About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1924)
VESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST. 5. 1924 flPffl H 0 VfiST 183,000 Tons Used By Cotton Growers During Past Season, Department Figures Show ATLANTA, August s—Georgia exceeded all other states in ti-e Cotton Belt in the consumption of fertilizer for use on cotton crops this year, with a total '»f 483,000 tons, it is shown in a report of the United States Department of Agri culture received here. Approxi mately 2,090,000 tons was used on the cotton crop this year in all the cotton growing states. North Car olina used 406,000 tons; South Carolina, 358,000 tons; Alabama 334,000; Mississippi, 150.000; and Texas 109,000 tons. It is estimated that fertilizer this year has been used on 39 per cent, of the cotton acreage, as compared with 37 per cent last year and 31 1-2 per cent in 1922. Fertilizer was used on 95 per cent of the cot ton acreage in Georgia, it is said. The average cost of fertilizer per cotton acre this year was as high as $6.03 in Virginia, $6.01 in North Carolina, and $4.38 in South Carolina. The cost in Georgia was $3.64, and less in other states, the lowest cost per acre being $2.17 in Missouri, the report shows. COVINGTON HAS NEW FEED MIXING PLANT COVINGTON, Aug s.—Coving ton is to have a new industry—an up-to-date feed and grinding and mixing feed plant, to be operated by Godfrey and: Candler. This industry mark- the first to be brought about by the New County Trade Board. Rylander Theatre Wednesday and Thursday PLASTIGRAMS Galloping Fish Fast Steppers Comedy How would you like to have the actors and actresses you like to see on the screen come right out into the audience so close you could even put your hands on them? Wouldn’t that be thrilling? In PLASTIGRAMS they do just that. Persons and objects leave the screen and come right out front.' See them do it at the Rylander theatre Wed nesday and Thursday. You will see something you never before saw on a picture screen. 10c, 20c and 30c (tASIFIEDBEIffimNn LOST—Automobile crank; probably oils Forrest street Sunday. Re turn to Manry’s Barber Shop. — 5 _ D t FOR RENT—Six room bungalow M 3 Forrest S.t See G. M. Bragg. APARTMENT FOR RENT—Phone 309, 207 East Church St.—ll-ts “ JOUND, A cool place in Ameri cus at Rylander theater “Where Ocean Breezes Blow.”—30-tf. STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT Neon Buchanan.—l2-tf for RENT—Store room located at 215 Cotton avenue, formerly occupied by Americus Ice Cream L'o. Apply Chamber of Commrece. FARM LOAN MONEY Plenty at cheap interest rate and on easy terms, w. W. Dykes. 9-ts FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for Ifg'ht housekeeping to Jouple without children. Mrs. C. R. Whitley.— 5-;;t ; E^.. L - Wl b ROWN at Americus ' Uo., f° r a B kinds used ma ninery, engine boilers, motors, I I te ; (Roof expert) For sale cheap c'l'ral log drays and log carts. —5-17 t ‘'tlß SALE Pointer pups; fine stock. \v. p. pinch, Americus, Etc Rt. B—s-6t • SALE—Delicious, evaporator made sugar cane syrup, gallon : ans - C. R. Morgan, Rt. D. —5-2 t "V'’ FURNISH customers with good, seasoned stove- wood. C. Morgan, Rt. D.—s-2t Champion of The Jerseys Gives Het' Body to Science , Sophie 19th, Best Milk Pro ducer, Now in Labora tory BELTSVILE, Md., Aug. 5. Even in death, Sophie 19th, famous Jersey champion, has given herself over to science. After nearly 20 years of service in milk and butter production, dur ing which time she held many cham pionships, Sophie was slaughtered recently on the government farm here, in the presence of many scien tists interested in the study and im provement of domestic animals. She was a member of the famous Jersey herd at Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass. But, killed because of old age, Sophie is still useful to science. Her body has been the object of study by scientists of the Department of Agriculture. Their special search is confined to high-yielding dairy cows, to see if there is some relationship be tween the sizes of their organs and their productivity. Also a new ba sis for judging dairy cattle may be developed. During her lifetime Sophie pro duced nearly 100 tons of milk and almost five tons of butter. At the age of seven years she produced 999 pounds of 'butterfat, which means about 1200 pounds of blitter in one ybar. From January, 1914, to Novem ber, 1918, she was world champion Jersey and as late as 1920, when she was very old so ra cow, she was eighth highestrmilk producer of the breed. Americans frigs are being ship ped to China where they will be raised if they do not croak. FOR SALE—Jersey Cow, fresh in milk. See J. E. Stewart at riv er bridge.—s-lt FOR SALE—One iron safe. See H. E. Allen at courthouse.—4-3t FOR RENT—One 5-room house 513 Barlow St.; one store-rom 115 Forsyth street (under opera house.) H'. L. Mize—4-3 t ASH LOGS WANTED Will pay highest cash price for No. 1 ASH logs 14 inches and up f. o.b. car s your station, for immedi ate delivery. Waite us what you have. MASSEE-FELTON LUMBER Co., Macon, Ga.