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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX XIMES-RECOBDEB PUBLISHED 1879 Published by The Times-Recorder Co.* vine.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher "* "W Entered M second clam matter at the peetoffid at Americas, Georgia, according to the Act e< Unpeu. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled t« the use for the republication' of ail sews dis* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local «.ews published here* In. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN. Brunswick Bldg., New Tories ?eoples' Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT - Let the lying lip, be put to •ilence which speaks gre v i°u« thing, proudly and contemptuously against the righteou,.—P». 31:13. Lies can destroy, but not create. —Tupper. Good Times Coming Cotton is opening in almost every section of the county. Open.bolls are to be seen as one rides along the roads. Last Sat urday a local banker said he knew of one farmer who could then pick a bale if he would go over his farm. Another Americus man said he looks for cotton to come in not later than August 1 Oth. Last week lard was quoted at 1 2 cents. Deliveries for this week are priced at 15 1-2 cents, a grocer tells us. This means peanuts will go up. Cheap lard, cheap peanuts. That’s the way it goes. Peanuts were bringing $lB7 last week and one grower said it would go to S2OO by the time his were ready to market. Ride where you will, and you will see corn and peas and oth er food crops, more of it and finer than in many a day. We have licked the life out of the boll weevil, and to the great disappointment of many Doubting Thomases, Sumter farmers are STILL poisoning. They are eternally and everlast ingly on the job. The banks of the Muckalee have been desert ed this year. Comparatively speaking, Sumter farmers have forgotten fish in their battle with bugs. Good times are coming. CAN that grouch and smile awhile. Splendid Selections The Democratic National Committee could not have se lected two more able men than Senator Waiter F. George, of Vienna, and Congressman Chas. R. Crisp, of Americus, as two of the orators who will stump the nation for Davis and Bryan. The selection is a cpmpliment to both these gentlemen, their State and section. Both are splendidly equip ped to meet the Republican spell-binders in their own do minions. Few men are as famil iar with title Fordneyl.McCum ber tariff law, its iniquities and shams, as Judge Crisp. Senator George has greatly impressed official Washington with his splendidly equipped legal mind. Hugh Robert, writing from Washington for the Macon Tele graph, says of these two gentle men: Senator George has deeply im pressed official Washington with his statesmanlike qualities, his freedom from that cheapness of which demagoguery is the out standing example, and his ora torical power. Although the Geor gia senator had attracted favora ble attention because of his oth er merits on previous occasions, ■ it was only when he had conclud ed his discussion of the proposed child labof t amendment that he was recognized as an orator or unusual gifts. The Deniocratic committee will ask him to take the stump in September despite the fact that the general oratori cal offensive will not be launch ed until October. It is expected that Senator George will be giv en as many assignments as any othtr campaigners. Mr. Crisp is regarded by the committee as one of the ' best posted Democrats on the tariff. He will be depended upon to aid in showing the tax payers of the country that the bulk of their burden is not in direct, but in direct taxation, and that for the latter, the Fordney-AlcCumber tariff act, imposing a cost of $4,000,000,000 on those least able to pay, is entirely responsi ble. The Honey-Ball Melon A new melon, of which little is yet known, has been propa gated in Texas, known as the honey-ball melon. According to the Fort Worth Record, 2,200 acres of this fruit were planted this year. Enough seed has been produced to plant 10,000 acres next sea son. Returns from this crop have run from S2OO to as high as $640 per acre. B. C. Forbes, financial writ er, describes this “gold mine of the farms” in his daily letter, saying of it — y It promises to prow / more profitable than any gold mine. The raliroads alone are eager to buy more than can be produced, because this melon can be bang ed around in dining cars, across the continent and back, if need be, without suffering any dam age. A giant can stand on one of. these melons without bruis ing it. Yet inside, the fruit is soft and luscious. The man who can bring forth a delicious variety of new fruit surely