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PAGE FOUR TIME S - REC 0 1 D I B . PUBLISHED 1979 •. 1— »• Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (mo.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Entered at e«cood data matter at the poatoffiof at America*, <zeorgia, according to the Act Congnwa. The Aaaoriatrd Treat la eicluafrely entitled to the nae for the republication of all new* die* paicbee credited to it or not otherwiee credited to thio paper and alto the local *ew* published boro* tn. All right of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. National Advertising Represents lives, FROST LANDIS & KOHN, bruMvick Bldg.. Nev Torkl *eoi>les* Gas Bldg,. Chicago. A THOUGHT s beest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.—Prov. 22:29 ♦ » * To business that We love, we rise betimes and go to it with delight —Shakespeare. iKlii. Give That Boy a Square Deal The ambition of practically every business man is to give a square deal to every one with whom he does business. Con sciously or unconsciously; he asks himself the question, ' Am I dealing fairly, am 1 giving full value to my customers, is my word as good as my bond?" But how often does a father ask himself that self-same ques tion when he thinks of that son of his? Syccess in business depends on"a square deal. Modern com merce demands it, but there is no such rigid rule applying to the father or e.«on, and, of the two, it is more necessary that that boy be given a square deal than to those from who we de rive a monetary profit. That boy is the future citizen. The safety and prosperity of .America DEPENDS ON HIM. He takes up where dad leaves off. As a father, if is your duty to that boy; to know his a <«. tfiijsnds, his associates, his am- L jbitibns and his desires. It is your duty to guide him in his i . V- v selection of books and maga . k as. Well as his playmates, ♦ - " aha -it is that thought which causes this to be written. Since man first began to place « on Paper there have » ’ been good books and bad ones; magazines that are worthy a place*qjn the home and, some that are rfbt; but of late we have been impressed with the great volume £ •> of trash and positively damning stuff that is appearing in some of the magazines of today; ar ticles that are dangerous to ma ll ture mind§, much less to those still in a formative state. One of these articles or stories may completely unbalance the mind of an inamature youth. -A s a father, if you are giving - that boy a square deal, you are • watchin" his reading; you know flj- what magazines and what books "1 / reads ; y° u should know or | 'you cannot guide him and help • ;mcld his character. No boy can have a finer com 'panion than books and maga i§ izines, provided they are clean, 'L .iVholesome and worthwhile. No can select a more vicious that some of the ’I magazines that may ,h.£ had for a few cents. Wisely It guided, he will in tim e learn to select and love those things I ftvhtch are clean and worthwhile. | Left to himself he may become perverted and will in time view . life Jrom a vicious angle. 'For years we have read one £ magazine that is filled with ;| stories and articles that will crc ;jl ate a laudable ambition in the ■*; mind of a boy; that will aid him •t * n 8 that will inspire bim to attempt great things and JE will comfort him when failure stares him in the face. We re f j f er *° American Magazine, published by the Crowell Pub lishing Co., Merle Crowell, edi l’» tor. And there are hundreds of others just as good; we mere cite tlj this one as an example. B Seme one on? e said: "Show S® me the books a boy reads, show I me the pictures on his wall, and 1 will tell you what sort of a man •Si e likely make." Books ft and magazines, carefully select- ed, are among a boy’s—and a ■£ gir . best friends and com “ 8 paijjpns- if Give that boy of yours a fl deal by aiding him in the "f selection of the things he reads. 1 he Training School Congratulations and words of appreciation are due to all those who have made the Methodist framing School such an out •? standing success. To those ministers and lay -4 men who have worked unceas ingly during the week much HI credit is due, but the major A praise should go to those men PF J _ weather and over almbst hpjTassable, have labored so cheerfully to prepare themselves to teach and lead others. Ihe Training School is a school in which the pupil has been compelled to study day and night to fit himself or her self for luture service as Chris tian teachers. On the part of both, teacher and pupil it has been a work of love, an ardent desire .to aid others, an entirely unselfish ef fort with no possible hope of re ward except that satisfaction ■which con.es from service. Every community reoresenled in the school will derive a bene fit that cannot be