—2-6t LOST—Large male ointer dog, white with brown spots, named Dan.—F. L. Allison. —2-4 t COLORED PEOPLE—Make big money selling improved Sta- Strate. Wonderful new scientific discovery, straightens hair without hot combs, keeps hair BEAUTIFUL BLACK. Try it and convince your self. Price SI.OO. Pay postman when he brings bottle with agency proposition. Order now . Sta- Strate Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. —2-4 t FOR SALE—Belgian and New Zealand Rabbits. In pairs or From SI.OO to 1.50 per pair. Marion Young phone 593'—1-tf-dn FOR room house, For rest street; possession given Au gust 1. H. C. Davis.—l2-tf. FOR RENT—Very desirable offices 112 Jackscr. street. Phone 118. —l-ts FOR SALE—I ligiA delivery Ford truck. Good condition. Crabb’s Service Station, Phone 180 —17-ts j SOPHIE 19TH, CHAMPION JERSEY OF HOOt) FARM RAILROAD STATION AT , CLEVVELAND DESTROYED 1 CLEVELAND, Ga., August 5. The railroad station of the Gaines ville & Northern was destroyed to day by fire of undetermined origin. COLUMBUSFT* BENNING ROAD ALMOST FINISHED COLUMBUS, Aug. 5.-—With the schedule completion of the Colum bus-Fort Benning road in December,! according to present plans, a paved | driveway from the “Electric City” | to the heart of what has been term ed by high army officials “as the greatest school of its kind in the world,” will have been completed. And as a result the transportation problem which for many months the Muscogee county commissioners have faced, will be solved. Ihe entire project, which calls for the paving of the eight miles, will cost around $13,000. NEGROES WARNED TO REMAIN IN GEORGIA FORSYTH, Aug. s.—ln an effort to check the steady flow of negroes .that have been leaving this section as well as other parts of the state for the north, Mayor R. C. Goolsby here recently received a communi cation from the mayor of East St Louis, 111., asking that he lend his aid in the movement to keep tin blacks from coming to lillinois and the north. The Illinois mayor asserted that many of the negroes had come to his city, and that as. a consequence they were idle, out of work, and that there was not enough employ ment to supply the large number that were coming. 2020 CASES SMALLPOX REPORTED IN GEORGIA ATLANTA, Aug. s.—According to figures made public by the state bureau of vital statistics smallpox was more prevalent and took a greater toll of life during the first six months of 1924 than in any time during the last several years. Two thousand and twenty eases of smallpox have been reported in the Georgia registration area dur ing the first six months of the year against 282 and 695 during the same period in 1923 and 1924 re spectfully. F OR RENT—One of the Schumpert houses on West Church; posses sion Sept. 1. See Miss Annie Pick ett, 213 Forrest street.—2-ts. FOR SALE—Asters; florals made to order. Mrs. W. H. Bowers. Phone 249.—4-2 t FOR SALE—lndian ‘Big Chief’ 74 motorcyle with Princess side car; or will trade for light car. B. H. Curtiss, Police Headquarters. —2-3 t • ■ > Jewish New Year Cards at Gammage Print Shop East Lamar Street Phone 72 ► , —2-6 t RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgo 8:45 am 12:37 am Chgo-St. L., At! 2:53 am 1:54 am Albany-Jaxville 3:45 am 2:53 am Albny-Jaxville 12.37 am 3:45 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:54 am 3:45 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-At!an|a 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany ’ 7:21 pm 10:20 am Columbus 3:15 pm 1:55 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pm 2:15 pm Macon Atlanta 1:55 pm 3:10 pm Albany 10:22 am 7:21 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:34 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am SEABOARD AIR L’NE (Central Time) Arrive Departs 10:05 am Cordele-Hel’na 5 :15 pm ’2:26 pm Cols-M’t’g'y 3:10 pm 8:1* pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pn' * 5:11 n» Richland-Coir 10:05 w» I THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER MUCUS BOV SO NOLES SMI Robert Fetner Has Interesting Experience in Havana Where He Is Consulate Clerk Copies of the Havana Post receiv ed in Americus today tells of the interesting experience of Robert Fetner, an Americus boy who is now attached to the American consulate in that city. Under the ‘Passing Throng” heading un» newspaper has the following to say of young Fet ner and his interview with a fair senor.ta there a few days ago: “Efforts of Americans to talk Spanish after having picked up sev eral dozen words are always a source of amusement to the “aplan tadps” Americans who forget their early difficulties, but the Stroper is wondering what a Cuban senorita who was disporting herself at the beach the other day thinks of a young American who brushed calm ly up and asked her name with out meaning to do so. “The American is Robert H. Fetner, a new clerk at the consulate, whose studious efforts in the few weeks he has been here have en grained many Spanish words on his , brain, but as yet has not rhown him how to use them. Besides the study of Spanish he has an ear for