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PAGE EIGHT SUMTER COTTON FARMERS, COTTON SQUARES ARE FORMING: DUSTING COMES NEXT. UNDUSTED FIELDS WILL BE RIDDLED BY THE WEEVIL TIMKS-RECCBDKK PUBLISHED MN Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Eaur«! n Mcoad eha aattM al iha poato(fl<* M Amarkaa, Gaargia, accordlag la ika A«< «* Ceagraaa. Th. Aaaoelatad Pre., la aaeleaHaly anihlad «a the aae for the republication of all new. die patcbea credited to it or not otberarlae credited to thia paper ahd alao the lore! oewa publiahed here* hi. All right of republication of apecial diapalchea are alao ra.erred. National Advertiaing Bepreaentatlaea, PROST tANms • KOJIN, Brunawiek Bldg.. N” T°rkl Gm BMr- Chicago. A THOUGHT^| Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of coun sellors there is safety.—Prov. 11:11. »• The best receipt—best to work land best to take—is the admonition of a friend. —Bacon. How Much Cotton to the Plow? How many acres of cotton to the plow can be safely plant ed: Some say 10, others 15. Colquitt county advises five or six. The editor of the Albany Herald answers the question in the following editorial: There comes to the Herald a ietter from a prominent gentle man in the business life of a Southwest Georgia town who « makes an inquiry which suggests 1 that others may be interested fl even as he is| He was not writ- 3 ing for publication- and there- fl fore we are not printing his let- fl ter, but this, in substance, is his | query: » “The average farmer knows f that he must plow after each rain, as soon as th e ground is f sufficiently dry. The cotton has also so to be hoe’d. In JS order to do this, and also poi- I son cotton regularly and thor- ■’ oughly as is now being urged . upon every farmer who can be reached with the appeal, how many acres of cotton can a man, his wife and one Child, on a small one-horse • farm, take care of, and at the same time cultivate sufficient land to feed the farmer, his family and his stock?’’ There can perhaps be no bet ter answer to the question than ■ to recall the “Colquitt county plan’’ for a one-horse farm adopted last fall, after the com pjeteness of the boll weevil’s work of destruction in the cot ton fields of this section was ap parent. That plan represented J the best thought and experience fl of farmers, bankers, merchants I and others vitally interested in S agricultural prosperity, and it J was subsequently adopted in aS number of other counties. The Colquitt county plan pro- 3 vided for “not exceeding five or 1 six acres of cotton,” for it was 1 realized that for a one-horse i farmer to plant more would I mean his failure to cultivate it r on the intensive plan proved to r be essential to success. Far better that too few acres • be planted to each plow and j hand than too many. Discussing this question with us» recently, Dr. J. C. Maness said his only uneasiness with regard to Sumter county was that we had too much cotton for the amount of labor and plows. When asked what he would advise, he said: “Plow us some of it, by all means; plow it up and plant corn or other feedstuff. That’s the only way to beat the wee vil. Plant what you can easily care for and put the rest of the land in something else. There will be more cotton from the decreased acreage than from the maximum." After all, the answer to the question of how many acres to the plow, is an individual one — one that each farmer must ans wer for himself. % “There’s No Fool Like An Old Fool” The funniest thing in history is how a pretty woman made a fool of Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, in his old age. His job was tutor and guard ian of Alexander the Great, who ’’conquered the world” and died when he was 42. Lovely woman was Alexan der’s weakness. , He had paus ed in his career to worship at the shrine of an adventuress. Chided by Aristotle, Alexan der mockingly said: "Sighing, alone he cried as inly moved: ‘Alas! These men, me seems, have never loved.’ " The philosopher won out, however. Alexander jilted his sweetheart. SLe managed to get to him, learned why her lov ei had abandoned her. Burning for revenge, she set her traps. Details are somewhat lacking as to what followed. But it wound up with Aristotle at the beauty's feet, his to the four winds. t.