measured in dollars and cents, for one of the most vital needs of the day is education—and train teachers necessary for this work. 1 he effort to make the school a permanent feature will meet with the applause of every com munity from whose boundaries these men and women have come. The Price of Gasoline There is a wide variation in the price of gasoline in this coun try. Discussing the question of gasoline prices, the Rome News- I ribune observes: Reductions in the price of gas oline are bein,g made throughout the country, Georgia con sumers continue to pay a high price. Gasoline is now 20 cents a gal lon in New York and 18 cents a gallon in Colorado. Ohio filling stations are selling it from 18 to 16 cents a gallon. A price war at Tampico be tween petroleum companies has resulted in crude oil selling at about one-fourth its usual price. A reduction of one cent a’gal lon in West Virginia makes the price of gasoline in that State 21 cents a gallon, including a two cent State tax. The tank wag-on or wholesale price of gasoline in New Jersey is 17 cents a gollon. If the re tailers these make only two cents a gallon as in Georgia, the retail price is 19 cents. Gasoline dealers, the wholesale distributors, blame the high freight rates for the price of the motor fuel in this State. Freight rates in Georgia ought not to be any higher than to other States an equal distance from the refin eries. Much of the gasoline that is sold in other States at a lower price than in Georgia is shipped from the port of Savannah through Georgia. The difference of from two to seven cents a gallon in the price of gasoline in Georgia as com pared with other States amounts •“to i'h a few weeks. In Floyd county alone 21 J,OOO gal lons of gasoline was consumed in August. At two cents a gallon that meajis a premium of $4,380 that the consumers here paid, and at seven cents a gallon it was a premium of $15,240. One cent a gallon is, estimated to be equiva lent to $1,000,000 a year in Geor gia. If the present excessive price is maintained a year in this State, Georgia consumers will pay to the oil companies a tax of from $2,000,000 to $7,000,000 this year. That is enough to build many miles of road. , The oil barons will compel the government to place the price of gasoline under govern ment regulation. Just as the In terstate Commerce Commission fixes the price the railroads may charge for freight or passengers, so just the Federal government will inevitably name the price of gas. Such fluctuations of prices as have existed and still exist cannot but result in fed eral control. In some respects it is juntas important tohave cheap gasoline as cheap freight rates. It is coming and that soon, un less the oil men deal more fairly with the public. Laziness Mother of Invention Laziness, rather than neces sity, is the mother of invention. Nearly all progress is the result of man’s attempt to dodge work—find an easier way. The cave man disliked the hard labor involved in climbing up the steep cliff to his cave. So he pondered and schemed until the idea of a rope or rawhide ladder occurred to him. Ages later, laziness revolted at climb ing stairs and invented the ele vator. Long ago, far back in the mists of time, a primitive genius staggering through the jungle with a heaw carcass on his back sat down to rest. A wild horse galloped past. Presto! Here was a beast that might carry man’s burdens. Hard to catch and tame the horse, but laziness was enough inducement. To . handle the horse, harness had to be invented. Later, wagons with wheels. The gigantic science of transportation came into being. A farmer lad in southern Ohio, disliking the lifting of a heavy wagon to remove the wheels, invented the lifting jack you use on vour auto. F inish the list yourself. It is endless. Evolution can be traced un brohenly as a hunt far ease, says Prof. Pike of Columbia Univer sity. Life tends t* follow the”’ I line of least resistance—laziness, There are plenty of things, it appears, must have wings, for they conic and they linger, then go. It is well worth a smile how you have them a while, and they’re gone and just where you don’t know. It is well we begin on the mere little pin for its life is a short one at best. It serves you a day, then it passes away into nowhere, to join all the rest. And then comes to mind any pencil—you’ll find that no mat ter how costly or cheap, one minute they’re here; then they just disappear. I hey’re a mighty hard object to keep. And say, where s the fella who’s owned an umbrella, who’s man aged to keep it for long? It’s suddenly borowed, the owner is sor rowed. Another good rain-stick gone wrong. I m inquisitive, so I would sure like to know what the answer to all this can be. Things go, that we know, but just where do they go? It is always a myst’ry to me. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Gov. Alfred E. Smith Will Run Again NOTHING MORE USELESS When a gossiper gets it in the neck, or some other vulnerable spot, it makes us feel good. There is nothinc more useless on this earth than the man or woman who makes it his or her busineis to go abuot scattering tales about some other person.—Tifton Ga zette. ABSENT VOTERS’ BILL In November election the abse.it voters on the registration lists in Georgia will have ;.n oppor tunity to cast their ballots, if they get busy promptly. The ab sent voters’ bill, as passed by the last General Assembly, provided that qualified voters living out side the State, or being away from the country or district in which they should cast their bal lot could make applieattion to the ordinary of the county for permission to vote by mail. The provisions of this bill arc quite simple. An application is made to the ordinary who in turn mails the ballot to the applicant, who casts it by registering it at a post office and having it returned to the ordinary to be held under seal until election day. when it is cast as is any other ballot. TheTe was considerable inter est in this absent voters’ bill dur ing .the recent primary, but them was not sufficient time for it to become operative, as anplica lions must be made for such Jial lot not more than sixtv davs be- j fore an election, and not ler: than thirty. • Because of this last | provision those who live awav from their polling place knd Wish to take advantage of this n°w le gislation, must make applicatjpn promntly for ballot. It is expected that quite a num ber of absent voters will cast their ballots in the November ele ction.— Savannah Press. BOOTLEGGERS' PATRONS ARE WARNED The great number of Ameri cans employing the services of bootleggers have doubtless in most cases assumed that, though it is illegal to sell, it is not illegal to buy. This impression has recci ved a severe shock in Arkansas, where the Federal authorities have used the list surrendered >y a convicted bootlegger as a ba sis for warrants for the arrest of his real or alleged customers, who are said to include promi nent citizens and even high of ficials. -These respectable and supposedly law-abiding persons are now charged with procuring, possessing and transporting for bidden liquors. And according to report this is only the begin ning of a drastic Federal cam paign against the customers of bootleggers in all the States. If such persons can be brought to book in Arkansas and else where, there is prospect ,of a sizable disturbance in these United States. It is scarcely t.»-.- much to say that Congressmen, Senators. Governors, even Judg'S and clergymen—if all one hears is true- —will share with ordinary citizens the danger of seeing the inside of a court, if not a jail, with all the anguish of publicity in conversation of energv and time. Even the turtle. It probably grew the shell on its back to save the effort of rushing to cov er when attacked. The elephant is smaller than its ancestors. Its body made itself smaller to escape carrying around so much weight. Nevertheless, the old plati tudes hold true the "work hard" propaganda that is drum med into us all through life. In vention and progress result from the desire to escape work. But hard toil and long hours are necessary, to find the easier way of doing things. The steady plugger may not personally find an easier way. But he is an important part of the race that’s finding it. The race is what counts, not the indivic/ual. Inventors of irnprytance are nearly always terrifically hard workers. But their goal is gratification of the laziness of humanity at large. THE AMERICUS volved. However, there may be means of escape from the dread ful peril in not a few instances It will be possible to claim—per haps in many cases truthfully-- that one’s name is on such a tell tale list not as a customer but merely as a “prospect,” and the bootlegger’s word, unsupported by other evidence, would hardly be accepted by a court as suffieient to convict. But it is likely that the mere danger of being pub licly accused will tend to allevi ate thirst and to decrease, the number of Bootleggers’ sales.