About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1924)
PAGE SIX SUMTER COTTON FARMERS, COTTON SQUARES ARE FORMING: DUSTING COMES NEXT. UNDUSTED FIELDS WILL BE RIDDLED BY THE WEEVIL IIMEB-RECCRDEB PUBLISHED Um Published by The Times-Recorder Co., t*nc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered aa eecond data matter at the post of fid at Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Cerigroa. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for the republication of all news dis* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local news published here in. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, IROST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. New York; peoples’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT 1 '"I . Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. —1 Tim. 5:19. i Give me good proofs of what you have alleged.—Shakespeare. That G. O. P. Platform The Republicans met. They wrote a platform. They named Coolidge and They ad journed. The president s floor manager was in complete charge up to the point of the selection of Dawes. The platform committee ad hered strictly to orders from the White House. Nothing radical, nothing exciting is to be found in it. If you haven’t read it, you are nothing lost. It’s dry, dull, meaningless. Attempts to write into it the anti-klan plank failed. At tempts to condemn Fall and Daugherty failed. It is wabbly, spineless and there isn’t a sen tence with "a kick in it.’’ The Imperial Wizard of “In visible Empire” was on hand to look after klan interests. Just how successful was he and his cohorts is evidenced by this plank from the platform— The Republican party reaf firms its unyielding devotion to the Constitution and to the guar antees of civil, political and re ligious liberty therein contained. The above plank is a fair sample of all the others. An ef fort was made in committee to write a strong anti-klan plank, but it died a-borning. On the question of prohibition we find this harmless pro nouncement. We must have respect for law. We must have observance of law. . . . The Republican party pledges the full strength of the government for the maintenance of these principles by the en forcement of the Constitution and all laws. As was expected, Mr. Cool idge was named by an over whelming vote. Nothing unex pected there. Just once did the convention get out of the iron hands of the bosses. Coolidge managers were determined to name Low den for second place. Lowden had emphatically declined, but they’thought they could “draft” him, but Lowden refused to be drafted. Coolidge managers turned to Borah.. In no uncertain terms, Borah declined and threatened to give his reason for declin ing unless let alone. They did not call Borah’s hand. Borah is not of the "Old Guard;” he is not of the LaFollette type of progressive. He maintains a sort of middle ground. By this time the bosses had disposed of Borah, the dele gates became restive. They re sented the dictatorial manner of Chairman Butler and simply refused to nominate any one Butler suggested. They selected General Dawes of "Hell and Maria” fame, and Dawes accepted. Dawes was not wanted. He is a very poor follower, and unless he is care fully watched it will be Dawes and not Coolidge who will oc cupy the limelight the next few months. Dawes is not acceptable to organized labor. He favors the "open shop.” He is a poor politician, cutting red tape and speaking his mind without regard to politicial exigencies. Unquestionably, b owever > Dawes has added greatly to the strength of the Republican tick et. .He will "take” with all elements, with the exception of organized labor. LaFollette and his little co terie of followers were bull dozed, threatened and laughed at, but they stood their ground and will make trouble for Cool idge and Dawes in the coming months. The field is now open to the Democrats who meet in the next few days in New York. A Democratic victory is assured, provided the delegates now as sembling in Gotham have the wisdom and the backbone to take advantage of the oppor tunity given them by the Grand Old Party. The platform must carry h- tirtn Ut aFArsr/*! to pussyfoot on the question of prohibition, national economy, job-holders and high taxes. It must show a sincere desire for strict economy in governmental expenses. It must convince the public that public money, pub lic lands and other public as sets will be protected from the thieves who have infested Washington for the past four years. It should meet the klan issue with courage and unequivocal ly condemn the political ma chinations of the utterly un- American organization of would-be dictators. Unless the Democrats can write such a platform and then name two progressive, honest, intelligent men to head the tick et, it does not deserve success in the fall. The Banker Knows An Americus merchant said to us not so long ago that the mail order houses and the stores in the big cities were putting the small town merchants out of business. "This very day I have answered letters, asking about the credit of some of our peo ple,,” he said. A few minutes before this merchant had declined to adver tise because "the people have no money or credit,” he said. These two opinions won’t "square.” The mail order house