< Her. answer was that, before she would become the old man s darling, he must gratify J her craving to mount and ride the back of the jvisest man in the world. Alexander, watching, soon saw her strap a saddle on Aris totles’ back, fasten reins to him, mount and ride about the im perial gardens, Aristotle on all fours as he lumbered along with his precious burden. When a -white-haired philos opher madt such a fool of him self, one doesn't wonder at the old boys of our generation whose affections and fancies get them on page one of the newspapers. Aristotle, when he realized how he had been duped, admit ted that youthful Alexander was crazy like a fox when he pur sued feminine beauty. “Love is master of man kind,” agreed the aged man of wisdom. Often we think of youth as a fool, but after all, there’s no fool like an old one. Pensions and the Bonus We heartily regret the action of the Democrats in passing the bonus bill. From the first we have felt it to be a mistaken piece of sentiment—or political trickery;—as you will. The bill is now a law, but we fear we are are not yet finish ed with the soldiers bonus or pension. Only the first appropriation has been made. Others will be demanded. It has been the case with every pension meas ure ever passed by State or Nation. Next year or the year after, there will be “new class es to be added. Millions more will be piled on the bil lions already spent. The Cordele Dispatch says our Democratic delegation has gone wrong in the bonus—all of them, declaring that—- Our Democratic delegation in Congress is gone wrong in the bonus—all of them. This is the most .gigantic blunder of a gen- . eration in legislation. There will be a day when good government will need what is going to be thrown to waste in this political raid on the public treasury. There will be a day when the dis abled and needy of this national army of four million will suffer because of it—and the able bodied soldier will mock and sneer at this commercial, politi cal, monetary interpretation of loyalty, of patriotism—the sor riest swing backward, down ward, away from true purpose, high and noble ideal, great na tional devotion to a cause that has ever been possible in the minds as such men as compose the American Congress of this day and hour! A dollar day—a political estimate of the value of the loyalty of an American sol dier in such a caps e as that which sent them to France! Not while we know ourselves shall we call it worthy—how we wish it had not been done! Our strongest objection to soldiers bonus and pensions is that they tend to pauperize. The politician sees a vote getter in giving away money and he meets every demand —at the expense of the people. The recipient is never satisfied. He demands more and more as the days pass—and he usually gets it. The pension appropriation made by the State of Georgia for Confederate veterans and their wives and widows is greater today than ever before, though sixty years have gone by. The same will be true of the adjusted compensation law. Only the first appropriation has been made. \ OPINIONS OF > OTHER EDITORS j THE NIGHT-SHIRT ORGANIZA TION There seems to be a whole lot of time and energy being wasted in a palaver over whether the Hon. Senator-elect from Texas, Earle B. Mayfield, is or is net affiliated with and supported t>y the Ku Klux Klan. Daily there comes from Washington, where Congress is indulging its investi gating habits, a full report of who says he is and who says he isn’t and who says he received campaign contributions from the klan and who says he didn’t re ceive them. Why all the excitement? it Mr. Mayfield has a desire to ally himself with a night-shirt organi zation, that is an affair which concerns himself and the people who elected him to the United States Senate. As may be de duced from the old lady’s remark, he even has a right to kiss a epw ’ if he ' feels 5 that way about■ It. • Texas Is a’ToTerign Strut? and' as kl £CHO AND < ‘ SILENCE \V u rvwßr ' n course w hen leaves began to fly, f A™! Autumn m her lap the store to strew, */ T J rV*- m *d wild scenes I chanced the woo, Through glens untrod, and woods that frown’d on hig *L. Two sleeping nymphs with wonder mute I spy! 'W . \ And, 10, she’s gone!