About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1924)
PAGE SIX PICK UP AND BURN FALLEN COTTON SQUARES AND FEED CALCIUM ARSENATE TO BOI.L WEEVIL: DO THAT, AND THE FIGHT IS WON "lIMEB-R E C C » D E R PUBLISHED 1«7» >■,!.< JM Published by The Times-Recorder Co., true.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered •• aecond claw natter at the poatofhel al Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Uongreaa. The Associated Preae it exclusively entitled ta the nae for the republication of all newt dis petcheo credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and also the local oewa published here in All right of republication of special dispatcher •re also reserved. National Adsertiaing Representatives, FROST LANDIJS A KOHN. Brunswick lldg.. New York; .’topics' Cos Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT^| Faith, -without 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 the command. Some one has said mat it is a wise parent who knows when to say no and when to remain sil ent. Parents claim that ihey are not 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 spects you and your opinion. If it does not, it’s YOUR fault. You reared the child. Each of us has our own opin ion on smoking, dancing, card playing, and so on. If you take the whole list and say to the child, "“You shall not,” 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 ‘lump sums,’ and suggested that mon ey appropriated should be ap plied to purpose authorized. More Hogs Needed in County Don’t forget the hogs in your enthusiasm over the cotton crop. ■ Hogs should be produced in a quantity sufficient to furnish the entire farm and some left over for a cash market. Indications are that hogs will be higher this fall and that corn will be cheap. According to figures given out rccentlyTy the State College of Agriculture .there is an increase in corn this year of 12 per cent with a de crease in hogs of 1 5 per cent- George Marshall, county agent, is advising the Sumter county farmers to breed their sows now so that they will far-’ row in the fall. By spring time the cash coming in from these hogs will com? in mighty handy.’’ South Georgia’s packing plant at Moultrie should be backed by| every farmer. Because of thad plant it has been possible fori Sumter farmers to secure afhighJ er orice for their hogs than .1 the plant did not exist. It is to the interest of the section that the welfare of the farmer that hogs be produced to supply this plant. ■ Don’t forget the hogs- Putting all our eggs into one basket is very poor business. 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 known 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 W'hittier. And the longer we 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 wasn’t a good citizen. George Fox, founder of the Quakers, went to prison many times for daring to speak his re 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, spreading 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 Boston by the Puritans, who are supposed to have stood for 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 10 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 the exquivalent of three and a quarter million dollars in cash reparations. The Germans, in addition, delivered II I million dollars worth of manufactured goods and other commodities on rep 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 he financial experts ? .’TO LUCASTA ‘ | Ay ! Tell me not. sweet, lam inkmJe,| i 'Ak'" 1 Ih.il from the niinrieiie ’ Y , (>1 tin chaste breast and qinti minde Lh Q’C ' M h. warn- and arm. - I j lr(? now rnistr' ss nnu I < - I • ' xA 'v?' 11.1 lit I hit- Hl tin- I:. H L, Y>. aid w:d, „ .stronrvi i.Hlh emlir.x r A! I i-i A -■■ord. a horse. J dudd k/! ’V A \ \ \ V F ' <•' dos ;n; onst.'ir, >. s:p. h V A.- veu too, should adore. \ ; j 1 . ml.l not low thee do -,„■ M , j h i i'A. ‘ LiAvd I i;ol boro not- mask fl/f iij 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 still ate ex ports —unless she’s juggling her figures, which is more than like ly- The leading nations want Germany to sell goods abroad, 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 other conceivable fence to keep out 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 of cannon' fodder and announce that she’s through paying. May be, though, as optimists hope, she’ll pay voluntarily. OPINIONS OF S 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. I The average person will miss six out of the ten.’’ Are you dead sure you spelled all these words right? Honestly we do not know. We have just received a new Wcbsters 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 these gems were brought over from Europe by previous and their present owners do not realize their value. These jewel ers urge that the old pieces' be resurrected and refashioned into styles of the day.