music and he had been intrigued by the tune of one of the Cuban songs he had often heard since h.s arrival, and was determined to know its name so he could get a copy. “Hearing the senorita bumming it at the beach, Fetner marched bold ly up to her and sought to inquire the name of the song. Now, he Snows that “nombre” means ‘name” and he also had learned that the little Spanish word *su” means “his, hers, its, theirs”; so why not use it in this case for “its” ? “Anyway, he did, and what he said to. the young lady was ’Su Norn bre?” She looked rathe surprised, but he repeated the words firmly but politely, and so she replied ‘Esp eranza.” It took a couple of'repeti tions for Fetner to understand Esperanza,” he then said ‘Gracias,” bowed and walked off, and rejoin ing a friend said he had at last found out the name of the song. H> learned later amid much laughter that he had asked the young lady her name and that she hsd brushed aside the rigid Cuban etiquette and had told h(m. The Stroller, how ever, does not know just what tl:o senor.ta thinks about: me young American who calmly asked her name, said thanks, bowed politely and then ran off and left her.” NEW OIL GUSHERS IN BAKU DISTRICT BAKU, Transcaucia, August 5. I Great gushers of oil have appeared ' in the Grosny district during the j last few days, the wells running down to a distance of 300 to l,5(Jr i feet. During the last week in June ' four new Wells appeared, yielding nearly 2,000,000 gallons of cd daily. SAVES BABIES, helps grown ups, comforts elderly people, for cholera infantum, summer com plaint, weakening diarrhoea—use CHAMBERLAIN’S COLIC and DIARRHOEA REMEDY Take in a little sweetened water. Never fails. Make Your Trip More Enjoyable by a Refreshing Night on Lake Erie <Your rail ticket is good on the boats) Thousands of east and north bound travelers say they wouldn’t have missed that cool, comfortable night on one of our fine steamers. A good bed in a clean state room, a long sound sleep and an appetizing breakfast in the morning! Steamers “SEEANDBEE” “CITY OF ERIE” “CITY OF BUFFALO” Daily, May Ist to November 15th Leave Cleveland - 9 XX) P.M . t Eastern /Leave Buffalo . 9:00 PM Arrive Buffalo - 7:30 A.M J Standard Time t Arrive Cleveland . 7:30 AM. Connections for Niagara Falls, Eastern and Canadian points. Ask your ticket rment ot tourist agency for tickets via C& B Line. New Tourist Automobile Kate—Jlu.uO. Send for free sectional putzle chart of the tl, Great Ship "Second Dee and 32-pa«e booklet. YVh P Thv Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co. 500 feet; Breadth* 9$ Cleveland, Ohio J>fn 6 Uiches ’ " $5.50 DEf|SfW Affair to Be Only a ‘Demonstra tion of Mobilization Plans,’ War Secretary Says WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—Assur ances that the army’s defense test project, scheduled for Sept. 12, ‘should meet with the approval of all except possiby those who are opposed to any defense against ex ternal aggression” is contained in a letter sent by Secretary Weeks to clergymen who have inquired aS to the purposes and nature of the test. “Nothing will be done on that day to alarm any sincere Atrwrican citizen,” Mr. Weeks said. “The event will not be a general mobili zation. Our military establishment will not be .increased for an instant on Sept. 12. “The ‘Defense Test’ will be only a demonstration of mobilization plans. It will be an endeavor on the part of the Federal Government to inform our people as fully as possible on the present status of our security. Our whole purpose is to present to our country the new citizen army of the United States and to indicate what action would have to be taken in a national emer gency by our individual citizens, and by communities, if our country is to be defended sdc«cssfully. “The simple demonstration plan ned might be compared to a fire drill in a school for the safety of jthe children. ‘We are able to take this forward step because olir plans are purely for defense, and their object for peace. . “Insofar as there is any founda tio nfor the assumption that people are frequently induced to warlike acts without realizing the conse quences' of those acts, the ‘De fense Test’ will be a precautionary measure. Every one will be made awdre of the sacrifices which war will require of him. “The ‘Defense Test,’ on the other hand, will apprise the world as words never can of our friendly pur poses asa nation. Ttey will see that we have neither a standing army of half-amillion men, like some of the great nations, nor com pulsory military army, i einforced only by citizens who have under taken to prepare themselves volun tarily for service to their country in the event of war. “I woud like to emphasize that I tim striving for peace and that in common with all Americans I de sire it most sincerey. My observa tion has brought the conviction that such is also the purpose of General Pershing, and of al members of tne army of the United States. But un preparedness has never prevented war, and the only result of our peace-time nonchalance has been increased losses and hardships to those of our citizens who rrallied to the defense of the nation.” WORK TO ELIMINATE VIADUCT IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Aug s.