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PAGE EIGHT i X1 M £ S.- ft Js ce• Og B ' f PClUSfcj JK9 Published by The Times-Recorder Co., tine.); lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher buraS M WMad dua MtUt at th« pwtaHM M Amwina, C«Mgta. awotdlaf to tb« Ato «t CaMnat. Tb Aaaoclated Preaa la atdsatoslr aatitM ta Aa aaa tor tha repobllcaiioS' at all na«a die- Ratchet credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local oeira published here to. AU right of republication of special diepttchos •re also reserved. -r- - - - - National Advertising Representatives, TROST LANDIS A KOHN. Brunswick Bldg.. Now Yodtl /copies’ Gao Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that hidoth his eyes shall have many a curse.—Prov. 28:27. Gifts and alms are the expres sions, not the essence of this vir tue.—Addison. Mrs. Ferguson’s Victory Sumter is one of the few coun ties in Georgia which will har vest a goodly corn crop this year. Reports coming to us from North Georgia state that the corn crops are hopelessly lost this year. Monday a prominent banker said to us in discussing Sumter’s 1924 crops: “We have made a fine corn crop this year—one of the best in years, I think. But tell your readers to save every ear. t“ll them corn is valuable and will be more valuable soon. Gather ev ery ear, store it carefully and later it will bring them a hand some profit.’’ Fortunes are made by this s:mple rule: Knowing WHAT to but’ and then Kn iwing WHEN to sell it. That is about all there is to successful mer chandising or s - . ccessful farm ing. The farmer who knows what to plant, when and where to sell it, will make a success. We have produced a splen did corn crop. Gather and pre serve every ear of it until the right time comes to sell it — then there will be a profit. Save Your Corn \ Mrs. Miriam Amanda Fergu son, of Texas, has given the Ku Klux Klan a decisive licking in the State in which the klan has claimed it controlled every nook and corner. Running for the Democratic nomination for Governor she was second in a field of nine and in the run-off lead her oppon ent, Felix Robinson, by 91,000 votes. Robinson was running with the klan support. Mrs. Ferguson denounced the klan and would have none of it. Mrs. Ferguson is the first wo man in the United States to se cure the nomination for Gover nor by one of the major parties. She is the wife of James E. Fer guson, ex-Governor, who was impeached. Both she and he took the stump in the recent fight which was waged for a complete vindication of the ex-Governor. Heretofore the Democratic nomination has been equivalent to election, however, Texas poli ticians are speculating now as to the outcome in November when the Republicans will endeavor to combine the dissatisfied Democrats, the klan and the Re publicans and defeat Mrs. Fer guson. Her victory is notable for three reasons: First, she is the first woman to receive the nomi nation for Governor by one of the major parties; second, she has defeated the klan, and third, she is the successful candidate in a field of nine and in an elec tion in which the women took no active or outstanding part. From a Texas correspondent, W. D. Hornady, to the Atlanta Constitution, we learn that— Mrs. Ferguson is a typical homebody. She was never before interested in politics beyond ac companying her husband on some of his campaign tours. She, at tempts no concealment of the fact that she knows little about the details of government, but she declares that if elected, she will have her husband and oth er good advisers to consult with when necessary. She did no speech-making herself, beyond appearing upon the platform and uttering a few words in whicn sne appealed for the support of the people on the -ground that her husband was done a grave in justice when he was impeached, and that she was seeking to clear the Ferguson nam e of the taint that had been placed upon it. She did start in to campaign the state after the first primaries, but she found that the long auto mobile trips and public appear ances before great and eijthisi astice audiencek were too much for her strength. On the occas ion of her last public appearance, she shook hands with so many persons that for several days her right hand was badly swollen and she couid not use it. She retir ed to the front porch of her home at Temple, where she greeted many delegations of fol lowers from various parts of the state who flocked to see her. To I. all she had a warm and pleasant greeting. Mean-while, Mr. Fer guson covered a big scope of Texas, making rabble-rousing speeches for his wife. He declar ed on these occasions that if Mrs. Ferguson was elected gov ernor, she would “fight the Ku Klux Klan from hell to Haw River.” Mrs. Ferguson is an educated woman. She graduated from Baylor college, at Belton, Texas, and is especially proficient in music. Her father, Joe L. Wal lace, was a wealthy cotton plant er of Central Texas. She is an active member of th e Episcopal church and is prominent