Georgia Historic Newspapers

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A THOUGHT~~
The thought* of the diligent tend
only to plenteousne**; but of every
one that is hasty only to want
Prov. 21:15.
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Diligence, above all, is the mot. -r
..of good luck. —Samuel Smiles.
“That Something"
How many of us really lack
an incentive to push ahead in
this world?
How many are lacking ’That
. Something?”
Naturally you are asking your
self just what are we talking
about! if you would know, go
around to the Carnegie Library
on Jackson street, and get that
little book called "That Some
thing.” Read it, and then read
it again, and see if it fits YOUR
case, or perhaps the case of
some special friend that you
.... would like to see succeed in this
life's work.
"That Something” is a short
little story of a man who, after
graduating from college, found
that he was incapacitated for
life’s work, and gave up all hope
of ever succeeding. He went
from bad to worse, until one
rainy day, he found himself on
a street corner begging alms
from strangers. One day, a
prosperous looking citizen of the
town stopped to talk to him, and
REFUSED to help him, with the
reply that he didn't need food,
he didn't need clothes, but what
* he needed was "THAT SOME
THING !”
- It woke him up! He found
that something!
Perhaps right here in Ameri
cus we have a number of peo- •
pie who have not found "THAT
SOME I HING,” who need to
wake up!
Read this litle book, and then
read it again, and recommend it
to some of your friends. They
may need it if you don’t.
Daugherty Continues to
Dodge
John W. Davis severely criti
cised Harry M. Daugherty, in his
own State a few days ago.
Daugherty replied to Davis in a
letter in which he declared that
Davis did him an injustice.
A few days after Gaston B.
Means, one of the witnesses
testifying before the Senate com
mittee which investigated
Daugherty’s conduct in office,
came out in what was said to be
an uninfluenced repudiation of
his testimony.
Later, so the press informs us.
Means declares he is ready to
again appear before the Senate
committee with evidence more
damaging than ever.
Around and around the Re
publican corruptionist chases one
statement with another, like a
dog after its tail.
Harry Daugherty is afraid.
After months of bluster he re
fused to take the witness stand
and face the question on his
record. He is still cowarding
behind a technicality, says The
Nation, adding:
He is not the kind of man who
fights in the open. Twice he has
exposed himself as the slimiest
kind of fighter. Once he confer
red with the secretary and anoth
er employee of the Republican
National Committee; the latter
forthwith departed for Montana
and arranged with a federal of
fice-holder- to have Burton K.
Wheeler indicted on trumped-up
evidence. Senator Borah’s com
mittee investigated and reported
that Mr. Wheeler had “observ
ed at all times not only the let
ter but the spirit of the law.”
Daugherty lapsed for a time into
silence, appearing in the newspa
pers only in connection with his
brother’s fight to keep their bank
accounts fron. examination. Now
he plays another card. One of
the many witnesses who testified
to the rottenness and corruption
in his department was Gaston B.
Means, a former department em
ployee, an intimate of Daugherty
and friend of Andrew Mellon.
Mr. Means was under indictment
in New York for violation of the
liquor laws. No sooner had he
appeared against Daugherty than
the prosecution was pressed.
Means was convicted and sentenc
ed to two years' imprisonment.
He told Senator Wheeler that he
had no money with which to ap
pr-ai, and that a representative
of Daugherty had approached him
promising relief if he would re
pudiate his testimony. Wheeler
told him to do asx-onscience bade
him. Now, in tie midst of the
campaign, Daugherty produces
an alleged repudiation—which
repudiates in its turn. This
Means, somewhat equivocally,
suspicious set of circumstance?
should be cleared up. Has
Daugherty still influence enough
in the administration of justice
to arrange reprieves for n:<::
perjure then:'. ~ '
ding and help his p ’ : asso-
ciates?
Daugherty will continue to
dodge and bluster and unless a
Democratic C ongress and a
Demociatic President takes a
hand, the chances »re that
Daugherty will go unpunished.
Mr Coolidge and his courage
have not been able to get to
gethec s.;:t'.<.en: > to force gov
•s where they
belong
Man Must Work
\l ,-g to the editor of a na-
I .azine, one who signs
himself Anonymous,” asks for
help. He wants to know how
to Eve without working. Says he:
Dear Sir: I know you as a
friend of the poor and oppressed
and I am therefore writing to ask
you to do something for me. I
am a poor man who has just had
a vacation; not an extensive one,
but just a little, innocent holiday
in the course of which I never
harmed a dumb beast or neglect
ed to reward my fellow-man as
requested from time to time.
