About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT tißies-reccrder * PUBLISHED 1«79 ' ■ Published by The rTimes-Rccorder Co., <iue.) iCovelftce Eve, Editor and Publisher £»Wred as second eta«* matter a| the poatoffiot •t Americua, Georgia, according to the Act of CWffeM. The Aaooria'ed PrcM is exclusively entitled ta the oeo for the republication of all news dio* patches credited tg it or not otbetwiar credited to thia paper and alto the local lows published here to. All right of rephblicaUon of apeciai <hapatcbet •re also reserved. National Advertising 'Repreter.titivea. FROST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. New fork; ?eopie«' Gas Bidr*. Chicago. A THOUGHT _ ■■ ft——l»——l 11l I Let us not therefore judi'e one another any more: but judge th | rather, that no man pul a sluinWuJi' block or an occasion to fall in his brothers -way.—-Rom. 14:13. Who upon earth could live were all jtfiiged justly?—JSyron. Democratic Nominees f ' After floundering for 16 days, Democratic convention I *<d <w«> splendid, up-stand- Americans as its standard ers, two men who can and < caiej the fight to the Re- Jk nominees- » John W. Davis, a "progressive conservative,” as expressed by Congressman Crisp, is splendid ly. fitted to cairy the burdens of • inis nation for 4 yebrs. A law yer of ability and experience; a diplomat with a world-wide viewpoint; known and respected in the legislative halls of the na tion where he ably represented hisTState; a man of rugged hon ’ esty and a resourceful fighter, the West Virginian will sound Democracy’s battle cry from one end of the nation to the oth- er. Hi? running-mate, Charles Bryan, personally selected, is a Westerner, whose administration as Governor of Nebraska stands head and shoulders above that of possibly any other governor in his State in a generation. He knows the trials and tribulations of the American farmer and he has their respect and confidence. It is a strong team that De mocracy has selected and one that will to a large extent re trieve the mistakes of the early day of the 1924 convention. While the outlook for Demo cratic success is not so bright as it was a few weeks ago, the parly has a fighting chance, in the opinion of many national political observers. The racial and religious hatreds engendered in the pre nomination days will to some ex tent be forgiven and forgotten. Almost to a man, Democracy’s veterans will rally around the flag and fight every foot of the way toward a success in the fall elections. Are You a Grub Staker Not so long ago we published in this column the advertisement of the Bank of Parrot, in which its president put the bank’s cus tomers on notice that they must produce feedstuffs as well as cot ton or look elsewhere for bank ing courtesies and credit. For years our bankers have advised—and often pleiad— with their farmer customers to ‘--’‘hve at home;” to raise their own foodstuffs and not depend solely on cotton, or any other one crop. Officials in each of the Ameri cus banks have repeatedly said privately and for publication that one or the greatest financial drains on the county was the buying of feedstuffs that should be produced on our own acres. lember of ih !-■■:! hi ».--K ,l Hk U of the for his horses B ■■■■■■■■lV ps, then you are ■ ■ buy responsible. this GRUB ■ grub staker responsible for ity in the ‘of the T , \ b. your BL would tell the cotton farmer, TK'AT THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1924 WILL BE THE LAST YEAR THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET CREDIT TO BUY FEEFSTUFF. If you have nerve enough to do this am! backbone enough to stick to’ it the South will no longer be the BEGGAR SEC TION of the country and the farmer will no longer be the GOAT of and for the Stock Ex changes. If you arc interested in this, the more letters you will write to other banks in the cotton belt, the sooner we will get . them in terested. If you have any criticism, give it to me straight, from the shoul der as 1 am u Canker as w 11 as you, and best of all I hope-, a loyal SOUTHERNER ami one who wants to see the South pros per and grow wealthy like its Northern and Eastern friends. Yours truly, J. S. Wittmeir, Presi dent Ist National Bank, Oneon ta, Ala. Copies of this letter have been circulated over Alabama and sent to many Georgia bank- „ els. .Indications