demands cash. The stores in the large cities refuse longer credits than 30 days. The mail order houses go on because the mail order houses never suspend advertising —■ they never sleep day and night they are offering so-call ed bargains. More local business goes to the cities because more and more the big city papers are read in the smaller towns. In them, the purchaser reads the ads, the ad creates a desire and a sale is made. "If our merchants who com plain that there is not any mon ey in Bainbridge will take into consideration that in the past 1 2 months 3,000 money orders have been sent out of town for merchandise alone they will shut up that talk, and get some goods and advertise that they have them,” says the Bainbridge Post. . The day is past when the mer chant can sit down, expect folks to “tote it to their.” and not make any effort to meet the “to ter” more than half way. If there is any man in business who doesn’t think that the folks read the home paper, we dare them to allow us to make a reflection on them in just one issue; they will find out that the entire world reads it almost. The man who sits down on a stock of goods expecting the pub lic to hunt it up and ask for it has a nap to get over. If you have not the spirit to get up and advertise what you have, ithen the man who does, the man who heads the mail order houses, will go after it and get it. The big city stores and the mail order houses can be whip ped to a frazzle, says the Jack son Progress in this comment: We have said it before and we repeat it now, that the mer chant can use the home town pa per and by systematic, judicious, constant advertising whip the mail _ order houses to a frazzle. Judging by the steady stream of cash that is going off to mail order housed the business men would be justified in materially increasing their advertising ap propriations. When business is dull, the big city merchants “go after business stronger than at other times; larger advertising appro priations are made and sales are stimulated. The net profit may not be so large, but some profit is better than none. An Americus banker said to us recently: “A certain fellow was in here today, desiring to borrow’ some money. He said he could pay it back by cut ting off his advertising, saving that much.” The man DID NOT get the money. The banker immediately saw that decreased advertising meant decreased sales, and notes can't be paid when sales are on the skids. Turning Back 44 Years If you want a few chuckles, turn back 44 years in the news paper files and read what the people of 1880 were most inter ested in. , . - M Prohibition is a big issue in 1924. It was an issue though of less importance in 1880, when the prohibitionists held a political convention in Cleve land and nominated Neal Dow of Maine as their presidential candidate. The matter of a third term Jim JfORNING - 6 Hark —hark! the lark at heaven’s gate sings, , aZjv-. And Phoebus ’gins arise, X His steed to water at those springs / x'K On chaliced flowers that lies: And winking Mary-buds begin A Z' To ope their golden eyes; J- With everything that’s pretty bin, My lady sweet, arise; - Arise, arise! s., —Shakespeare. nation periodically. We find Republicans holding an Anti- Third-Term convention at St. Louis in 1880 to head off the renomination of General Grant, who’d already served two terms. In March of that year, we find “Dennis Kearney, the sandlots agitator of San Francisco, is sen tenced to six months’ imprison ment and to pay a fine of $ 1000 for distuibing the peace and us ing language tending to incite riots.” ....Times haven’t changed much. “Agitators” are nothing new. Every generation that ever lived has had its agi tators, preventers of stagnation. Nor has human nature chang ed. Now and in recent years Americans have been sending i relief funds to starving Germans, , Russians and others. In yellow ed newspaper files we read of Americans responding nobly with money and food fox Ire land’s poor, suffering from fam ine, in 1880. In I 880 the Khedive of Egypt shipped a huge obelisk (like a tall stone monument) to New York, a gift. The obelisk set the whole country talking. For Egypt was as mysterious and fascinating then as it is now when American and British scientific grave-robberp are prowling in the tomb of old King Tut. A national election in 1880, with the usual conventions of Republicans and Democrats. The campaign was very hot, the voting close. People took poli tics more seriously in those days, marching in long processions with red-fire torches. American bicyclists held their first national meet in 1880, at Newport, ,R. 1., 160 racing rid ers participating. Dr. Henry S. Tanner of Minneapolis fasted for 40 days, living on water alone. Any of these events of 1 880, bariing the bicyclists, might just as well happen in 1924. Actors, scenery, costumes and “stage props” change, but the plot of life is about the same in one generation as in others. J OPINIONS OF i S OTHER EDITORS ! QUITE TIME IT SEEMS. If the rate of murders in the United States has doubled in 20 years, and shows a steady risj annually, is it not time to stop blaming the war for it and look for the real cause?