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X. UP AND BURN FALLEN COTTON SQUARES AND FEED CALCIUM ARSENATE TO BOLL WEEVIL: DO THAT, AND THE FIGHTK ON k 4 'U' 3-RECC BDEE I . PUBLISHED 1579 ■ i- . | , published by I \ iines-Recorder Co., (inc.) p L*e Eve, Editor and Publisher red «• Mcood cl«m matter at the postoffict daericua, Georgia, according to the Act at iXfM. 'the Aaaociated Preaa is eacluairely entitled te wa uee for the republication of all newt die- I patebea credited to it or not otherwise credited to •/ thia paper and alao the local uewa published here -4 tn. Ail light of republication of special dispatches II are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST IANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., New Treks *eop)?»’ Cat Bldg.. Chicago. A He that passeth by, and meddleth With strife belonging not to him, is * like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Ah, how happy would many li < > be if individuals troubled thiri selves as little about other people’s •affairs as about their own. —Lieh- tertberg. Kg ; / } A Warning! Taxes always have been bur densome and objectionable. They are seldom willingly paid but were submitted to because one must. * So long as they were reas onable, so long as they were not confiscatory, they were paid without a grumble—and the taxpayer went his way re joicing. * But today, from coast to " coast and from Canada’s bor der to the gulf there is a mighty rumbling of discontent. Along with the increase in the cost of living we have had * to submit to a continual raise —a pyramiding of taxes. ■ The people are tired, sore and rebellious. Candidates for Congress, for Governor, for Legislative seats ’have ■ridden into office on a platform of lower taxation, on ly to betray their trust by aid-’ ing and abetting increased tax schedules. Communism, ‘.Bolshevism and voting ‘‘blocs" have come into being, demanding lower taxes and at the same time staging another raid on the | treasury- The State Legislature has convened. The hoppers soon ; will b e clogged with bills de manding additional appropria tions wheih in turn must be met by increased tax burdens. Gentlemen of the Legisla- you had best go slow in ajdding more taxes to the al ready breaking shoulders of Georgia. For three years the farmers of the State have operated at an enormous loss. Few busi nesses have seen a profit in 36 months. Our surplus from i 9 17-18-19 has been complete |ly wiped out. Bankruptcies - have been frequent. There are more mortgages on our lands today, we are informed, than ever before in its long and honorable history. In many instances, this year’s taxes—and those of last year— — have not been paid. Until an other crop is made, they can not be paid. The Legislator who aids in adding to the burden already too heavy, should not be allow ed to again occupy his seat. * . The people of Georgia are sick and tired of promises. What they are demanding is results. We have had a suf ficiency of legislative experi ments. t Burgin Succeeds ..Marion county sends Joe Burgin to the Legislature, suc ceding the late Ed H. Mc- Michael. Mr- Burgin defeated Judge W. D. Crawford by a vote of 41 5 to 238. Marion is to be congratulat ed in giving the State the op portunity of benefiting from the service of Joe Burgin, and has set an example that should be followed by other counties. Send successful business men to tjje Legislature if you would Georgia out of the mud and mire of politics. The greatest need in Geor gia today is able, honest, level headed business men in our law making body. We MUST draft men —send them with or with out of their consent men of the type of Joe Bu r gin of Ma rion. Enforcing the Road Laws "A county where good peo ple live is the county most folks want to live in. No worthwhile man or woman cares to live in a county of lawbreakers.” That’s the opinion of John Bale, judge of the City court at Rome and once a member of the Gsorgia Legislature from Floyd. ; In his address to the conven- C-' tion of county comrdisToners last week he placed the respon sibility of enforcement of what he termed road laws on the shoulders of the boardp of county commissioners. He said that while the sher iff and his deputies were ex pected to look out for the major criminals, that it was up to the commissioners to see that the lesser crimes were pun ished. “We agree,” Judge Bale said in effect, “that the automobile, the open road and bootleg booze have brought added responsibili ties in the protection of our young people. Don’t xepect your sheriff to patrol your roads. It’s the duty of every board of county commissioners to employ men to catch these offenders and it’s your duty to see that they are punished. Bootleggers, road houses and such can thrive in no county where your county commissioners determine they shall not enter. You have the legal and the moral right to clean up and keep clean your counties.” Judge Bale is correct. The Board of County Commissioners is the most powerful political boy in the