seen daily are that the bankers are becoming weary of giving advice alone, and are turning from persuasion to com pulsion. ; The bankers have seen for Lyears that the one-crop system ®is a dangerous one and that loans made under such circum stances are. to say the least, not the most desirable. The money bankers loan is money placed in their hands for safe-keeping by others- Their trust is a sacred one and every safe-guard must be thrown about their loans. Which is as it should be. Strong, conservatively man aged banks are a community's greatest asset and their assets must be protected if the com munity is to progress. Margaret Has Missed the Greatest Happiness Marguerite Clark, once a famous and petite star of the screen—the only real lival Mary Pickford ever had—has written an engaging little story about how she found happiness. It was, in brief, when she gave *ip her movie stardom, married Harry P. Williams, in Louisiana, and settled down to raise cliickens, dogs and flowers. Babies? Marguerite does hot mention them as identified with her scheme of joy, strange to say. And yet no normal wo man has yet found the fullness of true happiness, no home has attained that completeness that its name implies, until there are babies to bosom and house. It isn’t mere sentiment that these words voice, but it is ex pression of that law of nature out of which comes motherhood, the greatest, loveliest thing in a human world. The love cf a dog is fine, Mar guerite, and flowers make fra grant and colorful surroundings, but neither bne nor both can possibly supply the beauty and great happiness of life that it is given only to woman to know and feel, in the flesh of her flesh —a baby. W' Says' A liar is a painless dentist. ♦ ♦ ♦ A fish is what never stays where it looks like a swell place. » « » The airplane will never take the place of the auto until you can park along, a dark cloud. WI ® Many college boys looking for va cation jobs would make excellent; cigaret demonstrators. Many a girl who can’t cook can wield a wicked lipstick, ■ and we can’t say which tastes the best.* Mistaking the house next door for your own, kite at night, is -.. hard on the reputation. * * * • We can’t keep up with what going on in hot weather. V,e have to keep up with what is coming off. Peop.k- should go slow with their marrying. It may be their 1. t wedding for sever; I years. Cons are hunting an Ohio newly wed because he was so shy. Wrote some checks and was shy of a bank account. These, fickle youths know nothing about handling money.- In San Francisco, a boy Swallowed ten dol lars. * * * Some people can hang around bees and not get stung , but you can’t hang around some people and pot get stung. £■l? diaphenia J Diaphenia like the daflodowndilly, ~ Y*White as the sun, fair as the lily, _ y - ho, how Ido love theel '° Ve as rn y ' arn b s Are beloved of-their dams; '■ blow blest were I if thou wouldst prove me. Diaphenia like the spreading roses, That in thy sweets all sweets encloses, < * '"a Fair sweet, how Ido love thee! cL \ t Ido love thee as each flower A? Loves the sun’s life-giving power; •yiQV’ ’ F° r iby breath to life might move me. S'T. Diaphenia like to all things blessed When all the praises are expressed, / ear 0W ‘ ’ ovc ee ’ A As the birds do love the spring, jl Fy-.) Or the bees their careful king: - ’Henry Constable. OPINIONS OF : j OTHER EDITORS ' TOO MANY NOW. ■ It is said that the Peach Coun ty .bill will be submitted .to'the legislature again this year and if it passes will be voted -on by the people at the November election in w the form of a constitutional amendment. We have no- criti cism of the ambitions of the peo ple of the"%ection that desires to be designated as a county, but. we can see no good reason for adding another unit to the al ready excessive number of coun ties in Georgia. If the people around Fort Vallely are not satis fied with the county they are now in, let them be transferred to some other county, but don’t clog the works by creating an other new potlnty.