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PAGE FOUR 'IIMBS-RECCIDIB PUBLISHED W> 'The Ixiyelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Inured ai second claw matter at the »o*t<4fic« M_ Americus. Georgia, according te the Ast «f Congreaa. The Associated Frees fa exclusively entitled te the uee for the republicstio3' of all news die* Fetches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local arows published here* In. All right of republication of special dispatches ore also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN, bninswlch Bldg.. Nev Yorici "copies* Cea Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT - He that is toon angry dealcth foolishly: and a man of wicked de vices is hated. —Prov. 14:17. » » ♦ Anger is practical awkwardness. —Colton. The Literary Digest Poll The most interesting feature in the first returns of The Literary Digests’ poll of 15,000,0u0 votes published Saturday is tnc showing made by La Follette. A total vote of 16,071 is tabu lated for Coolidge, 5,596 for La Follette, and 3,792 for Davis with 307 votes for the other five candi dates. Only 25,766 ballots have been re turned at the date of publication but these came from the pivotal States of California, Illnois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, with La Follette running second in the first three and Davis second in the last two. In California, La Follette is tun ing a strong second to Coolidge having 1,561 votes against the President’s 1,624. “There would be an indication here, The Digest states, “that in California at least, both the Re • publicans and Democrats are los ing heavily to the Progressive candidates, with the Republicans, . as the party which polled the larg est number of votes in the last election, the most serious losers.’’ “Coolidge,’’ it continues, “from these eafliest returns, appears to be much stronger in Illinois, al though here, also, a comparison of the votes cast by these same voters in 1920 would seem to in dicate a fall from the large total vote rolled up by Mr. Harding four years ago. “In Ohio, these first few votes may be thought to suggest that Mr. Coolidge is far stronger to : day than his predecessor was in 1924). “Pennsylvania, also, would seem to be as firmly, or more firmly, planted in the Republi can, column. It must be remem bered, of course, that the pres ent tabulation of ballots repre sents the merest smattering of a return. In Pennsylvania, for in stance, nearly a million ballots are being distributed, a figure which may be compared with the present early return of les% than 4,000 votes from that state. Al so these early returns must be accepted with the additional pro viso that sections of T emocratic strength are not represented in the five first states tabulated.” The Digest states that its poll does not yet give any real evidence of a deadlock, but adds that such Washington corespondents as David Lawrence and Mark Sullivan are warning the country, because of the chance of a deadlock. “Our complicated machinery for choosing a President,” The Digest continues, .“may result in confusion, we are told, in case none of the few candidates re ceives a clear majority in the Electoral College. “The situation is further com plicated by such electoral anoma lies as the fact that Georgia, with a popular vote of 154,049 in the last election, has fourteen elec toral votes, while New Jersey, with 908,638, has precisely the same number. Thus the North ern State may be balanced in the Electoral College by a South ern State with about one-sixth as many voting citizens.” Each ballot requested the voter’s political preference at the last Presi dential election and these are also tabulated in this issue of The Di gest and analyzed for comparison. 'Whiie straw ballot and polls are usually of doubtful value, the Di gest's poll will be watched with in creasing interest and, for most of us, with uneasiness. While it seems unthinkable that La Follette could be elected, it is possible to bring about a deadlock that might result in the election of art equally unsatisfactory man. Victor Hugo’s Glimpse Into the Great Beyond That great French historian, novelist and philosopher, Victor Htigo, author of “Les Miserables,” ohe of the world’s most splendid classics, left behind him his belief concerning the future. As he felt death’s hand on his brow, in words vivid and beautiful, he said: t I feel in myself the future life. I am like a forest once cut down, the new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. I am rising, I know, toward the sky. The sunshine is on my head. The earth gives me its generous .sap, but heaven lights me with the reflection of unknown world--. . You the soul is noth- ing”SuFHte resultant "of the-44Mii ly powers. WJiy, then, is my soul more luminous when n.y bodily powers begin to fail? Winter is on my head, but eter nal spring is in my heart. I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilies, the violets, and the roses, as at twenty years. The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple. It is a fairy tale, and it is history. Fpr half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose and in verse, history, philosophy, dra ma, romance, tradition, satire, ode and song. I have tried all. But I feel I have not said the thousandth pari of what is in me. When I go down to the grave I can say like many others, I have finished my day's work. But I cannot say “I have finished my life.” My day’s