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-kDIB FACE™ d by WOer Co., line.) and Publiahev latarrl u ncood eUk Mttet at the »eat<rfll<ii M Amei.cw. Georgi*. ibconUng ta the Am W CengnsM. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled te the nee (or the republlcatioS' od all news die* patches credited •to it or not otberirUe credited to title paper and also the local **ws Published here* •d. All right of repablicatioa of spacial dlepatchos •re also reserved. ( National Advertising Repreaentatirea. FROST LANDIS & KOHN, feranswkfe Bldk. New Terfel •eovUa’ Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT" For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also di vers varieties: but fear thou God.— Eccl. 5:7. * * * Dreams—the visions of a busy brian.—Joanna Baillie. Walter Johnson The name of the great Wash ington pitcher, whose nerve and curve aided in bringing the pen nant and world championship to Washington, is on the lip of ev ery boy—from 9 to 90—who knows and loves the national pastime. After an 1 8-year struggle for a place in a world's champion ship battle, the Washington hurler this year saw his am bitions gratified. He faced the Giant batters once and lost. Again he was called to the mound, and lost. Then came the last and deciding game. All depended on the steady nerves and accurate arm of the man who had twice fail ed. With superb confidence in himself, Johnson took his place ofi the mound—and won. Johnson demonstrated that Tare quality possessed by most successful men of never admit ting defeat. Out of the world series John son emerges more than ever the idol of the baseball loving pub lic, for, says the Anniston Star— Z. All the world loves a hero, and irfl tho w r orld series, which was A .‘ brought to a thrilling close in . the seventh battle, one figure has otfqn pushed into the forefront of the baseball stage that is he roic in all the things that go ot make a popular ball player a •wildly-acclaimed idol. In baseball history the name of Walter John son will be given a prominence the playing of Walter Johnson entitles it to have. A veteran in the game, with a pitching arm that has held good for eighteen strenuos seasons, he kept age at bay and has crowned his career with his first world scries pen haht victory. ’ ■■• It must have been with keen . satisfaction that Johnson enter ed the deciding battle of the se ries. Twice he had been remind ed with a gentle hint from Na ture that he is not so young as he once was. 1 His failure to meas ure up to the exacting require- • merits of the occasion were view ••-ed with genuine sorrow by thous ands who knew how much his hi art was in the attempt to win victory for his team. Then, in thuriHSt game of the series and at a time when everything depended upon every man on the team giv ing the very best that was in him to the effort, when a blunder on tliifTpart of any one would have been fatal, Walter Johnson was sent to the mound and won the game. Because of his clean life and excellent sportsmanship, Walter Johnston had almost an entire natioiXt “pulling for him.’’ His name Ayas on the lips of every fAnd in the supreme mo os his professional life he ed the faith and admira thai had been placed in Abolishing the Kiss There no longer can be any doubt about Russia. It has a bum government, speaking aft er the manner of men. The Soviets haven't done so much constructive work but they have gone into the abolishing business on a considerable scale. They have barred independent thought, repudiated the obliga tions’.of man to man, condemn ed money, kiboshed religion, confronted the redoubtable San ta Claus with the “no-tresspass ing” sign and now they have set a stern, unyielding law against the unyielding human kiss. That, it will be admitted, caps the climax. The kiss dates from the be ginning of things. Despite the claim of cold, unfeeling experts that it is nothing more or less than a deliberate or an impulsive swap of some several hundreds of microbes that park within the lips and in the shade of the tongue, it has survived all at tacks and oozed and smacked its way through the centuries. The human kiss—it is sacred; it is Divine. It is a moter's first gift to her babe; it is the child’s last gift to a departing mother. It. is an institution, succlent but pertenlouf. It is an expres sion bf a human purpose, a hu- desire, a human love, or a passion. It is ingrowing and outbursting, and ever has been and ever will be, world without end. Those Russians have over reached themselves entirely. It may be possible for them to tear down religious fabrics and civic