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PAGE SIX UP AND BURN FALLEN COTTON SQUARES AND FEED CALCIUM ARSENATE TO BOLL WEEVIL: DO THAT, AND THE >■ IGhT IS WON' 'TIMES- RECOIDIB PUBLISHED M* Published by The Tfmes-Recorder Co., 'me.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered m eecond elate matter at the poetoffta Bt Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Gengrem The Aaooclated Preaa la eiclurively entitled te the ueo for the republication of al) ne*i die patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local oewe published hero in. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. , - - ■ ■ - —■ -—* National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg., Nev Tosh) /copies' Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT ~ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and ■nger, and clamor, and evil speak ing, be put away from you, with all malice.—Eph. 4:31. An evil-speaker differs from an pvil-doer only in the want of op portunity.—Quintilian. The Battle of Ballots The Democratic convention soon will be balloting on nomi nees for president and vice president. Most of the shouting and marching is over. The conven tion is now down to the practical side of the work they are to per form. Primarily the delegates are in Gotham to select a candidate who will bring victory to the banner of Democracy- The practical strength of each candidate will be considered in the light of what States the Democratic candidate must carry to win. On this point certain things are definitely established. The party has won four vic tories since the days of the Civil War and in one election, that of Tilden in 1876, the can didate polled a majority of the votes but lost in the electorial college. In listing the States that must be carried, if Democracy is to cross the tape in the fall a vic tor, the New York World, says: In 1876 Tilden carried Con necticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, News Jersey and New York. Tilden was elected. In 1884 Cleveland carried Con necticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Cleveland was elected. In 1888 Cleveland failed to carry Maryland, New Jersey and New Jork. Cleveland was de feated. In 1892 Cleveland carried Con necticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indi ana, Maryland, New York and New Jersey. Cleveland was elected. In 1896 Bryan failed to car ry Connectfcut, Delawart', Illi nois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and. New York. Bryan was defeated. In 1900 Bryan failed to carry Connecticut, Delaware, Illionis, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Bryan was de feated. In 1904 Parker failed to car ry Connecticut, Delaware, Illi nois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Parker was defeated. In 1908 Bryan failed to carry Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Bryan was de feated. In 1912 the Republican party split into two almost equal pacts. Wilson, polling less votes than the Progressives and Republicans combined in every State outside the solid South except Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arizona, was elect ed by a landslide in the Elec toral College. In 1916 Wilson carried Ohio, New Hampshire and Maryland in the East. Wilson was elected by the nanowest possible squeeze in a campaign in which Repub lican blunderings and faction were at their maximum. In 1920 Cox failed to carry any State except Kentucky out side the solid South. Ke was, of course, defeated. It is just such facts as those quoted above that will deter mine the selection of a candi date. Os course, it’s always possi ble that the convention will stampede—getting completely out of hand—and make its own selection regardless of who he is or from whence he comes. That happened at Cleveland when Dawes was placed on Coolidge's ticket. Because of the facts stated above, the New York World does not think that Mr. McAdoo will be the nominee, for says the World— ,/tj The Excent A the view and opinion That Good Fres e Mountain Memorial FTfc 111 fijf A B' Monumental Asso |J I a MM ■ v °r permit anything * ™ ■ by anybody, which T . • i effect, unless Just Arrived 'jf Stopping the con this great memorial, , , / ■ Buy ,It Off of Icefrc^" 1 11/ 1 hy the use MURRAY’S PHARf " - . The Rexall Store South and all the West to make a majority. McAdoo’s weakness is the weakness of Bryan. His nomi nation would repeat the disasters of Bryanism. The battle of ballots is on and may the best man win. About One in Four Vote in Georgia A few days ago we had some thing to say with regard to the necessity for compulsory voting. The president of the Farmers Union is quoted in the Wilkes County Forum as saying that less than one-half of the farm ers of Georgia go to the polls-- Hon. J. D. Weaver, president of the Farmers’ Union, says farmers are not paying much at tention to politics. He should try and get them more interest ed. It is a distressing condi tion that out of half a million votes in Georgia not half of them go to the polls, but after an election cuss themselves blue and black about slick and in competent men being voted in to office. What the Wilkes county edi tor called forth this from the pen of James B. Nevin in the Atlanta Georgian— “lt is, as this writer frequent ly has observed, a pity—even a shame—that Georgians are so unmindful of their rights and duties of voting. With a poten tial voting strength—men