work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley; it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight; it opens on the dawn. To Victor Hugo death was but the beginning—not the end, a day’s work was finished, on the morrow he would resume his labors anew. It’s the Product—Not the Place We are not opposed to , fine college and university buildings. Decidedly, not. But the system is out of balance, when the am bitious poor student cannot af ford a college course unless he goes in debt or waits on table or sells books in spare time. The millions that are theoretically contributed to help him reach him only feebly and indirectly. Colleges, fortunately, are awakening to the need of pro viding work for students who haven’t enough money to pay expenses. The goal of every college should be sufficient fine build ings for instruction and a com prehensive system of factories or farms for helping the worthy student earn enough to pay his way. That’s all those students want—the opportunity to help themselves. When colleges need jnoney, they usually call lustily for con tributions from outsiders. A re markable genius must have charge of Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio. This school has the purpose of mak ing itself self-supporting pay ing its owri way. Antioch’s latest addition to its co-operative system, of provid ing work for needy students, will be a shoe factory on the campus. This factory will en able students to work their way through college. Also the factory will be a practical university of business. Student-workers will learn pro duction, management, salesman ship. The ultimate ambition of the average institution of higher learning seems to be to have as many monumental buildings as students. Much outside aid naturally is required. It might be better to spend the money on the students’ edu cation and do the teaching in wooden barracks like the army training camps. After all, a col lege is a knowledge factory. As in all other production systems, the thing that counts most is the product rather than the place . where it is made. The Athenians developed pure,intellectualism’’ to a high er degree than ever before or since. Socrates and his satel lites and brother-planets ex changed ideas and educated the young. They did it outdoors in public—didn t think they need ed a million-dollar building. i OPINIONS OF 1 j OTHER EDITORS COST OF EDUCATION The sum spent on education sounds “enormous.” But when reduced to its lowest terms—the cost to each idiviflual—it seems very small. Taking the country over.it is about 3 cents’per person per day. It seems hardly fair to charge education with the exces sive burden bf which it is such a small part. We are able to give without “sorely taxing” our ability what is needed to provide adequate school advantages for all, if only we regard the educa tion of our children as a primary duty of the State. It is a matter of priority of interest and not a a question of ability.—New York Times. THE CHINESE PUZZLE The war lords who are fight ing in the vicinity of Shanghai, are contending for the possession of a rich city and port. Two provincial dictators claim juris diction. Actually, says the Chi cago Daily News, the whole ques tion of central government and national unity, with the elimina tion of the despotic military go vernors, is involved in the strug gle.. The truth is that the whole system of parliamentary govern .ment in China has broken down. Certain districts have been sub dued, hut others have successful ly seceded. The Central Parli ament and Executive have but a shadowy existence. Collection of . -...-.-. UV »nO It’s fairy tale stories that title folks like when it’s time for the sandman to come. And folks like to tell em to most any tike, till the little ones senses are numb. . A child falls asleep to the tale of a bear, or a story of Little Boy Blue. ‘Twill list to the story that hasn't a scare, though it may he an old one, or new. A grownup will sit by the side of the bed while tiny tot’s snuggled in tight. And goodness but knows what qyeer things may be said, as a story’s unfolded at night. It’s likely that most every mother and dad have talked lit tle people to sleep. The simplest of tales will make any child glad, and ’twill listen with nary a peep. Os stories that come when tne sandman is near, it’s likely that everyone knows that the one that the smallest of kids likes to hear is the one about 10 little toes. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) revenue is the chief purpose of the governing agencies. So mili tary chiefs have divided up China insisting upon the' adoption of their own schemes. , China is threatened with ano ther general and devastating war. The present strategy of the great war lords is very evident and has set up an inter-provincial strug gle. The world fears its effects. Conflicting rivalries and ambiti ons appear to characterize the conflict. China, as a republic, is not a success, and the issue of this struggle will be watched by the civilized worlds 'e{|pecially the United States, which has great hope for this vast and populous empire. China is not ready for government for the be nefit of the people ,it is feared. — Savannah Press. OFF WITH YOUR STRAW LID This is the day upon which the 1924 straw hat passes through the door marked: “Exit: This Wav out.” According to immemorial custom, this date marks the dead line for summer headwear. Careful research among hat ters and hattees fails to disclose the reason why September 15 should be the day of execution for the warm-weather dicer.