structures, no matter of how long standing or of what stabil ity, but they must fail utterly in this latest effort to establish a restrictive law. The human kiss is a human confessional whose powers of suction are far too great and adhesive to admit of being torn asunder, lip and tongue, by any system of government man may erect. The Literary Digest Pol) As we have observed before, the Hearst poll, the Digest poll or any poll, is worth no more and no less than one wishes to believe. Straws may show which way the wind blows, but the wind often changes instanter The Savannah Press observes that to believe in the authen ticity of the Digest poll is to “show ignorance in the funda mentals governing the cast of the vote in this ballot” and says: In fact, anybody who can ex plain how Mr. Coolidge could fail to have a commanding lead in the Literary Digest poll is entitled to put in a claim as master of the world’s highest mathematics. According to the Literary Di gest’s own figures, defining party numbers as they voted in the last election, the Digest has sent its ballots to 402,186 Republicans and 141,868 Democrats. The Di gest has thus given twenty-eight Republicans a chance to vote to every Democrat. But in the eighteen States from which results have been re ported, the ratio of Republicans to Democrats in the landslide year of 1920, was only 20.6 to 10. The difference between 28 to 10 and 20.6 to 10 is differ ence enough to weigh the elec tion hopelessly against the Demo crats. The New York Times throws a new light on the Digest poll in an editorial which declares: The Digest’s famous straw vote represents the opinion of the so called “hgiher class” of the population, and does not reach down to the mudsills of society manual workers, the clerical workers and agricultural work ers. There is, in fact, plain evi dence in the Digests figures, that the ballots are being drawn from a public which is Republican by - like 2to 1. On this point, significant figures are not those declaring the voters’ inten tions with regard to 1924, but the figures showing how the same voters divided in 1920. We may compare what these voters did four years ago in their several States with what the whole body of voters did in these same States. Such a test will show that the Digest postcard ballot reached Republican voters in much greater proportion than Democratic or other party voters —it is thus obvious that the Di gest inquiry is not reaching Democrats as thoroughly as Re publicans. The Digest poll is making “good reading matter,” it is causing the voters to THINK and to discuss the election and the candidates, and just that far it has served a good purpose. It may accurately predict the winner—and it may not. No one will know until after Novem ber 4th. So don’t get excited over straw ballots. OPINIONS OF i OTHER EDITORS THE COLORED BROTHER The Atlanta Georgia is conduct ing a Presidential poll in the State and is running its man, La- Follette, ahead of Coolidge. When the brother in black has his opportunity to be counted the position of these candidates will no doubt be reversed.—Dawson News, A COMMON TRICK The determined stand of an Alabama woman to expose the theft of her scenario in her in junction case against the “Ten Commandments” film showing in Atlanta, only brings to greater publicity a common trick of a number of film companies to use the plots and main features of different scenarios submitted to them and have one of their own scenario writers work them over for production without credit or remuneration to the originator. The injustice done the orig'nal writer is one that may have chaf ed under but felt powerless to oppose.—Fitzgerald Enterprise. LEST WE FORGET Now that the Democrats of *he State have met in Macon, adopt ed a State platform, told the can didates that they were nominated, selected the necessary committees and attended to other business, all in a harmouious manner, let’s show that we are real simon pure Democrats by getting busy and getting out a big vote in the general election. Davis and Bryan are going to carry Georgia —there is no questioning about about vote which vhey, Deinodtats of tiff Nation and Democrats of Georgia The Newsie From early in the morning till the late hours of the' night you can hear the newsie shouting his wares. He will tell you of elections, of a ball game, or a fight as his voice the latest newsy doings bares. Whether wind is blowing bri.'kly or there’s calmess in the air; whether sun is shining brightly, you will find the newsie there, selling news to paper buyers on the street Wise the man who keeps his hand \ Old Days In Americus . . TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From 'the Times-Recorder. Oct. 14. 