—The under pass at the viaduct on Forsyth stree here is being eliminated and the car tracks over the bridge will be straightened. Work is rapidly progressing and the traffic will be resumed soon. The Nervous Wreck BY E. J )RATH His nerves were bad, but all the cowboys in Mon tana were afraid of him. He couldn’t sleep nights, but they couldn’t iwake him tip mornings. He would run at sight of a horse, but would as soon not drive a car over the edge of a cliff. He was a weakling, but he tried to fight everyone! It's the funniest story of the year. Do not fail to read it — Starting Today in the I imes-Kecorder DOUGLASVILLE TO BE REUNION SCENE DOUGLASVILLE, Aug. s.—The Polk, Weddington and McLarty families are planning for their an nual reunon this month. It is ex pected that the attendance this year will be the largest in their hiftory. (WFRNMENIWEH LIES m PRESS Prof. Bleyer Says Public Opinion Jn This Country is Taken Wholly From Newspapers MADISON, Wis., Aug. s.—De velopment and cultivation of a newspaper reading public which will recognize news as of more impor tance than the society column, the sporting page and the funny strip, is one of the main duties of the fu ture newspaper, in the opinion of Prof. W. G. Bleyer, director of journalism at the University of Wisconsin. Newspapers should be read and taught in the public schools of the’ nation, and the youth instructed in reading news and determining what is best to read, Prof. Bleyer said. “Democratic government depends upon public opinion and public opin ion, as we know it today, is mainly taken from the newspapers,” Mr. Bleyer stated. “If the purpose of education is to train the youth of the nation in citizenship, the study of the newspaper should have a prominent part in our public schools. “Newspaper reading today is not taken as a serious part of the indi vidual s daily life. On the whole, the individual devotes at least thirty minutes a day to the newspaper, this is the weakness of our modern (lemocracy. We do not digest the facts, w e swallow them too hurried ly. - The. aim of the newspapers and journalism schools should be to train We take pleasure in announcing that Mr. John L. Gaylord Will be our Sales Representative in Americus and vicinity. Mr. Gaylord has just returned from our factory in Detroit where he has been studying Modern business Meth ods and will be glad to serve the busi ness men of this locality. Burroughs Adding Machine Company Adding, Posting, Calculating and Billing Machines. » t CHEAP MONEY TO LEND We always have money to lend on farm lands at lowest rates and best terms, and you will always save money by seeing us. We give the borrower the privilege of making payments on the principal at any interest period, stopping interest on such payment. also make loans on choice city property. Write or see R. C. Ellis, President, or G. C. Webb, Vice-Presi dent, in charge of the Home Office, Americus, Georgia Empire Loan and Trust Company Americus, Georgia I AM DOING ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL WORK NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE. Ido your work by the hour and save you money. Ask my customers. They KNOW my ability. J. C. BASS, Electrician TELEPHONE 533. Call Forj MURRAY’S CREME VIOLET So cooling for Sunburns and Blisters 35c MURRAY’S PHARMACY Ihe Rexall Store I Opposite P. O. PAGE THREE a new generation of newspaper read ers to whom news, real news, is of more importance than the soeietjj kj column, the spotting page, or the ’ funny strip. The news should be read first, leaving these other tnres as desert. The news is the solid food. We need to cultivate news taste and-discrimination in the public. “The public should be taught to think of the news as a part of his tory, of current events that -are making history. The newspapers can influence pub.ic opinion and through that influence, even the economic forces of the nation can be moulded. They can be the or gans of an enlightened patriotism and make for more idealism and community betterment. “Less emphasis should be put on the sporting page. An interest in sports is healihful and normal, but we ovei stress it these days. Pro fessional sports ere not :» good stim ulant for the mind.” Nice thing about hot weather is a man can’t blame it on his wife.’ vacation W For sunburn, bites, soreness, poison ivy or summer colds VICKS ▼ Vaporub Over 17 Million Jar* U»od Yearly SULPHUR CLEARS A PIMPLY SKIN Apply Sulphur as Told When Your Skin Breaks Out Any breaking out of the skin on face, neck, arms or body is overcome quick est by applying Mentho-Sulphur. The pimples seem to dry right up and go away, declares a noted skin specialist. Nothing has ever been found to take the place of sulphur as a pimple re mover. It is harmless and inexpensive. Just ask any druggist for a small jar of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur and use it like cold cream. «
