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A THOUGHT"
Her (Wisdom’s) ways are ways
of pleasantries, and all her paths
are peace.—Prov. 3:17.
Wisdom is the health cf the soul.
—Victor Hugo.
More Hogs Now
Sumter county, we are told,
has one of the best corn crops
it has produced in several years,
That means plenty of feed.
Those in position to know,
say that hogs will bring a profit
able price in the spring. Coun
ty Agent Marshall has advised
Sumter farmers to breed their
hogs to farrow in the fall, saying
there is a 12 per cent decrease
in hogs with about the same in
crease in corn in the county.
The best time to go into the
hog business is when there are
heavy feed crops in the making
with breeding stock low in price,
says the Moultrie Observer, ob
serving that—
All of the crops have been
started that it is possible to start
this year, and they are well on
their way towards harvest—all
except the hog.
It is a remarkable coincidence:
We have an abundant feed crop
in process of making at the time
that the west is willing to part
with thousands of brood sows
that they feel they cannot afford
to carry through the coming win
ter for the reason that the corn
crop is small and the price of
hogs just now is low. They look
for high priced corn, and they
prefer to sell corn for money and
send their sows to market.
The sows can be laid down in
South Georgia at 7 cents a pound,
or thereabouts. It means that a
farmer who has corn, peanuts, po
tatoes, velvet beans, pastures,
skim-milk, etc., can buy a half
dozen sows that in the course of
a few weeks will bring him half
a hundred pigs that will grow as
the market advances along with
hjg'er priced corn making it pos
sible to carry them to market
early next summer and receive a
check for a thousand dollars—
the mother sow being left at
home in the meantime with an
other lot of pigs.
The proposition is made
doubly attractive by the outlook
in the west, which certainly por
tends fewer hogs and higher
priced hogs next year.
• And so it looks like a time to ,
start another important crop. The
pig crop. An excellent time to
get into the game.
There are good times and bad
times to go into a business, and
this year looks like an exception
ally GOOD time to produce
more hogs.
The CASH in the spring will
come in mighty handy. It will
help finance next year’s cotton
crop. It will help hold down
indebtedness.
The Albany Herald believes
that present conditions “cordial
ly invite expansion in the hog
business,’’ saying:
It was a most unfortunate
thing for Georgia when a con
spiracy of circumstances caused
fanners in this section to dispose
of many of their hogs, including
brood sows, in 1922 and ’23.
Many who sold “under pressure”
bought more hogs later, and oth
ers will probably buy now.
The Herald .believes • South
Georgia is as certain to become a
great live stock section as it is
to continue to mate agriculture
its most important productive ac
tivity. We know, because we
have seen it demonstrated, that
this section can raise hogs and
beef cattle more cheaply than
any other sec-ion of the coun
try, and very much more cheap
ly than can Ihe West, where the
farmers have gained independ
ence by raising hogs and selling
them to the improvident South.
Sumter—as well as other
counties in South Georgia—is
getting out of the “ruts." Prog
tess is being made.
Thousands and thousands of
dollars are coming into the coun
ty for pecans- Poultry and eggs
have added otner thousand 1 . A
creamery is in operation and will
add to our income as rapidly as
milk cows are placed on our
farms.
Every animal added to the
farm brings added fertility to its
soil and another CASH income
to its owner.
Add a few breed sows for fall
farrowing and spring selling. -
We Are Judged By Our
Mistakes
The weatherman is right 88
times out of every 100 in his
predictions about weather and
temperature. I his is claimed by
James H. Scarr, who has had
charge of No’ 1 York City s
weather bureau for 15 years.
His claim is based on forecasts
in his territory.
It’s probable that the same
figures hold true for the coun
try at large, striking an average.
Uncle Sam, in fact, does not
appoint a student forecaster to a
job ;.s official forecaster until he
demonstrates that he can score
85 out of 100 accurately in his
predictions.
All this doesn't line up with
the popular notion that the
weatherman is usually wrong.
You often hear a person say “I
see rain is predicted. 1 suppose
that means it'll be bright and
fair.’’
The weatherman's supposed
inaccuracy is one of the original
jokes—and unfairly so.
Why has he gotten a false
reputation? That’s easy.
Like all the rest of us, he’s
judged by his mistakes rather
than by his good work. People
notice that he misses an average
of I 2 out of 1 00. That makes
them forget the 88-out-of-1 00
in the matter of accuracy.
Take a star juggler in vaude
ville. One blunder gets by.
Two blunders start a laugh.
