About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT KIMkS-RE Cl’iDiU PUBLISHED ICT — '■ '■ ' ■ Published by The Tlmes-Recorder Co. ( (ino.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publishes Entered eeccud claw matter at the poatofflcj M Americua, Georgia, according to the Act at CocgreM. The Associated Preet Is exdoeirely entitled ts the nee for the republication" of all newt die* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to tfeis paper and also the local aewg published hare feu All right of republication of apeciai dispatch* are also referred. r ... ■ — National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN, Brunswick Bldg.. Nov Torkl /copies* Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT" | Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.—Prov. 22:29. The master look sharpest to his own business.—Phaedrus. Spend and Save Sumter county is marketing her cotton crop, which promis es to be one of the largest crops since the coming of the boll wee vil. But, neighbor, don t lose your head. Spend cautiously, carefully and for only the neces sary things. X Remember those debts must be paid in whole or in part, and don’t forget that there’s anoth er crop to finance 4ti 1925. The Georgia weekly papers are cautioning their readers to spend carefully and save some thing for another day. This sort of propaganda is being read by farmers and others all over Georgia. The Bainbridge Post- Searchlight has these words of advice — Just a word of caution. The good crop in sight must not turn you a fool. May we all profit by experiences of 1921 and 1922. There must be a lot of old time debt paying around this coun try before there is any safe spending. It means the future welfare of the section. Our people can let just a little pros perity remove from their minds all memory of such times as we have had the past three years. Let us pay our debts, that and that alone will start us back on the solid and safe road to pros perity. Let’s not forget the les sons that we have learned in the past three years. Don’t get diz zy- Due to crop failures, many of us have debts to pay, and these must come first. Therefore, spend sparingly until these obli gations are taken care of. Many of us will feel like turn ing loose and having one grand and glorious time, ‘‘just spend ing.” Don’x do it. Remember 1919 and [920 —many of us spent recklessly then instead of saving for the “rainy days.’’ Don’t get dizzy! Keep your head. Spend and save. Children and Thrift There are three million school children depositors in the school banks of the nation, with depos its totaling more than $12,000,- 000. There are two of the out standing points of the report of a survey of school bank condi tions in the United States. The schools made no reports, but the figures obtained were close enough to show the rapid growth taking place. Generally speaking, the in crease in depositors and deposits is at the rate of 25 per cent. Steady increases are found both in the percentage of depositors to pupils enrolled as well as in the average amount of individ ual deposits. It is estimated that that there are now between 7,000 and 8,000 school banks successfully operating through out the country. They are lo cated in some 500 cities and towns. The work of school banks has only begun, the report shows. If all available children were en rolled in the school bank sys tems of the country the number of depositors would be in thq neighborhood of 25,000,000 in stead of 3,000,000, and the amount of deposits would be $100,000,-000 instead of $12,- 000,000, it has been estimated. It is easier to teach economy and thrift when the mind is young and plastic than later, and the teaching at this time will help curb the natural ex travagance of childhood. Few children know or appreciate the value of a dollar. 1 o them it is only something to spend— to most of them is this true. Why not firmly fix in their minds and habits the fact that a dollar is something to SAVE instead of to spend? After all, SAVING and SPENDING are habits, the first we encourage by loose giving, the second we. neglect to a shameful degree. Your Danger Year At age of 109, Mrs. Nora Brad ley Kane in Newton, Conn. She claimed she never had a doctor until a week before her death, yet had always enjoyed fine health. Her formula was: “Work hard and leave all the rest to God." A fine formula for a person gifted with excellent health. She never had a physician, for the simple reason that she never needed one. Incidentally she escaped an