About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1924)
PAGE SIX —— —— : —i-pa PICK UP AND BURN FALLEN COTTON SQUARES AND FEED CALCIUM ARSENATE . TO BOLL WEEVIL: DO HE Fltf-IT IS WON TIMES-RECORDER PUBLISHED M7» - -—■■■— ... < Published by The Times-Recorder Co., line.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered as eerond date matter at tbe post off! of at Aoiericua, Georgia, according to the Act of Gongreee. The Associated Preae it eicluafrely entitled to the use for tbe republication of all news die patebea credited to it or not otherwise credited to th>a paper and also the local tews published here* to. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National AJveitiaing Keprecentatlree, FKOST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg. t No York; /topics* Gas Bldf.. Chicago. ~A THOUGHT .. ■ _. -- —.... I - - Faith, wi’hout works, is dead.— Jas. 2 20. Faith is the continuation of rea son.—William Adams. You Shall and You Shanti Too many parents rely on commands rather than per suasion. Too many parents give orders, rather than use in telligent argument. - We grant you that there is a time and a place for commands, for orders, and when these are given, they should be obeyed. The parent who issues a com mand and lacks the backbone and grit to enforce the com mand, had best never spoken. It is far better for the child to say "NO,” once in seven days, and then see that that order is obeyed, than repeat the word a dozen times a day day without enforcing tfjcTcommand. Some one has said that it is a wise parent who knows when to say no and when to remain sil ent. Parents claim that they are Wot obeyed, that they can not control their children. May be the trouble is too many ord ers or a lack of sympathy- May be you canrot see the viewpoint of the child. Certainly, he doesn't see the thing in the way you do. There’s too many SHALLS and too many SHANTS. It's far easier to LEAD than to DRIVE, provided the child re sgects you and your opinion. If it does not, it's YOUR fault. You reared the child. Each of us has our own opin ion oW| mokinje dancing, card- ! nd you ta k e the whole say to the child, "You he’s very likely to buck and disobey. If you are a wise parent, you will point out the danger and you’ll make the child see the thing as you see it, you'll convince the child that you KNOW what you are saying, that you are interested only in his or her ultimate salvation. The Governor’s Message Taken as a whole, the mes sage of Governor Walker to the Legislature is wholesome and constructive, more so than any message yet emanating from his pen. He asked the Legislature to make quick disposition of the tax question and advocated bi ennial sessions of the Legisla ture; the incorporation of strict business methods in the conduct of the State’s business; four year terms for Governor and other State House officials; a bill making it possible for citi zens absent from the State to vote; a more rigid enforcement of the tax-collecting laws and putting of more teeth into these laws; more rigid enforcement of inheritance taxes. Again the Governor rode his hobby of free school books. He spoke of the unscientific and unbusinesslike method of •making appropriations in Tump sums,' and suggested that mon ey appropriated "should be ap plied to purpose authorized. The Quaker Is a Good Citizen The Quakers have been cele brating the 300th anniversary of the birth of George Fox, founder of their belief. There are 116,000 of them in the United States. Though knpwn as the Quakers their real name is the Society of Friends. Here is a powerful and unique organization. For nearly three centuries it has fought war and championed simplicity, truth, honesty and democracy. Among the great men they have produced were Benjamin Franklin, William Penn and John Greenleaf Whittier. And the longer W’e study them and watch their record and way of living, the more we’re inclined to believe that every Quaker is a great man. You never knew a Quaker that <rood citizen. j ■ I • ligious belief. Like all great men, he had what are usually considered eccentricities- One of these was a notion that it was an act of worship to take off one’s hat to another person. This was symbolic of a belief that reverence belonged ex clusively to the Almighty. Fox traveled as a missionary, spr< ading his views. Steadily he won followers. The first Quakers who landed in New York were beaten and deported Four