—Rome Tribune. HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. “You live in the same place you always did?” we asked a man the other day as we walked up the street with him. . “Yes, in the same oid hole,” he replied. The answer was typical of-the man. He called home a “hide” and it was a “hole” because he could see nothing else in it. It has always been a. ‘“hole” to him and probably la-ays will be because he hasn’t vision enough to see its possibilities. Hume and all that it means de pends upon the viewpoint. If we got the proper perspective, home is something more than a “hole” and we take a just pride in making it respectable. A humble home may be made just as attractive as a home on which money is lavished. It may be beautiful in the exact degree to which »we give time and thought to it. 1 ride in our community, our country, state and nation begins v. :ih home pi - and those, who take a <e pride in the place th y live .can be put down as good citizen;-.—Griffin News, ■ ■■!■■■ •, FOR UNIFICATION. The v. t iler of these lim , though biimiging to the ranks of anotiic r great protestanl church, ha,, that interest which any person might have who is try ing to march under the banner with the positive forces of chrisl iaility —-:-.nd is happy when mark ed advancement is recorded m any livid. That inter, .i, lias put us on the fighting side for unifi cation and what we can do for i shall- be our contribution in th belief that Christianity is calling —calling for this move. It is not at all idealistic to hope for a united Methodist church in this country that this great Methodist organization may do its best work for that cause. Methodism has heard this ealll t i which we have pointed. Meth.;:! , ism is bound to do its utmost tor tins final consummation of a christianized world. That is the hone of Methodists today. —Cor dele Dispatch. WAS IT MUCKRAKING? Mr. W. D. Anderson of Maeon delivered an address before the Alumni Society of the University in which he condemned what“'Le called the “muckraking” in Wash ington. The character of men i i public life has been lynchcd. and no one of prominence lias been exempt, he said. He character izes it as “ridiculous.” It is a pity that men take such an ill-considi red view of public affairs. \\ hen President Coolidge tried, to stifle further investigation in Washington, Senator Glass of Virginia vindicated the ‘procei -.1- in; sin Washington. He said: It was a Senate investigation that sent AlheG B. Fall to Thre Ri' i s a dii-yra ■■■d man and s.-lf-eonf< ■> d felon. It was ; FcnD.te ip v'st i,. 1 utiOii that revt: l id the utter incapacity : nd in difference to public obligation of Mr. Depby, comnelktk. by ’force of public opinion to iWnre from the Cabin t, despite hi repeated defiances and oft-avowed determi nation to remain in office. It was a Senate, investigation that confirmed the popular conviction of Mr. Daugherty’s unfitness for high di tinction by r<Ve d;; •.> i’; official situation and personal contacts which literally shpcke.4 the nation and coirpc |1 jd- his dis mis: s| from the Cnbiittw was Senate investigation that re- v-.uled the uppuling coudijion of THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ; Zwh RELIEF Curtain goes down on American relief work in Germany. By honie crops and ■ imports through business channels, Germany is able to feed herself. American forces under General Alien ted as many as a million German children in a day. ■Wise investment. A service that will not be forgotten by the rising gene-ration of Germans. Vouth is all that really counts m diploVnaey —the cannon fodder of the future. Friendship and Reconciliation among nations must begin in the; cradle. ♦ * * ■ JURY “No, I don’t know what the Vol-! Stead act is,” admits a man accept ed for jury service. Pressed, he says he had heard something about the country being dry. Some think this is a joke on pro hibition. It’s more a joke' on the jury system. However, a defendant who doesn’t care to take a chance before that magnificent produbt of democracy—the average jury—can waive his right to trial by jury and let the judge take the jury’s place. * »s » FLASH I An airplane that would travel J 370 miles ah hour! The French gov ernment expects this speed from its new “rocket plane,” now being de veloped. No engine. It’s shot ahead like a skyrocket, by a series of gas explosions one after other. Will carry a man-—reason not stated. Ten veers ago, people would have said, “Bunk:” Now they merely lift their eyebrows and wonder how long until a plane making 1000 miles an hour will be perfected. RED Hysterical anti-Red activity is waning, reports American Civil Liberties Union. That’s apparent. ; The day may even return when peo ple can speak their minds in public, before crowds, without fear of in terference by police -or self-appoint ed guardians of Uncle Sam. Oratory is*the radical’s safely i valve. That’s all most ’of them i .'