unfortunate feature of some medicine— that it oft en cures one organ of the body by wrecking another. Doctors don’t prescribe as rrfuch pills and tonic as they used to. These have their place in certain definite ailments, but the medical profession is recog nizing Proper Living and Sani tation as the best medicines. Formulas for living to very old age are constantly coming to light in the news. The pub lic is always eager for them. But unfortunately, these formulas rarely are of much value—be cause what is one person’s meat is another’s poison. Aged people frequently claim that temperate living is responsi ble for their advanced years. Yet the other healthy veteran of 74 appeared before Magsitrate Gresser in New York on a charge of being intoxicat ed. He said that he had been drinking whisky for 60 years, and the only difference he could notice was that liquor is “not what it used to be.” People who survive old age usually come from long-lived stock. Irj. one family, members who grow to maturity have a tendency to live to about 70, while in another family most of them die around 60. Making allowances for indi vidual cases that deviate from the rule, every family has—by the law of averages—its danger year, when death seems to strike down the greatest ijumber. If you have a record of your fam ily tree, you can check up and learn your danger year—when to be most careful. The age of death has a close connection with heredity. Firing the Furnace in the Summer The time was midday in one of the hottest of mid-summer days. The place, a restaurant; the person, a big fat man, seat ed at a table, his collar off, his collar-band open, his sleeves rolled up, his hair cut short. He was eating, when he wasn’t mop ping streams of perspiration from his super heated and ex posed anatomy, says the Flori da Times-Union. And this is what he had be fore him: A big juicy steak, fried potatoes, streaming hot corn on the cob, and everything eles that goes with a “full meal.” He spoke, occasionally, between mouthfuls of food, and what he said sounded like he was com plaining about “this blasted hot weather. But he kept on feed ing his furnace, just as he would pile logs in the blazing fire place in the very coldest night in winter. Perhaps he has a fire going on the hearth in his home, even in these hot summer days, but not likely. At the lunch counter, on the same day at the same place as above referred to, was a man who had every appearance of good health. He wasn’t over weighted, like the man at the table; his flesh wasn’t flabby; he wasn’t perspiring unduly. He ordered a piece of pie and a glass of milk, gave the waiter a cheerful smile with the tip, and was off about his business. Not a word was said about the weather. Which of these two men illus trated common sense? One complained of the heat and at the same time was putting more heat producing food into his stomach, his physical furnace. He did not complain about him self, for what he was doing. He just blamed it all on the weather, and “kidded” hijnself into be lieving that the weather wasn’t what it ought to be, forgetting that he himself was to blame for his uncomfortable feeling, which was evident in his very action and in the tone of his voice. The other man, the one who ate sparingly—oh, well—we just don’t give him, and the com paratively few others like him, credit for having common sense, and using it in hot weather eat ing. Then we wonder, some of us do, why so many people are sick. Sonirvs Jdol The mind of a boy keeps a turning around while he’s living the days of his youth. Ke’s learning the right from the wrong, ’twill be found, and he’s picking deception from truth. There much is ado in his fast-growing head, ’cause creation has made it that way. He’s getting his pointers from what’s done an<[ said, and a lot of them enter to stay. As gray matter grows and the youngster fills out he will find he’s a mind of his own. If training is proper there isn’t a doubt, he’ll be anxious to go it alone. All boys pick an idol; they worship it much. From youthdom to a,ge it will be the one little thing that contains the real touch — “Ah, there’s an example for me.” Quite lucky the father who’s lived so thai- he his son’s best ambition inspire. And any son’s father, by trying, can be the idol his youngster admires. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc) Editorial Opinions Gleaned —Serious and Otherwise— > From Press and Magazine j AND HAVEN’T LEARNED YET It is estimated some good look ing girls have been taught to swim 40 times this summer.