of them were put to death in Boaton by the Puritans, whq are supposed to have stood tor religious tolerance. Finally they founded their own settle ment —Philadelphia. Quakers are the oldest peace organization we have. From Fox who refused a captaincy in Cromwell's army and pilloried war in all its hideousness, on through nearly three centuries, the Quakers have consistently opposed the wholesale taking of human life to untangle the blun ders of the politicians flattering ly known as diplomats. There have been individual exceptions. Many Quakers will ingly entered the American ar my to fight Prussianism. But their big battle came after the war—against famine and dis ease in Europe. This battle is still being continued. So far, the Quakers have expended over 1 0 million dollars in Euro pean relief. They may not take their hats off to us, but we take our hats off to them as good citizens, none better. Will Germany Ever Pay? Getting blood out of a tur nip is easy, compared with ex tracting reparations from Ger many- That much is becoming apparent, though it’s hard to get at the truth. Both sides color their statistics. Figures don’t lie, but liars figure, as Kin Hubbard remarks. In 1923, for instance, accord ing to the Reparations Commis sion, the allies were able to squeeze out of Germany only about she exquivalent of three and a quarter million dollars in cash reparations. The Germans, in addition, delivered II I million dollars worth of manufactured gpodtn, and other commodities on repY arations account. These two items do not in clude whatever France and Bel gium were able to make in the way of profits out of their oc cupation of the Ruhr. By the time the expenses of the armies of occupation were paid, not much was left in the way of net indemnity. Up to the beginning of 1924, Germany had paid a total of only a little more than two mil lion dollars, the Reparations Commission claims. A third of this amount was in the form of deliveries of ships, war materials, cables and terri tory including the Saar mines. Apparently Alsace-Lorraine is not included under surrender ed territory. Nor the German colonies. These are worth bil lions. Even considering these fig ures with an eye for propagan da, it’s evident that Germany has not paid a cent more than she had to. For that matter, she never will. How many nations would? At the peace conference, Eu ropean diplomats began talking about reparations of from 36 to 180 billion dollars. Some of the American financial experts who were present said: "Ger many will pay five billion dol lars cash surely, six billions pos siby, but not more than seven.” What Germany should pay and what she will pay, are sepa rate and distinct matters. All the gold that’s left in Germany wouldn’t be a drop in the bucket compared with what the allies want, France in par ticular. How, then, will Germany pay? Her imports ports—unless she’s jug* figures, which is more than hke ly-_ The leading nations want Germany to sell goods abroad, build up favorable trade bal ances and turn the money over to the war winners. Then the same nations surround them selves with high tariffs and ev ery ocher conceivable fence to keep cut German goods. They favor selling—but to some one else. Skeptics have a glimmering suspicion that reparations pay ments will depend mainly on the length of time required un til Germany will feel strong enough to point to her new crop z of cannon fodder and announce D 'p paying. Mays Vv. ITI. . hope; J [_rro LUCASTA/ TY? !<'-n* '«'<• sweet. I -in inkmde. I X That from the nunnene s (JI thy chaste breast and quite rnmde, To warn- and armes I !iee ' I 1 True, a new mistr-.* now I chase- *>L-Jm iFj Ihe lir-f foe in the field And with i tmngei faith rml,rar e "7/! I Nfeprvi' A sword, a horst-, a shield s/i t \ y1 . 1 • !*' ’el tin;-inconstancy ts such ti A As you. too, should ..dore f / k I ’ <ould not love thee, dbare, so much "a If ‘ F'ij Loved I not honor more >x siMk !;'!/: J -Rmhardl-wW OPINIONS OF \ i OTHER EDITORS \ WANTED—A GOOD SPELLER. “If you know of anyone who boasts of being a good speller, try him out on these words: Rarefy, villify, embarrass, harass, inoculate, innuendo, repellent, picnicking, supercede, plague. The average person will miss six out of the ten.” Are you dead sure you spelled all these word's right? Honestly we do not know. We have just received a nevz Websters Dictionary and we have been thinking of swallowing the thing.