Three blunders counteract his
entire 20 minutes of accurate
performance. He’s judged by
his mistakes, rather than by his
accomplishments.
An unwise vote on a bit of
legislation can wreck the career
of a congressman with years of
“good work" to his credit,
A breath of slander can blast
a long-established reputation.
One inaccuracy counteracts
1 00 accuracies.
Yes, we’re all judged by our
mistakes rather than by our ac
complishments. The man with
wisdom enough to overlook the
occasional error is rare. The
human brain inclines to de
struction rather than to construc
tion, primarily.
If we would get the most out
of life, look for the good in oth
ers, excuse the occasional error;
cultivate happiness and charity,
one toward another.
More Brain and Less
Brawn
Many thoughtful educators
are discussing seriously the pre
dominance of athletics in our
colleges; they are asking if
there’s too much thought being
given to BRAWN, at the ex
pense of BRAIN. '
Consider this case—an ex
ceptional one we grant—but it
is case in point:
Some 1200 graduating stu
dents,. in caps and gowns and
with joyous faces, marched be
fore their president the other
day to receive their diplomas at
the University of Minnesota.
J. Ward Ruckman was not
among them. He stood on the
sidelines and sadly watched the
significant procession on its
course to its big goal. And yet
he had been one of the star stu
dents of the university.
In his first year, Ruckman en
gaged in extra-curricular work,
kept ahead of his -studies and
edited the college papers. In his
junior year he was president of
his class and he accumulated
scholastic honors in.every subject
he selected.
In his senior year he was made
a member of Pbi Beta Kappa,
the honorary scholastic society,
and was scheduled to receive his
degree with high honor.
In his four years as a suc
cessful student he played tennis,
hiked and indulged in a dozen
other sports of the college. Last
summer he paddled a canoe from
Minneapolis to St. Louis, landed
a jdb on a river boat as a labor
er, and worked his wav to New’
Orleans and back to Minneapolis.
Physically and mentally he
showed himself to be of the right
stuff and a real credit to the
educational institution he attend
ed.
What was the matter with
Ruckman? Why was he de
nied his graduation papers and
honors? This and nothing
more: He had failed to take
the freshman course in the col
lege gymnasium!
Higher education is a queer
thing in these days, as Ruckman
has discovered to his sorrow. It
isn’t so much a matter of brains
as it is of brawn—not so much
a matter of brow as it is of bi
ceps. A people are taxed to
support a college that lives by
that rigid and insane rule.
Impress on the young people
entering college that they are
there to prepare themselves for
that battle that’s in front. Social
and physical honors should be
a part of their ambitions, but
these should be incidental.
Gleaning certain necessary
knowledge is necessary, but that
too is incidental.
The real task before them is
to learn to think—THlNK
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1 ■ “To?
There’s always two sides to a story, they say. That’s something
you’ve surely heard telL No doubt it applies to what happens by
day, and what happens by night-time as well.
.
Lets take just one instance that comes to my mind, and see
if the saying proves true. Just simmer it down till we actually
find if the sides to it really are two.
«SMF
The clock in the front room will (boldly strike three. The world
is asleep and at rest. A tiny tot cries and it wakes you or me as
the wails louder grow in their zest.
We rise to the call and we rush to the child. Many funny
tricks sleepiness plays. We rock him until all his crying grows
mild, yet we rock and we rock in a daze.
It s true dads have lost lots of sleep in that way, and they’ve
done heaps of kicking about it. . And yet, if the mothers could
just have their say, dads would find it worth while—don’t vou
doubt it.
Imagine the feeling that comes with a throb when Mom’s waked
from slumbering deep, to find that the baby’s got dad on the job so
that she can fall right back to sleep.
(Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
J Old Days In Americus v
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder, July
23, 1914.)
“Down on the farm” at his cozy
home at Murrays Ferry cn the rip
pling waves of Flint river, Mr. J. J.
Murray was host yesterday to a con
genial throng. It was his birthday
anniversary, the exact number of
which was forgotten among the de
lights of the occasion but as the
honoree fought four years for the
South he was old enough to enjoy
the elaborate birthday dinner and*
barbecue.
Misses Kathleen and Flora Den
jam will go today to Tenilie where
they will be the attractive and
charming guests of friends at a
house party continuing during sev
eral days.
Mr. Gordon Statham, and Misses
Gertrude and Edith Jossey attended
the Murray occasion at Murray’s
Ferry yesterday going over in Mr.
Stathams car.
Louise, the little nine year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. N.
