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PAGE EIGHT TIMES-RECCBDER pl'bu>hld um Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (inc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered xerond claw natter at tbe poatoffict Bl Americus. Georgia, according to the Act ol Congress. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled t« the use for the republication of all news die* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local w-'W« published here to. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswiok Bldg., New Torkj .•eoples’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT ....A report entereth A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.—Prov. 17:10. Better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break. —Shake- speare. An Unpublished Letter The Democrats hope to win the fall elections. Their faith is pinned on three things—their candidates, Republican misrule as evidenced by the oil and vet erans bureau scandals and the tariff. Os the three, the people will be more interested in the latter, as it represents the great est of all taxes placed on their shoulders. The Philadelphia Record • publishes the following letter which farmers throughout the country are NOT receiving be cause it is NOT being broad cast by the Republican National Committee byway of ebnfes sion and apology— “ Dear Mr. Farmer: “In order to secure the sup port of the manufacturing inter ests for the Republican candi date in the 1920 campaign, it was necessary for us to pledge an increase tn tariff rates. “We were, of course, aware that this would be injurious to your interests by increasing the prices of nearly everything you consume, thus taking money out of your pockets and putting it into the pockets of the manu facturerers. “For the purpose of securing your assent to this program, so prejudicial to your prosperity, we promised to let you in on the tariff swag by placing a duty of 30 cents a bushel on wheat. We represented to you that this duty would insure a high price for wheat and thus compensate you for the losses our tariff was go ing to inflict upon you. “We did this very reluctantly, because we knew that sooner or later you would find us out; but without, your votes we could not ■win, and we felt that the end justified the means. “We are now obliged to con fess—because you know it—that a duty on wheat is useless to you, and that in spite of our 30-cent duty, wheat is selling for less than it did when it was on the free list. “We regret exceedingly that we buncoed you, because we have now lost your confidence, ' and the next time we ask you to pull our chestnuts out of the fire, even though we invent a brand new device to hornswoggle you, you will probably turn a deaf ear to our representations. “Trusting that it is not incon venient to you to pay the high prices for what you consume made possible by the tariff you helped us to put over, we are, “Very truly yours, “Republican National Commit tee.” No such letter will reach the farmers, but between Bob La- Follette and the Democratic candidate the farmers of the country will hear whisperings, loud talk and shouts that will give tßem the gist of such a let ter. Poor Bill Some are incapable of “sus tained thought.” Others fail to think straight and accurately. Few of us get the best there is in our brains. A 20-pound muskellunge was hooked by a fisherman in Spar row Lake, Ontario, Canada. He landed it in his rowboat. Now, a 20-pound ‘‘lunge” in a row boat is about as genial and ac tive as a wildcat. This fisherman we’ll call him Bill, was alone in his boat—no one to advise. Also, he was a “city feller,” and never before caught anything a fourth as big. Nothing in his rowboat to kill the "lunge” by a whack behind the eyes. But he happened to have a loaded shotgun. So he blew off its head—also blew a big hole in the bottom of his boat. Bill saw danger ahead. He started his brain cells to working —but his brain stopped too soon. The fish may have been a bit dangeruos, but the water was sure death to one who could not swim, and Bill couldn't. An Ojibway Indian was forced to rescue Bill or he w’ould have drowned among the weeds. Train your brain to go beyond the immediate danger A Question Often Asked An out-of-town reader, one who thinks as he reads and ob serves life’s passing drama, writes: “A friend of mine died re-' cently. He was in his fifties, an active man, filled with zest for life, a man of family, success ful, a good citizen. “On my way to work I drive past the city infirmary. There 1 see doddering old men of little use to society or themselves. Doubtless, some of them would rather be dead. My active, use ful friend dies; they live on. Why? “A Friend.” The man died in accord with some “natural law' imposed by the Creator of All for the Good of All. This explanation must be accepted, or it must be ad mitted that the little dot in time called human life is merely a tremendous and most brutal j oke. What law was violated is en tirely another question, a ques tion that is being more and more understood through the progress of the sciences. We have learned, for instance, why yel low fever carried off thousands of the able-bodied, and often left the weak and debilitated. Life