.ant to do—talk. No real dange, in our republic, until the safety valve of free speech is lied down. Average “radical'’ is just a volearo of words. ABUSED Are we in earnest or just “talk ing through,our hats” when we pla titudinously abuse Tnont-y as the root of evil? All people love money, I but to hear some of them talk one would ti.ink the Almighty Dollar their worst dnemy. Dr. Nils Westermark, Swedisn scientist, says America now leads the world in sciences. For this, thank money—which is too much abused. Germany is losing out scientifically because she hasn’t the cash to lead in research work. We have. • * « CATFISH Catfish six and a half Million pounds in eight months—are taken from Lake , Okeechobee in Florida and “shipped to distant markets.” We wonder under what nan.e ' .v appeared on the bill-of-fare. Did you ever see catfish on the menu? Maybe it’s just as well we don’t know Iho history of every •l-.ing w<-. egt In c’. ilizntion. Wo might have an epidemic if volun- I tary starvation. , ■- ’ 1 \ 'amw si- suds upoiKtin- goveri,- ■mi i.ii ■et a ; wicki d ■ gleet y>C sick and -d soldier* o ’ i :.- World Wai'A Tlie culpr.i --n: wh a . for Nij, w ill doubt ! -• •';■■ ■• ■ that Si-iat.- mvestig.;- H - | 'iurbii I to the usual order of things. 1 And yet Mr. Anderson sail t' at “practically nothing had come of lull this muckering.” Heaxeti help us fr m such hasty I conch:: ions!—Savwnah Press. I All we hope is thu these'women i ’hni o.mX\ xoip jAn* jj,. Bul£A 1 oAtrq pun ’ .shaving. • J VICTORY . » -W -b--'WfF ■ 6- O’ - z ■ ■ '-i- z jy/ > y ■ y yyr//7/, J Old Days In Americus < TEN YEARS AGO TODAY ! (From The Times Recorder, July j 11, 1914.) The Times-Recorder force is un der obligations to Easterlin Brothers for the finest melon brought to Americus this season. Two fine specimens taken from their melon farm yesterday weighed together 114 pounds, each rod hearty beauty weighing 57 pounds. The “one thousand car.” mark in the shipment of Georgia peaches to the southern and western markets was passed yesterday and a flood gfr gold has thus been turned into the coffers of the peach growers. Georgia shipments of peaches this season will easily total 3,000 to 3,- 500 carloads as the principal sh : p* ments of Elbertas are yet to go forward next week. Mrs. A. B. Campbell is welcomed again to Americus by her large number of friends upon a visit of some length. She is the guest at present of Mrs. G. O. Loving, on ' College street. A congenial party consisting of , Mr. and Mrs. N. W. E. Long, of Hurtsboro, Ala; Mr. and Mrs. B. H Palmer, of Cordele; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrold, and Miss Quen nelle Harrold, have gone to Crab (Orchard, Ky., for a stay of some length. ’ Miss Ada Melton is at home again after a visit of a few days . to friends in Macon. In Americus and throughout the large territory adjacent in which , the trade is supplied, interest at , laches to the announcement that the Atlanta Milling Co. has appoint ■ eii_ Edgar Shipp, Jr. as its distribut ing agent here. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Ti nes Recorder. July 11, 1894.) The annual convention of the ’ sheriffs and clerks it court of , Georgia will be held ti'.is week al Cumberland, beginning tomorrow. Clerk J. H. Allen and Deputy . Sheriff McArthur left last night to attend, bln riff L. B. Forrest ex ' pected to attend also but is detain . ed at home by the serious illness ' of his wife. Col. Gus Harris leads in the ugly man contest with handsome George Bacot a close second, J. O. Mc- Arthur third, and A. J. Buchanan fourth, and A. D. Gatewood fifth. Work will beggin today or tc morrow on the two dwellings to be erected by Arthur Rylander on Lee street. J. H. Garfield has the building contract. As announced in Times-Rc : corder yesterday the Bar -Associa tic.,i . ill'assemble at the courthouse |to y for the purpose of holding p morial exercises in n-spect to their departed bn thoron, Col. I Charles B. Hudson and Judge J. C. ! Matthews. ) Mast'.i- Cliff Clay is quite ill ' ■ Your Kind of Face Powder If there