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PAGE FOUR TIMES-RECCIDKR PUBLISHED !•?> -M - Published by The Times-Recorder Co., (ins.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Inter-■> a, aecnnd el*M manta at the Bt Amey.c’i*, Georgia. according ic the Act W C««grwau The Associated Frew la exclnrively entitlr ’ ta the oee (or the republication of all onwa «1»- petchea credited to it or net otherwise credited to this paper and also the local published hero *l. All right of republicatioa of apaciai dispaUhea are also reserved. National Advertising Representatives, HOST LANDIS A KOHN, toroMwick Bldg.. New Yorkt /enviee' Gas Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT" Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.—Matt. 10:2 » * * Let gentleness thy strong enforce ment be.—Shakespeare. No M ore Fence Straddling “Shall the fiery cros be placed on the dome of the State capitol?” asks the editor of the Greensboro, Ga., Herald-Jour nal in an editorial that is worthwhile, just at this time. Discussing Walker’s Kansas City speech and his acknowl edgment of membership in the klan, the Greensboro editorial writer says: In admitting the fact, the gov ernor of -a great state,” says that he has no apologies to offer. To those who do not know our Chief Executive these words might be intrepreted as bravado, but to others! who are acquainted with Kautious Kliff, or the Waken Weakling, he is as the criminal caught with the goods on him, » who bolstered up his courage to say: “I -don’t care or give a dam; you have caught me.” The curse of a political sin is publcity! Governor Walker was smoked out of his hole! And we wonder if the picture taken with the “governor of a great state” and Imperial Wizard Evans had some-thing to do with Kautious Kliff being willing to “tell all about it,” when he had been caught with the goods. Kleagle Kliff says that he bad “expressed the identical thoughts before meetings of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and other organizations.” The fact that the speaker was traveling incognito and talking behind closed doors, compels one to take his remarks with a grain of salt. Identitaljsentiments might have been expfiSscd by Governor Wal ker before cither fraternal organi zations, but never before have we heard of Kautious Kliff trying to conceal the contents of a speech —that he had delivered before such organizations as the Knights of ’Sjp.higs or Odd Fellows. f’Sfcitis Fish and Game Commis ’"lX - Fetpr-S. Twitty, who along 'W I Commissioner of Agricul ’W com Posed the of fijSt'j Partjf, said: “Governor Wfflker made one of the finest on true Americanism I ever head, and I onlv wish it m^'>-qld l ’be published in full in the wsjjapers.” Commissioner Brown, when in- Jtmiusxd. admitted his Klan membership, but did not comment oil the speech. Tn all probability f- the “Cornish” and Imperial “Wiz” ,-f.-Js.yans were discussing crop con ditions in Georgia and how to - “ c r n -. the nesro in the South— and missed Kleagle Kliff’s great -- Wth Governor Walker and Commissioner Brown have ad mitted membershin in the Klan. :* r ’Other office-holders in the capi odftl are members of the hooded .order. Two years hence, the ne.n- Ple* of Georgia will know all of the ml .There have been Klan initia and Klan ceremonials in the capitol! There are Klansmen in bot'i houses of the General Assemble! The Firery Cross—the symbol -.-SJUJIg. Klan—predominates in of .fieps, corridors and committee " rooms, but as vet. it has not neon .placed. on the dome of the capitol! t.n Governor Walker addressed at <*'City an assembly to which if he had returned to eaith tlie. second time, could not . h;ye been admitted for He is in |.l,e]ieible for membership. ~ The editor of The Herald-Jouv "bal’is hot a Klansman, thougathe blood that flows through his veins iri a pure American blood as anv man that is a member of tne order. Fo r generat ions Protestants ’ ' have burned on the hearth Heines of oi>r ancestors. Yet we *’ no faith ir, the Flan, or anv Mht-r "secret political order the* re iigious bigotry and in tolerance. - C! Our conception of a 100 per rent American is the youth that fought and bled for America ilhe.man who defended the Stars Stripes “Somewhere in strange” —be he Gentile, Catl.o- . Jew or Negro—is as much ’ 'of a 100 per cent American as a’hv Klansman. '* Two years hence, Georgia will witness another political cam paign. The woods will be full of candi dates for the senate and gover . norship. But some will not face the issue—the Klan. The editor of The Herald Jour nal helped to launch the suceess fi?! campaign of Hon Walter F. George for the United States s- n _ate. We have been one of his staunch supporters. But if Mr. George seeks re-election he must clear hi* skirt* of the Kian, or - we won’t touch him with a thiity . 