—Co lumbus Ledger. LOOKS LIKE ITS COMING TO THAT Maybe we can get up a real war between the pacificists and the national defense day pro ponents and stage a genuine fight of some kind to settle the ques tion.—-August Chronicle. LESS POLITICS ALSO NEEDED Greater interest in politics is now urged upon business men. We do need more business in poli ■ tics—and more business men—■ and less politics meddling n busi ness.—Savannah News. SEEMS LIKE WE’RE LUCKY FOR ONCE The people who are to do the voting next Nevember have the consolation of knowing that no matter whether Coolidge or Da vis is elected we will have a good president, as both men are of high character who will endeavor to do their duty fearlessly and for the best interests of th 3 country. . —Sandersville Progress. IN HOLLYWOOD “Yes,” replied the movie star. “She is a clever actress, but, oh, so eccentric!” “Indeed!” we ventured “Oh, yes! Why, she has only been married to one man, and is actually living with him yet!”— Exchange. END THE DAY OF THE ALIENIST The Chicago murder trial ought to end the day of the alien ist in the court-room in this country. They have put up an exhbition that has not only made the angels weep but has made “the judicious grieve.” It would now be in order to subpoena a dozen or more good citizens whose equipment is nothing more than hard-horse sense to sit on the case of the alienists. Most of them would without doubt be found to be “psychopathic,” whatever that is.—Selma Journal. WRONG CALL The doctor rushed out of his study in a state bf great excite ment. “Get my bag at once!” he shout ed. “Why, what is the matter?” inquired his wife. “Some fellow has just tele phoned he can’t live without me,” gasped the medical man as he reached for his hat. His wife gave a sigh of re lief. “Just a moment,” she said gent ly. “I think that call was for our daughter, dear.”—Exchange. ONE VINE PRODUCED 350 POUNDS OF WATERMELON Mr. J. W. McLendon, of the Chapel Hill community, told us one day this week of what one little boy did in his community. The little boy is Cecil Sasser, the little adopted son of Mr. V. L. Williams, of the Chapel Hill com munity. Cecil is 11 years old. Last spring when Mr. Williams was planting his melon patch Cecil planted a few hills for him self. He wanted some melons to call his own. From ope vine of these melons, which was of the “World’s Wonder” variety, Cecil has gathered 10 melons averaging 35 pounds each, or 350 pounds for the 10 melons, and there are still on the vine five more small r melons that will average about 15 pounds each. These five mei lons will make over 400 pounds from the one vine, which we be lieve leads everything we have heard of in the way of watermel ons.—Florida News. ALONG THE BYWAYS Even before the automobiles took over the main roads it was better to walk in the byways. Along the lesser roads people are not too hurried for a friendly greeting as they pass, and the very animals of the back country are less sophisticated—the horses and cattle look up from their pas ture to gaze with frank interest at each passerby. Then, coming from time to time across the quiet of the coun tryside, are sounds that men have always heard gladly—the far-off crowing, like a mellow bugle, of a barnyard king-athe distant creak • THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER and rumble of a farmer’s heavy wagon rolling on upon the hills. But best of all are the moments of discovery: late afternoon, when the shadows are growing long, and the road, bending suddenly about a low hill facing toward the bay, comes out upon a wide view down a wooded valley with dark green pines—and then, be yond, a great stretch of far wa ter, deeply blue. That is the alurement of the byways; quaintness is all about, and beauty lies in wait— per haps around the next turning of the lane.—Collier’s Weekly. SI wferez CUSTOMERS Japan and China in a year have bought about 500 million dollars’ w’orth of our exports. Canada in the same time bought over 601 mil lions. Canada right now is a bigger customer than the Orient combined, for Americans. Only one other coun try buys more American goods— United Kingdom. Also we buy from Canada more than from any other country. Trade “across the line,” buying and sell ing, exceeds a billion dollars a year. She’s a good neighbor. And eco nomically, she’s bound to us closer [han she is politically to England. * * HIDDEN Only one American family in every four has an income of SIOOO or more a year—if you believe the national income tax