and women—of at least 600,000 it is rare that we have a State election in which more than 150,000 votes are cast. Editor Rainey, of the Dawson News, one of the most ably ed ited of the weekly papers, ob serves— Mr. Weaver is mindful not only of the things which will benefit the members of the or ganization of which he is the head, but is interested in the welfare of the State as a whole, and may be depended upon to exert his best efforts in its be half. Until more than one in every four potential voters exercise their franchise, we fear little progress can be made toward placing the State on a firmer economical and political foun dation. Stone Mountain Memorial Disagree ment The disagreement which has arisen between Samuel H. Ven able and the officials of the Stone Mountain Memorial As sociation is to be regretted. It is unfortunate that the misun derstanding became public, but regardless of everything elese, the work on the great carving on the side of Georgia's Granite Monolith should proceed unin terrupted. A fair indication of what the Atlanta public thinks of the dis agreement may be gained from 'the following resolutions passed recently by the Atlanta Hotel Men’s Association: Whereas, Differences and dis agreements, as appear from the public prints, have arisq,’i be tween the members of the ex ecutive committee of the asso ciation and Mr. Samuel H. Ven able of a sort and nature, which, in our opinion, are calculated to very seriously interefere with building of the great Stone Monntain Memorial, if not to completely prevent its construc tion; therefore Be it, Resolved, By the Atlan ta Hotel Association, That we hereby and now wish to give ex pression to the confidence we feel in the personnel of the of ficers and members of the ex ecutive committee of said asso ciation, we being of the opinion that each and every one of them are meh and women of not on ly unusual ability, character, prominence and high standing in our community, but are pos sessed with an unusual degree of the proper sense of fairness, justice and moderation in all of their dealing and transactions with their fellow men; Resolved further. That we de plore that any differences of dis agreements have arisen between the executive Committee of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association and Mr. J “amuel IL/Venable and desire to its, on record as expressing very estlft' the wish that all dif •es.and disagreements may nediately composed or ad- Llupon some basis fair and a £ satisfactory, both from . -dpoint of the executive llldoW Le of said association and standpoint of Mr. Sam mable: but emptjatical- SONG follow 4 -hado* if stiff nies vou. ( -Tjw Seem to fiv it. it will pursue Y '-—gfer , So court a mistress, she denies vou: Let her alone, she will court vou 1 Sax. are not women truly, then 7 , Stvled but the shadows of us .rnen? \\ R Al morn and evening shades are longest: T- tBge&AS ( Al noon they are short or none; /-'aMnkgA \ Sc men al weakest they are strongest. 1 But grant us perfect, thev re not known. F x Say. are not women truly, then. J Stvled but thp shadows of us men? w and employment of all proper and legitimate means and efforts, whether by court proceedings or anything else. We arg of the opinion that this memorial, when completed in accordance with the plans of the Stone Mountain Con federate Monumental Association will become one of the wonders of the world. Aside from its acknowledged beauty and sig nificance as a yvork of art and aside from the beautiful senti ment which gave it birth and un der which it is being construct ed, both of whicji things we ap prove and applaud to the utmost, we believe when (completed it will prove to be the greatest and most valuable asset as an attrac tion which our city and communi ty can ever possess. The work under Gutzon Borglum is progressing and we do not believe that anything will be allowed to interrupt him. Yearp will be required to complete the monument to the South s defenders of the sixties. Many th rusands of dollars will be required. Only he who has actually seen the carving now under way can realize the enor mity of the task, the grandeur it portrays and the genius of him who conceived it. Hundreds of thousands are visiting the mountain now. As it progresses interest will be come more general, and when it nears completion it will be come a mecca for every travel er who enters Georgia. i OPINIONS OF ! OTHER EDITORS j COMMENT BY STATE PRESS ON GEORGIA POLI 1 ICS. Throughout the State, there is going to be some lively politics if the signs hold out, however much we may hate to see a general shake up. We doubt if Mr. Her schel Elders will cut much ice in his fight against Governor Walk er, and it is quite evident from the tone of his announcement that former Governor Hardwick does not believe that he has any easy task in defeating Senator Harris. But Mr. Hardwick is a great cam paigner and when he gets on the hustings he may wake up the snakes. If the Ku Klux pull oft the great “home coming’’" which they promised Senator Harris a couple of weeks ago they will make a very strong contribution to the Hardwick campaign. In his fight two years ago he show ed the K. K. no quarter—fighting them as an “invisible govern ment”—and he would probably welcome a fight in the open such as might be precipitated if they were to pick up some particular candidate and back him. Under ordinary conditions, how ever, we would regard Senator Harris as a winner over almost any sort of opposition.