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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.
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'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, ..
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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** 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
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Bsautifully finished, fine turned
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