— Valdosta Times. BIG TOWNS HAVE IT, TOO “Smal town jealousy” is by no means confined to the small towns, as we are reminded when we find an item such as the fol lowing in the Boston Globe: “New York is quite a lively lit tle town in some respects, but when the Leviathan needs to have a new propeller adjusted she has to come over here.’!’ —Albany Herald. THREATENING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY By far the most important event of Defense Day occurred not in the United States at all but was recorded in the dispatch es from Geneva. They announced that Sir Cecil Hurst, speaking for the British delegation, had laid a proposal before the Lea gue of Nations which touches the security of the United States more deeply than all that was said and done and thought yes terday in the United States. ~ The British proposal is -to amend international law so that in the event of war by the League against an aggressor the British Navy, acting for the Lea gue, shall have the right to en force an unlimited blockade against all ships. To this propo sal, according to the reports, M. Loucheur, in the name of France, gave his assent. If this doctrine is actually adopted by the League the practical and logical conse quence of our isolation will be forced upon us with a vengance. For see what this means: the powers in the League are attemp ts to organize world peace. Britian goes to Geneva and says: “We advocate compulsory arbi tration.” France replies: “We agree, provided the compulsory part of it is backed by armed force.” Britain retorts: “Me are ready to use our navy as our part of the armed force against a nation declared by the League to have started an aggressive war. But if we are to use our navy we must use it as we used it against Germany, and we can not. be held liable to any damage we do to the shipping of neutral nations outside the League. To put it very bluntly, if the League declares war against another Germany, and the British Navy sets up a blockade, the League as a whole must protect Britain from the protest which the Uni ted States as a possible outsider and neutral will make.” That is what is being debated in Geneva. That is what Europ • is thinking (about. Was Ithera ever a subject in foreign affairs that touched our interests more closely, or one which demonstra ted more practically the danger and the folly of our standing aloof? Cannot even Mr. Coolidge see that the logical consequence of the success of the Dawes plan is to bring the European powers together for their own protection exactly as they are tending now to come together at Geneva, and that as they come together they are bound to make decisions which affect the vital interests of a world power like the United States? Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Hughes may think thev are not intrested in the political prob lems of Europe, but if those probletns produce a war in which the League is aligned as an unit against the aggressor. Mr. Coolidge will find it as difficult to preserve neutralitv as Mr. Wil son did. He will find it more difficult in fact," because on the line the League is now taking there would be virtually no neu trals in the next war except pos sibly ourselves at the very out c,set. —New York World, ’ THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECO RDER hswlrcs Asvic CRIMINALS Dealing with crooks is £ipt to make any man cynical about human nature. An official of a big bond ing company expresses his opinion that women are more honest than men because they are more suscep tible to fear. This official may have liver trou ble. Fear doesn’t keep people honest. They are honest by choice. Ninety nine out of 100 would be honest even if there were no punishing laws fir the wayward. Criminal laws are made for a very small mi nority, ♦ ♦ ♦ CLOTHES We do things on a bigger scale in America than any of us realize. Sol Schools tells the clothiers’ con vention that the clothes industry has M,200,000 employes and sells over 10,000 million dollars worth of garments a year. What Americans spend on cloth es in two years and three months would wipe out the entire national debt. * * * WEIGHT Ice cream should be sold by weight instead of by quart, says a resolution by the N. J. Weights and measures association. This, they point out, would checkmate the trickster who pumps air into ice cream to swell its size, which is something new in applied science. It would also be a lot fairer to sell eggs by weight instead of by the dozen. * » » ORPHANS Orphans and jothcr dependent children—l2s,ooo of them—are in orphan asylums and kindred insti tutions in America. Mothers, ip particular, will pity them. Brighter is the naws that the orphan asylum is scheduled to be an extinct institution before many years. Fourty-two states already have special pensions that help widowed mothers support their children at home, 127.000 kiddies getting aid this way. An additional 70.000 have been placed in “foster homes,” mainly for children who have lost both parents. * * * FISH The gravest peril to our food supply' is our vanishing coast fish eries, Secretary Hoover warns. The oyster an dcrab catches in the At lantic are only a half of what they used to be. The same inroad has been made on Pacific salmon. This country increasingly will have to rely more on its fisheries. The ocean should be restocked and fish protected as scientifically and thoroughly as we now farm our soil. w fits’ Scientists say we must wait 200 