is anything in face pow derg you want, it will pay you t< ask us first; when we say “any thing” you get an idea of the enor mous line of face powders we car ry. Your Powder is here. Prices ranging from 2£c to $2.00; al) I I tints. AMERICUS DRUG CO. j- ■. with fever at the home of his pa rents on Felder street. The many friends of this bright and manly little fellow will wish for his early recovery. The Times-Recorder was favored yesterday by Mr. M. L. Lackey with a dozen or more delicious peaches. They were small but perfect and of excellency in flavor. y f y DAILY POEM “BUTTON, BUTTON.”) When from 'work you’re away . and you plan for a day just to loaf around home, it is true, that-your plans run amuck and you always ( get stuck for the wife finds yen i plenty to do. 1 1 The icebox is tainted; the screens 1 j must be painted; you humbly get j i j down on your knees and fix up I the chest while in "clothes you’re 1 dressed; then you sftit out the paint, if you please. It isn’t a joke that the babe’s bed ; is broke; a couple of slats fallen through. With a hammer and nail to the job you must sail, for the fixing it up’s up to you. The porch must be scrubbed and ’ the window panes rubbed and the furniture’s needing a shine. You work right along, righting things that are wrong, if your lot is the same as is mine. Yes, you’ll sure be outguessed on the day that you’d rest, for the married men always have found that tlie Ms'.-u- gets dizzy at keep ' ing them busy; just workin’ and ’ tjnk. ring ’round. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Fish statistics show every fish weighing over 60,000 pounds has escaped nine times this summer. Women can keep secrets. A man seldom knows he is going to be mar ried until it is time for him to L know. L ■ ■■ Americus Undertaking Co. ; NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmers i Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231 .OHM 1 . n>».% is—! »■ Oil '■■ 11. ■■!■■>. H L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE Oldest and largest -•,« • *'sState Bank in South- ’/ • west Georgia. Any ■■ •. business entrusted to 1 . in-' rj#us will receive our ready one of our ■ valued .customers, ' “*• —we would appreciate " • an opportunity of serving you. • The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700/P) PROMPT, ’ CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMC, Noj Account Too Large; None Too ? . . r ■l'S a \ t * . FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY lb 1924 THE STANDARD SHOE FOR FRIDAY \ AND SATURDAY t TWO HUNDRED PAIRS WOM- EN’S, MISSES AND CHILD-. REN’S SHOES AT $1.25 PAIR. Here is one of the best Shoe Bar gains that has passed this way in a long time. These Shoes .are all serviceable and many are worth three times the price we ask for them. More than* one-half of the Children’s Shoes are regular $3 to $3.50 grades. There are some high heels in the lot for women, but every pair is worth two of three times this price. Displayed on centertables; here Friday and Sat urday your choice, pair $1.25 WOMEN’S NEW HOLLYWOOD SANDALS AT $3.95 Just received from the maker beautiful, new Hollywod in White Buckskin and Patent Leather, all sizes; here Friday and Saturday, pair $3.95 81x90 CRINKLE SPREADS AT $1.98 Plain natural color or with fancy, blue or pink stripes; guaranteed to launder beautifully; Friday and Saturday each $1.98 MEN'S ATHLETIC UNION SUITS AT 49c Made of good quality Pajama Checks with clastic seam back, knee length and sleeveless, all sizes —Friday and Saturday suit ...,49c E. & W. SHIRTS FOR BOYS AT SI.OO Os beautiful quality Madias cloths, in white, also khaki colors, also fancy Madras patterns, sizes 12 to 14, choice SI.OO BO i S’ KHAKI COLORED BLOUSES AT 59c Mad-? to retail at sl, but for a sure enough leader we have made the pv'ce 59c, all sizes; workman ship guaranteed; tach 59c BEAUTIFUL ALL SILK CREPE DE CHIN£ AT $1.25 Forty inches wide and every thread guaranteed pure silk. The following colors have just beer re ceived by express: Pink, Light Bit.', Navy, Copenhagen, Rose, Black, Light Gray, Medium Gray, Lavender, Peach, White, Brown, Jade. If you are going to buy Crepe de Chine let nothing keep you away from this sale, as you will positively save 75c on every yard you purchase here on sale; here at Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