'foot ■pole. It was Walker, the fMvate cit- izen who addressed the Klan in Kansas City. Walker, the gover nor, should have been In Geor gia attending to affair* oT state. It was J. J. Brown, the private citizen, who attended the Klbh'vo cation, crying on his return about freedom of assembly. But pub lic office-holders should not join in secret assemblage where ra cial prejudice and bigotry run rampant! The people of Georgia must awaken to the present state of conditions, Georgia office-holders arc car rying the Fiery Cross —the sym bolos the Klan—to distant states! Shall the fiery cross be placed on the dome of the capitol? What Walker has said or what he may say in the future is of little importance no-.'. Georgia knows where Kliff stands, but the quest that IS im portant now is where stands other men in the State of Geor gia who are seeking, or who will seek office. That’s the issue to day and next year. As the Greensboro paper re marks, Georgia must know where stands Senator George and all others seeking political preferment. There are thous ands who will come to the junior Senator's support if he stands foursquare on this klan issue. There are thousands who would not touch him with a “30-foot pole" if he fails or refuses. ♦ We believe that Georgia's junior Senator is free from any klan contamination, but beliefs are not sufficient. The people must know. We believe that he is destined to be one of the great Senators from Georgia. His future is bright. His oppor tunity for service is unlimited, but he must take a definite stand on the question of the klan. If we are to prevent the hoisting of the fiery cross on * the dome of the State capitol, we must demand an unequivo cal stand by every man seeking office in Georgia. That is the only way to defeat the plans and ambitions of the Political Klan in Georgia. bu/Jbcrt Aw&e SHOPPING Women do most of their shopping in the hottest hours of the day, says a government report. Psychologists are giving complicated explanations. They’re bn the wrong track. It’s simply that housework prevents wo men shopping other than in the hot hours. They’d prefer early morn ing. Nearly every problem is a matter of economics in the final analysis'. Eliminate the problem of making a living and there isn’t much left. ** * * RICHEST < The richest woman in America is believed to be Mrs. James P. Dona hue, one of the two daughters of the late Frank W. Woolworth, 5 and-10 cent king. Mrs. Donahue and her sister are worth around 85 million dollars. It isn’t many years since the richest man in America had less. A wo man-billionair will be only a matter of time. How such a suggestion would have been hooted at, a gene ration ago! • • • TRUST The business-monopoly trust isn't as great an economic menace as the trust found by which the estate of the very rich are perpetuated. “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”—the dissipation of big fortunes by heirs, back to the people whose toil created the wealth—no longer is the rule. Crafty lawyers and bankers have shown the rich how to put their es tates in trust so the income but not the principal can be touched. No link of kings ever sat as securely on the throne as these dollars held in trust, increasingly laying more gol den eggs. # ♦ ♦ TELL Among the citizens entitled to vote for president in November are 4,3000,000 who are illiterate—un able to read. This figure is fuvni hed by National Education Associa tion. t <8 This enormous army cannot read the pr/ited campaigns urging them to vote. Patriotic (citizens must help the editors. To reach the 4,300,000 by word-of-moulth i» a big job. Help it. Start a talking campaign. Urge all to vote with out fail. * * * IGNORANCE The worst for mos poverty, na tional and individual, is ignorance. Os the 4,300,000 illiterate citi zens