—Commerce News. FORTUNES HIDDEN IN OLD TRUNKS. Delegates to one of the manu facturing jewelers meetings in the East have disclosed that old American trunks conceal untold riches in old rings, pins, neck laces and plate. Some of Ihese gems were brought over from Europe by previous generations and their present owners do not realize their value. These jew 8- ers urge that the old pieces be resurrected and refashioned into styles of the day.—Waycross Journal-Herald. There is no demand in Georgia for opposition to Senator Harris, and in entering the race against him Mr. Hardwick has rendered much more difficult his own res toration to favor in his state. The people of Georgia have repeated ly demonstrated their ability to forget and forgive—and reward! But they like to see a candidate for restoration to favor show a :i* tai-e* of that same spirit of for u • ness before they kill the fat > Ttlf and bring out a new gold ring. Mr. Hardwick is making a mis take, and he seems to be the only man in the state who does not realize the fact.—Albany Herald. YOUNG AMERICA. The tendency of our modern life is to arouse curiosity and develop initiative. Our educa tional systems and the dictum of the business world have placed great emphasis upon it, and »c should not be surprised if our energetic youngsters sometimes use this quality in a startling way. Young America is wonderfully sure of itself. It knows much that its; grandparents did not know and it goes after what it wants with an audacity that stupefies members of the older generations. Young America faces many new and difficult tasks; life for it will be more ex pensive in effort and money— more strenuous and complex, but young, hopeful America is mt daunted by these things. Young America not only knows what it wants, but it knows how to get it. If you d onot believed this just attempt to argue with any insistent bobbed-haired school girl who has her heart set on an ice cream cone, or the aggressive college boy who has made up his mind that he needs a new pair of sport shoes.—Atlanta Constitution. W ROTARY WIVES DO GOOD WORK The Rotary Anns did such splendid work with our city parks last year that it would, be a great pity to have them go out of busi ness. The eondiiion of the parks now show an exceeding lack of care at the hands of some one. Where the blame lies we are not prepared to say just at this time but we feel if the Rotary Anns will again get busy that a won- ILderM,! change will have been Xvt Jfeht.- —EiA'aula Citizen. ON GOVERNMENT NO NEED TO RUSH Representatives of twenty Latin American countries have come to the United States to in spect the roads: If they drive like some of our motorists, they won’t see much of the roads. — Lumpkin Independent. MERCER UNIVERSITY’S RADIO The opening of the Mercer ra dio broadcasting station wils an event of interest to all Georgia, especially to the radio fans there of, and their number is rapidly becoming legion. The Mercer broadcasting station will be an especially good advertisement for the University, and will add con siderably to the pleasure as, well as edification of those whcJowr. radio outfit- in this vl vvhvrc.—Macon l- b * THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER T fwfefee Apple HARDEST JOB OF ALL Years ago the slogan of business was, “Let the buyer beware.” There were few exceptions. The general attitude was that business was a battle of wits, cunning against cunning, and that profit could only be made at someone else’s loss. Traveling salesman in those da vs were concerned only with getting a buyer’s name on the dotted lire. Once they had his signature, he ha 1 to accept the shipment or get sued. That time is gone. For it’s now realized that a dissatisfied customer I doesn’t come back a second time. Business used to exist mainly for the first order. Now it’s out for repeat orders—to build up a lasting patronage. And its policy accord ingly is based on giving full satis faction. Concerns frequently ac cept a loss rather than displease a customer. The Chesapeake & Ohio sends this slogan to its railroad employes; "The customer is always right.” The idea is that a railroad sells service and that the buyer of ser vice is entitled to the same court eous and satisfactory treatment that he would get in a store. That’s correct. The customer, of course, is not always right— not by a long shot. But the general attitude, that he is always right, assures him of a square deal