county- It produces the county’s revenue and then spends it and the limitations thrown about the board are few. W'herever you find a law-abid ing county, you'll find able and conscientious county commis sioners. The Apache Indians Here is sad news: The 2500 Apache Indians of the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona ar cgoing to quit their wigwams and live in what a government bulletin describes as “modern homes." A sawmill has been started on the reservation and already 100,000 feet of lumber has been cut. The Apaches will use this lumber for building their cot tages. The Apaches are also de scribed as having been won over to the white man's system of education. The young Apaches are going to school regularly and taking home their grade-cards to papa. Miraculous, in a sense, for the Apaches have been the most reluctant of all Indian tribes in adopting so-called civilization. All this is progress, of course. Why do we call it “sad news?” Weil, were glad that the Apaches are being "advanced.” But somehow we have clung to the idea that the Apaches rep resented the last survival of the romantic old prairie days. And, when we see them surrender to the system of time clocks and efficiency experts, w e feel that one of our most important il lusions is destroyed. After all, the system we call civilization is a dull proposi tion. Maybe it s “efficient" and all that. But a man chain ed by this system likes to feel that there is romance and ad venture and freedom from civ ilization somewhere. Next thing we know, . the Eskimos will be discarding their candle-diet and adopting cal ories. It s all a part of the system that is reaching to the far cor ners of the earth and making life cut-and-dried, drab and dull. Ihe old-time salt water sailor of the frigate days is gone, and now the primitive ApacKe Indians follow him to seclusion. Progress, all right, but many a man resents the passing of the few remaining outposts of ro mance. 1 OPINIONS OF I J OTHER EDITORS ■ GOOD WATERMELON ADVICE A car of melons averaging 28 pounds in weight loaded at Bos ton Tuesday could not be sold for the reason that the melon men who examined them did not be lieve that the melons would cut red when they reached their des tination. Had the fruit been ripe the car would have commanded at least SSOO on the trac 1 -, but be cause the shipper was in too big a hurry he could find no sale whatever. One man did agree to consign it. ' If the grower had waited two or three days longer, he would have been in several hundred dollar... -—Pelham Journal. UNDERWOOD’S UNSWERVING COURAGE. Not one backward step has Un derwood, of Alabama, taken in the race he has run for the' Demon-, ratic presidential nomination—an honor he deserves as much as any man in the ranks of the party of the people, and one which none could fill more ably. Unawed by the Klan-infected delegations from Georgia, Texas, Indiana, and doubtless other states. The senator from Ala- Kama yesterday made public the text of his anti-Klan plank. It reads: “We do not reaffirm the prin- ciple set forth in said resolution of the Democratic platform of 1856, and do condemn as un- American and un-Democratic po litical action by secret or quasi secret organizations in. further ance of any political objective whatsoever, and in particular do we condemn such action for the purpose of proscribing the po litical rights and providings of citizens of the United States as is now proposed, practiced and publicly acknowledged by the or ganization known as the Ku Klux Klan and as may now or hereaf ter be proposed or practiced by any organization whatsoever.” There is no mincing of words —no subtle shadings which might De misconstrued in Klan indorse ment—Senator Underwood is op posed to the Klan in all its un- American aspects. And Senator Underwood says that in his anti- Klan plank.—Columbus Enquirer Sun. ONLY LARGE MELONS. The man who cannot get hi melons to market within the next ten days will probably not be able to sell them at a good price* unless they arc large mel ons. The way to have large met ons on July 10th, is to prune the vines right now to where only one melon is left to the vine. Each year one can ride over this section at the close of the melon season and see small wa termelons in the fields almost thick enough for you to step from one to another. They have been permitted to bear uncheck ed, with the result that too many melons are produced, all under sized, and none fit to market. There is hardly ever a time that thirty and thirty-five pound melons will not sell. They will sell this season, though the crop promises to be very large. The man who has money invested in melons and wants to get out will not produce but one large one to the vine. Use the pruning knife freely.