—Valdosta Times. BUILDERS AND KNOCKERS We love to see a builder; one who has a vision of how things should be and goes out to build. There is a fascination in seeing things grow around you. The farmer walks out in his> field on a nice spring day and is gratified beyond measure that nature is doing so much for him in swine and sheep and the glossy coat of his favorite steed. Yes, it is great to be a builder. The builder delights in his work, and it contributes to his health and happiness. But how about the obstruction ist, the knocker, the man who tears down? What about the fellow who delights in destroying, in putting his neighbor out of business? What about the man who dis rupts the even tenor of things that make for our weal and in his boasting way points with pride to the destruction he has committed? Do we find such in ■Society? We do. Their minds, and souls become warped and whatever good there may be in their make-up is crowded out, like the tares and thistles crowd out and destroy the life-giving grain. Their minds grope about in the darkness, totally incapaci tating them for the accomplish ment; of any good. God made man in his image that he might cultivate all that was beautiful and.holy, and that every good and perfect thing about him might be helpful to those about him. Good can only come to the man who wishes those about him to grow and prosper.—Cor nelia Enterprise. Out of the 27,000 girls employ ed by one firry, an\xpert chiropod ist found that only 25 per cent had ” THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ Apple COMING The foundation of five years of the greatest prosperity America has ever seen is now bei.tg laid, says C. W. Barron, the Wall Street fi nancial expert. He gives several reasons, but overlooks the most important one: A nation is like an individual. Dur ing the war we exerted ourselves tremendously. Then, tired out, we loafed until we recuperated. That period of rest was what we called business depression. Now we’re gradually getting back to top-speed work. Hard times are simply peripds of national resting and re cuperation. CONSOLATION Each week Ac railroads arc moving more and more ‘ freight. This means that times are going to get better. When freight move ment is big, business men are bet ting on good business ahead and are getting goods ready for expect ed customers. Latest reports show the railroads moving 91 cars of freight for every 77 cars in the corresponding week of 1921 and 1922. Throw away the blue spectacles. * * * EMERALDS Leonard Rosenthal sells mere pearls, diamonds and other precious stones than any other man in the world. He handles 300 million dol lars worth of gems a year. He passes the tip that emeralds are a good buy for investment pur poses, because he believes that the emerald will eclipse the diamond and pearl as the fashio’nable stone in the next few years. Before buy ing, ponder whether Rosenthal is clairvoyant or merely desirous of stimulating the market for emer alds. * * * SOLD Some have the notion that - all export business makes lots of jobs for American. Granted, but it varies. Our exports of finished manufactured goods now are not much larger than exports of raw materials to be turned into finished products by labor in foreign lands. Foreign trade to keep Americus busy is what we need most. * * * BUYERS Germany’s now our third best ex port customer. She’s steadily buy ing more. And France, in fourth place, is steadily buying less of our wares. Situations like this are apt to have a lot to do with shaping diplo matic policies. * » « WAGES Henry Ford’s railroad, the D. T. & !•> pays its office employes an average of sB.ll a day. Other em ployes—the men who handle the actual business, average $7.26 a day. Figure how much you’d make a month, railroading for Ford. » * » CHOCOLATE Just 400 years ago Aztecs ( in Mexico were teaching white explo rers from Europe the delights of chocolate, the food of the gods.” Spaniards took it back with them. Prohibitionists of those days fought chocolate because, served as a drink, it cut down the use of alco hol. And if Jii.uor came back in America, you’d find chocolate mak ers lighting it because prohibition has jumped the sales of chocolate and other candies. Chemically there are many “candy drunkards.” COOPER CHARGED WITH THEFT OF BANK’S FUNDS WILMINGTON, N. C., June 17. Thomas E. Cooper, a brother of Lieutenant Governor W. B. Coop pr, of North Carolina, has 1 en in dieted by the New Hanover su perior court grand jury on the charge of misappropriating s4’,- 000 of the funds of the defunct Liberty Savings bank here,- it be came known. Cooper and the lieutenant gov ernor were tried in the United States district court several months ago on similar charges growing out of the failure of the Commercial National bank here, the case re sulting in a mistrial. They still face the federal charge as well as HEAVY SEAS \\ W’ /A ' \ ' rSS xSW'W 4 ' Z / W\\ npn < ( - l/ -■ ■- -—\ s ■ J ZZZf r .