—Valdosta Times. » * » The writer had hoped up to the very last that Senator Harris, Governor Walker and the other officers who are serving their first terms would get by this year without opposition. But, the poli ticians would not have it that way -—they must dabble their hands into the state’s affairs and pull out some pie, if possible. Personally, we don’t think Gov ernor Walkers and Senator Harris have much to fear. The ballots, as printed, will show opposition, but the votes, as counted, won’t show much.—Tifton Gazette. • * * United States Senator William J. Harris has announced his can didacy for re-election. In our opinion Senator Harris need give himself no uneasiness. He will be overwhelmingly returned by the people of Georgia for another six years at Washington. If a can didate appears against him— which is rather doubtful—he will simply have the satisfaction of chronicling in his autobiography that at one time he ran for the Senate. Senator Harris will go back to Washington with the approval of Georgia for the simple reason that he has been a senator for service. —Vienna News. * « ♦ No matter who is elected, the entrance of Tom Hardwick into the senatorial race makes it cer tain that Georgia is going to have its usual pyrotechnics in politics this year. A quiet campaign with Tom Hardwick in it is impossible. —Rome Tribune. * * * The News supported Mr. Bal lard in his campaign for State School Superintendent believing that he was most fitted candi- F THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER ▼ tyMcrt Apple BUNK An Italian is released from prison in the old counrty. It’s claimed he served 54 years for a friend’s crime A bachelor, he sacrificed himself for his friend’s family. Here is applied idealism of a sort rarely encountered outside story books. Fiction writers glorify such martyrs. The simple truth is that this Italian was foolish. Sentiment is rarely sane. * * ♦ DOPE Drug traffic spreads. It’s a thou sand times greater menace than bootleg liquor. This country of ours is using 36 grains of’opium a year for every man, woman and child. Thirty-six grains of opium, in the form of morphine, is enough to keep a man under the influence of an opiate for 29 days. These are offi cial police figures. Th only real remedy is education concerning the perils of narcotics. Same with prohibition—it’s nine tenths a matter of education, of thirst rather than quencher. Main reason for the breakdown of prohi bition is the vanishing of educa tional campaign against evils of al cohol. • * * STOLEN More than 1750 million dollars is stolen every year from the Ameri can people, says the district attorn ey of New Yqjk. He doesn’t include theft by violence, such an holdups. His list is . 150 millions stolen by commercial frauds, 600 millions through fraudulent insurance claims and 1000 millions through worthless securities. Experts say the total of all thefts is over 3000 million dollarss a year —or roughly $1 out of every sls earned by the people in salaries and wages. * * sc WEATHER A long dry spell, with people pray ing for rain, is predicted by thei aged weather prophet, George B. M. Potter of Middletown, N. Y. He says the weather is more upset and out of gear than he can remember for 88 years back. A few scientists think the earth is getting ready for another Ice Age, with the glaciers to creep down from the north. The majori ty claims we’re simply having a freak weather cycle that comes about every 123 years. Something, however, is very definitely wrong with our master, the sun, which rules us in nine-tenths of our ac tivities. * * CHANCE For every passenger killed, tne railroads carry over 13 million pas sengers a year safely. For each pas senger injured, 610,000 are carried safely in a year. It was a different story before . the safety first campaigns, started by the Santa Fe. Accidents get the attention. Safety is so common it’s ignored. With our speed and con gestion, the marvel is not that we have so many accidents but that we don’t have more. Especially with autos. » • • injuries Having made big progress at con quering disease, the medical profes sion is faced by a more destructive "pidemic of injuries.” Auto acci dents kill as many Americans as scarlet fever and diphtheria combin. led, according to Dr. J. Howard Beard, of University of Illinois. We learn how to dodge one kind of death, then nature sends the kill er in other forms. Carelessness is taking the place of disease as a life destroyer. date for the position and it is with regret that we are impressed that h is not using his ability in the capacity of a ‘servant of the people” as much as he seems to be using it otherwise.—Richland News. ♦ ♦ • Those who had hoped the state would he spared a political con test for the two major offices to be filled this year need not be come alarmed at the eleventh hour entry of sodapop Hardwick and Elders. They were evidently out of a job and needed some thing with which to busy them selves during the summer. The results will be about the same as if they had forgot to Announce. —Cordele Dispatch. ' THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL PASTIME r ' J id, jd Ap .A? 