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PAGE FOUR SUMTER COTTON FARMERS, COTTON SQUARES ARE FORMING: DUSTING COMES NEXT. UNDUSTED FIELDS WILL BE RIDDLED BY THE WEEVIL’ I nME u^ IDEB "im, , Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Loyelace Eve, Editor and Publisher ■ t ■ . Eatered M Mcond clan matter al iha poatoffta M Aaaricu, Georgia, according to the Act of Caagmaa* nit Aaoociated Proao la welaairelj entitled ta Ute eoo for the republication of all new, die petchee credited to it or not otherviae credited to tkie.pepnr and alto the local new, pnhliahed here to. All right of republication of apecial diapatchea are adao reeerred. .p. ...J 1 . ■ ■ National Adrertiaing Ropreoentatlvee, FROST LANOIS A KOHN, Branawiok Sldg, New Todt; /eoptea' Gao Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT Let me die the death of the right eous, and let my last end be like his.—Num. 23:10. Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.—Ben Johnson. Tests of a Democratic Candidate The New York World (Democratic) analyzes the qualifications of Mr. McAdoo as a SUCCESSFUL nominee from the Democratic party and finds him disqualified on at least three counts, in the fol lowing: When the delegates at the Democratic convention settle down to the choice of a can didate they will look for a man who can win. The ability to carry more or 1® 33 uncontested State primaries and State con ventions this spring will interest them much less than the ability to carry the electoral college next November. Therefore, aft er they have voted on a num ber of ballots according to their instructions for this candidate or that favorite son, the argument which is bound finally to deter mine the choice is capacity to carry the national ticket, and with it the State and Congres sional tickets, to victory. In sizing up the claims of the candidates, the delegates who hold the balance in the conven tion will apply, We believe, the following tests; 1. Can John Jones go to the people ag the representative of clean government, without apologies, without explanations and without defense technicali ties? Will he in his own per son, on his record, meet the popular demand for a return to higher standards of public serv ice? 2. Does he in domestic af faire stand for the interest of the Forgotten Man, for the av erage hard-working citizen who pays freight on all claims of the minorities’ 3. Does he stand squarely for American liberty, for religious freedom, for racial friendliness, as against all secret political so cieties and organized bigotry? 4. Does he stand for the Democratic principle of opposi tion to the extension of govern mental interference and its cen tralization at Washington. 5. Doe® he stand for a policy of active and ungrudging co-op elation to maintain th e peace of the world? } 6. Does he understand the business of government and does he know how to choose asso ciates? 7. Is he popular and can he win enough Eastern and Middle Western States to make a ma jority in the electoral college? Among the leading candidate.* Sere is one who meets some of ese qualification admirably, o-therg not at all. Mr. McAdoo understand® the business of gov ernment, and has without any question the energy, the capacity for decision, the ability to pick z associates and to retain their loyally. He is, we believe more devoted to a policy of co-opera tion in foreign affairs than his |re-convention speeches would indicate. Although he has gone very far in trading policies for blocs of votes, he is a progres sively minded nan. But on three counts at leant he i® totally disqualified as a candidate this year. He is dis qualified because: 1. He cannot make the out standing issue against the Repub licans. 2. His devotion to American liberty is open to question; 3. He cannot carry New York, New Jersey, and probably • no other Eastern State, and he cannot make up west of the Mississippi, enough votes to off set this loss. When we say that Mr. Mc- Adoo cannot make the issue against the Republicans we do pot charge him with any wrong doings We refer only to the obvious fact that he was Mr. V.oheny’s lawyer on a personal letainer of $25,000 annually and on a contingent fee of $1,000,- 000 if Mexican negotiations suc ceeded; that he received a fe e of $150,000 from the Republic Iron •nd Steel Company for appear ing before his own former treas ury subordinates in a tax-refund cas e which saved the company $2,000,000. A man