Now I have come back to work
and I find work impossible. Man
was not made for work. ■ Never
theless, 1 am compelled to seek
my livelihood and have nothing
to look forward to in the future
except another vacation followed
by another resumption of toil.
What I would like you to do is
to write your Congressman, if
you can remember who he is,
asking him to introduce suitable
legislation abolishing either vaca
tions or work. I know, dear Sir,
that you have Influence; I know
you never work yourself and are
therefore not troubled with my
problem; I know, if you will, that
you have both leisure and power
to Do Something. What will it
BE? I am hopefully yours.
We wonder if there are many
who think as does this unfor
tunate fellow. Probably there
a few, but not many.
His trouble is th*at he has
failed to find PLEASURE in
his work. It may be that he is
a round pig in a square hole, and
again it may be that h e is just
one of those who would become
a "wanderer and a vagabond if
others dependent on him did
not make such a step impossi
ble.
There is no happiness without
work. History’s pages are fill
ed with accounts of busy men
who have “retired” only to find
that in retirement there was nei
ther pleasure nor rest. The most
miserable, the most discontented
man on the globe is the idler,
the loafer.
There is happiness in work.
It is there for him who looks for
it. Idleness brings discontent—
and sometimes crime.
\ OPINIONS OF j
J OTHER EDITORS
CAPITOL REMOVAL AGAIN
The Macon News, for one,
has never felt that Macon had a
right to abandon the effort to
bring the Capitol to this city.
Local pride would be gratified by
the change, to be sure, but the
movement is based on something
broader than pride or selfishness.
It is not Macon's fight
It is the struggle of what we
frankly believe to be the majori
ty of the people of Georgia. In
our opinion, there has never been
a time, at least within the past
ten or fifteen years, when the ver
dict of the people would not
have been in favor of capitol re
moval.
It is not necessary to adopt the
Ballyhoo- methods to keep this
matter before the General Assem
bly. The fight should be main
tained on a high and dignified
plane. But we do feel that the
people of South and Middle Geor
gia—in fact, a majority of the
• people of this State—think the
State capitol should be most ac
, cessible to the greatest number
of people.
There is one way, and only one
way, by which the issue can be
settled, and that is at the polls
—Macon News.
A HOPE POSTPONED
Georgia was once the “Empire
State of the South.” There is no
use trying to blind ourselves to
the fact that that day has pass
ed. North Carolina and Florida
have left us far behind. Others
will do so, too. unless something
is done about it. The reason can
not be that we are poor in resour
ces—the possible wealth, neglect
ed and unused, is greater than
'hat of manv States whose actual
wealth doubles ours. Whatever
the many reasons which enter in
to this condition, it is lamentable
]y true that short-sighted nolictes.
and the failure of political bodie l -'
to recognize and meet problems
•n a spirit of true statemanship,
bear a large share of the blame.
When it is clearly shown that
other neighboring Slates
forging ahead of us, the remedy
might be *o bring the matter be
fore th* Legislature in the true
light. It mav be nk-asint to hear
about Georgia’s high stand among
the United ?t npth- .
When the fall is in the ozone and the leaves are in the afll,
and there’s cold within the air but not your head, it is nice to crank
your auto, if the thing will start at all, and just ride to watch the
green things turning red.
You can ride the lovely highways where the mud is mucky
thick; you can now and then get stuck up to the hub. But, on
any of the ways someone else will likely stick, so you’ll know that
you are not the only dub.
You can catch the cut of autumn with its tingle in the air; you
can deeply drink the chill in, brave and bold. You can catch the
loss of summer which has gone, you know, not where, and it’s like
ly, too, you’ll also catch a cold.
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Oh, I’ve met the folks who”ve done it and I’l pass it on to
you. It is mild to merely tell you they have raved. They have
worn too little clothing, quite a foolish thing to do, and they’ve
driven on the roads that are not paved.
• Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
ing but empty air. If she wishes
to maintain her standing she will
have to get to work and work
hard. Nothing but the adoption
of broad, liberal policies and the
united thought and labor and e.i
thusiasm of all her citizens will
start her back on the road from
which she has lost her way.—
Savannah Press.
