied upon their former mate’s proficiency of tongue. Texas law declares neither party in a divorce action may re marry within a year, but the framer of the law neglected to include a penalty. Immediate remarriages are common. With very few exceptions no Texas newspaper prints divorce news of any kind. How to Dodge Colds When people catch cold at this time of year, they usually blame it on' changing too sud denly to light-weight clothes, especially underwear. A medical authority tells us that, while it is risky to make an abrupt change in the warmth of garments, the usual cause of spring epidemics of colds is this- During the winter germs have accumulated on sidewalks and streets which are used as munici pal cuspidors. As warm weath er comes, the dust in the streets dries and begins floating around in the air. This dust carries the winter crop of germs with it. The germs lodge on mucous membranes of nose and throat. An epidemic of colds follows. One would not be immune even if he wore a germ-filter over his mouth and nostrils. It has been scientifically proved that germs can enter the body through the eyes. The popular notion is that a period of wet weather starts an epidemic of colds. As a mat ter of fact, more colds are "caught” during dusty warm spells. The germs are held in check by the resisting powers of the body. In damp or rainy weather, people get their feet I® W’CTo the 1 MUSES < Whether on Ida J shadv brow n the chambers of the East, ifr ' The cEambers of the sun. that now, i l .' | J From ancient melody have ceased; 'W[ 'A 7 \| i ■ Whether in heaven ye wander fair ? reen rorners °f the earth, , /ry the blue regions of the air, \ Where the melodious winds have birth; Whether on crystal rocks ye rove, * i . Beneath the bosom of die sea Wandering in many a coral grove, Jw&jM— Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry; low have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed m you! F ' 3n ? ul( l s h> n ? s scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes are few! “William Blake. . wet. Or they get chilled by changing too quickly to light weight garments and other ways. This chilling lowers the body’s resistance. The germs which entered the body before clothes were chang ed, or during colder or drier weather, now begin to multiply. The result is a severe cold. Some health authorities claim that colds in cities could be re duced at least by half if streets and sidewalks were flushed with water from hydrants to carry germ-laden dust down the sew ers. Instead, cities wait until the dust is dry, then sweep it— partly into heaps for collectors, but also into the air where it is breathed into nose, throat and lungs. The same process applies to the home. Germs are carried in on the shoes. They collect in rugs. Sweeping with a broom stirs them into the air. A vacuum cleaner for sweeping and a wet cloth for dusting are powerful health protectors. // 'DA.IDf POEM day by day— On Saturday a man will rise and eat; then rush away. He’s really glad to hie himself to work. No won- ■ der, when you realize that coming is his phy upon the day he’s never mown to shirk. On Saturday morn a man will wake; Witji Father Time he’ll jest —th e day when work and office ire no worry. In rising, lots of -ime he’ll take for ’tis his day of ■est; there isn’t any rush or run ot mrry. On Monday morn, alas, alack, ’tis lard to rise from bed. A man mu>: force himself to make the grade. It’s just a case of have to, though, when all is clone and said, ’cause showing up for work is why he’s paid. The other days the week brings ’round are mentioned all in one, ’cause every one is patterned after Monday. It’s work away, with lit tle pay, until the work is done. But, best of all, they’re leading up to Sunday. With life, it seems, we always will the same old story sing. For man considers every day by what that day, will bring. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) LONG COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUND BACKWARD ONES ATLANTA, May 21.—Although reporting that ’there is a splendid consolidation at Ludowici, most of the schools of Long county show signs of much need for construc tive supervision,” according to a re port of a survey made reently un der the direction of the state de partment of education. The report recommended that better buildings and equipment be procured for a larger per cent of the schools; that a longer term be given if finances can be provided and that a larger per cent of the teachers of the county be urged to attend summer school. Supervision, especially among the rural schools should be given closer attention, it was stated. The state school census of 1923 showed a total number of 1,341 children in the county between the ages of six and eighteen years; 783 white and 588 colored. Enroll ment in the