—ln robe of dark-green hue 1 ’T WaS^Om ' ief yStfr^*’ence^ew ’ fA Aw h°r quick the hunter’s horn resounded to the sky I yj /zZr In shade aflnghted Silence melts away. VrdK No * so her sister. —Hark! for onward still, With far-heard step, she takes her listening way, '''' Bounding from rock to rock, and hill to full : W* nark the merry maid in mockful play, With thousand mimic tones the laughing forest fill! ( X ’ —S’* Egerton Brydges. such is entitled to representation in th*: Senate. So long as that State seems to think Mr. May field represents its purposes and ideals, so be it. Let Texas worry. —Baltimore Sun. 10,000 PROFIT FROM ONE FARM A Burke county farmer is said to have made a profit of ten thousand dollars last year on a farm of less than four hundred acres. His success is attributed to the fact that he rotates his crops and plows under green crops on a portion of hig land each year for fertilizing pur poses, thus putting humus into the soil so necessary for plant life. He gets good dividends in the increased production of cot ton, corn and small grain. If all farmers would follow his example Georgia would become one of the most prosperous 'agricultural states in the Union. He beats the experiment stations in getting results.—-Sandersville Progress. WHO blocked tax reduc tion Would you hire a doctor to fix an automobile? Would you hire a cook to arrange the financing of a new hotel? No, you would not. Then why is every congress man and every senator supposed to be capable of figuring out a better tax plan for financing our national government than are the experts in the United States tveas ury who are responsible for a sound financial policy for this na tion? Men not capable of financing a corner grocery store feel more fully qualified to inflict upon the public their ideas of running a six or seven billion dollar an nual government budget than do the experts in the treasury de partment’. The people have been crying for tax reduction, but instead of giving it to them our rag-chew ing politicians in congress have been fighting to figure out some ■plan that would override the very business-like proposal of the secretary of the treasury and his assistants, which would have lop ped over $300,000,000 off the tax bill for 1923 if it had been adopt ed. Politics may be all right as long as it confines itself to poli ticial matters, but it is a curse to a nation when it dips into busi ness pure and simple, and should not be a vote getting vehicle for republican or democratic politi cians. REPUDIATING AUTOCRACY. At a meeting of the state demo cratic executive committee the rules adopted for the September primary and the subsquent state Convention placed the party in Georgia back into the house of the fathers, and vindicated, by un animous action, the position W The Constitution in opposition to the wholly undemocratic rules adopted in January to govern the presidential primary of April, and its subsquent convention. The rules adopted in January placed exclusively in the hands of the successful candidate, or his agents, the naming of the dele gates to the convention from all the counties, including those car ried by unsuccessful candidates, without necessary reference to or consultation with the coun ty committees in the respective counties, or even the friends and supporters of the successful can didates in -the various counties. How this rule was subr.quently employed, by which local voice in the selecuon of delegates was completely ignored, and county autonomy, which is the basic prin cipie of representative democracy was abrogated by the secret mani pulations of a small group in At lanta, is now ' political history. It is satisfaction enough to know that the state committee, in so short a time—even earlier than The Constitution had dared to hqpe— saw and recognized the error it had made and com pletely repaired it, without pro test or a dissenting vote. KI Indeed ,<>f th# ‘ committee rnwpublicly aeknowkMged the ’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER Apple BONUS To handle the soldier bonus, Uncle Sam will have 4000 special clerks. If the work’s equally di vided, each clerk will have over 1000 veterans to investigate. And for each veteran there’s an average of 40 documents in government files. All of these will be gone through, and a considerable part of them balled up and have to be un tangled. Red tape multiplies like a family .of rabbits. The War Department long ago had the system schemed out, with the “machinery” ready to be put in operation. The next thing will be to keep corruption out of the work and prevent the usual interminable delay. Either one of wh' .