in this posi tion cannot, in our judgment suc cessfully convince the voters that he represents a return to high standards of government. When we say that Mr. Mc- Adoo’s devotion to American lib erty is open to question we do not charge that he is a mem ber of the Ku Klux Klan. But we regard it as hopelessly diffi cult for hint to explain to Ameri cans, especially in the pivotal North and East, that he is op posed to the secret order whose assistance-he has accepted. {Whan ’we say that h e cannot .be elvited because he would be defeated along the Atlantic sea board think the- statement will not b e seriously disputed. Mr. McAdoo cannot muster the full Democratic strength, and he will concentrate against him the maximum Republican strength. His nomination would be a god send to Mr. Coolidge ip just those states which have the big gest votes in the electoral col lege. Mr. McAdoo would rouse against himself most of the busi ness community, practically the whole anti-Ku Klux Klan strength, all the wet sentiment, and would probably divide the radical sentiment with LaFol lette. The nomination of Mr. Mc- Adoo this year would be a repe tition of the Bryan disasters. That is why the delegates come to casting the crucial ballots they will turn, regretfully per haps but none the less inevit ably, to another man. A few more days will deter mine whether the World’s an alysis is correct. Os one fact there is no room for debate; McAdoo and Al Smith can control the national convention, provided they can get together. The two of them co-operating may do whatever they please. It may be impos sible for either to secure the plum, but they can name the man who will. Al Smith is a Catholic. Mc- Adoo unquestionably represents the Ku Klux Klan. And there you are. The average man would say that of all elements, those two are legs likely to mix. But poli tics makes strange bed fellows. First and foremost, politics is PRACTICAL, and ’’practical policitcs” means playing every card in the deck—as well as the one up your sleeve, WHEN NECESSARY. »We shall see what we shall see. McAdoo wants above all else to be president of these United States. The vice-presi dency may suit Al, when he finds he cannot head the ticket. And, dear reader, don’t for get that both William Gibbs and Al are two of the MOST practical politicians on the stage. With Tammany Hall on one side and Bill Bryan on the oth er, Old Man P. P. will be the central figure in Gotham for the next few days. Letters to the Editor Occasionally we receive un signed communications request ing publication. There is a definite rule in this office, as in most newspaper offices, that no letter or article is given pub licity that is not signed by the writer. It is not necessary that the name of the writer appear in print when his or her article is published, but IT IS necessary that the editor know who is writing. Letters to the editor from subscribers or non-subscribers always receive a warm wel come. Few things give an edi tor more pleasure than a sign ed communication from one of his readers, but they must be signed. The Truth About Diogenes What do you know about Diogenes? Chiefly that he went about with a lantern, looking for an honest man. All this is historical bunk, of course, for Diogenes didn’t need to look far. Around him were more honest men than crooks. Sarne as today. Nine are honest where one is dishonest. The truth is Diogenes was a counterfeiter, a fugitive from justice. He was the w>n of »n ancient money-changer or tink er at Sinope. Both he ar«d his father were expelled from the home community for adol’erat ing comage ’ Diogenes escaped to Athens where he lived in a tub at the Temple of Cybele Being » crook at heart, he natural;/ im agined all other people were crooks. Ile joined the Cynics, a sect of Greek philosophers fosoded by Socrates. Cynic means dog like, snarling. Being a cy?.;z c, went about with a lantern sar castically seeking an Lor man.” History is a very incomplete record. To its credit, thougi., it does tend—with a multitode of exceptions-— to preserve « record of the good things. ,u»d make people forget the bad. Coolidge’s Unenviable Position Undoubtedly Calvin < ool idge will be nominated by the G. O. P.’s to succeed himself as president of these more or less united States. «s i. M 3 TdANNOGKBURN- E.'Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled — Scots, wham Bruce has aften led— ErffTZ c Welcome to your gory bed, L/i , l ;Or to victone! a mV. ■ \ ~ Now’s the day and now’s the hour; rI • Art See the front o’ battle lower; ill LvV See approach proud Edward’s power- ■ L Chains and slavene! i ‘ Wha W ’R a Waiter knave? Wha can fill a coward’s "grave? ■■-'2 j /g sae base as be a slave? r .) * Let him turn and flee! I’ 5 f° r Scotland’s king and law v H Freedom's sword will strongly drsw, 'F \ Freeman stand or freeman fa “ ■ v\, kt him on wi’ me! ’ j oppression’s woes and pains! r'V' \ y° ur sons In chains! S h' w ’“ ram our earest ve * ns > ‘Z But they shall be free! * - - Fay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! c Liberty’s in every blow! Let us do, or die! V —Robert Bums./ The humiliating and absurd position in which he finds him self has few parallels in politi cal history. With a majority of his own party in Congress, says a cor respondent in the New York World, he has not been able to secure the passage of a single major bill or policy which he has advocated; nor can he con trol the very men who acclaim him a Peerless Leader and who will see to his nomination—and asks this writer: For what purpose? For the sole purpose of gaining for themselves and for their own use the power of the presidency by placing in the presidential chair a man whom they hav e al ready thrashed and whom they will cast aside at will in order that they may control and work the government as they se e fit. This gang of unprincipled poli ticians intend to lead him to the slaughter, either to be slaughter ed at the polls or elected and slaughtered afterward. No politician in any other government in the world, so overwhelmingly repudiated by his own party, would dare pre-1 sent himself for re-election, says I this writer. The “silent man of iron” has become, in the eyes of many, “a speechless man of straw.’’ Lucian Lamar Knight Dr. Lucian Lamar Knight is to retire as State Historian and head of the department of archives, a position to which he was elected several years ago. Dr. Knight has rendered a great service to his State since occupying this position. He has gathered and indexed a vast quantity of information of Georgia’s past that will be of inestimable value to future generations. Until Dr. Knight took charge, the priceless records of the State were cast about, here and there, little effort being made to even preserve them. All of this he carefully gathered to gether. filed and indexed, and placed where they will be safe from fire and theft. Dr Knight is the author of A History of Georgia,’ Rernin iscemes of Famous Georgians” and other splendid books. He feels that he has fulfilled his task, the one he set out to complete and now wishes to travel and write at his leisure He has made for himself a per manent p ac< m the heart of hM feiiow Georgians, whoae love, and retpez» ever go with hjm m hit travel* ALL READY TO .START ftTH bl , I .UHfXjf. i 4,-./. U 7 ! -. Z y, .-, • ; \ • I ->r,z;.-., if T,w. I Z <-A ~z, .z, 1126 j t f>r k* ..■•aazz.4 fz.L j, p *.»-., .7 vi J z U « OlhC; Anbury, f.zjz .•< r Ih< »«>■■* .• f-* . , r- I w « I'hautauqq. Which >*,4* I* < number of m .‘<zr« THE 'AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER a* /I _/* * MberlAjolc: MUSIC Nothing is lasting. Change is eternal and constant. The greatest mountain qtvery second becomes smaller as rain washes it away to the sea. And the sea, in turn, id slowly filling up. Just when a man thinks he has achieved something, he finds the , forces of disintegration attacking : him. Phonograph makers built up a giant industry, sold two and a quarter million machines and 107 million records in 1920. They felt secure. Then came the radio craze. It has put half of the phonograph makers out of business, fewer than 100 surviving. The two industries are joining hands. What will come along and crowd radio to the corn er? Something, that’s inevitable. « » • CHEAPER Edison put the incandescent elec tric light on the market in 1879. Four years later, rates became uni- , form at 20 cents a kilowatt hour, j The price today, for small consum- ] fcrs, averages eight cents—or less than half what it originally w r as. , The same is true of thousands of Other articles. When people say , cost of living has doubled, they re- , fer to food, clothing, rent and other j basic items. Ingenuity in manufae turing has low'ered more other , prices than any of us realize. Can’t , compare our cost of living with grandpa’s, for he didn’t have a hun dredth of