—Way cross 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 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 little of that same spirit of for giveeness before they kill the fat ted calf 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 tu, arouse curiosity and develop initiative. Our educa tional systems and the dictum of the business world have placed great emphasis upon it, and we 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 noi 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 not daunted by these things. Young America not only knows what it wants, but it knows how to get it. If you d onot believed just attempt to argue witli. K.l - bobbed-naired jp* girl who has her heart ice cream cone, or the 4 college boy who h>\ his mind that hiy-\ j I pair of sport 1 Constitution. Gj'.'-,# F THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ 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 busmess was a battle of wits, cunning against cunning, and that profit could only be made at someone else’s loss. Traveling salesman in those di. were concernecLonly with getting a buyer’s name on, the dotted lire. Once they had’ his signature, he had to accept the shipment or get sued. That time is gone. For it’s now realized that a dissatisfied customer doesn’t come back a second time. Business used to exist mainly for ■the firs tordcr. Now it’s out for [repeat orders—to build up a lasting ipotronage. And its policy accoid ingly is based on giving full satis faction. Concerns frequently ae cet a loss rather than displease a customer. The Chesapeake & Ohio sends i this slogan to its railroad employe.- : “The customer is always right.” The idea .is that a railroad sell service and that the buyer of sei - 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 hy 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 si ller wrong. The hardest job in the world is handling the public—selling goods or service. The average person is never quite as unreasonable -is when 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 impose don and barked at by some customers is enough to make the blood of any fair-minded person boil. These human beings who sell ns 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 we had some campaigns for courtesy by the pub lic i nits dealings with clerks and other agents of business. Most modern businetj? transactions are mutually profitable.’ Both sides should be fair and 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 crop-. An other thing, farming is the only re maining basic industry that oper ates under almost unrestriced com petition. » u » WORDS The new Oxford dictionary, 40 years in the making, defines 425,- 000 different words. It’s estimated that the average person in his daily conversation 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 tothc dictionary some 400,000 and more times. Taey wouldn’t have time to do anything rise. With a good stock of slang, highly impressive, most people can express all that’s in them. Slang is shorthand talk. » ♦ » ITALY Italy is one country in Europe "v ’•"getting back to normal steadi er. I ■' imports have been exceed • I its by around 360 million • But a year ago thw ” nearly twice as big. jicovery is good for Itaiy. for America and otb hat havq been collect-! Wasted .... "THIS FREEDOM" /O j gee vacs! \ ( GLAD - SCHOOL’S OUT . X SO’.'ie DON'T ,■ t - ■ i \ haf/a u? ft BHLv ■ .JBUs ■. -x it 7% aA ' W/ / I A- 'W / ( .AAQi.iI ' AW A" i 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 the hottest ever unreeled here, and if July has any thing more fervent inihe way of weather Americus will enter a pro test in advance. The weather of the past week was the hottest ever recorded here in .lune with a high maximum of 105 degrees on Thurs day last, and 101 degrees the day following. Misses Cortez Whitsett, Effie Wil ■ on, Beulah Bivins, Mary George Frizzell, and Ruth Edwards of Cor dele, are the attractive guests of Miss Mary Hawkins. Mrs. Merritt and Miss Leia Merritt returne dyesterday from a pleasant visit to fpiends in Macon General Manager Ernest Tullis, of the Americus exchange of the Bell Telephone Co., yfas 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 Ro :: s Hamilton, at her home on Loe street. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. June 30, 1904.) Miss Callie Bell and Miss Nannie Sue Bell, the charming daughters of Mr. and Miss E. L. Bell 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. 