— Valdosta Times. a/\efe&6 ttyAlbcrt Arplc FUNNY? The funniest thing in the round the-world airplane Hight, says Lieu tenant Smith, was the way i.ie frightened natives in Indo-China fled into the woods when they saw the huge steel birds swooping down toward them. It, didn’t strike those Malay na tives as, being especially humorous. George Washington would probably have dropped dead of heart failure if he could have seen one of these planes. We’ve approached it gradually, so it has none of the terrors of what is magical and not far from super natural—this flying “magic carpet.” * ♦ « THIEVES Scotland Yard defective discusses the unwritten law among British crooks, by which members of the royal family are not to be robbed under any circumstances. Over here there are no such dis tinctions. Poor boxes in churches are pillaged by prowlers, widows and orphans robbed and swindled with intent, the poorest consumer gouged to the last penny of possible extortion. Even a detective occasionally has his badge “lifted” by a “dip”. Be< ig a younger civilization than the Brit ish, our thieves have not as yet e; tablished tradition. * * * OUT Trade with South America, after a great hullabaloo, is proving dis ;p --pointing. Brazil has bought 5 million dollars worth of America" products in seven months. But .he United Kingdom bought 13 times as much in the same period, Canada about nine times as mu di and Ger many • h jUL six times as mucn a o Brazil. China, on the other 1 and, buys over twice the amount of Brazil’s purchases from us. O'ir big trad market sttill is across the Atlant - and our big future market across the Pacific. • * * PENALTY People who cause fires by earless ness should be punished by courts, argues the state fire marshal of Massachusetts. He thinks the care less man cannot be converted into a careful man simply b- telling him to be careful. This is direct re" nn’ng without any bunk. A pena’ty : s not always a preventive. But it helps. It’s the kick in a live wire that keeps people away. Carlessne ;s becomes ethically criminal when . it endangers the lives or property of others. ♦ * « BIKES More bicycles were made and sold in America in the last year than ever before. They seem less be cause. lost in the swarm of autos, they do not attract attention. Among boys there’s as great long ing for “bikes” as when father was a lad. Youth prefers a means of locomotion propelled by youth’s own power. The auto, requiring lit tle effort, is for the older and lazie” generation. LUXURY An old London newspaper, year 1887, comes to light with this social notice: “Randolph Churchill is a perfect type of gentleman. His huose is appointed comme il faut with electric lights in every room.” Do you remember when one of the town’s richest men pointed out as the daring and extravagant owner of the com-munity’S first horseless carriage? OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern v -x / TT * yiY v sIDICTED V H .pp,. v OTHLR IN /- ; WIEN THEY GET BACVA . ? 5 MEL < LISTEN TO HIM SNAP ABOUT TH' BLEU \ L FROM \ BACK,— I THOUGHT OF NAMES TH'PRINCE L .rc-r ) HE WAS PX SORT OF 1 OF WALES HAS k EE IF /: V w IT, N x J f Q-f personally )' pa COUSIN OFF ?S' ’"-kUI J . 'HETRAIN?— 1A i JOgOfe • i -■-.aSl.lV'.A ,JER ME. THAT j/Z’ ■' ' \ XRE WOMAN / )U WING ME / \ Wa /A THAT HAIR J ' 5H —M | z /z [ z I \ /■/- \ 11 1 511 h ffll fTPT SET. ” TOUCH OF THE. - • ST.CLAIR’S DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY . (Copyrighl. ireiJn-XEASelvin-. In-. I ” I Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Sept. 26, 1914.) Mr. L. G. Council, President of Georgia Bankers’ Association re turned to Americus yesterday from an important business mission in Washington, where he was invited by Senator Hoke Smith to discuss matters of importance relative to conditions existing in the South. Mr. Council was accompanied by Mr. Hayes McFadden, of Atlanta, secre tary of the State’s bankers associa tion. Again the cotton wagons trundled over the wet roads of Sumter to Americus yesterday and receipts for the day were good as expected after the torrental rain on Thursday, which not only delayed picking, but washed the roads in many localities as well. The ruling price here yes terday was about 7 3-4 cents and few, if any sales were made'at eigiit cents, or above the figure quoted. Resse Horton, manager of the local branch of the Gulf Refining company has received notice from headquarters to purchase a bale of cotton for his company. This order has gone out to every branch of the company in Dixie. It means that tiie gasoline concern will take 1,0(10 bales off of the market at 10 cents per pound. The buy-a -bale move ment is sweeping the country. Dr. Bascom Anthony wearing the W Vavs In Lisbon, a bomb thrown into the Hotel Swiss-Atlantic may have bent a few of their steaks. Three men who failed to escape from the Atlanta (Ga.) pen must spend this winter in jail, where it is lice and warm. Dr. Yen heads the Peking govern ment, proving even a name which sounds like money counts. The Geramn cabinet is about to be overturned,but then that has L'- come a German custom, so don’t worrry. The trouble with getting so n - body to help you spell a word is they look as if you were so ignorant. The polo trot is said to be the newfall dance, but we don’t know f they run neck and neck or nose and nose. A sugar surplus is reported; this time by the market editor instei. 