Georgia Historic Newspapers

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PICK UP AND BURN FALLEN COTTON SQUARES AND FEED CALCIUM ARSENATE TO BOI.L WEEVIL: DO THAT, AND THE FIGHT IS WON
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PUBLISHED 1«7»
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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
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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 ’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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for America and otb
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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.
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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
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$1 will buy 4 Men’s Athletic
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AMERICUS, GA.