-h is about as easy as winning the war. FRAUDS The American people certainly like to step up and place a bet on* which shell the little pea is under. In 1914 stock swindlers gently separated the public from 250 mil lion dollars. This year the plunder from worthless stocks will be four , times as much, predicts Henry L. * Doherty, the investment banker, j That’ll be about $lO for every man, A woman and child. Says Doherty: “Americans are the most gullible investors in the ( world.” Political observers guessed j as much, long before Barnum stare- , ed his museum. As for stock swin- ( dies, the man who tries to get sonic- ( thing for nothing usually gets noth- ( ing for something. ( ahead , Rev. Clausen enters his six-year- ( old son in the class of 1941 of ar, . eastern university. He was afraid, i if he waited longer, the enrollment list would be overflowed. Getting quite common, to book a youth several years ahead for col lege entrance. The colleges are swamped with customers. Higher education is increasingly within reach of more and more of the popu lation. That means, the level of average prosperity is rising. IRELAND The Irish Free State reports a deficit of about 43 million dollars for 12 months. That much was spent more than was received in taxes and other revenues. Ireland couldn’t be expected at the start to be able to guess accurately how much money would be needed. A few years of experience will be necessary. Prosperity and surplus will inevit ably come, for the winning of self government will curb emigration, by which Ireland for generations was drained of her most valuable natural resource—people. RUSS Russian farmers are gradually jetting back toward pre-war crops. Very gradually, however. Final fig ures show last year’s wheat crop aver there was 245 million bushels, compared with the record of 937 mil lion bushels in 1913. The three-fourths drop in produc tion gives an inkling of the malnutri tion and starvation that have stalk ed the land of the ex-czars. At empty stomach, rather than govern mental changes, apparently explains Russian conditions of the last few years. Total grain crops in 1923 were a bit smaller than the year before, but a fourth' larger than in 1921. The 1924 outlook is better, GAIN Foreign trade is looking up. Ex ports of American manufactured goods in the fiscal year 1924, to end June 30, will be 200 million dollars ahead of the year before and 400 million ahead of 1922. Unlike the wartime boom, this is a healthy growth. It’s apt to be per manent. And, as a mater of fact, the physical volume of our foreign trade during the war boom exceeded normal by only 6 per cent. The sup posed gain was a price hoax. There weren’t more exports. They just COST more. ’ former "mistake of the committee, in offering the new rule for adop tion. The legislature should seal the question with a legal mandate. SHOULD O’ SEEN THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY ' A 4 ‘ 4 -A 0 , V k .. Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 4, 1914.) The sale yesterday of the brick building on Lamar street, formerly known as the Chambliss warehouse property but more recently owned by Mr. Luther Hawkins, was oi; interest in local realty circles and varied the dullness of the past two Or three months. The property was purchased by Dr. W. A. Rembert who acquired it as an excellent in vestment and at a good round price. Col. W. W. Dykes will qualify as the duly appointed receiver for the Americus Trust and Savings Co., the state bank heretofore operated in conjunction with the defunct Ameri cus National, and to an extent, alike defunt. It is hoped that depositors of the savings bank may eventually get back a considerable portion of the $13,000 o more, du them at the time the parent bank went by the board and its doors closed. Mrs. J. T. Killen and Miss Killen will come tomorrow from Moultrie as guests of Mrs. E. P. Morgan, during several days. The many friends of Mrs. C. A. Ames deeply regret her continued serious illness at her residence on Hill street, and will hope for her early recovery. Mrs. P. L. Holt has returned here from Galveston, where for two months she has been with her sen, Peyton, who has been seriously ill, but is now improved, and will re turn here shortly. Mrs. J. O. McArthur and daugh ter, Mrs. Griffith Eldridge returned yesterday from a visit to relatives in Blarkely. ’ Col. D. R. Andrews felt prouder yesterday than would a father of triplets, and all on account of a watermelon, the first one of the sea son and a joy promoter of Florida growth, which bent down the scale beam at 72 pounds. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 4, 1904.) At a meeting of the local camp yesterday Mr. John M. Blount pas senger agent of the Central, with Mr. S. A. Pruitt, local agent, went before that body in interest of the Nashville reunion, and the Ameri cus delegation will go by the Cen tral. A special coach will be given, the Americus party leaving here at noon on the 13th inst. and arriving at Nashville, next morning at 6:30 o’clock. Postmaster Frank Mitchell along with other Georgia postmasters has just been given an increase of SIOO a year in salary, dat.ng from June Ist. His salary is increased fror.i $2,300 to $4,000 a year. With the and the increase in the duties and growth of the Americus post office responsibilities of postmaster, it is but natural and proper that the salaries of the postmaster and other officials of the office should be in- | made on improved farm lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given JUoney secured promptly. We have new 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 Bqnk Building, A marfijuß, Qa. Phone ’B9 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1924 I creased. Prof. I. L. McNair, of the faculty of the Furlow High School, who was succeeded in that position of the recentelection by Prof. Duncan, of Alabama, has already severed his connection with the public schools. At an early date he will establish a high grade private school for ad vanced pupils, and will thus remain in Americus. The sweet girl graduate is now telling us what lies beyound the Alps, while the young man over at the college is giving us a few point ers on how to conduct a republic. When an Americus girl gets en gaged she acts like a man who has just bought a dog supposed to be able to lick anything in his class. Mr. W. L. Thomas one of Plains prominent business men, was in- Americus yesterday. Col. Jim Williams magnificient peroration yesterday upon “fresh air, pure water, hygiene and sani tation” deeply impressed the as semblage. THIRIY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. 2 MAY DIE FOLLOWING PISTOL DUEL IN STREET MONTGOMERY, June 4.—Hays Fannin is dead and David Knighton is wounded, perhaps fatally, as the result of a fight in a street in front of the postoffiee at Grady, Ala., a village about 35 miles from Mont gomery, according to reports re ceived here. The fight is said to have been caused by an argument over a dice game. An exchange of blows re sulted and Knighton is reported to have stabbed Hays Fannin. Knigh ton in turn was shot down by Walt er C. Fannin, brother of the dead man, according to reports received here. 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 COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier she Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE Oldest and largest MrWA’lraTO-!?’** It WmH State Bank in South- HpSlflJiLp 0) west Georgia. Any f -'J ’■ ' 1 business entrusted to 113 will receive our jl best attention. If you are not al- SBißafeßgwigßregml ready one of our yjrHij 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 VOILES AT 25c. Dots, stripes and many differ ent figures, all colors, 40 inches wide, sheer and pretty;- here at yard .......25c NEW LINENS AT 98c New colors, 38 inches, wide, guaranteed Irish manufacture; col ors are absolutely good and it is ready shrunk; nothing to worry about with this linen, yard ....98c LAUNDRY SOAP 10 BARS FOR 25c Large regular 5c .bar, sold only on Wednesday and Thursday. Not but 10 bars will be sold to one buy er at th e price; Wednesday and Thursday 10 bars for 25c NEW SANDALS AT $1.98 Just from the makers; flexible stitched-down soles, low rubber heels, guaranteed all leather —■ gren, blue, brown leathers, plain or cut-out style, all sizes $1.98 PEPPEREL SHEETING AT 50c 9-4 Sheeting, bleached or un bleached; the Pepperel grade free from dressing; sold only in reason able quantities, here Wednesday and Thursday, yard 50c 6x9 CONGOLEUM SQUARES AT $3.60. These squares are cut from the regular Congoleum by the yard and are without borders, but they look almost as well as the ones at dou ble this price with borders; this 6x9 size Wednesday and Thurs day $3.60 GUARANTEED OTIS PIN CHECKED TROUSERS AT $1.49 For men of all ages, the Otis grade—none better at any price— all regular and extra sizes. No extra charge for the large sizes; Wednesday and Thursday all regu lar and extra sizes, pair ..$1.49 LADIES’ WHITE BUCKSKIN HOLLYWOOD SANDALS AT $3.95 Regular $5 to $5.50 grade, new est toes and heels, flexible welted soles; nothing to equal these in Americus, pair - $3 95 MEN’S KHAKI TROUSERS AT $1.98. Excellent quality, extra well made of best standard Khaki cloth, color guaranteed, all sizes, pr sl-98 Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