in so cial affairs of her home town, just as she was during the three years that she was hostess of the executive mansion at Austin, while her husband was governor. All her life she has been an ardent prohibitonist, and during her stay in the executive man sion, she never permitetd a drop of liquor to'wnter'that house, al though at that time prohibition was not in effect, and her hus band was a leader of the anti prohibition forces. Mr. afid Mrs. Ferguson have two charming daughters, Miss Dorris, aged 20, and Mrs. George Nalle, of Austin, aged 23. Both of the young women are college graduates. At the time Mrs. Ferguson mar ried, her husband was a young practicing lawyer. In his young er manhood, he bad been a rail road bridge carpenter. She is kind and sympathetic at all times and her especial hobby, if such it can be called, is the pi’otec tion and good iaeatment of dumb animals. On e of the surprising features of the run-off campaign was the lack of interest on the part of the women in the outcome—at least, so far as their generally taking an active part in the contest. Only a few women Democratic leaders gave public expression of their views or took the stump and they were about evenly divided in their support as to the two candidates. The fact that Mrs. Ferguson has never been a club woman and until this campaign never took part in a political battle, is believed to be the reason for the apparent disin terestedness of th e women. How many of her sex went to the polls and cast their ballot for her is not known at this time. During all these stirring times, Mrs. Ferguson has kept her poise and calmness. Beyond meeting 3ijd exchanging greetings with the hundreds of visitors to her home her daily routine of do mestic duties was changed but little. She usually drove out to the Ferguson farm in the morn ing and saw how work was pro gressing in the cotton fields. This is a critical time with the cotton crop and Mrs. Ferguson, like the true daughter of a cotton plant er that she is, keeps a keen eye on the opening bolls and the weevil pest. There are a num ber of negro tenant families upon the plantation and Mrs. Fergu son always drops in to see them on her visits and usually takes out some gifts of usefulness for the children. On these trips in to th e country she is nearly al ways accompanied by her daugh ter, Dorris, and there is a com panionship betwen the two that is delightful to look upon. Close friends of this woman candidate for governor declare that she has never doubted for a moment that sometime she would again be an occupant of the executive mansion at Austin, not that she had any idea be fore this year that she would possibly return there as head of the house and state instead of hostess and wife of the governor, as formerly. She has held to this conviction during the eight years that have elapsed since she left the broad portals of the state ly building with her head held high in contempt of the outrage which she believed political ene mies of her husband had com mitted upon him. The nation’s first woman Sen ator came from the South, when Governor Hardwick appointed Mrs. Felton to the United States Senate from Georgia. The na tion’s first woman Governor will come from the South, it now seenjs certaip, for the Demo cratic nomination is almost sure ly to terminate in the election in November. A LESSON FOR ADVERTISERS. The other day we saw an article in an exchange which read some thing like this: Once upon a time, a man had a furnace which was not heating his home with satisfaction. One day he became angry and going down to the basement stood before the furnace and exclaimed: “Not an other lump of coal wall you get until you give me more heat.” The poor fellow froze to death. Herein is a lesson for adver tisers. Some men put a little ad in the paper and if it doesn't bring the results that he expect ed, he says: “I won't advertise again until the other ad brings results.” So the poor man freezes to death. For further proof of this look up statistics and compare the fig ures of failures among adver tisers with the figures of failures of non-advertisers—those who freeze to death.—Macon News. THIS IS OUR THOUGHT We wouldn’t give the flip of our finger for the sympathy of those who can only sympathize during the hush of death. It is not the words spoken of the dead that amounts to anything, it is the little words and acts of kindness manifested to the person before death that makes life easier, and existence here more tolerable.—Pavo News, In grandmother’s day, lo these ages ago, a fancy-like fan play ed its part. Bedecked in fine feathers it made breezes blow when its sections were spread wide apart. The youth of that time courted grandmother fair and he wooed as a gallant young man. The fan gave the romance that seemed to be there, for she’d blush 'neath the spread of her fan. She’d ride in her carriage to church Sunday morn and her fan was spread out on her arm. No wooer could call her appearance folorn for the fan added much to her charm. Yes, that was the way that it was long ago and it makes pres ent romance seem poor. My grandmother's told me she ought to know. She lived through it all, lam sure. And what of today—the romance still here? It seems that there isn’t as much. Th e romance in fance has just faded, I fear, since they're made out of cardboard and such. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Editorial Opinions Gleaned —Serious and Otherwise— ; From Press and Magazine TIMOTHY CATCHINGS. Timothy Catchings, a negro farmer near Pelham sold his crop of tobacco from four and a half acres last week for sl,- 400.00.—Pearson Tribune. POT SHOTS Most gamblers are single men. You can’t tempt a man after he has taken a chance once too often.—Baltimore' Sun. More life sentences are needed for matrimony and for murder. Ashville Times. It takes nine tailors to make a man, but if he happens to be a married man, one dressmaker can break him.—Minnesota Star. A Pittsburg man, accused of stealing SSO, was fined $25. We publish this an an inducement to our crooks to move to Pittsburg, where they seem to be assured of a fair living.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. And after everybody is edu cated for white-collared jobs, who is going to make the white collars?—Brooklyn Eagle. Concentration is the quality that enables a man to enjoy the car and forget the mortgage.— New Haven Register. KIND WORDS FROM A RE PUBLICAN PAPER “The Democrats finally nomi nated their best man for the presidency. J. W. Davis, is some thing besides a politician. His ability, his experience, his per sonality and his character all measure up to the requirements of a president and if Calvin Coo lidge should by any chance be de feated this fall we may rest as sured the presidency will be found in good hands if it goes to the Democrats. That chance, how ever, is very remote. For vice president Gov. Bryan cannot possibly measure up to the Re publican nominee, Gen. Dawes.” —Orleans County Monitor, Bar ton Vermont (Rep.) RECKLESS EXTRAVAGANCE. Did you ever hear people rave about the reckless* extravagence es a lot of millionaires out on a frolic? The thing is so common that the newspapers pander to it and print any and all deflections from the beaten path of medio crity in spending money. Yet the bet is ten to one that the money will do more for the country than if the millionaire lived moderately and refused to participate in any orgy of spend ing. He would be merely accum ulating and if of the type that has no charitable inclinations would not be of any benefit to the world. The millionaire that spends a million dollars for a new home somewhere, is turning loose mon ey and it benefits thousands of people. It could, naturally, be spent to better advantage but the main idea is that it probably wouldn’t be spent unless it is thrown away in this reckless fashion. We had better be thank ful when the man with big in comes try and spend as much of it as possible in making some great show for it is spent and that’s what makes the world go along at the rapid rate and pros perity so genuine.—Thomasville Times Enterprise. THE LIFE THAT SPOILS. Norman Selby (“Kid Mc- Coy”), who is being held at Los Angeles for the murder of the woman whom he had intended to make his tenth wife, is one of the most remarkable fellows who ever figured in the history of pugilism. His career was full of more variety and color than would have served to equip a dozen men with the stuff of which novels and dramas are made. In his youth he was a handsome rascal, a fact suffici ently corroborated by his num erous matrimonial adventures. One of these plentiful wives of his was the widow of a million aire. She tolerated him for five years, and if he had only be haved himself he might have set tled down to a life of ease and even of social respectability. But he couldn’t behave. He was congenitally tricky and restless; and it was by trickery that he achieved many of his ring vic- THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER tories. He was the perfection of grace in action, a splendid box er, but he carried no terrific punch. He won usually because he was quicker than his oppo nents “at both ends” —his feet and his head. We are likely to hear much of him until his trial ends, and a deal of it will be in teresting, particularly the remi niscences of his hectic past. Philadelphia Record. alta Mbqttoie WHITE MULE Canadian rum sleuths claim there’s a pipe line carrying “white -mule” from Michigan into Ontario. We are so “dry” under prohibition that we are exporting liquor to Canada! Ontario is the last of the tig Canadian provinces (states) in the dry list. Others have returned wet after trying prohibition, except Quebec, never dry. Americans who go to Ontario and buy “back-door” hooch from bellboys may be getting Yankee product colored and labeled. It’s the most interesting of the major industries. * * * (TILE A man reveals his real self by the way he wears his hat, claims