figures. The latest of these statistics that are completely compiled cover 1922 and show that 6,385,405 admitted incomes of SIOOO or more during the year. It’s estimated the aver age family has four and a half members—that is, nine members to every two families. If the tax collector could get to The “hidden incomes,” Uncle Sam could retire a big chunk of the na tional debt. » » » secreted Do you believe that only one American family in every four has an income of SIOOO or more a year? And do you also believe that only one family in every 14 has an in come of S3OOO or more a year? If so, you believe that the na tional income tax totals for 1922 tell the true story. How much is hidden —by small incomes as well as the big ones? «* * * escaped Fewer than seven milion Ameri cans pay national income tax. With, their families, they total less than 31 millions of the population. So about 80 million Americans are in families, none of whose mem bers pay an income tax at all to Uncle Sam. How powerful will tax reduction or promises of it be to these 80 millions in the presidential campaigns? * * ♦ HA! Incomes ttaxed by Uncle Sam in 1922 totaled under 22 billion dol lars. The income of the whole peo ple that year was around 45 billion dollars, according to experts. This left an average of S3OO apiece for every man, woman and child of the 80 million people not affected directly by the income tax. Can the average person live on that” DOES he? Find the joker, time's up in two seconds. *» » ’ horrible The “War of 1930” is predicted in frightful details by the German general, Freiherr von Sehocnich, in his new book. Curiously enough, he expects war between England and Japan; then Russia attacking Po land, and Germany at the throat of Belgium and France with death ray machines killing 500,000 people in 48 hours. One incident will be 100,000 civilians dead in Berlin front 60 Freanch airplane bombs. Wed like to know a bit more about this general—and how close he is to the War Office. Is he a modern Jules Verne? Or has he been hearing Real Stuff? THE BUSYMAN’S NEWSPAPER I DOG MS ' n I \ M SB I _ 1 Q BV ■ I / vxCY w SK/. X vV FItMSK \ m -W.- '■'l U —q Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 23, 1914.) Flatten the biscuit a little bit more and promote the healthful corn dodge for flour lias hit the pike again and is climbing higher. Americus broker received notice yesterday of another advance of forty cents per barrel, wholesale, and the price of the biscuit ingre dient is marked up accordingly. On Thursday evening Mrs. L. 0. Gammage was hostess to a large number of the younger set. The honoree on this occasion was Miss Edna Williams, of-. Sanford, Fla. Interest attaches to the fact that after a long lapse of years, Ameri cus is to have again a girls boarding school, conducted by Miss Susie Taylor, with Miss Gertrude Smith and Miss Marie Walker as assistants, openng September 14th. Taking a careful busness like and conservative view of business conditions now existing, the Ameri cus Automobile Co., announced this morning that, after September Ist, its business will be conducted upon a strictly cash basis. Mrs. Gordon Heys, at her pretty suburban, home has as her guest this week her cousin, Miss Nelle O’hara. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 23, 1904.) Manager Luther Hawkins, of the Augusta telephone exchange, re turned home yesterday after spend ing a week here in Americus. If it was hotter at Port Arthur yesterday than here in Americus, the Russian rats shut up there de served sympathy. Mrs. W. J. Josey is at home again Georgia, to the deiight of her num erous Americus friends. The Central of Georgia for the after a pleasant visit in south w Sas' Money makes the mare go. It also seems to make the hair go. The man who doesn’t have to work might as well collect his life insurance. One great obpection to living in the country is you have to go to town for your vacation. It s unlucky fishermano who doesn’t even catch one to lie about. An easy way to make a small boy take a bath is to paint a “No-Swim ming” sign on the bath. room door. Fi usually stay i.i water over their heads. So do human fish. A man in love will do anything, but he usually does nothing. People who sleep or. sleeping porch should get up first. Americus Undertaking Co. NA T LEMAS7 ER, Manager Funeral Director* And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 Pay Phone* 88 and 231 . SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 23, |9 24 second week in August earned $166,900, a