in cases where he is right and the seller wrong. The hardest' job in the world is handling the public—selling goods jor service. The average person is (never quite as unreasonable ns jwhen he is spending his money, par ticularly for necessities. The in dustries that sell him his amuse ment have him pretty well cowed. The way a courteous and, oblig ing clerk is imposed on and barked at by some customers is enough to make the blood of any fair-minded person boil. These human beings who sell us store goods, railroad tickets and the like—let us keep in mind that they are human, not just business automatons, and that the sharp and unreasonable word stings them as much as'it would us. The campaign for courtesy in handling the public is fine enough. But it’s about time wo had some campaigns for courtesy by the pub lic in its dealings with clerks and other agents of business. Most .modern business transactions are mutually profitable. Both sides, should be fairjand kind.' LAND Out of every $1 invested in their business by farmers, 85 cents is tied up in real estate. This is large ly responsible for the slowness with which agriculture has been read justing itself to after-the-war con ditions. So says Dr. L. C. Gray, economist of Department of Agri culture. In many sections of the country, land speculation has played greater havoc with farm prosperity than has overproduction of crops. An other thing, farming is the only re maining basic industry that oper ates under almost unrestriced com petition. * « * WORDS The new Oxford dictionary, 40 years in the making, defines 425,- 000 different words. It’s < stiinated that the average person i_. Ai daii> con versa th/ uses only several hundred of these’ words. People often are advised to “look up’’ every strange word they en counter in their reading. If they did, they’d go to the dictionary sonuj 400,000 and more times. The,, wouldn’t have time to do anyth'..ig. rise. With a good stock of : Ling, highly impressive, most people can express all that’s in them. Slang >s shorthand talk. * * * ITALY Italy is one country in Europe that’s getting back to normal steadi ly. Her imports have been exceed ing exports by around 360 million lire a month. But luvear ago th-> excess was nearlys big. This recovery/ ’or Italy. - . 2 *. . “THIS FREEDOM’’ , - f ‘ J / ■' ) [_ y-A.’* 1 - —--z l-A'i. I (I N *\\ \ \ \ / ' -s *- J 6 SE WILU£ / ) I GLAO Y • SCHOOL'S OU? ‘ \ HAFtA VK)I?K - : I ‘ D*; t a j..Jfy! ' T Y) 1 Y/.Ja - - '--XY-O/ '■ Mr > j Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. June 30, 1914.) Glorious (?) June time, which steps down and out today, has made a record of being tbe hottest ever unreeled here, and if July has any thing more fervent in the way of weather Americus will enter a pro test in advance. The weather of tlie past week was the hottest ever i recorded here in June with a high maximum of 105 degrees on Thurs day last, and 104 degrees the day following. Misses Cortez Whitsett, Effie Wil son, Beulah Bivins, Mary Geotge Frizzell, and Ruth Ed war’s of : ■‘■’lo, are the at. Miss Mary Hawkins. ■<:. Mrs. Merritt and Ivnss Let.; Merritt returned yesterday from a pleasant visit to friends in Macon General Manager Ernest Tullis, of the Americus exchange of the Bell Telephone Co., was in Cuth bert yesterday on business. Mrs. Lon Gammage left yester day for Montgomery where during several days she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. C. Jackson. Miss Helen Maffett of Montezu ma, will arrive upon a visit to Miss Rouss Hamilton, at her home on Lee street. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Tinies Recorder. June 30, 1904’.) Miss Callie Bell and Miss Nannie Sue Bell, the charming daughters of Mr. and Mrss E. L. Beil entertained delightfully with a lawn party Mon day evening in honor of their fair guests, Miss Claire Simpson, and Miss Minnie Battle, of Omaha, Ga. Dr. H. H. McKellar, and family leave today for Macon, where they will reside during the time that Miss McKellar attends Wesleyan College. Americus regrets to give up* this family of well known peo ple even for a sexy years, and will gladly welcome their return here a’ a later date. The marriage last evening o Miss Addie Tarver and Mr. Linton L. Lester was one of the pretti st. June time weddings here, and rarely does a popular young couple begin tbe voyage of life to gether under happier The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tarver and a young lady of rate beauty and refinement and popular among a host of friends. Mr. Lest- ively selling to Italy more than Italy has sold them. The saving feature is that, as a country gets back to na’tfal A|hyA\- v <e as well as teles'. on money! bon 'I . abr< uwK** '» • $?