deserves to rank with him who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew be fore. Americans justly pride themselves upon the quality and variety and volume of their fac tories and mines and furnaces, but we cannot afford to neglect intelligent cultivation of the soil. That’s basic. More and more horticulturists, scientists and agrefnomisfe are seeking varieties of friuts and vegetables that will ship long distances, withstand rough handling and remain in eatable condition after it is gathered and shipped. Those things which must be consumed im mediately after gathering are of limited commercial value to the farmer. The market is too re stricted. Two Bloody Anniversaries Two bloody anniversaries of the War Between the States were observed in July the Battle of Manassas and the Bat tle of Atlanta. Both linger in the minds of many, though few remain who participated in them. The first Battle of Manassas —or Bull Run—was a com plete victory for the Southern cause —while the Battle of At lanta was the reverse. Os the first, fought July 2 1 at, 1861, many a writer has specu lated on what the outcome would have been if the South ern soldiers had followed up their victory on the plains of Manassas. Genera] E. P. Alex ander, in his history of that bat tle, said: It would be vain to speculate how far the pursuit might have been pushed or what it might have accomplished had al! the available force been energetical ly used. We were deficient in orgainzation, discipline and trans portation, but these inefficiencies are not sufficient excuse for not attempting the game of war. In that game, to use the slang of more modern days, it was now “up to the Confederates” to pur sue their routed enemy to the very utmost. His line of retreat was circuitous, and offered us rare opportunity to cut it by a short advanre from Stone Bridge or at fentreville, by an advance of three miles from Mitchell’s Ford. Johnston and Beauregard both sent orders to different commands to make such ad vances, but neither went in per son to supervise and urge for ward the execution of the or ders, though time was of the very essence. Both generals and the President spent the valuable hours of daylight still left in riding over the battle field as Napoleon lost his opportunity to crush Wellington at Quatre Bras by pasting hours in riding over the field nf Kigny. Regarding the Battle of At lanta, fought on the 22d of July, 1864, the Confederates fight ing under the leadership of Gen eral Hood, the Savannah Press says: Gov. Joseph E. Brown and Sen ator B. H. Hill of Georgia, com plained to President Davis that Joseph E. Johnston intended to surrender Atlanta without giving battle. On the 17th of July Johnston’s army was turned over to General Hood. Rood attack ed Sherman but was defeated. The attack was judiciously plan ned and stood excellent chances of success. The failure was said to have been from want of com pliance with orders on the part of the corps commanders. And of this battle, General Alexander writes: It is vain to speculate on what might have happened had John ston been left in command. Had Lee been commander-in-chief he would not have been relieved, as was indicated by his restoring Johnston to command on his tak ing that position in But it is a fact that Johnston had never fought but one ag gressive battle, the Battle of Seven Pines, which was phenom enally mismanaged. Our own Lucian Lamar Knight, in his Reminiscences of Georgia, comments as follows on the fight about Georgia’s capital city: Nothing could surpass the spir it with which the home guard dis puted with the foe the territory of Georgia. Composed largely of old men and young boys, who were not embraced within the age limits of the conscript acts, they had nevertheless been drill ed an.djequipped in anticipation of such an emergency, and they literally fought like lions at bay. But all to no purpose. Atlanta soon fell under the crushing fire of an enemy whose strength nearly trebled the force of re sistance. Os the gallant defenders of the days of the Sixties few re main. Here and there an oc casional rifle pit or breastworks may be seen. Occasionally a PEN Just a plain old black pen t hat’s been chewed on the end, and it lives on a postoffice table. It’s dipped in the ink as the writin’ folks think. Oh, what it could tell, if ’twere able. "A maiden approaches and scribbles a bit. She smiles as* a letter is written. The pen knows her secrets: there’s no doubt of it. It knows that with love she is smitten. A boy in his teens, with n o dough in his jeans, the long line of writers will join. The pen k nows the lad is just writin’ to dad to suggest that he send him some coin. A mother walks in, mid the postoffice din; just a little old lady in black. She writes to a child who, perhaps, has run wild, and she pleads that the youngster come back. The trusty old pen serves its duty right well. It works for whomever may call. It knows lots of secrets but never will tell. They’re merely pen-secrets—that’s all! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Opinions of Other Editors-- Serious and Otherwise THE DAY’S WORST PUN. The Literary Digest usually prints its poetical section on the back of a soup advertisement. Another case of “from soup to nuts.” Starchroom Laundry- Jorurnal. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. One of the college magazines which pokes fun at anything and everything gets off this one: “How would you classify a telephone girl? Is hers a business or a profession?” “Neither. It’s a calling.”—“The Week.” A BUSINESS CALLER How did that fellow get into the boss’s private office?” “Sent in his business card.” “But the boss hadethe door locked. Swore he would receive neither cards nor callers.” “This fox threw a cork over the transom.”—Louisville Courier Journal. WHAT GEORGIA MOST NEEDS IS INTELLIGENT ADVERTISING. What the peach growers need what Georgia needs—is advertis ing of the right kind—judicious advertising, intelligently planned and used in the most effective fashion. Would you believe that at a meeting of the»Kiwanis Club in Fort Valley, Georgia, the cap ital of the peach section, Cali fornia peaches were served at the luncheon? Would you believe that California peaches are served in the hotels and restaurants of Macon, which is the metropolis of the peach county? But just that is happening in these two cities, nine months out of the year. And precisely the same thing is occurring in Colum bus, Atlanta, Americus, Valdosta, Savannah, Augusta, Athens, Rome; indeed in every city town, village and cross-road store in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and every other state of the union you will find California peaches—canned California peaches—advertised California peaches and advertised Oregon apples. There are many persons who understand neither the methods nor the power of proper adver tising, which is manifold in its ramifications. And the reason for that is that the average man who is not in business is innocent of any knowledge of the greatest aid which commerce and industry and agriculture have ever had— the printed word, the pictured thought, disseminated into every home on the highways or in the by-ways. Georgia is going backward, or standing still, which is worse There is a proposal now before the legislature to permit the coun ties of Georgia to levy a special tax for advertising purposes. This bill ought to pass, for the progres sive counties of Georgia should > not be infected with the stagna tion that some of the backward communities seem to prefer. The counties which wish to prove that they are worthwhile habitats for farmer immigrants and ihe logical >-•••■ Sis - You are not getting old until everyone else seems younger. When a man turns green with envy hv is ripe for trouble. Too many who catch on to thirgs quickly let go the same. way. What good is your past if you don’t use it for the future? Cheap umbrellas last the longest. Carry one and no friend will take it by mistake. workman digs up a rusty But ton; or one stumbles across a broken shell or a minnieball. As the great city of Atlanta ex pands and grows, these last re minders of less happy days dis appear. ’* •* But the strife and hatred have been buried with the past —a divided people is now a united people, each respecting the valor and heroism of the other. r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER place for varied industries should be permitted within the’r means, to put their advantages before a public which is eager to learn of new places where an equable climate and real opportunity exist together. It is the duty of the state legi slators to pass a law permitting the counties of the state to levy a tax for advertising purposes If these legislators fail in this matter they will brand themselves contributing factors in the furth er retrogression of the greatest state in the union—a state with every charm of scenery and every variation of clime, as well as fer tility of soil and diversity of crops which are at once the envy and despair of her sister states. What Georgia needs is intelli gent advertising which will pic ture her unparalleled advantages. And chief among these are tire famous Georgia peaches which yesterday bankrupted a financial institution, and today are rotting under their trees while picnic parties use can-openers on the advertised California product.