gain of $14,000 over the earning for the same week of last year. The gross earning since July 1, the close of the fiscal year, show an increase of $37,415. The cotton market during the last three days has been a delight ful surprise to Americus “talent’ find not a few of the wise ones get into the baloon before it started cn its trip to azure heights. August contracts have since last Friday have advanced fifty points, or a half cent while the fall months have climbed the grand also to a good extent. Spot cotton feels the ef fect of this advance and the finer graces are probably yorth 10 1-2 cents here on such a market. Mrs. A. J. Hamil, Mrs. Linnie H. Brown and Miss Ruth Brown return ed yesterday from a peleasant stay at White Springs, Fla. Miss Florence Page is the fair guest of her brother, Walter Page at The Windsor, during a visit of several days in Americus. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. August 23, 1894.') Col. W. K. Bell who has been spending the heated term in the eastern metropolis and among the pleasant resorts near by, is expect ed home in a few days. The colonel is an expert wheelman, and some of his friends of the cotton fraternity insist that he will make the trip home by easy stages, via the bike route. Should this be true a com mittee will go out to meet him, and Col. Bob Oliver, also an expert and enthusiastic rider as well as elo quent speaker yill deliver an ad dress of yelcome. The “At Home” club will be en tertained this evening by Capt. and Mrs. J. C. McKenzie, assisted by their charming guest, Miss Visher, of Montgomery. The jury commissioners of Sum ter county, Messrs. J. E. Thomas, Lott Warren, J. c. Carter, Thorn ton Wheatly, Zimi Markett, and J. G. Ronery, have been busily engag ed since Monday revising the jurv box. ' ‘ W. D. Bailey, the haberdasher leaves Sunday for New York to Purchase hi s fall stock of shoe s, hats and gents furnishings. Mrs. John Gatewood returned home last night from a visit of sev eral days tc her daughters, Mes dames Dennis and Ledbetter in Eatonton. L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus i . . (Incorporated) AT YOUR SERVICE i Oldest and largest if *4?■ State Bank in South- * Op west Geor « i3 - Any MiOrTifrfrOi It business entrusted to J* •“ us will receive our II best attention. If y°u are J not al' ready one /of our hi ,-fi it H i valued customers, we would Apreciate an opportunity ~,r serving yoi|i The Bank With a Surplus jr RESOURCES OVER $1,>00,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMf‘tODATING —. No Account Too Large; Nobe * / THE STANDARD. MONDAY AND j TUESDAY! Two Days of Remark-’ able Values The Short Lots, the “Odds and Overs,” the Too Manys—These* New Arrivals of Fall Goods — 1 THESE PRICES WILL SEND THEM FLYING At 59(c —Misses and Children’s Gingham and Percale Dresses, sizes j 7 to 14 years. At $1 —Children’s Gingham Dresses, newest models, best stan dard Gingham. At 35c —Children’s Blooir.ers of good quality Sateen, all sizes. At $1- —Ladies’ Lingette Bloom ers, all colors and sizes. At s2.9B—Ladies Fine Silk Jer sey Petticoats, every color, plain or embroidered. At $7.50 —Ladies Silk Tk'icolet . Dresses, brown and black; also ex-j tra sizes up to size 50. At $8.75 Ladies* New Fail Dresses, all wool materials, newest styles, all sizes. At $3.95 —Ladies’ Silk Jersey I Blduses, new patterns, all sizes. At 18c—Gingham Remnants of the best standard 25c Giggham; every yard guaranteed fast color, all 32 inches wide. At 25c—Imported Batiste, 45 inches wide; great variety of new, pretty patterns. At 25c —Your choice of our stock j of Imported and Domestic Voiles; values to sl. At $1 Yd.—Beautiful Crepe de : Chine, 40 inches wide—black, white and every good color. At sl.so—Misses Rubberized Rain Coats with hood attached, all sizes 6 to 14 years. At 85c—Ladies’ Gingham Dress es, Organdy trimjned, new fall styles. At s3B.oo—Alex Smith & Sons Fine A.xminster Squares, size 12 feet, combining Smith’s well known features, beauty and designs; attractive colorings, long wearing qualities together with our remark- I ably low price, makes this offering I exceptionally attractive. I At 39c—Boys’ and Children's 1 Union Suits of good Pajama I Checks, all sizes. I At 48c—Men’s Union Suits of I excellent Pajama Checks, 36 to 46- I At 49c—Boys’ Khaki Trousers of I good grade Khaki Cloth, sizes up tc I 16 years. | At 25c Yard-wide Ribbons, plain and fancy patterns; formerly fl up to $1 yard. | Standard Dry Goods I Company 1 Forsyth St. Next Bank of Comm*™ I AMERICUS, GA. |