->u i . .X'x'* 6 ’ -'' ' ■ ' x Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. June 17, 1904.) Announcement is made of the en gagement of Miss Willu Davis ai.d Mr. W. Thompson, the marriage taking place on Thursday at the home of the brides parents, Mr. ai.d Mrs. W.E. Davis at their home on Brooklyn Heights. A marriage of interest in Amer icus, the home of the groom oc curred yesterday afternoon in Ella ville when Miss Stella .Tyson and Mr. William J. Slappey tnus kneli .at Hymen’s altar. , Americus will play Montezuma here this afternoon, and a good game is expected. Th<; game will be played at the park on Hancock avenue, and is free to all specta tors. Bob Alexander will catch for the locals while James Fort will pitch. C. D. Wheatey, Cliff Nix, J. H. Hooks, Gordon Harrison, H. Stokes ( D. B. Hill, and Murray Dunn make the nine. The following program was rend ered at the. closing exercises of Furlow school last evening: Saluta tory and Class History, Kittie Wheeler; Fourth of July, Eva Rodgers; the Volunteer Organist Blanche Hawkins; Hunting for an Apartment, Bertha Schroeder; Jim’s Defense,. Murray Dunn; The Other Wise Man, Ethel McMath; I’lie Englishman and the Squatter, Mary Bowman; Tom Sawyer Love Affairs, Louse Chapman; class Poem, Linda Mathis; Love in a Bloom, Ann Wheeler; Valedictory, Will Miller, Adieu was said by Rob ert Hawkins. After a musical pro gram, rendered by Miss Nell Tur pin, prayer was offered by Rev. J. P. Wardlaw. A Lee street ‘girl’ who came here when the Indians left ha.; pocket ed her bathing suit in her glove case, and is going to hunt in other fields.. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Fro mThc Times-Recorder. June 17, 1894.) Among those on the yearly hoiio; roll at Furlow schqol were: First Grade—Lizzie Craig Cobb, Eunice Morgan, Howard Hagerty, Laura Taylor, Prince Ansley, Linda McLaughlin, Hinton Brown. Sec ond Grade—Rosa Stubbs, Aleck Solomon, Emmet Horine, Blanche Hawkins, Kathleen McLendon, Tuc ker Ansley, Josie Rowland, May belle Hawkins.. Thir Grade—Julia Guerry, Claude McLaughlin, Lizzie Bivins, I.ucile Cleg c Cora Stubbs, Fourth Grade' Eugene Bailey. Edna Stubbs, Bertha Mount, Que na Butcher, Mamie Clarke, L :.a Brown, Julia Mayo, Eddie Bell Junn, Mabel Sawyer, Mattie La mar, Hinkl • McLendon, Wilson Noyes. Filth Grade—Minnie Free man, Fannie Stallings, Robert Adan 1 an Georg* Cobb, Belle Ans ley. Sixth Grade—Celeste Clarke, I fY A IMS’ ’ r -ade 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 51,100,000 on farms in Sumter county alone, with plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sumter, Terrell, Schley, Macon, Stewart. Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, .Americus, Ga, J?hon.Q £9 Lucile Dunn, Mattie Stapleton, Ina White, Montine Smith, John Mar shall, Eugene Seig, Lizzie Boone Harrold, Eva Mae Hawkins, Sailie Wimbush. Interest in the diamond ring con test is growing very lively, and while votes have been cast this week a large number are still held back. Miss Mary Watts leads the list with 2G9 with Miss Minnie Hortbn second with 178, and Miss Fannie Stallins third with 15C votes. Capt. Alf Bell still leads in the contest for the Indian Spring prize, though it is whispered about that the friends of a charming young widow will pile in a goodly number of votes for this week. But the contest- for the uglist man, there’s where the rub comes and where the fight will be fast and furious. Some of the uglist men in Georgia live right here in Ameri cus and the friends of these are anx ious to get rid of them for a week at least, and are voting for them to go to Tybee. Heading the list is C. W. Bacot, 181, Gus Harris, 122, A. D. Gatewood, 46; H. M. Brown, 30; Frank Lanier, J. W. Hightower, Caliie Speer, W. T. Lane, Dr. Mc- Kee also getting quite a number of votes. RENDER GETS DIPLOMA AFTER FIFTY-ONE YEARS MACON, Ga., June 17.—Fifty one years has elapsed since L. J. Render, of La Grange graduated from Mercer, but it was only a few days ago that he received his diplo ma. He is now seventy-one. Just before commencement time of the class of 1873 an epidemic, broke out at Mercer and the stud ents were sent home. Mr. Render nevpr returned for his sheepskin. The matter was carried before the trustees of Mercer and they decided to confer the A. B. Degree on the aged citizen of La Grange. Americus * Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASI ER, Manager Funeral Director® 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 no, .1- 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 Larpe: Nano Ton Sm.II TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17, 1924 THE STANDARD $3.50 TO $4 COLORED KRIN KLE BED SPREADS AT $1.98 Blue and Pink Stripes of the best standard quality. These are made from short lengths we receive from the manufacturer each week. They are beautiful Spreads and are all full size, some measuring as large as 88x99 inches. Plenty for every body Wednesday and Thursday at each $1.98 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 Lahge regular 5c bar, sold only on Wednesday and Thursday. Not but 10 bars will be sold to one buy er at the price; Wednesday and Thursday 10 bars for r 25c NEW SANDALS AT $1.98 Just from the makers; flexible stitched-down soles, low rubber heels, guaranteed all leather —• green, blue, brown leathers plain or cut-out style, all sizes $1.98 PEPPEREL SHEETING AT 50c 9-4 Sheeting, bleached or un bleached; the Fepperel 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 cpt from the regular Congoleum by th P 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 cjirage 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 cst 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 $1.98 Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
