About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT lIMES-RECCiDEU PUBLISHED 1B7» Published by Th® Times-Recorder Co., (inc.), Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Enternl •• tecond claw matter at the poatofflej at Americus, Georgia, according to the Act <4 Congreee. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled te the nee for the republication' of all news die* patches credited to it : or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local tews published here* la. All right of republicstioa of special dispatches are also reserved. t r . - - ■ .- ...- National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. Nev York; peoples’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. 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 Tn ih& I 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. ... A, THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanley HOLD ER , ysj newt sues t+j wuhitc. P s I s . xC L—Ji Tr ——- x —i | ii ~-_i-ar=ii m EGBERTi ™ VSoerstandL\say his = ft \EH Bu/ 11 ~y- I Red I (J ’ I W MEI pS/ V THAT '“A FL|P ) j drummer = EGBERT ROBBIMS DIDbT S£~M TO BE So k | GLAD TC> MEET THE MOP HAND’-E c I SALESMAN WHO CAME Do\NN FROM "THC ! J p CITV - THERE MUST BE A REASON ( cocit/ajued) , Co))>r ,J; rrm nea Serve KAWASHWGION iSUettek 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! * s « 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 Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director! And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 88 * “* Pay Phone? 88 and 231 . 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. L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. RIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE Oldest and largest il ffpglffij State Bank in South- west Georgia. Any MgSßpii mj It l-m business entrusted to fewj-t* ■’ * us will receive our r fe* a,tenlion - ’lf you are not al ready one of our valued customers, J’JafeslL we would appreciate an opportunity of serving you. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small _______ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, ig 2 4 THE STANDARD LOW PRICES ' AND SOUND QUALITIES ARE TWO GOOD REASONS FOR SHOPPING AT THE STANDARD. Voiles at 25c Yard A woman may have several frocks for an unbelievable little price. It is difficult to imagine the variety of patterns here for you to choose from this offering this sale at yard 25c Voile Dresses at $2.95 Regular $5 to $7.50 grade, many pretty styles in Dotted Voiles, all colors and all sizes; choice of this rack at $2.95 Remnants of Crinkle Cloth for BED Spreads at 30c Yard Fink and Blue Striped, colors warranted; lengths are varied,’in fact, the assortment will prove rich in worthwhile finds; two lengths sewed together makes the spread wide enough for any bed. Bathing Suits at Your Own Price We are closing out our whole stock at an average of 25c on the dollar. Only ope or a few of a kind left; smartest styles of the season, all wool materials, for men and women; choice of the whole stock now suit $1.98 Heavy Wool Fiber Squares at $17.50 Size 9x12 feet; from a well known manufacturer; pretty, new patterns and extra heavy quality that will wear much longer than some of the better squares at twice the price of this one; her 3 now each $17.50 F ne Tape Edge Marquisette ai 20c Yard !n cream, white and ecru. The best value we have been able to offer in some time; beautifully fin ished Marquisette 36 inclies wide, tape edge. We have seen this quality from other stores priced as high as 50c; here in any quantity now at yard 20c Plain Crinkle Bed Spreads at $1.75 and $1.98 Size guaranteed, of extra good material, plain natural color in two popular sizes 72x90 at $1.75, 81x90 at $1.98 Get Your Supply of These Good Sheets A small stock left of the famous Pcquot Sheeting, none better made at any price; extra wide for the largest beds, yard 69c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.