NOT CONFIRMED BY
STATISTICS
In his masterful argument
to the court in defense of
Loeb and Leopold, the kidnap
ers and murderers of young
Franks, Clarence Darrow de
clared that it is easy to bang men
as the public clamor for hang
ing.
But this statement is not con
firmed by the investigations of one
of the leading life insurance coi <-
panies of the country, the Metro
politian.
The Metropolitan, according to
its statistics based uoon actual
experience, last year paid $724.-
000 in homicide cases. It has been
able to obtain complete informa
tion regarding only 146 out of
446 homicides among its policy
holders. In these cases there
were .->5 penitentiary sentences,
one parole, one fine and one ex
ecution. “The rest are either un
apprehended, have been set free,
or are awaiting trial.”
And so it seems, after all, that
it is not such an easy matter to
hang men in this counirv.
LA FOLLETTE’S ASSAULT ON
SUPREME COURT
President Coolidge scored f
telling blow at La Follettism
when he called the attention of
the country to the sinister and
far-reaching import of the La
Follette campaign involved in
his attacks on the SuDrome Court
and its fundamental guarantees
La Follette would emnower Con
gress to override and nullify th®
decisions of the high tribunal by
two-third majorities, just as are
reqir'red to set aside a veto <>r
the President. The method would
be a radical departure from the
inherent principles of the Ameri
can system of government red
would enthrone the lawmaking
branch with sunremq nower in
governmental affairs. President
Coolidge declares that this co
vert design in the program of ra
dicalism has for its object the
confiscation of property and the
destruction of libertv. and that
the time to begin to check those
wht> would loosen and weaken
the fabric of our government is
before they begin.
It is hoped that there will be a
sweeping repudiation of La Fjl
ette, root and branch, all ovci
the country, but is will not be
denied that there is an unusual
amount of unrest and animosity
and Bolshevism abroad in the
land and La Follette will be the
beneficiary of this immense vol
ume of radical sentiment. How
ever. should he bv any sort of
upturn or complication of the
political factors, become the next
president, he would be powerless
to shake the enduring founda
tions of the countrv’s judicial
system. It has long been a fash
ion to critise the Supreme Court
and perhaps it is fair to assume
that its decisions have not al
ways been right, because it woufd
be a supernatural bodv. if th?v
were. But taken all in all it
represents our greatest contribu
tion to the art of government.—
Selma (Ala.) Times.
COUNTESS ‘'ATM mother
OF 7- POUND BOY
NEW YORK, Sent 30—Countess
Ludwig Salm-Von Hoogstraten, for
merly Miss : Millicent Rogers, to
day was reported as doing well fol
lowing the birth of a son in a pri
vate hospital yesterday that the boy
weighed seven pounds at birth.
Count Salm-Von Hoogstraten, to
whom Miss Rogers was married last
January 8, now is in Europe. He
has been estranged from his wife
since last May, four months after
they were married against the
wishes of Miss Rogers’ parents, Col.
and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers. Countess
Salm-Von Hoogstraten is the heir
ess to a sum estimated at $40,000,-
000 left by her grandfather, the
late H. H. Rogers, oil magnate.
After the marriage the countess
went abroad with her husband. In
April her father sailed for Europe
and she returned to this country,
her husband going to Vienna,
where he is head of the Austrian
house bearing his name, Ke . was
said have been virtually penniless
at the time of his marriage. Col.
and Mrs. Rogers were present at
the birth of their daughter’s son.
A man’s rights to drink booze are
fast his furneraj rites.
Skat*
' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECO RDER v
Apc&s
MARS
If you have been wondering how
the scientists are able to tell so
much about conditions on Mars,
here is a sample: The Lowell Ob
servatory in Arizona recently found
that the temperature on Mars is 4S
degrees, instead of below zero, as
had been supposed. This was learn
ed by using the Coblentz radiomter,
which is so delicate that it accurate
ly measures the heat of a candle 100
miles away.
Human brains that can make sud
a wonderful mechanism will not be
balked at finding away to communi
cate with the people on Mars, if
any.
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EGO
The public used to sneer and
guffaw when imaginative scientist-,
far in advance of their time, sug
gested that people may live on Mars
and other heavenly bodies besids?
the earth.
Man’s egotism, knowing no boun
ds, fancied that the stars and their
satellites far off in space existed
only as tiny points of light for men
to glance at when they felt like ic.
Now we know that our world is
in the universe, less than a sing’e
drop of water in the oceans. With
knowledge, man becomes more hum
ble.