entitled to vote this autumn, 3,000,000 were born right here in America, the rest came from abroad More millions of illerates, unable to read or write, are among the un naturalized. Compulsory education of grownups is just as needed and as sensible as comuplsory school attendance by children. If they do not care to learn to read, can thev be trusted to handle the ballot intel ligently? A vote by ignorance cancel® a vote by intellingence. Comforr It’s evening in any old home in the land, and the kiddies are al! tucked in bed. The work has been done by a tired mother’s hand and a weariness seeps through her head. The fireplace attracts, with its embers of gold, and a rocker is pull ed up beside it. There’s restful ness there, when the story is tckl. You’ll agree, if you have ever tired it. The phonograph rolls out a sooth ing refrain, or the raido picks from Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Oct. 22, 1914.) The handsome Hill residence on Hill street, one of the pretty old homes of the Southside, narrowly escaped destruction at noon today when a spark fell upon the kitchen roof and quickly started a serious blaze. Americus is today in the midst of the most strenous and warmly contested municipal primary wit nessed here in recent years, and while at this hour nothing of a defi nite nature can be ascertained, members of the Young Mens Demo cratic League, and friends of Mr. L. G. Council enthusiastically de clare that his election as mayor is already fully assured in the large lead which he said to have at this hour. In the aldermanic contest are Messrs. E. L. Bell, Macon Dud ley, H. O. Jones, George Oliver, T. L. Bell and H. B. Mashburn. The 700 or 800 Americus kiddies who will attend the new Furlow school are assured still another week of the summer vacation which started n May, as the school will not begin Monday next as has been expected. Mrs. W. 11. Sawyer, Miss Maybel Sawyer and sister, Mrs. Charles Bostick, arrived at home yesterday evening after having spent a month delightfully at points of’interest in New England. The cotton market locally is quoted as follows: Good Middling 6 1-2 to 6 3-4 cents. Middling, 6 cents. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Get. 22, 1904.) Joe Howard and Parrott Poole, of Americus, who have been in the Western Union office at Albany, are to be transferred to the Atlanta office. Miss Mattie Bivins, the young X/ Savs Well, they built a Ford for the Prince of Wales in 18 minutes, but we don’t know why it took them so long. This big airship the Germans sent us was not a note. Girl robbed a drug store in st. Louis. Guess she thought they had been robbing her long enough. Foot-and-mout hdisease is under control in Texas, but no thanks are due to tooth paste and corn planters The foot- and-mouth disease in Washington is when a politician opens his mouth to put bis foot in it. They are trying a man in Dallas. Tex., for cussing a woman who wasn’t his wife. Harvest moon has gone. Next comes the hunters’ moon, and all single men and women should be shot. Blessed are the peacemakers, but one got shot in Heber Sprinks, Ark. Hunter near Attleboro, Mess, thought some bobbed haid was a woodchuck. It has also been mis taken for blockheads. Now that Henry Ford doesn’t want Muscle Shoals, who does? Police reports show all the rob bings arc not south so- the winter Being on the right track does no good if you just sit there. When a girl lets a man know how much sense she really has, she hasn’t much. Summer’s gone, so the big- fish can go back to being small ones again, Mr. Leonard of Gieensboro, N. C., i.s 103 years old, but it took him a long time to get that Way. In Gathers, England, man won a wife by playing a banjo, showing even this simple instrument is mighty dangerous. Chinese soldiers all carry um brellas, says a wire, and we didn’t know they were married. The Dead Sea is 25 per cent salt so should keep if the weather, isn’t too warm, THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ the air. such music as eases t'ie workaday pain and puts the quiet us on care. I To loaf—just to loaf—is a won derful act. It’s a treat to your body and soul. It’s something you need, as a matter of fact, so that out of you, worries may roll.. Then, after the music and rock i ing is o’er, crawling in the next nicest thing. Perusing a book al ways rests you some more. What comfort a bed lam can bring! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bivins, is quite ill at their home. Mr. J. L. Cone, of Americus and Miss Mattie Humphries, of Milledge ville, were married at Macon on Thursday evening and are now re ceiving the congratulations of their friends. That longed for visit from Jack Frost did not come yesterday, the cotton bears still squezed the bulls and values tumbled all along the line. Prices still played about 9 1-4 and 9 3-8 cents. Capt. G. L. Williams of the Am ericus light Infantry was officially advised yesterday of the fact that this command is to remain in tne Fourth Regiment, and will not be transferred to the Second Regiment as proposed. Yesterdays chilly zephyrs put the shirtwaist on the back shelf and the jaunty red sweater now en velops the female form divine in Americus. THIRTY YEARS~AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. Thursday morning Col. J. E. D. Shipp and J. M. lYance, president of the Agricultural college, visited our school. Both made interesting talks to the children, which were very highly enjoyed. Miss Parkman was out here on last Wednesday helping the girls get their record books closed for the year, and also planning the canning club exhibit. The ladies of the community met with her in he afternoon. Sunday the school children gave a program for Orphans’ day and i they not only talked about the ini-1 portance of this day, but gathered together a large quantity of sweet potatoes, fresh water-ground meal, preserves, sugar and clothes to send to these little folks that had asked our help, and also a good sum of . money was collected at Sunday j school.. During the weekzthe boys j and girls received a letter from the i president of the Orphans’ home thanking them for their thoughtful ness and he said that Pleasant Grove school was the only school to send any provisions, and they were appreciated greatly. Friday night the school gave a box supper in the school building. There was a goodly number present and neat little sum was realized which will be put in the treasury of the school to be used for school equipment. We thank the people of the community for their hearty co operation. The boys and girls, to show their appreciation of good literature, are going to celebrate “Earn a Book Week,” from November 9 through 12th. LESLIE Come and bring a good book for the Union high school library Fri day afternoon at two o’clock. For your enjoyment a special program will be given by the two societies beginning at 2:30 o’clock. Miss Eddie Mae Morgan, of Am ericus was guest of Miss Walters while in town Friday. Mrs. F. M. Harris and two chil dren, Ruth and Frederick, of Mt. Vernon, came Thur.- .ay and will spend ten days at the home of Mrs. Harris’ father. Mr. J. E. Ranew, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wade speni Sunday at Vienna w h Relatives. Duke Daughtry, . has been at tending school at Mcßae, spent the week-end here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hines Jr., have announced the arrival of a fine boy in their home Saturday. Miss Eddie Mae Morgan, of Am ericus will teach expression in Un ion high school. Miss Morgan will gave her first lessons Monday. Mrs. IL G. Blackshear and daugh ter, Edna Clare, returned Sunday from Columbus where they visited relatives for several days. A miscelleeaneous shower wn. given by the Ladies of the Metho dist church Friday afternoon for Mrs. D. V, Smith, whose home was burned some time ago. GA. CHAIR CO. FIRE SIOO,OOO DAMAGE FLOWERY BRANCH, Oct. 21 Damage estimated to have been close to SIOO,OOO was caused here recently when fire destroyed the entire plant of the Georgia Chair company. Quick work of the fire department of Gainesville siW ed the : fire from spreading to adjacent 1 buildings. There was little insur ance, - ’ „ • »■ —.k... < ... .. OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahem SHHH DMJE, NOTSO Ty. BUT I lELL LOUD I_THAT GUY IS W EGAD. DIXON -I Z \ YOU, IT'S AGIN ;> CfXKES FROM N VIXV/K 1 THIS TAIAE.S APTER IHM I TH'RULES PUR HE'S GONNA PUT ON A ME. BACK TO TRICK (J|\\L TO HAVE MUSICAL SHOD NEXT YEAR, THE TIME ACT KUWAIT VISITORS THAT'LL MAKE Z'GFIELD GO vJHLN I BID AN'HEAR TH' BACK STAGE INTO TH - pf mmy ARCADE HAMLET