— Columbus Enquirer Sun. Mlbcd Apple 1954 Uncle Sam says 1954 will be a big year in two ways. He hopes to announce then the final paying off of the war debt. The treasury’s plans are based that way. The date will be later if prices drop material ly and the people’s income are cor respondingly cut, thereby reducing money available for taxation. In 1954, also, Uncle Sam expects to have the country bone-dry. That was the date set by experts when national prohibition went into ef fect. They didn’t kid themselves that tt could be brought about over, night One generation, at least. » • • LOW This is a good time to buy your bituminous coal for the winter. Re cently the soft coal mines have beer producing less than at ahy tim e for five years except during strikes. Output has been about half of what it is wh,cn mines are rushed. • » » CHAINED Chicago father arrested for keep ing his boy chained up all day at home. Pa says he’s away working and chaining was the only way he could keep the lad home. “He stays out until 2 o’clock in the morning sometimes.” The solution of such a problem is not chains, but more playgrounds and recreation centers for the young. ) High land values and con gestion! of population have takevi from youth its rightful heritage, a place to play. Even alleys, delight of boylhood Jure becoming a vanish ing institution. How can we expect youngsters to seek innocent enjoy ment phen they haven’t any place for it 9 . ' \ * * * FLOATED. The Wall' Street jackpot grows. In the first of the year 1403 million dollars worth of stocks and bonds were addl'd to the listings on the N. Y. Stock Exchange. The bonds totaled roughly twice as much as the stocks. And over 271 million dollars represented foreign bonds. We are rapidly approaching the day when the entire national wealth will be blanketed by securities. It will be a big mortgage, and every one will pay interest on it. * • * PEP To prove a man 56 is still young, Arthur Tbomhs Wilson took a 7500 mile hike with a 50-pound pack on his back. He started from Detroit with only 78 cents. Human nature is pretty decent, he decides, for mo. torists gave him lifts at least half the way. This cuts his actual hike to about 3700 miles, but that’s a big for a man of 56. Many a jnan under 30 couldn’t do it. | Physical .(condition in later years depends a lot on the caie we give our bodily iflachinery-ip youth—also on heredity. The super-strong and healthy are born that way. WHY THE DELAY? ‘—— ' ! - L I 1 V WWW < L— ..... J j (%d Days In Americus TEN YERS AGO TODAY (From The mes Recorder. July , 1914.) On Frida; evening Miss Mary Alice Lingo, honcr of her visitor. Miss Ethel 1 .Is, of Macon enter tained with lawn party. Punch was served b; [iss Mary Granberry and Miss Jul Gordon. A large at congenial party of Americus you people and visitors left yesterdaj or Wells Mill, die favorite fishir and pleasure resort near Smithvill The party is chap eroned by Mrfid Mrs. J. R. Brit ton, Mr. and |rs. L. P. Gartner, and the weekfill be spent there. The hosts onie occasion art Eugepe GartndEvan Mathis, Sam Dedman, Jarnebartner, Leonard Alston, of Ricind, Cloyd Buc hanan, Dave ine. The young ladies in whoselnor the camp was arranged, are lse s Ruth Britton, Carrie Belle ibis, Hazpl Case, Mildred Lide, I Richland, Clara Solomon of Lukin, Sara Britton and Docia Matll Miss Callie 1, who has been taking a summfcourse, at the Knoxville, Tenn.k returned home. Her sister, Mislannie Sue Bull, | will complete thlurse and return I home this week! Miss Louise Wford will leave! today for Fort Vy, a delightful visitor there fortne time. Miss Nell Hud returned here yesterday from alasant visit of a week to relativesbacksonvillle. TWENTY YE Ait GO TODAY (From The Timeleeorder. July 29, 11) Mr. Miller 11. (lath, Jr. repre aenting the Atlaniournal was in the city yesterdaybhile here ht made arrangementjth Mr. Frank Oliver, to manage! Journals cir culation in this citJMr. Ben Mize having resigned tllosition after having served the J|ial creditably for several years. I -r Americus gets I big Cuban cigar factory, of wH mention was made in the Timl-corder two days ago, and witH comes fifty first class Cuban lativcs and families, who recei|th e highest wages for such worll Miss Jennie Verefcf Moultrie, the fair guest of Miirj e Morgan returned home yestL Mrs. G. W. GloveA s ter Harry and Miss Clara BelleL er return ed home yesterday fl a summer outing in north Geor Miss Laura Goin is ome again after a pleasant .stay , me length in Atlanta the guest her aunt, Mrs. George Winship Very few shipnu o f fruit either melons, pears c iches, ore leaving Americus t r eek. In fact, t' j shipping se here is about ended and the . may be said of the Fort Valle strict. While Georgia boa but one irst bale of cotton of le w crop as yet, many new bale; bobbirn up elswhere in the cot >elt. For some reason farmers do not care t > incur the fcoi an( ] ox pen of getting out a bale. A Amerku; Undertakir> >. NAT LEMASTEI hager Funeral Dinft And Emb irK Night Phones 66 j 88 Pay Phonej 88 d J jat l_ week or two hence, and the fleecy will be rolling in with a rush, as this crop is well ahead of the c'.op last year. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Rrom The Times Recorder. Jiuj 29, 1894.) The friends of Mrs. Vv. 11. Kim brough will congratulate her upon her appointment as postmistress of the office at Leesburg, for many years, her home before coming tc Americus. Mrs. Thomas Harrold will enter tain the “At Home” Chib Friday night, August 3rd at the elegant residence of her father in law, Col. U. B. Harrold. Mrs. Harrold is a most gracious hostess and Harrold home is especially arranged and con structed or social entertaining, so the evening promises to be one cf much pleasure for the fortunate at tendants. 'Today, at 10 o’clock, at the home of the brides mother in Terrell county there will be a marriage in which Americus is interested. At that hour Mr. Charles Lingo, of this city, will be married to Miss Alice Hart, the attractive young daughter of the late Rev. Isaac Hart.' The many friends of Mr. Lingo will hear of his good fortune with delight and in turn will con gratulate him upon his choice. The Times-Recorder wishes Charlie and his fair bride all the joy and bliss that this life can contain. Master Cliff Clay was out yes terday for the first time in four weeks, having just recovered from a severe attack of fever. The many friends of this bright little fellow are more than delighted at his res toration to health again. MITCHELL-LLO YDCO~ GETS BRIDGE CONTRACT ROME, July 29.—A special meet ing of the county board of roads and revenues was held Saturday for the purpose of receiving bids on the proposed construction of a bridge on Big Cedar Creek on the Rome-Cave Spring road. The con tract to build the bridge was award ed to the Mitchell-Lloyd company, at a. gross figure of approximately $15,000. It was stated that the contract for building calls fer set ting the bridges so as to eliminate the dangerous curve that has existed pn both approaches to the bridge and which has caused many acci dents. Work on the structure will begin immediately, it was stated. C M Sn ? 7 resident - 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 V’’# oldest and largest State Bank in South- "X’ west Georgia. Any • ' business entrusted to us will receive our n $ M h** attenti °n- it you are not al ready one of our valued customers, we would appreciate an opportunity of The Bank With RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, | 924 ' THE STANDARD Sal e of Three Hundred Pairs of Rice & Hutchinsin $8 to $lO Shies at $2.95. Smart attractive sandal pumps, tall new toes and heels some are leather trimmed dainty pumps with slender straps all sizes from 3 to 8. We made a clean up of the surplus stock of Rice amt Hutchings fac tory and got them at our own price displayed on center counter Wed nesday-" and Thursday pair, $2.95. Some Big Dollar Bargains $1 will buy 10 pretty linen fin ished mercerized Table Napkins, full size. $1 will buy 5 yards very belt Standard Percales, light or dark colors, yard wide. $1 will but 10 yards fine White and Ecru Curtain Scrim 36 inches wide. $1 will buy 5 yards pretty Cre tonne, yard wide; fifty patterns to select from. $1 will buy 4 Turkish Towels, actual size 22x’44 inches; values to 50c each. $1 will buy 3 Men’s Knitted Silk Fourin-Hand Ties, ail colors. $1 will buy your choice of over a thousand E. & W. Dress Shirts; regularly $1.50. . $1 will buy 6 yards best Stand ard Dress Ginghams; regularly 2ie yard. $1 will buy 5 yards 36 inch Cot -ton Challis, pretty patterns, tor comforts. $1 will buy 4 yards Underwear Crepe, 36 inches -wide, excellent quality. $1 will buy 7 yards extra good Printed Voiles, pretty patterns. $1 will buy 2 yards highly Mer cerized fable Damask, 64 inches wide. $1 will buy 8 Boy’s fast colored Blue Chambray Shirts, all sizes. $1 will buy 5 pairs men’s regu lar 25c pair sjjeks, all sizes. $1 will buy I yard imported Jap anese Pongee, 32 inches wide; val ue $1.25; $1 will buy 1 yard all silk Crepe de Chine, 40 inches wide, all colors. $1 will buy 24 men’s Hemstitch ed Handkerchiefs, full regular sjz -. $1 will buy 2 good water color Window Shades, complete with all fixtures. $1 will get your choice of four lyards of Wide Ribbons, worth up to $1 yard. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GA.

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