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WEATHER
Weather experts are on the thre
shold of new discoveries in the do
main of, forecasting, predicts Mr
vin. He’s head weatherman for Un
cle Sam.
The main obstacle is that weath
er involves so much of the unexpec
ted. and that’s something no one can
anticipate. The human animal has
to rely largely on precedent.
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POLAR
Did you “catch” that new scien
tific theory about freakish wea’.her
this year? Thev figure that pockets
or funnels suddenly open in our at
mosphere, permitting rushing wed
ges of frigid polar air to sweep down
on us from up north.
The cold breads through just as
a river through a broken levee or
dam. Then the funnel-shaped po k
et suddenly closes up and rays are
warm again.
The cause probably is connected
with our sun, which for several
years has been on the sick-list.
Now it’s convalescing after a pe
riod of giving off 5 per cent le -s
heat than normal.
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PRCDIGAL
Things do not always run true to
Precedent. A prodigal son. return
ing home in New York, failed to
find a fatted calf awaiting hun.
There was a warrant out for the
prodigal.
His father, a plainclothesman,
served the warrant—took him to
tail.
This is not -without its note of trag.
edv. Can you imagine the mental
and spiritual tortues this father
went through ?
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BOSS
Northern Pacific ’’a' l, " 1 v insures
all its employes unde- - MJ-million
dollar “groupe c'-nt’ 1 ’ that re
quires no medical r-->->”ination.
It’s a wise prov' especially
for men who never save.
Begins to look as if most of our
social and economical problems will
be solved by corporations instead of
e-overment —in the far off future.
Business, after all, is th? real gov
ernment.
THREE KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Sept. 30.
Three persons were killed and two
probably fatally injured when a rail
road motor car on which they were
riding collided head on with a South
ern railway freight train shortly be
fore 1 o’clock Monday near Peaks,
S'. C., about 25 miles nort of Colum
bia.
News of the collision reached here
late Monday when the injured were
brought to a Columbia hospital for
medical attention. The dead:
Killian Chapman, of! Peaks,
white; Heyward Metts, of Littleton,
S. C., white; Charles Brown, of
Peaks, negro.
The injured: James Dailey, of
Peaks, white; James ne
gro.
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Old Days In Americas
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder Sept.
30, 1894.)
An old citizdns, who was discuss
ing the cotton situation at Council
and Mcuarran s saia that he sold
cotton in 1842 for 3 1-2 cents, and
didn’t starve either. After th L
time the market advanced and de
clined alternately until about 1897,
when 30 cents per pound was paid
for middling cotton at that same
warehouse.
The injunction and receivership
cases growing out of the trouble
among the members of Bethesda
Baptist church, colored, was enter
ed upon before Judge Fish yester
day morning. An able aray of law
yers represnted the opposing face
tious, while Pastor McNeal and 'a
targe crowd of interested colored
people assembled to witness the le
gal battle.
Mr. M. Callaway received a hah’
dozen letters yesterday from farri
ers and professional men in Mary
land, making inquiries as to the
price of land hereabout, business
progpects and other matters of rela
tive interests. They had heard of
Americus and the fine farming
country surrounding and were n
clined to come here this winter.
Mr. Glover, Jr., has de
termined to study denistry, and to
this end left yesterday for Na '.-
ville, Tenn., where he will enter the
dental department of Vanderbilt
University for the full course.
ten years aco today
(From The Times-Recorder SqL
30, 1914.)
Tomorrow morning Americus will
miss her Times Recorder, but :n
the afternoon she will be introducer,
to the Americus Evening Times-
Recorder carrying Associated Press
Dispatches. The change from a
morning to an afternoon edition,
which was announced several da\s
ago, will be perfected on this day.
Americus warehouses were veiy
far from being storm centers of in
terests yesterday. The price of cot
ton (There is no market) remain id
at the low ebb of the season, 6 3-1
cents the best offering and no great
amount wanted at that figure. Sure
ly there will be a return to a high
level ere long.
The beard is coming back. Why ’
Oh, for no other reason except that
any war automatically gives the
Qis
South Dakota boy set the woods
on fire. Almost as rash as candi
dates who burn their bridges befor?
them.
They cougb't a pearl thief inParis.
He thought the world was his oyster,
but it wasn’t.
Finding pearls in oysters isn’t a
bit more difficult than finding oys
ters in case stew.
