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PAGE SIX ’ II M E8 - R E C C aD E K PUBLISHED urn Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (tnc.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered at aecood data matter at the >oatofflc( •I American, Georgia, according te the Act ot Ceogreas. The Antedated Preaa it eidnaively entitled te the v«e for the republication' of all newt die patchea credited to it or not otherwise credited te thia paper and also the local published here in. All right of xepublicatioa of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, EHOST LANDIS A KOHN, Branewick >ldg.. Nev Torkt /copies’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT"" The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.—l’rov. 22:7. Debt is a bottomless sea.—Car lyle. y The Tobacco Crop A great deal is being written regarding Georgia’s successful tobacco crop. Reports are corn ing from many sections of its exceeding profitableness. Many sections which have not hereto fore raised tobacco, are said to be getting ready to plant this crop next year. The farmer should be very careful in plunging into a new money crop. Almost invaria bly he meets disappointment and sometimes disaster. It's the same old story of placing all our eggs in one basket. If Sumter county farmers de cide to take a shot at "the new money crop,” by all means go slow. Plant a few acres only, then if there is an over-produc tion the loss to the individual farmer will not be heavy. Our farmers know how to produce cotton. It is our safest money crop, ideally adapted to our soil and climate. We must not allow these tobacco reports, many of them reckless and incor rect, to stampede us. There’s a vast difference be tween wise diversification and recklessly jumping into a crop that has produced phenomenal profits for a year or two. Raise a little tobacco if you desire, but don't plunge. Demagogues The commissioners of Living ston parish, in Louisiana, have passed certain blue laws," pro hibiting, among other things, the wearing of knickers in public, wearing bathing suits which show more than one-fourth of the leg, petting parties and other things. This instance reminds us of a receipt" we saw in a weekly paper the other which ran some thing like this: How to Make a Demagogue. • Take one business failure of small caliber. Mix well ni poli tics. Stir up with several grouches and prejudices. Add a gift of oratory. Sift in a few mannerisms and peculiarities. Sprinkle well with “isms.” Add on e political ambition, turn loose half-baked on the public and watch results. Barnum said there was ONE born every minute, but failed to add that most of them got into political office, where they im mediately place themselves on exhibition. -* .1 ... . Figures Running Wild In speaking of the possible income from Georgia's tobacco crop, the Brunswick News is quoted by the Waycross Jour nal as saying: “Is there any reason why some of this $7,000,000,000,000.00 (seven trillion dollar) crop should not be produced in Glvnn coun ty?” A few days ago, one of the Atlanta papers stated that Georgia’s 30,000,000 pound to bacco crop would bring $600,- 000. National debts, German marks and the estimated num bei of pounds of tobacco have caused our figures to run wild. Before the World War we some times spoke in millions. Alter our run-in with Bill the Kaiser, we changed to bi'lions, and along came Georgia’s tobacco crop and low we have entered the realm oi trillions. What comes after trillions’ 1 Boy, page Mr. Einstein. SOME TOBACCO CROP. A few years ago some ex perimenting was made with to bacco planting at the Glynn ebunty farm and the result was satisfactory. Why not try it out on a broad plan? The Uni ted States government soil ex perts tell us that Glvnn coun ty lands will produce tobacco. Is there any reason why some of this seven trilion dollar crop _ should not be produced in Glynn county?—Brunswick News, What Do You Know of Your State? How little any of us know of our own section, much less the great State in which we live. One is astounded when ho goes into the splendid resources of Georgia and then is forced to wonder a people in so rich a State should ever feel the pinch of poverty. Atlanta Journal asks “What Do You Know of Georgia?" and goes on to enumerate as fol lows: Did you know that Georgia be gan this _ year with eighteen creameries, having an aggregate monthly output of two hundred and eighty - seven thousand pounds of butter, and with nine cheese factories producing three hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds annually? Did you know that Georgia op erates enough incubators to hatch, seven times a yigir, as many as eight hundred thousand chickens? Did you know that in improve ment of agricultural methods during the last three years Geor gia leads the South? Did you know that in value of farm property, according to the latest federal census, she is ex ceeded, and that slightly, by on ly one State in this region, Ken tucky? Did you know that in number of cotton factories and textile mills Georgia now holds second place among Southern States, North Carolina alone surpasses her? Did you know that Georgia has spent, through her highway de partment, upwards of twenty mil lion, two hundred and forty eight thousand dollars for better roads and bridges, and that the new construction in progress on January 1 of the current year amounted in value to more than seven million, two hundred and thirteen thousand dollars, to which will be added in the near future a total of five million, two hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars? Did you know that Georgia in dustrial pay roll more than dou bled between 1909 and 1921, while the value of her manufac tured products increased from less than two hundred and three million dollars in the former year to almost seven hundred million in 1922? Did you know that during the decade 1912-1922 Georgia wqalth multiplied from two billion, one hundred and seventeen million to three billion, eight hundred and ninety-six million dollars.? Did you know that Georgia sav ings accounts in the State banks alone exceeded fifty-four and a half million dollars at the end of the last calendar year, this being a gain of six million, six hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars for the twelve months? Did you know that Georgia mortality, for whites, is only 9.2 per thousand, as compared with 13.9 for California, 13.3 for Col orado, 14.7 for Maine, 12.8 for Massachusetts and 14.0 for New Hampshire? Did you know that in enlist ments for the World War Geor gia led the South and marched in Union’s vanguard, contributing ore hundred and eight thousand men, or two and sixteen-hun dfedths per cent of the total population ? After reading this list we be gin to realize the great oppor tunity that faces us and the ne cessity that each should do his part toward making Georgia an even greater and happier com monwealth. It is a privilege to be a Georgian. WON THEM ALL OVER. John W. Davis has made a great impression by his speech of acceptance. We knew he would. H e is a great man, and has touched a sore spot in the Republican party. Mr. Davis has been very fortu nate. He has lined up Mayor Dylan of New York, who hesi tated after the nomination and affirmed that he was going through a period of “watchful waiting.” However, Mayor Dy lan has read Mr. Davis' address and has been won over. He speaks like a good Democrat, and wiil support the Democratic nominee for President, of course. Then there is Hon. James A. Reed of Missouri. He, too, has been reading the sentiments de livered with so much force at Clarksburg. He sees no reason, he says, why he should not sup port the Democratic ticket, State and national, in Missouri. This is encouraging. Os course, Senator Underwood’s allegiance was to hat e been expected. There was never any doubt as to where he stood. He played the game fairly and finely in 1912, and he is going to do the same thing now. It did not need Senator Underwood’s ringing endorsement of Mr. Davis to assure Demo crats that the Alabama Senator was steady and true. And Colonel Bryan, too; he deserves honor able mention. He endorses Mr. Davis' speech, “every word and < very line of it,” and declares it is just what it ought to be. “I* 13 frank and courageous.” This makes it unanimous and Davis seems to have started 012 well—Savannah Press. I S Atm fCochr'cuw'. KesiTis- Mom planted a garden, a dear little garden when warm weath first made its call. She worked day and night just to plant the seeds right and it wasn’t neglected at all. Dad thought it quite funny where went the spare money that mother oft kept in a cup. For seeds she was spending. Her prayer, never ending, that something, as least, would come up. She’d sprinkle and hoe just to help the things grow and she kept it a secret from dad. He’d get a surprise and he’d pen his eyes when he saw all the things that she had. At last came a peeping, through lumpy soil creeping, a long slender stem growth of green. And then came another. "Ah, ha,” shouted mother, “that must be a radish—or bean.” 1 lien summer rolled ’long and the garden went wrong, as a fine total loss were the seeds. The garden was green but ’twas plain to be seen that the best thing that grew there was weeds. (Copright, 1924, NEA Srvice, Inc.) Editorial Opinions Gleaned —Serious and Otherwise— From Press and Magazine MARRIAGE LICENSE BILL. One bill that was passed by the legislature and will become a law is that notice of application for marriage licenses be posted at the court house for five days before th e license is issued. Os course this does not apply in cases where the parents or guardians of the bride-to-be give their consent. This action on the part of the legislature will serve to provent hasty marriages and may, there fore, lessen the work of the courts in divorce cases. It is fre quently true that young people marry in hast e only to repent at leisure, or apply to the courts for legal separation with the privi lege of remarrying. It sometimes happens that these persons have already made their arrangements to marry again, and are only waiting for the courts to act so that they can reenter the state of matrimony. I The law as it appears to us will not work a hardship upon anybody, and we believe it will be a good thing. Both marriage and divorce are too easy of ac complishment in most of the states.—Columbus Enquirer Sun. taxation Takes property That any state should confi scate all farm lands and make tenants of the occupants would seem unbelievable. But the pro cass is under way, and at present rate of progress will b e accom plished within the lifetime of the present generation. Dr. R. T. Ely, of University of Wisconsin, shows, by official tax records of state, and also figures compiled by bureau of economics of Department of Agriculture, that the states will soon absorb by taxation all income of farm* lands. It is a principle of law that to take the income from property is practically the same as to take the property itself. In Ohio farm lands between 1880 and 1920 increased in value from $45.97 to $113.17 an acre, while taves from J 913-1921 in creased 177 per cent. In Kan sas value increased from $10.98 in 1880 to $62.30 in 1920, and taxes 271 per cent from 1913 to 1921. Since 1920, land values have decreased at an average of 20 per cent. Taxes on the other hand, have shown the opposite tendency. A statistical chart of taxes and farm income would show the line for taxes steadily curving upward in past eight years, and now near to line of farm income. When it crosses that line the work of confiscation is complete. “The power to tax is the pow cd to destroy.”