1914.) Aiderman A. J. Harris and Depu ty Court Clerk S. R. Heys spent yesterday in the wilds of Kinchafoc nee swamp, camping upon the trail of the toothsome squirrel. As ex pected they found this fine game abundant and the slaughter of the bunnies was terrific, each nimrod bringing back dozens of them to divide among neighbors and friends to say nothing of the fine fish caught in the eddies of the creek. Americus warehousemen reported no improvement in the cotton situa tion today. The demand is indiffe rent, buyers being disposed to wait for some indication of steadiness and increased demand. Evidence of firmer stand upon the part of hold ers might change thte aspect materi ally. About the best price here, when there is a price around 6 1-2 to 7 cents. At one-thirty today the marriage of Miss Costance Holt and Mr. Thad deus Youmans was solemnized it the home of the bride’s motner Mrs. R. L. Holt, on Tayolr street. 1 John Hardy, with an apple for the elephant and peanuts for the monk, spent yesterday in Macon, drinking pink lemonade and reveling in joy. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 14, 1904.) Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Allen after tomorrow, will be “at home” at their cozy residence, the Stallings place, on Reese Park. William H. Stides, a former Am ericus negro and who died several days ago in Liberty county, left a valuable estate, appraised at more then $20,000. Dr. C. K. Chapman returned yes terday from Birmingham whete he was called recently by the serious illness of his uncle, Mr. Edward McCrary, a former citizen of Ameri cus and well known here among the older residents. Quite recently Rev. R. E. Neigh bor, pastor of the First Baptist church here, has been asked to con sider a call to the Lake City, Fla. church, with a good financial back ing, and also a call to a church is a good field in Texas. However as his congregation here would be ’un willing that he should leave, it is not at all likely that either call will be given consideration. Unless it rains very soon the county line between Sumter and Dooly will be marked out and the non bridegs all sold for junk. Rail road men in Americus say that both *ho Hmt and Chattahoochee rivers Sai/s Divorce cames not when they are tired of eac hother, but when'th-y are not tired of someone else. Many a pair of pressed trousers havent a nickle in their pockets. Some people can’t see the point unless you get down to brass tacks Rats in the pantry cost more than they are worth. The stuff that dreams are made of is found in the vanity case. Men who can’t fight should have Pleasant dispositions. tecluse tV irl resCmbles her mother t h ( ‘- v "ear the same clothes, will feel proud? We~~would like to see the national ticket receive Th P ° lled in sar tfn Tn e ° nly thin * ne«s ary is for the voters to go to lhe roiget.—Ttifton Gazette. -n AT a TENT,ON SUMTER The Australian ballot system is now being used in fifty counties of the 160 counties in this State It should be used in every county and a strict enforcement of all of its requirements should be carried out.—Athens Banner-Herald not very soon Senator Robert M. La Follett ?, Independent candidate for Pi - si dent in a speech at Rochester on Monday night, expressed confi dence in being elected, and de clared that if elected he would de vote the first eighteen months of his administration to houseclean ing, after which he would take up constructive work. The house cleaning job will be a big one, and if thoroughly done the chief scrubber would have to hustel to finish it up and do the fumigating that would be within eighteen months. Rut La Folleti is not likelv to get the job.—Al bany Herald, THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER on all the doings of the day. Wise the fellow who can tell you what is what. And the wisest of them all will list to what the newsies say and then purchase of the papers that they’ve got. Just consider Mister Newsie! He i<_on his job all day and he ever sings his printed-matter song. He s the fellow who informs you, when your cent or two you pay, that the world’s forever moving right along. are lower than ever known before. They are but a few yards in width, and can be waded at many points. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 14, 1894.) Alf Harper formerly of Americus but now of Rome when learning how Barnum and Bailey fooled us the other day he pokes fun at our grief throug hthe columns of the Tribune, in the following heartless and unsympathetic style: ‘‘lt has been a long time since they had a real circus, and the people would hardly believe it. Elder Merrell Callaway at once telephoned the T. R. and asked if it could be true. Uncle Charlie Wheatley telegraphed to New York for a dozen tickets. Ed Ansley hunted up Hugh Brown and they went and asked Si Hawkins about it. John Felder was only a minute behind them, and Arthur Bivins and Lott Warrenn got D. C. N. Buckhalter to tell them about it, and Walt Wheatley immediately began organizing a theatre party. Coot Stanfield swore he would strike before he would work and wanted free tickets for Cousin Joe Rooney. Cousin Joe Mize, and Tom Guice. “But, oh what difference in the morning.” Charlie Van Riper, Kim Hanesley and Frank Hooper com promised by going to Savannah to the minstrels the next night. Among the wagons from distant points here yesterday was an old fashioned “schooner” from Chatta coochee county. Besides a load of cotton, the driver brought chickens turkeys, eggs, butter, coonskins, chi nquepins, vinegar, sugar cane, and chestnuts. Letters From! the People i “Proposed $60,000 Bond Issue for Repaving the business section of the City. > “There are so mapy, serious ob jections to this issue of bonds that this is written in an effort to crystalfee public sentiment against the issue. “To name a few of the objec tions: “The bonds would be a tax on all the citizens of Americus for the benefit of owners of central busi ness property. This wood block pavement was put down some years ago at a cost of $99,000, property owners paying 2-3 and the city pay in 1-3 of the cost. The money, on the part of the city, was raised by selling $33,000 in bonds. If the same method is used now, and this method applies in the residence dis tricts, the expense to the city should not exceed $15,000 or $20,000. The concrete base is already down. Re cent experiments in California show that the use of steel re-inforcement for this work is of doubtful value. By leaving out the steel re-inforce mtent the cost will be very material ly reduced. “The legality of a $60,000 bond issue is doubtful when all the city's indebtedness is considered. “It is bad business to fully ex haust the public credit. A reserve of credit must be maintained or the tax rate will continue to rise. “Before any bonds are authorized all the floating indebtedness should be fully paid, the sinking fund re stored and the tax rate reduced at least 5 mills. “Last year the city raised taxes for the purpose of getting out of debt, now it is proposed to increase the debt. “A distinction must be made be tween an imaginary emergency ai d a real emergency. “High taxes are certain to fol low the reckless voting of bonds. “About a year ago a serious pro posal was made to issue bonds for £100,060 to erect a school building. This would have completely ex hausted the city’s credit. If that is sue had been approved how would the present matter of re-paving be handled? If the voters should be so shortsighted as to authorize this $60,000 issue what will happen if a serious emergency should occure where credit is desperately needed? For instance, suppose our pumping station should be destroyed; suppose a storm should wreck the water tow er, or our sewerage system should suffer damage. How would such serious matters be taken care es? Only in one way. By collecting ad ditional taxes. “A little forethought and card now will cause the city to pay up its debts and keep a credit reserve with the result that later be reduced instead of JAMES A. FORT, OUR BOARDING HOUSE . i L, : . By Ahem BY JOVE BOYS,—I IIXGY 1 •<• JUST TEA. L REI\LLY ' << AM SORRY A DIDN'T 'EM AT TH'vfiNDOVJ RIDING TH' BILLET ];/ GET DOVJN TO SEE YOUR • \ * THAT PETE DUGAN VIE HAD’EM MOVE OUR I ' /ACT .YET I MY TIME BAID TO GIVE YOU A ACT TO TH' SECOND HAS BEEN SO TAKEN UP L PAIR OF ACESL'JES’ NUMBER, < J! VIE USED = LET'S SEE NOVI-TOMORROW MENTION NV NAME TO FOLLOW A FIRE S EVENING I LECTURE.