Dr. C. W. Kimmins of University of London. He says a hat well down, over the forehead indicates a thoughtful, solemn wearer. Pushed to the back of the head, it advertises happy-gc lucky. Tilted on the right side, the owner is usually a rowdy. Slouched to the left, is the customary position of a mental dificient. Women are intutively wise when they fuss; about geting their hats on at just the right angle. It’s the most important trick of make-up. Maybe the best way for a man Im play safe is to wear none at all. ♦ ♦ * RUSSIA Russia clairfis that her foreign trade in six months totaled nearly 263 million gold rubles. This compares very favorably <vith 120 million gold rubles in the corresponding six months a. year ago. But it’s only a fifth es the pre war average. * * * GHOST French inventors claim they have perfected a “ghost plane”—airplane without crew, piloted by wireless, carrying explosives to be dropped on enemy armies by radio control This is about the one-hundreth time such an invention has been an nounced. Os course, it’s quite possi ble. More than that, inevitable. You’ll notice the claim fqr this uncanny plane is that it can deal out death. No boasting about economies in transporting mail or express to far distant or hard-to ger-to places. The airplene, to date, is primarily a war device. * * * FAILURES In July, 1924, 1615 businesses failed, totaling the whole country. Considering slack times, the show ing is quite encouraging, for there were 1231 failures in July, 1923, when times were on the boom. And failures in than in any month since November, 1920. Judging from the .-hips going down, we haven’t been passing through as much as a gale as some Os the passengers feared. * » * GERMANS French' officers claim Germany has 350,000 troops in training, all of them being potential officers. The peace treaty reduced the Ger man army to not exceed 100,000 men, including officers. “Security police” permitted to her are extras. Another claim is that Germany’s able-bodied war veterans total seven millions. More important and dangerous is what German scientists are doing in secret laboratories. OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern r - . ' . __ (W^LL,'fOU CM-1 CALL Wlf ALL "TH' FAbJeV MAMEG EkIDS VT ALL' It* / MOL) I SAV : HFC6GGA V D 1' VIARDEii GAVD, PoiktTnlG \|OU HAVE -W GARDEIJ VARIETY \FTM<=> IS aTooTUO-IE, A __ ACIAE 1 GO GEE A re VJILL LEAVE op \TG acHE, A a DEkJTISi;-. HE'LL STICK OvJiJ accord! « VIE or p ALLE Q 9OM.E VEti uWoOR GXIWG, HqoPLEG HAVE i ARcHEG, Akl'TH’ AcHE jrt All' V'ulOllT FEEL A CoQGTTDTIOIIG, AIID I GUoRTCIRCUiTedM I©i THlklO • -THAT GTIIFP -rtpyJiAL IRRIGATIONS SUCH M p.p A /Z> MAKEG A FELLA GO AGTAiG.ARE OkILV IRh-i TqitTi-U - r-T > LJ) MIDAB, HE SekJTARv/ . AG O HEEL lAIS WIFE GOIUG ( Jka h }■ ■ -Maiii¥ f/ ofeli 3 - wW=! Li® ,‘-5® I; IW. I mi' 2 flii! \ W J**** < Copv light. 11124, bv NF.A Sei vice Inv ) N . uAE MAJORS TocTA ACAE, CBEG PaRDOkI) iJ&jpalgia, ig gTill vjitA — i i J Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times-Recorder, August 26, 1924.) Allen Johnson, a well known resi dent of Sumter county, is in a criti cal condition at the Americus hospi tal as the result of a explosion of dynamite in the steel casing of a well which he was boring, and whicn sent hundreds of steel fragments flying in all directigns. Miss Isabel Wheatley has return ed from Atlanta, where she was the charming guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Merrell Callaway. Wagons piled high with bales of cotton were seen coming into town on every side yesterday and the lo cal gins were working over time. There seemed a little less tendency to sell among the growers, while the great majority are either stor ing in the warehouses or taking it back home. The price here was from 7 to 7 1-2 cents, a little lower than the week before. Rev. Charles A. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips and sister, Mrs. Mattie Caughman, of Plains, returning home from a visit of several weeks at White Sulphur Springs, Fla., were in the city yesterday. Mrs. Lula Oliver, of Edison, was the guest yesterday of relatives in Americus, where she so long resid ed and has many good friends. TYENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder, August 26, 1904.) A vacant lot in Americus was re turned for taxes last year at SI,OOO. Since that time one-half of the lot has been sold for more than $2,000. For the first time the congrega tion of First Methodist church will worship next Sunday in the main auditorium of their beautiful new edifice now just about completed. For several weeks past devotional services have been held in the large Sunday school annex, which will seat 600 or 800 people. The . new Methodist church has been complet ed at a cost of about $30,000 and no other building in South Georgia is handsomer, or more conveniently arranged. Eleven and a quarter cents was the full price demanded in Ameri cus yesterday by holders of spot cotton, and where the fleecy was of Vis • lhe way of the depressei- is hard. Very few are satisfied with their lot unless it is a lot of luck. Sometimes we think the cream of society stays on ice. The man w-ho can’t better times ahead ought to go to an op- People who build autos don’t read the speed laws. Some people’s idea of dean movies i having the girls in bath ing. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 Pay Phone* 68 euad 211 x , TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 26 extraordinary quality this rather fancy price was paid here. For the market was again on the bulge yes terday. Wmie receipts yesterday were very good there will bet a rain of bales today and tomorrow, while Americus will show" receipts of 3,- 000 bales by September Ist. The Times-Recorder received a letter yesterday from Mr. E. J. Wil lingham, of the board of trustees of the Georgia Industrial Home at Macon, contributed by a number of Americus people and amounting to $117.81. Chairman Willingham ex pressed sincere thanks for the con tribution to the home and Dr. Mum ford's little ones. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recor.iur, August 26, 1894. Dr. Charles K ; Chapman received from City Clerk Davis on yesterday a check for a neat sum of money— nearly S6OO, which was awarded him by the courts for personal injuries sustained through the carelesness of some employes of the city thiee years ago. The iormer residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Smith, No. 116 Taylor street, was sold by the latter yester day to Judge Allen Fort. The ex act figures were not given out, but the property brought a good price. Mr. and Mrs. Smith leave this wee'.: for Savannah, where they will re side in future. Mr. T. W. Callaway, who for the past two or three years has effic iently discharged the duties of chief clerk to the storekeeper of the S. A. and M. railroad, leaves tomorrow for a needed and deserved vacation, and will spend several weeks tour ing the wooly west. An enthusiastic meeting of a number of prominent young men of this city was held at the office of Col. W. K. Wheatley last night f iri the purpose of organizing a debat ing society. Among those present were Messrs. W. M. Hawkes, E. A. Nisbet, J. A. Ansley, Jr., W. T. Lane, W K. Wheatley, Dorsey Mil ler, J. H. Lumpkin and Charles J. Graham. lrade on improved “ v y > lands at cheap est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given Money secured promptly. We have now outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sumter comntv alone, with plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co m Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,’ Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Zmericua, Ga. Phone 89 » 211, L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIK®R, Asa’t. Cashier 1 he Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) * .■ a AT YOUR SERVICE Oldest and largest State Bank in South west Georgia. Any business entrusted to us will receive our best attention. If you are not al ready one of our valued customers, we would appreciate an opportunity of serving you. * The Bank With a Surplu* RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, ' CONSERVATIVE. ACCOMMODATING No Account Too Large; None Too Small THE STANDARD AND FACTORY SHORT LENGTHS ON SALE HERE WEDNESDAY AND THURS DAY Solrß color Chambray, 28 inches wide, pink, blue and all staple shades, fast colors, lengths 10 to 20 yard pieces at yard jOc Short lengths of good quality Khaki cloth, suitable for pants and heavy shirts; regularly 39c off the boltjy price for short lengths ..25c Short lengths of Mercerized Un derwear Crepe, beautiful shades; regularly 25c off the bolt; price for the short lengths yard 15c Short lengths of Imported Ba tiste, very sheer, highly merceribed; regularly 50c off the bolt; price for short lengths yard ...35c Short lengths of fine Fancy An Ticking, 34 inches wide, extra heavy floral and striped designs; •! regularly 60c off the bolt; price| for "short lengths yard 39c ’ Short lengths of genuine Amos keag Apron Gingham, every yard guaranteed fast color; price off the full bolt about 25c; our price for short lengths yard 12 1-2: Short lengths of Dress Plaids, suitable for children’s school I dresses, fast colors, wool finish at I yard ...25c I Novelty Oblong Checked Suiting, I 36 ipches wide, excellent quality; I one of the most popular fabrics of I the day; all colors; regularly 50c I off the bolt; price for short I lengths yard 29c I Special Sale of Aluminum Ware | Friday at 49c | We want every lady in town and I county to see this display now in I our window, to be sold at 49c-1 There are pieces in this display I that are selling in the best stores I at $1.50. 2 1-2 quart water pitch-■ ers, 2 1-2 z quart percolators, large I mixing bowls, large cake pans,! large covered 'sauce pans, etc.l Every piece in this window fori sale Friday morning at 10 o’clock, ■ choic e 49c. ■ Standard Dry Goods I Company I Forsyth St. Next Bank of Com“’- erce ß AMERICUS, GA. |