is full of the mysteries with which His wonders are per formed and human progress will be at a standstill when we cease to study and discover the why of them and adopt ourselves to the good that in them. The difference between a man dead in his fifties and a has been in an infirmary may lie in what the two had at birth and how they lived, and no sin gle instance of seeming unwis dom or injustice impeaches the Great Purpose. We are a long way from qualification as a jury of peers for trial of Omniscience Stop, Look and Listen Not one automobile driver in a hundred slows up, looks and listens for the coming train as he crosses the railroad tracks; still fewer come to a stop. The toll in human lives is growing; it is enormous—all be cause a few seconds of delay is not given. The grade-crossing has become one of the greatest factors in the loss of life. In the Kiwanis Bulletin we found this story in verse, from the pen of “Punkin Spinning:" he was speeding in his flivver, rushing eastward by the river. he was giving lurching lizzie all the gas that he cood give her, till he jammed upon the brake, makeing lizzie snort & shake, but the trane came roaring on him; he had made his last mistake. he got stalled upon the track; haddent time to start or back, so he made heroic effort to aban don his old hack. all to soon he breethed his last, for the trane was much too fast; he was greeting old St. Peter by the time three coaches passed. never more he’ll speed his fliv ver, urje it eastward by the river; nevermore will he give lizzie all the gas that he can give her. after he was struck that day he soon stopped, but pee pul say that he’ll never look & lissen, ’cause he’s too darned far away. This world is too beautiful to leave. Stop, look and listen. Saint Peter can spare you a few years longer. W Va vs Statistics show women have charge of spending 90 per cent of the money in circulation and the figures don’t have to be proven. The nice thing about a bad start is it gives you more to brag about; after you do win out. After eating supposedly young chickens in restaurants we have de cided youth will not be served. When you see a railroad crossing remember the power of the express. Make a mousertap better than thy neighbor and you will catch all of his rats. The cookbook tells you how, but you must read the bank hook to see what. TTi e height of ignorance is think ing you know everything They are discovering ways to d° everything fast except sleep. The man with a fake cure for rheumatism will pull your leg. HOME ' There’s a magic little word that makes a fellow want to eat. It’s a word that never can be overplayed. Every time that you may hear it, it suggests a welcome treat, and the little word I think of is home-made. You appreciate the foodstuffs that are purchased at the store and they satisfy the appetite, ’tis true. But the grub that makes you happy; makes you holler for some more, is the food that mother cooks herself for you. Apple pie that fairly savors of the finest kind of taste is the kind that makes you hungry when you’re not. It’s the brand that mother makes you and no portion goes to waste, for the pie, from start to finish, hits the spot. Homemade brea dis baked at morning and it seldom lasts till night, though a baker’s loaf is not as strongly played. It is just that mother makes it in away that seems just right? What’s the reason that you like it best home-made? Even parents have the habit and they get the homemade thrill! It’s a trait that in each living soul is born. Though it isn’t to their liking, yet they’ll cat their fullest fill, when a youngster in the fam ily pops some corn. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) ; Old Days In Americus < TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. July 22, 1914.) Mrs. Will Easterlin at her resi dence on Lee street has as her guests this week, Miss Annie Fudge, of Colquitt, Miss Imogene Mcßride, of Oglethorpe, and Misses Lillie May end Thelma Easterlin, of Anderson- ; ville. At a special meeting of,the police commission held yesterday afler noonA. H. Chalkely was elected a member of the police force, suc ceeding former Policeman Davis. There were several applicants for the place. Officer Chalkley will don a uni form and assume his new duties at once. The very large and congenial throng of Americus pople at Myrtle Springs the past week have enjoyed as thoroughly the stay at this pop ular resort as to induce the determi nation to remain another week. Among those remaining there are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tullis, and guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harris, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, the Misses Brown an their guests, Miss Morgan, of Macon, Miss Hinton, of Reynolds, and Miss Culpepper, of Atlanta. The announcement yesterday of the marriage on the evening pre vious of Miss Louise Drew and Mr. Clarence Jordan was in the nature of a pleasant surprise to their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jor dan are now at home at the resi dence of Mrs. Lillie Sniitwick, on 1 rospects Heights. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (f rom The Times Recorder. July 22, 1904.) Not an onion could be bought in any Americus store yesterday. And yet they can be grown here at the rate of 500 bu. per acre. Mr Henry IL Glover Jr., and bride, of Galveston, arrived yester day upon a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. Glover, near Ameri cus. Messrs. Charles Wakefield and Eugene Rustin were among the re turning excursionists yesterday spending the week in Savannah. Mr. Edgar L. Guerry, Mrs. Guer r.v and children arrived in Americus yesterday from Tuczon, and will sped several days with relatives in this city, th. ir former home. Mr. Guerry is still employed in the rail road business in Arizona, and while he loves his adopted state he is glad of a sight of the ol <l red Wls again. The physicians and surgeons of Sumter county numbering more than a score, are to orgainze an as sociation, the object of which is mutual benefit and the advancement of their profession. A committee eons.stmg of Dr. H. B. Allen, Dr '■ M. Field, and Dr. T. A. Channell was appointed to draugl t constitu n and by laws to be adopted at a «■ ... B «f u, e , 0 on “ ; W ednesday. The first bale of cotton marketed in%.mericus this y< ar was hauled in to Albany’ yesterday morning by Deal Jackson, the thrifty negro farmer who for several years past has brought in the first one. It was classed as good middling, brought fifteen cents, a pound and weighed 351 pounds. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. July 22, 1894.) Mr. John Windsor has leased a half interest the coming season in the Alliance Warehouse, and pro poses to take a hand, by proxy at least, in the marketing of the next crop. Handsome wedding cards have been received by friends in the citv nnnouncing the approaching nup tials »f Miss Maggie May Smith and Mr. William M. Harper, in At lanta, Wednesday August Ist at three o’clock at the residence of the brims parents Mr. and Mrs G H Hancock. ' ’ T; It is rumored that Dawson and Americus will be bound together by " THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 7 the silken ties of matrimony ere an other weeks goes by. The happ> couple will make their home in this city, and Th e Times Recorder of fers cangratulations in advance to the gentleman from Americus. Mr. C. M. Wheatley came down town yesterday with a face as clean as a candidates speech when he but tonholes you and sings his song. He had prund his whiskers for the first time in forty years, and his best friends did not recognise him, Miss Clara Bragg returned to Ma con Yesterday after a visit of’ sev eral weeks to her brother, J. T. Bragg in this city. ’ OPINIONS OF ! ’ OTHER EDITORS ; THE DAY’S WORST PUN. Ono of tho gentlemen sentenc ed in New York to do time for a whisky conspiracy is now out on bail. It was purely a matter of Means.— Philadelphia Nortn American. IF THEY DID! The reason life is quiet ana peaceful in rural sections is be cause country doctors don’t tel! all they know.—Flint Journal. THE WEATHER SERVICE. Perhaps few people realize that, in all •its predictions, the national weather service is 88 per cent right. Yet these figures are said to be established by long observation and careful verification in the five districts in which the terri tory of the United States is di vided for meteorological pur poses. Since there are few hu man undertaking which can score 100 per cent success, the weather bureau may be said to have made quite a creditable show ing since its establishment in 1870.—Atlanta Constitution. TAYLOR COUNTY PROSPERS When Taylor county has finish ed shipping the largest and best peach crop in years, attention will then be directed to marketing cantaloupes, watermelons and to matoes in enormous quantities. Many carloads of corn, cured sweet potatoes, peanuts, hay, car tie, hogs and poultry will be ship ped duiing the fall. With cotton, lumber and kaolin as a surplus, there ought to be prosperity in the community that wrP ■’.oubtless produce envy of other sections —Butler Herald. A QUESTION ALL WILL ASK As the big Majestic was plow ing her way to New York, four great propellers pushing her, Wil liam H. Stanton, assistant cook, jumped overboard. One of the propellers struck his body and cut it in two. As he jumped he said, “Here I go.” Where did he go? A few would be grateful if he could put his body come back and answer the ques tion. A majority of us think little about it, although before a hun dred years shall have passed all the sixteen hundred million hu man beings on earth will have to say, “Here I go.”—Arthur Bris bane in Atlanta Georgian. ANOTHER BANK “BUSTED. ’ The old ways are the best., At least so thinks one Mrs. Marv G. Fisk. 81 years old, of Washington. D. C„ who had > faith in bfmks and ran a persc 'al- Iv-eonductod institution, which busted on her hands. All the world is familar with wo man’s loaning toward her stock ing as tho safest place to denos't her monev. nnd it mav have boon because of tho nuhl’citv given this much-advort'ted “First National Rank” that- Mrs. Fisk decided to abandon this method of safety for a more original one. She kent her monev—some $20,825. to be exact—ninned to her corsets, whore she could he vorv r.nr P that fhi'«vos would not brc.'vk and steal. How long she had car ried it th re nobody knows, but she is very sure now that she car- SUOTH AMERICAN SPORT T 1 ™ z 'AW -fe i r E'k / ■A\ \ A W W -C v x ; HisaTT6nTon \ ERB tsf LFJ ni w / NEVEf? C6A5E.5/ X ' W //J I * To BE I z /' /)'.VW if ‘x ] /NT£f?ES~NG I CL —l/ x / V a -r:. . J OISM'FC Awaskington Oil 1 □ AiETTEK BY HARRY B. HuNT NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON, July 22.