—Moultrie Observer. COTTON CONDITION SATISFACTORY Considered from any angle, the anti-boll weevil campaign in South Georgia is in eminently satisfac-. tory condition. Recent weather has greatly favored the cotton grower. The plant has responded wonderfully to the stimulus of hot days and warm nights, and these same conditions have milita ted against the boll weevil. But the wise farmer will not be willing to “let well enough alone." He will watch his cotton closely. He will pick up all fallen squares, and if adult weevils are found in his field, he will play safe by using a little more poison. The fact that we now have an excellent crop prospect should spur farmers to greater activity. It is a great opportunity. Fast and thorough cultivation, picking up fallen squares and the use of poison as often as neces sary—-that’s the winning combina tion.—Albany Herald. ' OFFICIAL CRUELTY The charges that the disabled veterans of the World War at the Vocational Training School, Perry ville, have bee,n fed vennin-infest ed food, poorly prepared, in dirty utensils, that the buildings are insanitary and the management inefficient have yet to be sub stantiated. But it is a sad com mentary upon Government ad ministration of such institutions to note that nobody would be sur prised if they were. Why it should be so no one has satisfactorily explained, but nevertheless it is a fact that cruel ty reaches its superlative degree in the practices of Government bureau-crats. Perhaps they arc not always cruel and only delib erately so in rare instances, but cruelties that result from ineffi ciency, neglect and the absence of a sense of responsibility exceed anything that human depravity could strive for.—Baltimore Sun. IS DEMOCRACY SLIPPING? Those men who have made a careful study of the true princi ples of the Democratic Party ami have conscientiously and intelli gently attempted to apply them, have built up groups of enemies in their own party. In spite of the tact that the South gave sou: precious years of her life to fight ing these principles, and laid many a mother’s son in the grave before his prime, the mar. today who stands for State’s rights is not in good standing with quite a num ber of folks in the South and m the party. There is a veritable mania for centralization of power, and ef forts* at decentralization are met with stern opposition. Vast gov ernmental powers are being cent ered at Washington, just as vast financial powers are already centered at New York. Useless of fices are being built up, and ex penditures that could be foregone are becoming the gevernmental habit and custom. There are al ready some fifty thousand Fed eral officers residing in Wash ington now, and over a half mil lion elsewhere in the country. Is Democracy slipping? Will the party disappear, except for its name, which is becoming some what of a misnomer? W’ill the craving and demand for direct action instead of the slower and safer processes bring into our American life something more akin to monarchy or bol shevism? It does seem there should be a party conference “for the good of the order.”—Macon Telegraph. Entirely too many people K he movies to talk about something. ' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER Apple CORNER British rubber growers, who pro duce 72 per cent of the world’s rub ber, are forming a new selling com bine to control world supply, accord ing to the Wall Street Journal. Americans are the largest con sumers of rubber. Only two ways of protecting them from the high prices that inevitably result form organiz ed n ear-monopoly. 'The first is arti ficial rubber, already accomplished, but price is prohibitive for auto tires. The second is to grow rubber on a big scale ourselves. Our best bet is the rapidly growing rubber plantations in the Philippine islands Should be encouraged. * * » FACES Human face is gradually Jbecom- | ing longer, claims the British scion-| list, Sir Arthur Keith. Long, narrow heads with sharp jaws, that’s (he, tendency. It’s a result of more intense think ing. When a person thinks deeply, mouth tends to purse, cheeks to be pulled in and chin sags downward. Taking life too seriously docs the same—’’wearing a long face.” ♦ * * HOW? Germany is buying from other countries about 60 million dollar.; worth of goods a month in excess of what she’s selling to her export customers. This puts her in the hole 720 mil lion dollars a year. Until the situation is reversed and Germany builds up favorable trade balances by exporting more than sue imports, there will not be much paid in the way of reparations. Cash, not oratory and conferences, pays in demnity. » » » LEAK • Three .years ago, 60 per cent of the taxes paid by Americans went to the national government, 40 per cent to cities, counties and states. The tables are reversed now. Uncle Sam gets 40 per cent, local government 60. This is the real taxation menace. Keep an eye on spending by Con gress, but don’t forget local tax-eat ers. ♦ ♦ ♦ BUILDING One industry that hasn’t slipped is building. For May the 157 leading cities report new building permits 10 per cent more than in May, 1923 Possibly increased prices represent the 10 per cent gain, but the actual physical volume of building is about the same as a year ago, and that means it couldn’t be much more. The nation is spending three and a half billion dollars a year for new buildings, including homes. This pace, continued, will eventually lower rents. * » * INSURED Twenty-seven railroads now in sure their employes under the group plan of life insurance. ’ We are gradually evolving toward a system of industrial socialism with out realizing it. SfWOP HlffllS TO SUffflFP Hi Mlffl Cranston Williams to Manage Campaign, It Is Announced At Atlanta ATLANTA, June 27.