years to learn if Mars is inhabited but we refuse to do it. After listening to a propeller hum all around the world these flyers shouldn’t mind mosquitoes. In Turkey, 40 men who didn’t use their heads lost them. New beauty champions of Ameri ca has long curls, indicating some of the judges wore hair tonic sales men instead of artists. Every autumn, everywhere, na ture holds its own beauty contest. Ney York reports a nurse short age. No wonder. All wise New York drinkers are marrying nurses, Ex-King George of Greece is bor rowing money and perhaps looking for a good stand for a new case. The eterna triangle causes enough trouble for us without the presiden tial campaign becoming an infernal triangle. Franco- British- German trade combine against America is report ed, which may hurt our export win®, monocles and pretzels. Now that we have a “Own-Your- Own-Home” movement we need a ’’ ’ ’ ’ ANOTHER DELILAH by JOVE. MR AND OF J PALM BEACH 9 MRS ST CLAIR \ • Vl LETTERS CH ARE W Y/HV DOYLY.-WHAT 1 , BELIEVE. ' YOU WILL ' A mmlmAN ABOUT MY J0g..,.'? PARDON MY TARDINESS mQ HOOPLE O—MR 0 —MR ' YES-YES—- = IN EXTENDING TO YOU THE CL(M p ANO I MAY LAwST YEAR I TURNED _ GREETINGS OF THE HOUSE HERE UNTIL W AFFAIRS CNER TO „ OF HOOPLE ' I HAVE AFTER THE MIDWINTER ANDREWS. MY JUNIOR || been out of town the holidays then spend I Td LAST FEW DAYS PRESIDING THE SO&Ai_ SEASON ~ H AT A LITERARY MEETING V AT PALM BEACH ' / f Sil A HONORARY MEMBER ' / J" Y. YAS - TJH stop 'wT 0 SIGNAv \F ’ inr mAS m mil hkwa ° ■ 17- ; w Hi bi jAI ~ Ww ~' MIXJOR EXTENDS OFFICIAL GREETINGS ai^vnuht.iw,os vea tnc.> ; Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. StMit. 22, 1904.) The many friends of Dr. Willie S. Prather are pleased at his con valescence after a confinement at home with fever for the past week oi- ten days. At the state and county election two weeks hence the voters of Sum ter willxvote for or against the con stitutional amendment relative to the local taxation for schools. The amentment means simply that the constitution shall be amended so as to permit local taxation by a sub sequence vote of the people in case they should want it. Prices on the Americus market still reflect the advance in futures during the past two or three days, and excellent values are being re ceived for spot cotton here. Yes terday the market showed consider able strength, and while Americus buyers freely paid 10 3-8 cents, for good cotton some few sales were made ht' 10 1-4 cents. “Alphonse and Gaston” will ex cell all records in politeness at the opera house tonight, and a large audience will, on doubt, enjoy the performance. Mr. George H. Fields, of Ameri cus, who at different times has man aged the two leading hotels here, will go to Bainbridge ten days hence, to take the management of The Wainman. movenient to get all the autos paid for. Thangsgiving is only a few weeks rfom here now, thank goodness. “There will be plenty of coal this winter,” says a dealer. Yes, and no doubt there will be plenty of dia monds. Blowing about your goods is all right. That’s just the trade wind. Coffield More autoists would use the Coffield Tire Protectors if they knew of their wonder ful performances in elimi nating punctures, rim cuts, fabric breaks and ruptures. They double the mileage of your tirps, makes the car ride easier like the balloon tires. Some users have driv en 55,000 miles without hav ing the protector penetrated. A trial will convince the most skeptical as to their safety and economy, and no lady driving out alone need worry about the tire trouble with her cap equipped with these protectors. CLEM P. DAVIS, Factory Representative At Americus Drug Co. Americus, Ga. /'protector /tube | / x U.S.PATENT S '• ,81 ’ 065 MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Sept. 22, 1894.) A bevy of pretty school girls in charge of Miss Ida Munro, one of the faculty of the National Pari: Seminary, Washington, left this morning for that celebrated insti tution of learning. Among tle number was Miss Annie Belle Ro ney, of this city, Miss Fleta Wise, of The Plains, and Miss Paschal, of Dawson. The scene of the rally (?) yes terday was in striking contrast to that of the 12th, when 1,800 demo crats cheered the utterances of Speaker Crisp and General Evans. Sixty-six people dont contsitute much of a “rally.” Capt. Thos. M. Allen, a former citizen of Americus, but now one of the leading citizens of the flourish ing little town of Leslie, is in the city. Capt. Allen was recen'.ly elected mayor of Leslie, and will do that much toward the upbuilding of that embryo metropolis. Cotton dropped eight or ten points again yesterday, a define of a quarter of a cent within the past two or three days. Notwith standing this fact Americus buyers paid Thursdays quotations for the staple, there being little change in prices. Several wagon loads of good old country hams and smoked bacon were brought in yesterday, and found ready stile the highest priecs. Plenty of Sumter county farmers are independent of the low price of cotton. I made on Improved G'U'/Tl ’Cfarm 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 county alone, with plenty more to lerxi. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Macon, StewaU, Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americus, Ga. Phone 89 -w 211. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmera Night Phones 661 and 88 Day Phones 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. 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