white schools was given as 545 pupils. Twenty-nine illit erates over ten years of age were reported; fourteen white and fif teen colored. One northern hardwood tree of any variety, 21 inches in diameter five feet above the ground, will yield a cord of wood. An application of cold water to the top of the head, it is said, will produce sleep, .. w THE KMERICU3 TIMES-RECORDER 431 k Mlbert Apple ABIE “Abie’s Irish Rose” begins the third year of its continuous run in New York. Ih the entire history of the stage there is nothing like its success. Already it is said to have earned two million dollars for its writer, Anne Nichols. Experts in the show business say she will get ad ditional five millions in next ten years. Every producer in New York is said to have turned down Abie when its author peddled it. She produced it herself on credit and a capital of $34. Every critic panned it. Look at it now. If you have a good thing, and are sure, plug along regardless. ♦ » » SALOONS After trying prohibition eight years Calgary Canada, put whisky on sale again in government shops. Tremendous rush of business. But not a single drunk the first two days. By drunk, we mean stag gering. Maybe, in a reminiscent mood you’ve wondered what would hap pen if the saloons returned and opened up for a day. Despite Cal gary’s precedent, many imagine the streets would be paved with souses. Maybe they’re wrong. Forbidden fruit tastes best. • ♦ » MYSTERIOUS “Eterno” performs before Har vard psychologists, and has them guessing. He can throw himself into cataleptic states voluntarily, in which pins and knives can be thrust into his flesh without pain or blood. It is the last word in absolute self-control. As a race, the Chinese have a similar power in a mild sense, being able to undergo opera tions without anesthetic. The overburdened taxpayer is a similar phenomenon. ,♦ * » RUST Rust-proof iron and steel are per fected by Dr. Saklatwalla, the Per- famed in the steel people. So it’s announced, also that his discovery will save the world several billion dollars a year, since three-fifths of the steel industry's output goes to replace losses by rust. Rust-proof steel already is on the market. The great value of Saklat walla’s discovery is that it’s a cheap method. How about tearing down some of the statues of military destroyers and replacing them with likenesses of such great constructors? » ♦ » easy Twenty years ago U. S. Steel common stock sold at less than 8 and its preferred stock at a trifle under 52. Recently the common has been around 96, preferred 118. Speculators pounce on such fabu lous multiplication, like a man tak ing whiskey to stimulate his courage But don’t forget the stocks that never rise in value. Nor the greater number that gradually slough away to worthlessness. It’s human nature t 0 base opin ions or activities on the precedent of minority cases, ignoring the ma jority. • • • YONDER ” T i|lore than 125,000 Americans who fought in the World War have died since July 30, 1919. One makes his exit every 20 minutes in an end less stream. Time flies fast. Almost 10 years since the war started, six since .'t approached its end. Death is the final victor. He gets both sides, conquered and con queror. Before we realize, the World War vets will be sitting around leaning on canes and de scribing their battles. Monaco was an independent prin cipality for 800 years until the I reigning prince was dispossessed by the French Revolution. THE NEXT BIG QUESTION BEFORE CONGRESS . ----- \ SS GOLD/! \ \ V if i awT geT hiia i A sfeAiofilENeD ouT i \ M i. stand to loss a \ lot of j urr . f JIL/ A I B !till? y - I-- - w ; Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 21, 1914.) Miss Ethel Reese who is ill at the Americus hospital following an Operation for appendicitis, - is get ting on very well and will recover rapidly, it was announced yester day, to the gratification of her friends. Marvin Giddings, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Giddings is detained at home with a broken arm, the result of an accident. The sale by Harrold Bros, of one hundred bales cotton was of inter est in local warehouse circles, as it is rather unusual that a sale of such magnitude is made this late in the season. This large lot was owned by Mr. Cobb Summerford, of Sum ter, a few bales belong to other parties and included in the sale made to Mr. W. G. Cleveland. The destruction by fire yesterday afternoon of fifty or sixty feet of Seaboard railway crestling at Flint river, eighteen miles east of Americus, held up all trains upon this division and not until early morning today will repairs be effect ed and schedules resumed. Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Johnson were visitors in Macon Yesterday in at tendance upon the jubilee festiv ities. JJack McArthur, a skilled artist whose deft manipulations of Muck alee lithia can convert it into im perial nectar and a drink for the gods, is on the job at Hooks pharm acy. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 21, 1904.) Mrs. Clarence Davis came yes terday from Charlotte upon a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Tullis at their home here. The fact that the price of cotton has dropped down to 12 cents will not bother the farmer who is now busy making another crop. Mr. E. A. Cutts has just returned to Savannah from Atlanta, where he attended the recent Cotton Buy ers Convention. “The boll weevil,” he said, “occupied most of our at tention, and t generally agreed that s 0 long as the little pest has made its appearance in Mississippi the state of Georgia ought* to establish a quarantine against it. It was sug gested that inspectors be appointed to carefully investigate every bale of cotton brought into Georgia from the infected districts. A machine which promises to coin money for its owner and patentee can be seen at Bagley’s bicycle store, where the rough model has just been completed-and fully ad justed. The inventor, Mr. T. W. Hunt made the first device wholly, an-1 with the aid of Mr. Bagley has perfected a fine model. The two men who appropriated Jordan’s hack a day or two since and went for a jolly ride, faced the mayor in police court yesterday. Y A made on improved ’’•-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, Americus, Ga. Phone 89J CI JUX* * < •'!! ■ ** WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, t one of them a gentleman from a nearby city, pleaded guilty to a mild case of jaglets and was let off with a fine of $5. THIRTY YEARS *AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. May 21, 1894.) Miss Genevieve Adams entertain ed a number of young friends most delightfully at whist at her home on Lamar street last evening. Among those who participated in the game were Misses Nellie Johnson, Bessie Nowell, Vieve Morgan, Jennie Stapleton, Nannie Dodson, and the fair young hostess; Messrs George .Oliver, J. S. Britton, Walter Stew art, Lynn Fort, Walton Callaway and Will Turpin. The pleasant pas time was indulged in until a late hour when tempting refreshments were daintily served. The Messrs. Smithwick have pur chased from Captain P. C. Clegg the large two story dwelling on Barlow Street, better known as the old lawn mansion. The price paid was $2,000 which, considering the times, is very good. The Messrs. Smithwick will soon be jointed here by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Smithwick, now residing in Fiori da, and also by their sisters Mrs. Bickford, Miss Genie Smithwick and cousin, Miss Ray Brooks. A cordial welcome will be extended Mr. and Mrs. Smithwick and then estimable family. Mr. John Kay suggested yester day that a bowling club be organ ized, his suggestion met with im mediate and general favor. Mr. Kay has played game on his native heath in Bonnie Scotland and has in his possession two valuable bowl ing balls, silver mounted, which were presentted him by the Cum mock Club nearly twenty years ago. Mrs. George Feilds ’ and little 'daughter, Katherine, left yesterday for Albany where Mrs Fields will be the guest of her mother, 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 a 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 THE STANDARD $5.50 WHITE BUCKSKIN HOLLYWOOD SANDALS at $3.95 Bsautifully finished, fine turned soles, rubber heels, all sizes; here at pair $3.95 PURE THREAD SILK STOCKINGS AT $1.25 Black, White, Brown, Beige, Peach, panel back—guaranteed all Pure Silk, all sizes, pair $1.25 nArrow patent leather BELTS AT 10c Narrow patent leather Belts, in white, black and every good color, all sizes up to 44, each 10c MEN’S FELT SLIPPER? AT $1.25 Comfortable Felt Slippers for tired feet, colors black, (brown and gray, sizes 6 to 11, pair sl-25 MEN’S GOOOYEAR WELT OXFORDS AT $3.95 Every pair worth $5. Black and brown, flexible Goodyear welted soles, sizes 6 to 11, pair $3.95 WOMEN’S 25c RIBBED VESTS AT 9c Regular and extra sizes; no ex tra charge for the large sizess in this sale. t Take as many as you like while they last at, each 9c MEN’S AND BOYS’ RIBBED UNION SUITS AT 50c Made of serviceable quality Pa jama Checks, with elastic seam back, althletic style, knee length and sleeveless, sizes 36 to 46, suit -50 c duplex fringed and scal loped WINDOW SHADES AT $1.49 • Mounted on guaranteed Harts horn rollers; none better made at any price; 7 feet long; per shade, with all necessarry fixtures $1.49 GOLDEN RULE CHAMBRAY SHIRTS AT 79c This is without doubt the great est shirt value in years; colors guaranteed fast linen fined cham bray, medium weight, closely wov en which makes it serviceable, sizes 14 to 17, each 79 C Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