Dudley was operated on yesterday
for appendicitis and her condition
since has been quite favorable.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays McMath have
returned after a ten days stay at
White Springs, Fla.
The many friends of Miss Mary
Davenport, seriously ill recently vrill
be interested in knowing that her
condition is rapidly improving and
permanent recovery assured. .
Commissioner of Agriculture
price, who is a candidate to succeed
j.imself in that office, was a visi
tor in Americus yesterday, mingling
with friends and seeing the crops,
which he is obliged to confess are a‘l
right.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. July
23, 1904.)
Americus people are glad that
the strike at the packing houses
has ended, though this city never
for an hour felt the effect of the
tie-up, or even knew the strike was
on so far as the local supply was
concerned.
Miss Greeson, of Tampa, who was
Miss Lula Walters is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas B. Hooks at their
country home near Americus.
This will be “shoe day” at Dun
can’s and prices will make it cheap
er to wear Oxford’s than to go bare
foot. About 500 pairs in patent,
colt vici and tans all the widths and
sizes, will be offered for SI.BO.
During the windstorm yesterday
afternoon saveral small outhouses
and cabins on the N. A. Ray plant
ation, near the city; were blown
down.
Mrs. John Sheffield and little
daughter’s, Mary and Elizabeth, left
yesterday for Hendersonville, N. S
to join-the Americus “colony.”
two handsome new residences on
Church street, opposite the Coker
Place will add vastly to the appear-
’ C"'
The man who designed a New
"iork pipe organ having 640 stops
must have been an auto mechanic.
ou r idea of fun is is listening to
a woman who doesn’t use perfume
t.dk w ith a man who does.
Two men were arrested for sleep,
ing in a Los Angeles theater and we
think we have seen that show.
Snake bit a movie star in Los
Angeles, which is what she gets for
looking good enough to eat.
If Dawes is as good at swearing
as he once was he should poll a lot
of votes from golfers.
A gardener who started out with
the slogan “Watch Us Grow” tells
us the weed must have heard it.
quickly, accurately and straight.’
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER "
ance of that residence thoroughfare.
Mrs. W. J. Thornton and Miss
Kate Thornton are among Americus
visitors returning during the past
week from St. Louis.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
;■ OPINIONS OF S
| OTHER EDITORS !
-OUCH!"
In England they never show
comedies on Saturday night. They
are afraid they will start laugh
ing in the churches.—Colorado
Dodo.
ED DISAPPROVES OF GEORGE.
I have never greatly liked
George Washington. Somehow he
does not look right in his pictures:
he looks somewhat like an old
grandmother wearing men’s
clothes of an ancient pattern. He
does not look like the men I have
known and his entire history
seems to have been exaggerated
for use in schoolbooks and patri
otic addresses.—Ed Howe’s Week
ly.
“BROTHER CHARLIE.”
As to Charles W. Bryan, the
Democratic candidate for Vice-
President, we admit ignorance.
Except for the fact that he was a
brother of his brother and Gov
ernor of Nebraska, he was until
today a perfect blank to us.
A half day’s research has, how
ever, developed one significant
fact. Since he has been Governor
of Nebraska Brother Charlie has
reduced the line of jobholders in
that State by 1,650 feet, or near
ly one-third of a mile.
Ip case you have forgotten it,
the average length of a jobholder
is 5 feet 6 inches. So that reduc
ing the jobholders’ line by 1,650
feet means, in plain American,
that Governor Bryan has fired
300 of’em.—Baltimore Sun.
THE BANKER
The banker is a busmess man
but at the same time, he is a
public servant. He manages insti
tution to earn dividents for its
stockholders, but it has now conic
to be regarded as his duty to
give some sound advice and per
form many services which resuit
in no direct addition to his earn
ings account. He accepts the de
posits of the parents for the ac
count of the baby when it is born.
He keeps the funds and invests
them as the child grows. He ad
vises the young man when in leav
ing school, he enters business. His
counsel is given with financial as
sistance :;s the business develops.
When his client retires from its
management he acts as trustee in
handling his investments and final
ly upon the clients death, he is
called upon to administer the es
tate and act as advisor to the
heirs. A knowledge gained from
bocks is a necessary part of his
preparation but he needs many
things which he cannot learn in
this way’—greater among them,
an understanding of human na
ture —Clarence R. Chantry, Presi
dent American Institute of Bank
ing.
TALLULAH TRUSTEES
TO MEET THURSDAY
ATLANTA, July 23.—Trustees
of the Tallulah Falls Industird
school from all sections of ic
state, will gather here on Thu- day
for the “trustees’ birthday celebra
tion” at which they are io be
hostess to the men and women v. .-o
cooperated wiQi the Gergia Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs in making
a success of she school benefit per
formance of “Sun Up,” given in
Chicago on July 4.