Hen’s teeth grow- more scarce.
Chicago denttists in session find
more women wearing false teeth.
I OAIXIS lrada on Improved
’U 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, Terrell, Schley,
1 Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank
Building, > meric iu, Ga. Plum# SJ
W . y I.
- TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMEBER 30. 1924
flowing alfalfa a new lease of life.
Remember, liow after the civil war
the man who ran for office
without affecting a long and flow
ing decoration on his chin and
cheek never had a chance. Wo'.-.,
heres another war, and with it : .s
the beard. There are several il
ready started here in Americus.
Mrs. L. D. Lockhart, who sepnt
the summer season again very plea
tains of North Carolina, returned
santly at Banner Elk, in the moun
last night toher home in Americus.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder Sept.
39, 1904.)
The blue tag is tied to September
today, and not a drop of rain dur
ing the blessed sweatful month.
Verily, there is no balm in Gilead.
Mrs. T. N. Hawkes and son,. Nel
son, go to Atlanta today where Mr.
Hawkes will study denistry.
The statement in the Times-Re
corder yesterday that W. D. Eli s
of the British American Mortgage
Co., which holds a claim aginst the
Windsor Hotel, was in the city en
deavoring to bring about a settle
ment of the intricate legal differed-*
ces concerning this property, creat
ed considerable interest in Ameu
cus. It is a well , known fact that
citizens of Americus put $160,000
in this once splir.did property, and
it goes withopt saying that the
stockholders of the Hotel are anx
ious to recover at least a portion of
their holdings and see the Hotel re
habilitated to its former condition.
Americus buyers continued Io
pay ten cents for cotton yesterday
morning, though the condition of
the market scarcely warranted that
price. A million dollars has been
paid to the farmers about America
already for the cotton marketed
here up to date. These are startling
figures but a pencil and bit of pj
per will show the result easily.
The pretty suburban home of Mr
and Mrs. George H. Seig was the
scene last evening of a most happy
and interesting occasion, the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mag
gie Seig to Mr. Emmet Ethridge
Americus
Undertaking Co.
NAT LEMASTER. Manage,
Funeral Director#
And Embalmer#
Night Phone# 661 and 88
Dav Phone# 88 and 231
r M President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Asa’t. Cashier
i he Planters Bank of Americus,
(Incorporated)
OUR
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WjlJ W " a reasonable knowledge of
what each of our hundreds of
ilj W tustom, ‘rs want, coupled with
Si H BMEmSlctb our pledge to be “sympathetic
»* lIL® l ° ever y nee d, and faithful to
' every trust”—makes this bank
an institution preferred. We
invite ’.cur account—
commercial or Savh-ga.
Capital and Surplus $350,000.00
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
By Ahern
THE STANDARD
FACTORY SHORT LENGTHS ON
SALE HERE WEDNESDAY
AND THRUSDAY
Solid color Chambray, 28 inches
wide, pink, blue and all staple
shades, fast colors, lengths 10 to
20-yard pieces, at yard 10c
Short lengths of good quality
Khaki Cloth, suitable for pants and
heavy shirts; regularly 39c off the
bolt; 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 mercerized;
regularly 50c off the bolt; price
for short lengths, yard 35c
Short lengths of fine Fancy Art
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 ya r d
guaranteed fast color; price off the
full bolt about 25c; our price for
short lengths, yard 12 l-2c
Short lengths of Fancy Dress
I'.ahls, suitable for children’s school
dresses, fast colors, wool finish, at
yard , 4 , 25c
Novelty Oblong Checked Suiting,
36 inches wide, excellent quality;
one of the most popular fabrics of
the day; all colors; regularly 50c
off the bolt; price for short
lengths, yard 29c
More Gingham on the
15 Cent Table
We have sold more Gingham by
the yard off this table during the
past week than we have ever sold
before in same length of time. We
secured two or thre cases of the
best Gingham and have been sell
ing for the past two weeks for much
less than the wholesale cost, but
we bought these at a bargain and
are glad to pass them on to you
at the same rates; all at yard 15c
Beautiful Plaid Blankets at
$3.93 Pair
Fine smooth Cotton Blankets,
large size, in great variety of pret
ty plaids with wool finish, good
weight; here this week at pr. $3.98
Standard Dry Goods
Company
F°r»yth St. Next Bank of Conimerc#
AMERICUS. GA. ,