—U. S. Senator W iiliam J. Harris will reach Atlanta from Washington about July 3rd, his friends have been ad vised here, and will go to his home at Cedartown for a few days. He will be accompanied by his daughter, Miss Julia Harris, who will spend the summer in Georgia with him. Mrs. Harris will be detained in Washington because of the serious illness of her sister, Miss Lucy Wheeler, a daughter of General Jo.? Wheeler. Senator Harris has had no com ment to make about the announce ment of ex-Senator Hardwick, and it is expected business will proceed as usual in both the Washington and Atlanta offices of Senator Har ris. Cranston Willlanjp, who has been secretary to Senator Harris throughout the senator’s term, will manage the campaign until further announcement, it was learned hero. Miss Eva Graham, of Mcßae, Ga., the assistant secretary, will have charge of Senator Harris’s Atlanta office again this summer. She w s in charge during the congressional recess last year. On returning from a fishing trip the fish are divided while their weight is multiplied. Friday is one of the seven days on which diving into shallow water is' said to be unlucky. No home is complete without a few uncomfortable chairs in which to welcome unwelcome company. . Evpry.time they build a new raiL road crossing the auto dealers order more cars, ■ ° UR BOARDING HOUSE -ByAbSEL— — I. ■ ? f vUkkELL, ”0 f -fop’ GoE<s PA<Srr . 'ME “THAT RODkte/ vjAE / De-fcV . ’ < ( ' s lIER EARS IS> I odT vMU maTor Hoople TilE 'ever 0L Ea iAmr iIAE MORkilkiG. SIIE SAID a VIORD OF IT vjASOkl GO | 'SVER SAYS _ GUE kkVER SAVJ PODIiEV id -to (arsTooPLE, -tuev F GiAcil a cotlDiTiokJ Before,- for / fiklall'/ • & siAell beta d iAeTook Her mctAer's I pim a M CRAMokJ portrait off t>Ae \ Ira tob oki LL • -r J PARLOR VIALL AklD POT LJT iTf.- iTOkJTAE ICE Iki TiAe \REFRIGERATOR’.-IMACIjJe-/ A. L ! fflsW J /A ® w ’ Ai ® BiT( S z ’ H,—-‘■Air MS I ■ rff-M - ■ ■ ■ b > JEd « JLAtuwillllnm - lE' * (Copyright. 1921. by NF.A Service, Inc.) -GARhJEX Akjp lAER RADIO y Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY ‘ (From tl.e Times-Recorder. June 27, 1914.) The exercises of laying the corner stone of the new Furlow Grammar school building is being arranged, and will be- an occasion of great in terest to the people of Americus who feel such a pardonable pride in her schools. The exercises wil be con ducted by the officers cf the Ma sonic lodge of Georgia, and the dace thereof will be announced as soon as the grand master can be communi cated with Supt. J. E. Mathis said yesterday. Mules killed in the fields by ter rific heat of the past two days is a fact which ’reflects forcibly the real intensity of the real hot weather—a condition most unusual here in June. Twenty seven mules at an average valuation of $250 mean§ a loss of $6,750 to Sumter farmers. Several of the mules however cost S3OO each. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Crockett re turned yesterday from a visit in Vienna and have as their guests Misses Pauline and Julia Leonard, of that place. Miss Marjorie Long, of Eufaula, is the guest of Miss Kate Page, ar riving yesterday. Henry Lanier, Cliff Wiliams, and Frank Stanley will return today from the Gulf coast and with fish stories of marvelous intensity calcu lated to put Col. A. N. Nias in lhe discard. f TWENTY YEAjo AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. THIRTY YEARS AGOJODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 27, 189-1.) To be given on Friday, July 13tb Everybody invited to attend the pic nic at the river bridge. We wil! have a nice string band to furnish music for the dancers, ami also re freshments furnished by the follow ing committee; J. S. Mor-ait, Dan Lewis, E. L. Murray, and W. Mur ray. Pursuant to the call of Chairman Mathis of the Democratic Executive committee of Sumter count a meet ing will be held in the county court room at 12 o’clock today for the purpose of selecting delegates tc. the congressional and senatorial con ventions. There are more bicycles in Ameri cus than in any city in the state, ex cepting Atlanta and Savannah. There are perhaps 250 fine wheels in the town, the total value of which is nearly if not quite $25,000. Miss Mary Watts r turned horn ■ yesterd- y from a pleasant visit to Foray h where she has been the gue of Miss Clifford Napier for tl past two wiieks. Social Amer eus is very much in terested in lhe marriage this morn ing of Miss Jennie Stapleton and Mr. W. Ross Harper. 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