—Valdosta Times. PAY YOUR DEBTS. Indications are that within the next three months more i money will be placed in circula tion in this section than has been traveling through business channels in three years or more It has been so long since the people have had any money to spend that they may be tempted to cut loose and “blow a bit.” Let’s not yield to this tempta tion. Let’s pay our bills first. This money which comes into our possession isn’t our own as long as we owe anything—it be longs to the men who extended ug credit in times of need. They should receive first considera tjog and all debts should be wiped out first. After we have paid all that we owe will be time enough to begin rpending. Th e creditors have been un usually lenient the past few years. It is true that there was not anything else for them *io do. They hav e waited a long time for their money and they deserve first con.si<|eration. As you sell your tobacco, cotton and other crops, se P to it that those who have extended you credit get their money first. After you have wiped the slate clean will be time enough to start spending. The advice in the foregoing paragraph to those who have farm crops to sell, also applies to the business and professional men of Quitman. As the farmers pay their hills, you will get money See to it that you pay your bills first. The merchants and pro fessional min need to go on a | debt paying campaign just as r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER T much as the farmers. Let’s make this fall a debt pay ing fall. Let’s wipe all the old debts off the slate. Let’s put it where it will do the most good. God has given assurance of a bountiful harvest. Let’s put the proceeds from the crops where it will do the, most good. Let’s pay what w e owe first.—Tifton Ga zette. ______ 3 refers Apple bamboozled How honest is th e average per son? Chapman and Bower, ticket sellers at the North Station in Bos ton, have lent SIOOO apiece of their personal funds to stranded strang ers. Os course, every one of the borrowers was profuse with thanks and fervent in to repay. The net result? ™apman and Bower say they have gotten back only 5 cents on the dollar. But this doesn’t prove that the average per son is dishonest. The two ticket sellers lent to only a few out of the great traveling public. Public aver ages honest. ♦ * * BODY Not as puzzling as it seems: New York state finds that, out of every 100 of its children, 48 are physical ly normal in cities and only 27 in rural districts. Others have de fects. The city lad, denied the fresh air and big playgrounds and peace of the country, maybe is healthier than his country cousin because he has better medical and physical at tention in youth, especially baby hood. But he also has what’s a good deal worse than physical ailments— more nervous maladies than the farm boy. They “get” him later in life. * * # OUTDOORS Doctors, who run the great Health Industry, quite naturally would hop e to find city children averaging healthier than rural youngsters. There are many ways of measuring health and physical fitness. And possibly the M. I). u:i consciously uses th e yardstick that shows the best results. Common sense is superior to in vestigations and statistics. And common sense tells you that the country is a far healthier environ ment than the city, despite the lat ter’s advantages in the way of physi cal training and corrective medical aid. You can prove anything with “figgers.” * * * always “The political machine invariably wins against the political move ments organized by the independent political elements because the ma chine, through its leaders and its captains, is working 365 days in the year while the independent element confines its activities to the month of October.” So writes Thomas E. Ruth in the National Democratic Magazine. Situation this year is a bit dif ferent. A good many poitical ex perts believe that vbters by 1923 will Be lined up in two new parties. —C onsefvative and Progressive. * * * BUI CHERS Again we are urged to buy .he cheaper cuts of meat, which r< ( uirj moie chewing hut are as nr irishing as the fancy cuts. Tile butchers’ national association, meeting in Chi cago, claimed th P trouble is that, housewives have forgotten how to cook the cheaper cuts and make them tasty. Trouble is; If the consuming pub lic started a rush for the cheaper cuts (now virtually a “drug on the market ), the prices would respond to demand and go sky-high. Round steak would cost as much as tender loin if everyone clamored for round steak. The system gets the consum er, coming or going, . —.- V _n. 4 JHL w OUR BOARDING HOUSE u By Ahern IhJ AijJUILS I H A'jJ ~ I UGET3 “TO RE UgAT>” ; (ME'-To GO OUTKd 'EKA LIFE- GUARD BRlGFriotA, EUgIaUDGV' i < nJ' Birr folks are leapUuJg i pulled iU ag mmn ag -teU a -To"Take cape of 'emigela/eg daX, akJd lo&T kJasm a oCe nA over BETTER A) GO oar Aid* LOAKI AtJ ARM ciAaGkAEL iG GIR. ( TO AKI OLD DJFFER ABOITT pvD qj SINGLE GTROKE, aGd \ VoUR BUILD, LAST vJEEK GOT/ I CA RPIED A MEGGAGE FPOM UADiUtS APTER* A FLAPPER, I $ V ' f V 'WE meggage Z- Z ' wM ■ - “ L -_. Z- \ ’"'Z r- ts ■. ■■ ■ ° (Copyright. 