— THE AN'THEY'LL SIT YOU EATER'S ACT, BUT TH' following night, i lead velvet what I MEANL smoke an-fumes p; I THE GRAND MARCH AT a 'got TH' SECOND PLAYED MABEL WITH % SOCIETY BALL,'- AND, AH,— TURN RIGHT AFTER / «-> OUR Si NGIN'VOICES =/- EGAO.I HAVE NO ENGAGE- T H TRICK BiKE /10 MADE ME CHOKE, ' 4 MENT FRIDAY EVENING I k ACT ' - 10 1 001 Y/ITH lr COULD YOU, AHER~ FIX ' rT FOR ONE NIGHT, I \ ME UP WITH TICKETS, _ ' I SOB ] k ABOUT THE SIXTH ROW J QS f SONGS V —i CENTER l - XL 1 IB MAJOR PITTS THE V/ASP ON DUG an QiXON FOR TICKETS -==-J NOTICE! Pursuant to a resolution and ordi nance passed by the Mayor and City Council ot Americus on the second day of October, instant, calling a bond election to determine whether street improvement bonds in the sum of sixty thousand dollars should be issued and fixing the date of said election as the fifth day of No vember, 1924, notice is therefore hereby given that an election will be held at the usual voting place in the City Hall in the City of Amer icus, on the fifth day of November, 1924, to determine whether an is sue of serial bonds in the amount of sixty thousand dollars shall be issued by the Mayor and City Coun cil of Americus, for the purpose of street improvement within the city. Thb polls will be open at 9 o’clock a. m. and close at 6 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of holding this elec tion on November fifth, proximo. Said bonds shall be issued January l, 1925, shall bear interest at 4 1-2% per annum, which interest shall be paid semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, after their issuance. Said bonds shall be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars each, two of which bonds shall be retired on the first day of January of each year after their issuance, for a period of thirty years. The amount of mon ey necessary to be collected an nually by a special levy for this purpose to pay the annual interest on this entire issue of said bonds and to retire two of said bonds an nually will be two thousand dollars for the purpose of retiring two of said bonds each year and $2700.00 for the purpose of paying interest on the entire amount for 1925, the first year after issuance, and' the amount levied and collected to pay interest on the unpaid bonds of this issue will be decreased each year for the entire period of thirty years by the sum of ninety dollars, so that the last year of said period of thirty years, to-wit, 1954, a suf ficient sum to retire the last two outstanding bonds of this issue amounting to two thousand dollars and the interest on same, amount ing to ninety dollars, must be levied and collected for this purpose. The registration books for this elec tion are now open and will be kept open until the last Saturday im mediately preceding the date for which the election is herein called and will be closed at 5 o’clock p. m. on said last Saturday before the date of said election. A. D. GATEWOOD, JR., Clerk and Treasurer. FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 12) WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO. Office in Americue Steam Laundry SOUTH JACKSON STREET RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgo 8:45 am 12:37 am Chgo-St. L., Atl 2:53 am 1:54 am Albany-Jaxville 3:45 am 2:53 am Albny-Jaxville 12.37 am 3:45 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:54 am 3:45 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:51 am Albany 6:47 pm 10:20 am Columbus 3:15 pm 1:55 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pm 2:15 pm Macon Atlanta 1:55 pm 3:10 pm Albany 10:22 am 6:47 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:51 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am SEABOARD AIR L’NE (Ceatral Time) Arrive Departs 10:06 am Cordtde-Hel’na 6:15 pm pm Cole-M’t’g’y 3|1 0 p.n 3:10 pm Cordele-Sarah 1x26 pm fill b* KkhUnd-Cola aib TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14, 1924 NOTICE TO VOTERS The registration books for those desiring to vote in the primary to be held October 22d, 1924, for the purpose of nominating a mayor and three aidermen for the City of Americus, Ga., is now open at the office of the undersigned in the City Hall in said city and said book will remain open from 8 a. m. until 12 ra. and from 2 o’clock p. m. un til 5 o’clock p. m. of each succeed ing day hereafter until October 18, 1924, inclusive. This October 3rd, 1924. A. D. Gatewood, Jr., Clerk and Treasurer. RADIO RADIO SUPPLIES, And RADIO SERVICE THAT SATISFIES Chappell Machinery Company I OAIMN lr - ada on Improved “L/rtl’ik.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, Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Webster counties. 21 Planters Bank Building, Americua, Ga. Phone 89 9ll NOTICE City Taxes Now Due All city taxes arc now due and must be paid before December 1, tr avoid extra costs which will be assessed after December 1. A. D. Gatewood, Clerk and Treasurer Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directoni And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 Day Phone* 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BbLTON, Js’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. 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