11. H. McKellar, and family leave today for Macon, where they will reside during the time that Miss McKellar attends Wemeyan College. Americus regrets to give up this family of well kuov.n peo ple even for a few-years, and vvii! gladly welcome their return here at a later date. Ihe marriage last evening of Miss Aildie Tarver and Mr. Linton L. Lester was one of the pretti st lune time weddings here, and rare does a popular young couple begin the voyage of life to gether under happier auspices. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tarver and a young lady of rare 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 ; country gets back to normal buys more as well as sells m< e. The wealthiest state is lor c ry country’s exports- to bai pnee its imports after paying in to’ ton money borrowed abroad. • * ♦ dollars The 30 union labor banks in ou» country now have resources which, tc ab ~ amount to almost 100 mi’ dollars, says Warren S'. Stone. Plutocrats point to these millions and ask where “labor” ends and “capital” bigins. The answer is that these 100 millions do not belong to labor. 1 hey belong to the deposi tors of labor banks. Stone predicts tha tmany of us will live to see 1000 powerful labor banks in oper ation. We hope his estimate is far too conservative. Powerful labor banks will help balance the scales pgainst Wall StreA and in favor-of ±c public pr is a well known young man and popular here as well. The three commodious stores in the new Perry & Brown building arc now being occupied . Melton s case is in the first section, and will be opened Saturday. Gunn’s grocery store is in the middle sec tion, while Eugene Williams, has the store next the McMath building. The Elks will occupy the entire sec ond' floor. IHIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY '(From The Times Recorder. June 30, 1894,) » ; Mi Eli II unii '■ . iv ( ou:r ing for Atlanta ' aX I wKhii'i ■■viler.- she will re friends. ” '.F ..ns. J. O. McArthur and / daughter left yesterday for St. Si mons Island, where they will enjoy the sea breezes for a fsw days, the guest of relatives there. Ami ricus and her sister city, Al bany, are co 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 still. Hon. Allen Fort chairman of the state democratic committee to meet in Atlanta, July lOh. Hon. Charles Northen, cbairma nos the campaign committee, and Chairman, Fort, de cided upon the meeting in order to prepare for perfect party organiza tion. Mr. harles Hand, of Buena Vista, is contemplating piichasing the Schley County News and we are. reliably informed is only waiting now for Mr. Ed Harnady to j ut in his appearance at Ellaville, when it is almost certainty the deal will be consummated. Cantaloupes in large quantities arc being shipped here from tlic farmers about Leesburg. The fruit is of good quality and sells readily (it fifty cents per dozen. , Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors 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 < iSj>fcdrponf;Xj™ I’ AT YOUR SERVICE », ' (Jldest and lar it w‘ iMiu State Bank in South jk I® ™ west Georgia. Any TteVG,, II business entrusted to S'i«*i4rap us will receive our Hffi k" 1 ““'"'i”"- , 1 *• you are not al- 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 J^Accow|' Large; None Too Small MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 1924 THE STANDARD MONDAY AND TUESDAY’S DOLLAR BARGAINS $1 will buy 10 pretty linen fin ished mercerized Table Napkins, full size. $1 will buy 5 yards very best, . Standard Percales, light or dark [ colors, yard wide. I $1 will buy 10 yards fine White, and Ecru Curtain Scrim, 36 inches wide. $1 will buy 5 yards pretty Cre tonne, yard wide; fifty patterns to select from. $1 will buy 4 Turkish Towels, actual size 22x44 inches; values to 150c-,each. tk I MmAsV Knitted Silk WIV- c^ncc <)f over “ceTj^jri.-.mnF'.r. & W. Dress Shirts; i ■' lll ,ju y 6 yards best Stand ard Dress Ginghams; regularly 25c yard. $1 will buy 5 yards 36 inch Cot ton Chailie, pretty patterns, for comfort. $1 will buy 4 yards Underwear Crepe, 36 inches wide, excellent quality. $1 will buy 7 yards extra g'ood Printed Voiles, pretty patterns. $1 will buy 2 yards highly Mer cerized Table Damask, 64 inches wide. $1 will buy 3 Boys’ fast colored Blue Chambray Shirts, all sizes. $1 will buy 5 pairs men’s reg ular 25c pair Socks, all sizes. $1 will buy 1 yard imported Jap anese Pongee, 32 inches wide; value $1.25. $1 will buy 1 vai'i hi! silk Crepe de Chine, 40 inches wide, all colors. $1 will buy 24 men’s Hemstitch ed Handkerchiefs, fyll regular size. $1 will buy 2 good water color Window Shades, complete with all fixtures. $1 will get your choice of four yards of Wid e 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 Denini Overalls all sizes. $1 will buy 4 Men’s Athletic Undershirts, formerly oOt each. $1 will buy 2 Men’s Servicebale Union Suits, sizes up to 46. $1 will 10 yards fine 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.