ANO HYENA I GET WHILE TH' GAME' THAT'S NO SAUCE ** QTHELLOG. FROM TH’ b SHOW IS HE JUST WANTS TO SEE YES-I VIAS y Goin on - / \ quit turn might sign / regarded when i \ ( a I tragedian of f o R Jka* M. Bo® r -, f wf r \ - A /IW s ' I OB cl.' UM' yJ ff ® Al kA v (t)W24 <IT WEA SERVICE. IIVL SIR WALTER HURLS HOME TOWN TO VICTORY COFFEYVILLE, Kans., Oct. 21. —The hero of many demonstrations, Walter Johnson received Monday from his town probably the greatest tribute ever accorded him in ms long career as an idol of basebail. And Johnson returned his thanks for the day of hero worship by pre senting to Coffeyville a ball game. Before a crowd of 10.000 per sons he pitched the Qoffeyville re fineds to victory over the Caney, Kansas blues. Eleven o fthe in vaders were mowed down byway o fthe “smoke ball route” and then in the ninth inning Johnsen crack d cut a hit that paved the way for the winning run. The home com ng for the world series idol was the biggest day in . Coffeyville history, and the veteran | Washington hurler declared it w.,s the one of the biggest days in his life/of big days. Work was forgotten while the whole city joined in honoring John son. Business houses, offices and schools closed for the celebration. I Aside fro mthe ball game, a pa ; rade was the principal feature of [the home-coming. 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 issuei by the Mayor and City Coun cil of Americus for the purpose of street improvement within the city. The polls 1 will be open at 9 o’clock i. m. and close at 6 o’clock p. nu, for the purpose of holding this elec tion on November fifth, proximo. Said bonds shall be issued January l, 192-5, shall bear interest at 4 1-2% per annum, which interest shall he paid semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, after heir issuance. Said bonds shall be issued in denominations of one thousand dollars each, two of which bonds shall be retired on the first lay of January of each year after their issuance, for a period of thirty years. The amount of mon -y 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 c-f said bonds an nually will h ■ two thousand dollars for the purpose of retiring two of said bonds e. ch year and $2700.00 for the purpose of paying interest on the entir amount for 1925, the first year after issuance, and the amount ievk d and collected to pay interest on the unpaid bonds of this issue will b • 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 intdrest 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’clocx p. m. on said last Saturday before the date of said election. A. D. GATEWOOD, JR., u ■ ■ - ■ Clerk and Treasurer. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 22, 1914 FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121 WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO. Office in Americua Steam Laundrj SOUTH JACKSON STREET WANTED ! ~ AU of your Frying size Chickens —hens and eggs. Americus Hatchery and Supply Co. I CSAI'w I ’’* ir - a<, a on Improved 1 f arm lands at cheap- est rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given Money secured We have now outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sumter county alone, with 1 plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD : Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., :in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, I Macon, Stewart, Randolph and I Yebster counties. 21 Planters Bank Tuilding. ♦mericus. Ga Phone 89 O1 ’ I NOTICE City Taxes Now Due I AH city taxes are now due and must be. paid before December 1, to avoid extra costs which will be assessed after December 1. A. D. Gatewood, Clerk and Treasurer RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival and Departure of Passengc , Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgo 3:45 am '2:37 am Chgo-St. L., Atl 2:53 am 1:54 am Albany-Jaxvil) e 3:45 am 2:53 ain 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 Columlus 3:36 pm 1:55 pm. Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pin l 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 (Central Time) Arrive. Departs 10:05 art, Cordeie-Hel’na 5:15 pm '2126 pm Cols-M’t’g’y 3:10 p... 3:10 pm Cordelfc-Savh 12:26 pn « S rm KtcllLnd-Cole to.Oi .rr Americua Undertaking Co. 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