1 of by the June husbands. Farmers from various sections report profits from crop pools, un less there were sharks in them. Jasper (Ala.) man claims ne heard a snake say “hello”, but the revenue men haven’t done a thing. It is easier to get the children to bed, now that they have their les sons to study. I OAfMS lna<3o on Improved •-Vrll '’ k - farm 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 lend. ’ MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sumter, Lee, Torrell. Schley. Macon, Stewa'r’-, Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americus, Ga. Phone 89 Cf 1, ■ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924 smile that brings inspiration to his hundreds of friends here, came over yesterday from his home in Dublin for a day among friends in Ameri pus. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Sept. 26, 1894.) A crowd of 300 or 400 interested spectators witnessed the bicycle races at Leeton Park yesterday af ternoon. The first race was a one mile novice. The entries in this were E. C. Speer, Will Lanier, Tim Killen, Charles Griffin, and Carr Glover. Griffith won first prize, Lanier second and Glover third. Next was quarter mile open, the first prize a very handsome medal Will Dudley and A. S. Thompson were only contestants, Will Dudley coming out ahead. The quarter mile race for boys under 16 was cn tered by Chesley Wheeler, Joe How ard, and Walter Ben Hollis. Wheel er winning the gold medal in 43 seconds. In the second race f>r boys under 14 Hooks Burkhalter, Ralph McKenzie, and H. D. Solo mon, the former won the pretty gold medal. Then the free for all scrub races. In the first of these John Shiver carried off the prize, one he had no earthly use for, wh'lf Crawford Wheatley took the second prize, and smiled blandly as it was presented to him. Americus may soon operate its own electric light plant. The mat ter was brought up for discussion at the meeting of council on Monday, and was favorably considered. Al ready the city has the power at the pumping station and the only ado -' tional cost would be a dynamo and the wires. George McNeills ginhouse, on l.is farm near the city, is the favorite meeting place for the “pops” of this vicinity. Large meetings a>e held there almost nightly and are not infrequently captured by demo cratic speakers stmt out from the city. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER. Manager Funeral Directors And Embalmer® Night Phones 661 and 88 Dav Phones 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier G. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier I he Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) _OUR CUSTOMERS If Jl With a reasonable knowledge of J i Sj what each of our hundreds of customers want, coupled wit 1 m ° Ur to be “sympathetic MKSlitltf it 1 H to every need, and faithful to r every trust”—makes this bank l?."* fV 5 an institution preferred. We tijf hjr.'il cordially invite 'fin account — -- commercial or Savings. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 V RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING THE STANDARD TRADE REVIVAL SALE! Swift Selling, of Great Quantities of Merchandise at Greatly Reduc ed Prices. Three Times Each Week We Will Print a New List. $3.00 to $5.00 Bed Spreads At $1.98. Heavy Crocbst Bed Spreads, few Maiseills; none that sold for less than $3, and many that sold for $5. Every one slightly soiled. For 20 cents the laundry will cure all hurts; displayed on special counter, choice $1.98 J. & . Coats’ Spool Cotton At 1 Cent Spool Genuine J. &. P. Coats’ Spool Cotton, all numbers, black and white, per spool 1c; 5 spools for sc; sold only with other purchases of $1 or moje. Best Standard Outings At 20 Cents Full width with heavy double-nap, plain colors and great assortment of fancy patterns, here now at yard „ 20c Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Union Suits at 98c Heavy ribbed or fleeced lined Union Suits, every regular size and plenty of every size; some of these are long enough and large for small men; here now at suit .. 98c Heavy Yard Wide Sheeting At 12 l-2c Yard Full yard wide, heavy even weave; selling now at the lowest price ir two years; 2000 yards to let go at yard 12 l-2c Get Your Share of These Remnants at Half Price Remnants of almost everything old in a regular piece goods stock and some of them are marked as low as 5c yard. They average half price or less. Displayed on center counters. The Best Pillow Cases At 35 Cents Gold Seal Pillow Cases, full reg alar size, guaranteed free from dressing and of excellent quality muslin; regularly 50c, here at 35c Men’s 25c to 35c Knitted Four- Hand Ties at 10c They are just like We tall you. Come and see for yourself; full length; beautiful quality; while they last, each 10c Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS. GA.