Mrs. I Trie Atkinson, chairman
bf the Tallulah Falls association
of Chicago, which was organized
as a result of interest created in
the school, will be the central fig
ure at the celebration which is to
take the form of large and brilliant
theatre party.
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BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer
WASHINGTON, July 23.—“ Corn
and hogs can win the election.”
That is the dictum of keen-mind
cd poltical gentlemen who are
watching with interest the steadily
mounting quotations of the above
farm products. In them is seen
much more than a mere market
report; even much more than an
index of at least temporarily re
turning agricultural prosperity.
For as a factor of real impor
tance in the coming campaign,
more potent than the fact that
William Jennings Bryan will cam
paign for the Democratic ticket or
that Charley Dawes helped win
the war, SlO hogs and $1 corn may
be the most persuasive of all argu
ments to millions of voters.
Tariff and taxation are abstruse,
involved issues at best. But corn
and hogsi
There’s something definite, tan
gible, readily visualized and easily
understood!
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14 the steadily strengthening
market fer these staple farm pro
ducts an entirely natural and norm
hl process, or is it being assisted by
artificial stimulation, for political
purposes?
That is a question that is being
studied closely by economists in
both th e Democratic and Inde
pendent camps.
There is an underlying suspicion
that just as the farmer was “de
flated”. bj' orders from Washington
following the last election, he is
now being “inflated” on instruc
tions from the same source.
The theory, of course, is that
strong markets and better prices
through tiie next five months may
make it possible to hold in the Re
publican agricultural vote, winch
has been threatening to run
amuck.
Improving prices for tarm pro
duce, whether naturally or artifi
cally sustained, inevitably give aid
to the Coolidge campaign.
Oddly enough, coincident witn
the upward trend in corn and hogs,
comes an announcement of reduced
prices on a long line of staples from
calicoes to corn shredders, which big
mail order houses supply to fann
buyers.
That D( , moC ra ts and Irdepcn
dents ahk e insist, looks s-s-sus-
Picious- Something wrong some
th' -y do. ,nvesti gate! Sb
Result: They find it's been a
eold, wet spi ig. Farmers were
late getting plowing and planting
done and crop genui.dly is delayed.
iProbaUy will be under normal in
yie’.» Therefor..' the mounting
co .1 prices.
Earl.v pigs didn’t thrive during
unseasonable spring. Ills of pig
infancy multiplied and death rate
increased: Fewh pigs, more val
uable. Also, remaining pi gs mvst
be r . d higher priced corn. Higher
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pig prices imperative.
* * *. .
' On the reverse side, the declin
ing prices on what the farmer- buys,
the trail leads back to the weather
again.
Late, backward spring. Result
ing light buying. Merchants and
dealers overstocked. Trices slashed
in order to move stocks before
fall.
That’s as far as the “investiga
tions” have gotten to date.
And while the skeptics are snif
fing around trying to scent some
thing rotten in Denmark, not yet
, willing to aacept the situation as
altogether natural. Republicans
. smile broadly and give their ex
planation. Which is:
“Coolidge Luck!”
The one uncertain factor in the
equation is: “Will the farmer, this
year, react according to Hoyle?”
. If he does, then corn and hogs give
Coolidge and advantage.
But with both Dems and Inde
, pendents set on keeping Coolidge
from “hogging” the vote, there’s
a real fight ahead anyway.
HARMON PLEADS FOR
FORESTS OF GEORGIA
WAYCROSS, July 23.—Unless
Georgia begins immediately to re
forest and conserve its timber re
: sources, the state of Georgia is go
• ing to lose millions in revenue that
1 it has been deriving from its trees
i and timber, stated C. B. Harman
. Tuesday, treasurer of the Georgia
Forestry Association, Atanta, ;.d
--; dressing- a large number of news
; paper-editors from all sections of
the state attending the annual meet
. mg of the Georgia Press Associa
-1 lion here.
i The speaker further stated that
unless Georgians realized the ser
. ious danger confronting them in
. them is their timber resources, that
I within the “next five to ten years
ie cost of home building and all
! other construction work will hi ve
- 10 such an extent as to
I malm the ownership of a hom e pro
t hi ntive to a larger number of IU
, emzens and actually hinder m w
1 construction.”
A reformed poet, now working
■ at making an honest living, tells us
his poetic license expired.
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