'x ./ ■ 1 . A fee Iw j: Old Days In Americus THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (brom The Times-Recorder. Jihio 28, 894.) A delightful " entertainment was given last evening for the benefit of the library fund. The following program was given: Medley-Man dolin and guitar quartette-Messrs. Sheffield, Hunnington, Harper and Haynes. Song, Mrs. T. J. Simmons Piano solo, Miss Chloe Belle White. Song, Miss Mattie Wheatley, Jap anese Drill, Misses Flora Wheatey, Carrie Wyley, Nannie Lou Hawkins, Charlie Wheatley, Lucy Sheffield, Helen Huntington, Chloe Belle White," Lena Haynes, Mattie Wheat ley, Mervin Callaway. Recitation, Miss Mattie Wheatley. Piano Solo, Miss Lila Edwards, Tableaux, Miss Mattie Ansley, Bessie Wheeler, Floyd McElroy, Emory Foster, Geor gia Lee Hawkins, Lucy Mid Cobb, Charlie Winn Baisden, Helen Hunt ington, Minnie Nicholson. A called meeting of the Board of Education was held yesterday. Prof. J.E. Mathis principal of Jackson street School had his salary increas ed from SI,OOO to $1,200. Miss Sarah Wheeler, was given an in crease of $75 per year. Several teachers of this city will attend tha Georgia Teachers convention at Cumberland. Among others who will go are Supt. Moore, Prof. Math is, Prof. Noyes, Miss Rebecca Cow les, and Miss Hattie Clark. Tucker Stallings an old Americus boy but now a well known pharmac ist of the Central City is spending a few' days with relatives there. The many friends of Mrs. John W. Wheatley will regre t to learn that she is ill at her home near the city, though her illness is by no means of a serious nature. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Y (From The Times-Recorder. June 28, 1914. Miss Antoinette Lockett wil have as her house guests the first week in July ,Miss Sue Antoinette Brown of Cincinnati; Miss Oda Teabeaur, of Cuthbert; Miss Rebecca Rogers, of Buena Vista, and Mrs; T. E. Maultsby, of Albany. Miss Lockett will entertain with bridge Thursday at the country club in their honor. Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Gor don Heys entertained at a lovely party for her small guests, Mary and Jack O’Hara of Macon, and Elizabeth Mixon, of Fitzgerald. Mrs. Frank Harrold will enter tain this week a coterei of charm ing house guests, Miss Louise and Rachae 1 Nunnally of Monroe, Miss Ruth Reid, of Atlanta, Miss Natallie Bocock, of Athens, and Miss Cora Brown of Marietta, who w'ill arrive Monday. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Frcm The Times-Recorder. June 28, 1904.) Relatives in Americus were ap prised yesterday of the marriage of Miss Bessie Leamon and Mr. H. P. Bryan, which occurred Saturday Your Kind off) Face Powder If there is anything in face pow ders you want, it will pay you ti ask us first; when we say "any thing” you get an idea of the enor mous line of face powdery we car ry. Your Powder is here. Prices ranging from 25c to $2.00; all tints. • AMERICUS DRUG CO. Phone 75 i i } j A p~ <> v » • at the bride’s home in Atlanta. Miss ■Leamon is the youngestr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Leamon, former residents of Americus, ind has many friends here who will be interested in the announcement of her marriage. While there is practically no cot ton in Americus just now, probab ly thirty or forty bales, the advance of nearly thirty points in the market yesterday Farmers and merchants are watching the market anxiously just now, as the price of the staple means much for them. Good cotton yesterday might have brought 11 1-4 to 11 1-2 cents. Sunday’s Times-Recorder carried to the dozens of public schools teachers here the glad tidings that the money due them on salary ac counts would be forthcoming next day, and very gratifjfvig it The amount dfke\thfLalA’bfrti/71f ■ 550 was paid them at the Banlrtif . Southwestern Georgia yesterdr and they are all in position to enjoy* vacations in fact. Miss Mamie Davis, one of Eu faula’s most fairest young ladies is here to attend the Thompson-Davis marriage at noon- Thursday. The annual meeting of the Amer icus district conference begins this morning at Lumpkin, continuing 3 days, going from Americus were Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, of First Meth odist church. Rev. E. M. Overby, of St. Paul, Messrs. L. G .Council, George Walters, Dr. H. H. McKel lar, W. M. Lowry, J. R. Raiford, and Charles Oliver. Keep your temper. In Alabama a man broke his arm hitting at a fly. A June husband tells us he has been married two weeks without washing a dish. What can jump out of reach, quicker than a promising future? planned to have the caravan tour prior to the opening of the tobacco market here. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director# And Embalmer# Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phone# 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. 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H will buy 24 men’s Hemstitch ed Handkerchiefs, full regular size. $1 will buy 2 good water color Window Shades, complete with all fixtures. $1 will get your choice of four yards of Wide Ribbons, worth up to $1 yard. $1 will buy a pair of men’s $1.50 Bed-room Slippers, all sizes. $1 will buy 4 yards quality Brown Linen, 36 inches wide. $1 will buy 2 pairs Boys’ Indigo Blue Denim Overalls all sizes. $1 will buy 4 Men’s Athletic Undershirts, formerly 50c each. $1 will buy 2 Men’s Servicebale Union Suits, sizes up to 46. $1 will 10 yardsffi e smooth Sea Island, 36 inches wide. $1 will buy 25 cans Lighthouse Cleanser, none better made. $1 will buy 2 pairs Ladies’ Pure Thread Silk Stockings, white, black and colors. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