—Rob ert Marion La Follette’s chief coun selor and assistant during his paign for the presidency v.ill not be his campaign "manager,” nor any one of the half dozen or more “pro gressive” leaders who are active in his behalf. When he wants real political wis dom and advice, La Follette will get it right at home. Not by in trospection. Not by seeking the more youthful viewpoint of Bob La Follette Jr. But from the tried and true source that has proven its merit through his campaigns for the past 40 yearfr—Mrs. Belle Case La Follette, his wife. ** * , Probably no other man in public life today has had as direct and efficient aid from his life partner, in solving his political problems, as La Follette has had from his help meet. From the tinge of his first cam paign for Congress, back in 1881 through his terms as governor of Wisconsin, where hg put'into ef fect his theories of ‘democratic Republicanism, and throughout 'his 20 years in the Senate, fight ing a minority fight with in Ins own party, Mrs. La Follette has bad a large part ; in the research and study pecessary for the prep aration of his speeches and arti cles. And her moral support, bul warking his own ideals and resolu- ried it one day too long. It is now responding meekly in two well known Washington banks, and Mrs. Fisk has lost a little of her faith in original methods for tak ing care of a fortune, which no one suspected she poss; ssed. Believing that the safest place for such a large sum was on her person, and being of the oid school, which still clings to stays, she pinned her roll to this sub stantial object, and at night in stead of a modern tim -combina tion closing on her riches, she wrapped the bill-bedecked gar ment in an old newspaper, byway of further precaution, and threw it in the corner of her room, where no burglar would expect to find such treasure. One morn ing, making up a bundle for tho trash man, she scooped up the pile containing corset, money and all, and into the trash can went sixteen SI,OOO bills, eight SSOO bills, two tens and a five—s2o.- 825 all told—and there they re mained until Mrs. Fisk, discover ing her loss, w r.t frantically to police ' eadquarte. . A detective, actin • on the hysterical tip of tho co _tless and cashless dame, w nt straight to the trash can on he nearest corner, and found the money undisturbed. . A mere bank now houses the re stored f< .-tune, and Mrs. Fisk is considering joining the anti-stays leagr and abjuring corsets for ev .more,—Savannah Press. Americus Undertaking Co< NAT LEMASTER, Manager • Funeral Directora And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phonei 88 and 231 tions at times when he seemed to be leading a forlorn hope, has been even more valuable. * * * The La Follette partnership dates back to the davs immediately fol lowing their marriage m Madison, Wis., in 1881. Prior to that time, through their college years, they had been rivals, each seeking to excel the other in scholastic honors. La Follette had entered the Uni versity of Wisconsin Xrom the small town of Primrose. Miss Belle Case, who was latter to become Mrs. La Follette, ma triculated the same year, from the village of Baraboo. Both were interested in history, political economy, theories of gov ernment and similar subjects. Young La Follette wasn’t going to let any girl get ahead of him, so he pitched into his added vim. Miss Case, who as Mrs. La Follette was later to be come an active advocate of woman suffrage, set out to show that a girl could know as much about politics and government as any boy. The scholastic race was a tie. Meanwhile, the competition whicn first brought dislike soon changed the attitude of each of the young folks to respect, then to admira tion. Before graduation, Dan Cupid ha'd ended all rivalry wltn one of bis well-placed arrows. The next document they sougnt after getting their diplomas was a marriage license. And that fall they both entered law school! * -t- hen La Follette set up as a law yer, Mrs. La Follette became a working member of the firm. Sne briefed cases, acted as index chief, did much of the research necessary in preparing cases for trial. This position as right-hand as sistant to her husband she still holds. An alert, rather stocky, gray haired but energetic woman of the so-called “intellectual” type, Mrs. La Follette has not had to make her husband’s interests her inter ests. . They have been that from the first. So next to Bob himself, “Mrs. Bob” will have the biggest say in how to attack the problems of the Independent campaign. 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 fk* Oldest and largest £ ' "> ",7/XVT *4ll w' Slate Bank in South- . . - Ceoreia. Any t J? CJylVpmaf business entrusted to us will receive our ’ys'<f f fl $ best attention. If you are not al- ; ready one of our J® '' valued customers, ■--we would appreciate an opportunity of serving you. 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