the things we use and con ( rider • * * HAT Cork hats are on the market. Lighter than straw. Easily cleaned, t Shape themselves to the head. j Maybe you’ve noticed the increas j ing number of articles made of < cork. Behold the cork industry : n- - geniously turning its talents to new < field:-, t© compensate for business . fort through prohibition. < An industry never admits failure. It merely shifts its tactics in an other direction. So should indi viduals, foiled. » » » [READING Heaven help u», several colleges ; a <r tajl .d courses teaching book agents how to ply their trade. For tunately, they specialize at selling fro r( . behind the counter in stores. And that job requires education More so steadily, say speakers at a eonvoi hori of book dealers. They L -.'J jz< opL- ,-,re “thinking more,” in treas.ngly buying volumes on »« ' • • d,j<-etr.. And movies and radio have stimulated book sales in- ;>d of curtailing them as many on';e ♦ * • A»K£L W» still five In the Age of Stee’. A o'l this (rountry of ours last year r throe fifth:; of the ■jotlil pig Ton, from which nUel r/.Aoufai t<L I. month Americans /■ ■ much pig iron as in yehr 1881. Fr.'le in country heginn w h '-' - •ig' on Its xtrcngih ami » ow hi aM uteel, at lenr', we’re o.or>- important than nil the rest of /. »o/lrl ','iftihilicd. injfUKP. A , ,rt!< holdn Junt no many ‘ :r cz 'j,,., ground contama Ju»t | i ' iron oi‘, copper, coal oil, jg- awl soil fertility. 1 We're using up thwae natural re «z,,r<<-» f>, >, They exjxt in tuich z z ‘ ■ » i mlltb f- that it’ll be a Ic'.o- yc«r« or more before J *k> rc «ri au»f> 4, Bui humanity h ■» 'ontiy U>7UMnnda of flH* to il/L o, of friwfclftg n living will he •'iin> Inrrcaeingly difficult. * a . : Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 10, 1914.) Prospect heights Sunday school of which Mr. T. H. McGillis is su perintendent will have its an nual outing today at Myrtle Springs as will also East Americus school, of which Mr. C. L. Oliver is super intendent. Officers and members of the schools as well as quite? a, number of friends will go out this morning in touring cars and auto trucks. Mr. and Mrs, L. G. Council and little daughters, Ruth and Eliza beth, are at Atlantic Beach for the week. Mr. Council joining them yesterday at Live Oak, Fla., where Mrs. Council and daughters have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. N. "Hildreth. Mr. Perry is regretting the loss of his gold .watch which he feels sure, was swiped by a light finger ed artist at the Central depot Sun day afternoon. Mr. Perry was as sisting two children aboard a tram there when a stranger, alighting from the platform brushed against him and then quickly got aboard the train again. Americus fishermen, a dozen strong left yesterday for the famed waters of Sarasota Bay, on the Mex ican Gulf. For a week past Col. Sparks and Jap Pinkston have been busy digging worms and packing hair oil and Florida water for the trip, a fact which insured ecstate joy and sweet contentment—if not fish. The party of pole wielders included Col. Sparks,. Arthur Ry lender, T, B. Hooks, Glenn Hooks, J. E. Hooks, L, P. Gartner, Jap Pinkston* and Arthur .Kelly. They expect to stay as long as the “bait” last. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 10, 1904.) Miss Mary Wheatley one of Americus lovliest young girls and a graduate of Shorter College, re turned home from Rome last night. Cotton/blooms are no rarity in Americus now, as on many farms near the city the fields will soon be a bloom with the gorgeous flowers of cream and purple hue. The crop, too, is making wonderful strides, and several farmers hope to market a first bale in Americus m less than sixty days from date. Spot cotton was worth 11 and one half cents in Americus yester day, as against 17 and one halt ninety days ago. We will never see that high level again. Mr. S. A. Pruitt left last night for Columbia, S. C. where during several months he will be interested in a paving contract taken recently by S. M. Hudson, of Atlanta. The marriage at noon yesterday t>f Miss Jessie Davenport and Rev. E. Marvin Overby was indeed a plesant surprise to the host of friends of both bride and groom, for, while their engagment had been whispered in social circles it was not expected that the marriage would take place for some time yet. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June y), 1894.) The following new executive com mittee for Sumter county was also declared elected yesterday. From the 27 district E, T. Mathis, N. G. Prince, T. N. Hawkes, B. H. Jossey from the 15th district H. B. Pound, old 16th, J. J. Wilson; new 16th W, A. Poole, 17th J. F. Ross; old old 26th, W. L. Thomas; new 26th VACATION For sunburn, bites, soreness, poison ivy or summer colds VICKS Oocr J 7 Million Jar» Umd Ytarly DEMfWOMAN RECOVERS Health Much Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ' Detroit, Michigan. “Your little book left at my door was my best doc limojj uniniiitTl tor ’ 3a 'd to n 'y * ius " BI hand, ‘Please go and get me some I ’ vd ta E. Pink- hern’s Vegetable t " - Compound. 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The ugliest man in Americus the most popular young lady and the most popular individual regardless of looks, age or sex, will find some thing to interest them in the stand ing in each of the three contests as published herewith. First on jlhc list is “ugly Man contest with the following vote polled Rev. T. M. Christian 61; George W. Bacot, 20; Gus Harris, 31; DeLacy Law, 27; J. W. Hightower, 9; allie Speer, 13; Jim Semmes, 1; And among the folks who want to" spend two weeks at Indian Spring at the expense of the T. R. heres the outlook for them; Capt. A. C. Bell 351; Mrs C A. Fricker 12; Mrs. T. R. Slappey, 1; B. H. Mayo, 1; Miss Genlie Glover, 9; Miss Retta Aycock, 1; Claude Speer, 1; Like the first con test votes are being held back on this, and the friends of Capt. Alf, must look at their laurels or they, will be scooped. But the diamond ring contest. Ah! theres where all interest in centered and heres hovv the candidates-stand: Misses Lucia Hawkins, 158; Mary Watts, 146; Fannie Stallings. 132: Martha Wheatley, 73; Nina Fish, 68; Nellie Johnson, 46; Eva Horine, 36; May belle McKenzie, 63; Etta Miiy Al len, 36; Genie Glover, 10; Lilb Glover, 1; Georgia Glover, 1. ROME GIRLS GIVEN PRISON SENTENCES ROME, June 10.—Marie Gilland, pretty girl about 18 years old aft er being convicted in the city court on the charge of vagrancy and given a sentence of a year on the state farm. She was arrested with two other girls named Farrow and Everett some time ago. ’ They pleaded guilty and were sent to the state farm for nine months. The Gilland girl refused to plead guilty and wpnt to trial and was convicted. COLE IS CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATE ROME, June 10.—D. Cole, of Cartersville, has announced his candidacy for the state senate froin the 43rd ditsirict composed of Floyd, Bartow and Chattooga coun ties. It is Bartow’s time to select a senator. Mr. Coleis a formei- Roman, a business man of large interest and has served two terms in the legis lature. John Camp Davis, of Rome is present senator from the dis trict. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231 Mrs. L. H. Goss ■»f '■ ± t ■ . Are You Weak, Nervous? This Advice Is Vital to You Jacksonville, Fla.—“l have, at dif ferent times, found relief by taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, j when I began to be nervous, had severe' headaches, and felt bad in general. Usually two or three bottles was sufficient. 1 also took the ‘Pre scription’ during expectancy and it was a great benefit to me at this time. My experience with different remedies leads me to believe that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the very best woman’s tonic on the market.”—Mrs, L. H. 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If you are gding to buy Crepe de Chine let nothing keep you away from this sale, as you will positively save 75c on every yard you purchase here on sale; her e at per yard sl-25 SUMMER VO’LES AND TISSUE AT 15c YARD Good patterns, fast colors; will wear and look as well as some other fabrics at two or three times this price, at yard 15c CRINKLE REMNANTS FOR MAKING BED SPREADS You can make a spread for about one-half the regular eost of one. These mill-e'nds or remnants come in desirable lengths for making spreads. They cost only 30c yard. Regular value is about 60c. Pink and blue stripes. Come early. They will go fast. RENFREW DEVONSHIRE CLOTH AT 25c Short lengths of 10 to 20-yard pieces, also one full case of full pieces in case our supply runs short. This fabric has been placed on sale simply to keep business humming during June. In ar»y rea sonable quantity, yard 25c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Need Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