11121. by NEA Sen-ire, tnc 1 Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From Th e Times Recorder. August ' 20, 1914.) The two large Americus rotton oil plants are ready to begin oper ations immediately, and hope to keep busy throughout the season, or as long as business conditions will justify. In view of the extreme scarcity of money in the sale of cot ton, it is believed tha 1 farmers will be more favorably inclined to sell cotton seed, which in the Americus market ar e bringing sl4 per ton, in wagon lots at the mill, and even more in car load lots. The fifteen hundred bales cot ton which but for the kaisers war. would have been marketed and sold in Americus to this date, re main for the greater part in the fields ungathered or else in the gin houses on the farm. Os the 500 bales that have been marketed here, probably 150 have been sold, the other remaining in the &1/S • Most people have to work. That is why they do it. Rubber heels on dad’s shoes are fine chaperones. Men become intoxicated ' with love. That is why it is bootlegged. Truth is stranger than fiction. Il doesn’t com e around as often. About the hardest thing to cure is injured feelings. Some women won’t be happy in heaven if all the wings are alike. Even in this small world there is roof for more big men. Some of these stump speakers will be up a tree soon. Only reliable thing about some people is their unreliability. Some towns are so lucky. In New Orleans, a robber, trying to get away, fell and broke his leg. Hurry with your vacaiton. Soon as it is over you will have to start saving up for Christmas. You never can understand wo men. One had a man arrested for cruelty to a rat. Georgia woman who wondered if thieves v ould get : ney hidden in a piano found they would. . group of Swiss Alpinists are I .inning to climb Mt. Eve.reest and perhaps find a filling station on top. SenaD r Edge says Coolidge will get N w Jersey but all we can say is f d has the Edge on them. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 j 21 Day Ehasea fifi sad iIIJB WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1924 because of the absolute absence of any demand now for the fleecy staple. Mr. T. M. Furlow local represen tative for the Read Phosphate lext last night for Brunswick, where he will spend a week superintending the unloading a shipload of German kainit, the first to reach this side of the sea since the war started. Miss Mary Ella Davenport lefc yesterday for Barnesville, where she will b e the guest of friends at a house party there. Announcement of 4-he marriage of Miss Georgia Harper, of Ameri cus and Mr. C. G. Fillengem, of Swainsboro, was in the nature of a pleasant surprise yesterday to rela tives and many friends in this city where s h e generally loved and esteemed. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Aug. 20, 1904.) Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Glover, after spending a month with Mr and Mrs. H. H. Glover here, return ed yesterday to their home in Texas. Miss May Wheatly left yesterday for Monroe, N. C., where she will be a charming member of a very congenial house party next week. With receipt of 140 bales cotton yesterday Americus is squarely in the game and will be at the winning post when the season ends. ■ Mr. J. Epps Brown, assistant man ager of the Southern Bell Telephone Co. for Georgia, spent yesterday m Americus, en route from Atlanta to Lumpkin where his family is spending some time. Mr. Brown was for several years a resident of Americus, and it was here as local manager that his connection with this great syestem was formed. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Draughon were recipents of the congratula tions of friends yesterday upon their marriage near the midnight hour on the evening before. Mrs. Draughon was Miss Fannie Gray Ruffin, of Reynolds and a fair visi tor in Americus for several weeks. Americus stands at the front of all Georgia cities from a health standpoint, and will compare rec ords with,any city of 10.000 popt-.la tion in the state or out of it. Dur ing the summer season of three months here there has not been a death from any cause among the white people of Americus and but few among the colored. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published . L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashiei 1 he Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE jf.V-,- . , . Old st and Legist lit if State Bank in South- west Georgia. Any iW r Orbusiness entrusted to M < 1 us will receive our ’’Gi'ii'T' Yv best attention. If you are notal reaefy one of our valued customers, we WOU ]J appreciate an opportunity of serving you. The Bank With a Surplus RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMfT, CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small THE STANDARD X A ■ • Wednesday And Thursday i Boy’s Summer Union Suits each -39 c Pink, Blue and White Crepe per yard —2sc Children’s Gingham Dresses, each - SI.OO Large assortment of Silk Dresses at Half Price Your ihoice of any Hat in the house for $1.50 Rice & Hutchins Shoes $2.95 Cream Window Shades each $1.50 Ladies’ Vests, each ... 9c Pink, Blue? Tan and Green Indian Head, per yard 39c Yard-wide Pajama Checks, per yard 19c Two pairs Ladies Hose for ? sl-00 English Broad Cloth Shirts each - - $1.98 Wide Whjte and Black Belts, each 50c Cream Marquisette, 36-inches wide, for 25c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Comnierca AMERICUS, GA.