-' DOLLARS Tlie 30 u lion labor banks in our country no have resources which, totaled, an mint to almost 100 mi’ lion de .ar , says Warren S'. Stone. :> ’-tocri ts point to these millions ana ask where “labor” ends ; and ‘capital” ;egins. T ie answer is that these 10(’ millions do not belong to labor. T iey belot g to the deposi tors of labor ban! .. Stone predicts that n-.-ny of us will live to sec 100 powerful 1: ior banks in oper ation. We hope bis eston..te is far' too conservative Powerful labor banks will help br fence the ’scales against Wall St et and in favor of" die public. er is St well known young man and popular here as well. The three commodious stores in. the new Perry & Brown building are now being occupied . Melton's case is in the first section, and will be opened Saturday. Gunn’s grocery store is in the middle see 7 tion, while Eugene Williams, has the store next th-- McMath building. I The Elks will occupy the entire sec-1 ond floor. IHIRTY years ago TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June SC, 1894.) ILou Hamil leaves this morn j Atlar. d GainesviUe, H, .ill ’) - -'itives a-'.-i T' d.v lei; mon:; Island, where they will C Joy ] the sea breezes for a few days, the guest of relatives there. Americus and her sister city, Al ■ bany, are to be linked together by yet another tie. Railroads and tele graph lines they long have had, and now that most useful of modern in ventions—the. telephone, is to draw them closer §till. Hon. Allen Fort chairman of the state democratic committee to meet in Atlanta, July lOh. Hon. Charles Nvrtbei), chairman of the campaign committee, and Chairman, Fort, de cided upon the meeting in order to prepare for perfect party organiza tion. Mr. Charles Hand of Buena Vista is contemplating puchasing the Schley County News and we arc reliably informed is only waiting now for Mr. Ed Hornady to put in' his appearance at Ellaville, when it is almost certainty the deal will be ecnsummated. Cantaloupes in large quantities are being shipped here from the farmers about Leesburg, The fruit. ‘S of good quality and sells readily fit fifty cents per dozen. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231 1 11 1 i in ■--I , ii. i ii. . Hi- L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KI KER, Ass’t. CAshier , The planters Bank of Americus LA* '> (Incorr, .r. ed) . £ Oldest IfiXest i'i State South* at J»» ?■*' ' tilOi west GeHAta. Aras !! ..L’' -- u# W *B receive our h f best attention. If yi)u are not al* ready' one of our 3’j Mi valued customers, " - ------M.. ‘r;?'« we would appreciate an opportunity of serving you. The Bank Wfth a Sanim RESOURCES OVER T 700,000 PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE. ACIT-MMODATING No Account Too None Small ■ ■■' lIJ ■ —i. 4 ■ THE STANDARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY’S DOLLAR BARGAINS $1 will buy 10 pretty linen fin ished mercerized Table Napkins, full size. • $1 will buy i? yards very best ■ Standard Percales, light or dark i colors, yard wide. 81 will bu{ 10" yards fine White I and Ecru Curtain Scrim, 36 inches I wide. . i ■■ $1 will buy 5 yards pretty Cre tonne, yard {vide; fifty patterns to ■ selett from. : 81 will buy 4 Turkish Towels, ; actual size 22x44 inches; values to j 50c'each. ■ 81 will hpy 3 Men’s Knitted Silk Four-in-Hand (Ties, all colors. SI will buy > your choice of over i thousand E. W. Dress Shirts; K si.sci „ Wwii? 'Underwear Crepe, 36 inches wide, excellent quality. $1 will buy 7 yards extra good Printed Voiles, pretty patterns. $1 will buy 2 yards highly Mer cerized Table- Damask, 64 inches wide. $1 will btiy 3 Boys’ fast colored i Blue Ghambray Shirts, all sizes, i $1 will buy 5 pairs men’s reg ular 25c pair Socks, all sizes, 81 will buy 1 gird imported Jap anese Pongee, 32 in?hes wide; value $1.35. $1 will buy 1 var-i ail silk Crepe de Chinie, 40 Inches wide, all colors. £1 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 Demm 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 yards fin e smooth Sea Island, 36 inches wide. $1 will buy 25 cans Lighthouse Cleanser, ndne 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 AMERItUS, «A.
