About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1924)
PAGE FOUR IF EVERY ONE IN SUMTER COUNTY VISITS OUR FAIR ONE TIME IT WILL BE A SUCCESS TIMKS-RECC IDIR mjbushbd un IIMIII l» ■■■■■»> .11. I -. II .1 11 ■ ■IIMIM JH Published by The Times-Recorder Co., <um.)' Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher fatwrA M mead elut aattar at Ike »ortotfiat at Adotiom, Georgia, looordlng la tka Aat ai Caagwiai Tka AMociated Ftom 1» exeladeelr eadtkl ta the aae for the repuhUcatloa <rf all neve tlte patehee credited to It or not otherviee credited ta tkie paper end e’.ao the local .eve pnbUahed haea ku AU right of republication of epecial diapatahoa are alao teeeired. National Adrertlaing RepmenutirM, ROST LANDIS * KOHN, brunawiek Bldg.. Non Turk I ■oopleo' Goa Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abun dance, but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath.—Matt. 13:12. * » » Abundance consists not a.one in material possession, but in an un covetous spirit.—Salden. Congratulations The people of Americus are to be congratulated on their ac tion in passing the emergency street bond issue for $60,000 to repave the disreputable wood block pavements. Their action will encourage the Mayor and Council to con tinue their efforts in the name of strict economy, wise manage ment and efficient government. The present body of city offi cials are living up to the spirit and the letter of the budget law, carefully administering every dollar entrusted to them. They are retiring the old floating in debtedness that should cancel this in six years or less, when the tax rate can again be lowered from 20 to 15 mills. The first action of the Mayor and Council after the bonds are ratified by Council and pass on to the court for examination, will be to appoint a special com mittee composed of several street pavement experts who will act with the City Engineer, Mr. Wheatley, in calling for bids for repaving the streets and will al so aid Council and Mayor in the selection of the type of pave ment to be laid in place of the wood blocks- There will be no undue haste nor will there be any needless delay in getting the paving un der way. However, the Mayor, Council and City Engineer are determined to give the taxpay ers the greatest value for every dollar they have voted in the bond issue. The splendid work done at the polls by a number of inter ested citizens yesterday account ed, to a large measure, for the Overwhelming vote for the bonds- However, after all is said, it was the splendid vote and aid of Americus women that made the issue possible. Their votes were almost —if not en tirely—unanimous for bonds. We congratulate the women for their help from the start to the last ballot was cast. Vaccinate Now There are a few cases of small pox in the county, but in every case it is found among those who have failed or refused to submit to vaccination. Not a child has developed a case nor is there a case among white people, health authorities in form us. Occasionally there exists a prejudice against vaccination, which is really rather foolish. There is no community in the nation that does not advocate and insist upon vaccination. It is sure, positive and is the means that has saved many a life. Before we had vaccine, there were smallpox epidemics in thousands of communities. Oft en the death list was tragic. Since science discovered this preventative, no appreciable number of cases have occurred in any one community. With the first evidence, the physicians get busy with their little points, the disease soon disappears. The health department of the county in the courthouse, or your physician will vaccinate you. There is no cost, except 25 cents for the point, when done > by the county health depart- Vment. Your physician will make a small charge, if you pre ' to use him. \icularly should the farm 'jie community see that ¥o labor is vaccinated \A single case on the 4 V’R * nto an epidemic . >lect both white and /unate now! __ Evolution of Races Most of the big wars for cen turies have been business clashes or conflicts of political systems such as democracy arraying it self against monarchy. The world hasn't had a real racial war since the Chinese and Mohammedan invasions of Europe. But the next big war may be a collison of races. So runs the talk in scientific circles- A thousand years ago the white race ruled only part of Europe. Now the whites rule eight-ninths of the habitable world, though they form only a third of the world's population. But the various colored races are multiplying rapidly. The white race, despite its near-sui cide in the World War, and de spite the spread of birth con- • trol, is increasing though not nearly as fast as blacks, yellows and browns. ‘‘lncreased inequality in numbers means, in a democratic age, an inevitable transfer of power,” warns Professor J. W. Gregory. Which is the superior race? Every race steps forward and answers, “We are.” Truth is, it depends on the date. Chinese had a great civilization when Europeans were wearing wild animal skins and hunting with a club. Right now the white unques tionably are superior in wealth, invention, arts and sci ences. Time may change our standing. All civilizations de cay, as surely as petals fall from the blooming rose. Felix Luschan in his latest book writes: “The differences between races, especially those regarding intellectual and moral qualities, are by no means as great as the differences between single individuals belonging to the same race. . . . There are no inferior races, but each race has its inferior individuals." He might haveadded that the “inferior individuals” frequent ly are decidedly in the majority. The main difference between races is that they are in differ ent stages of evolution, just as the habitual criminal is thous ands of years behind the aver age law-abidinging citizen, in evolution. Trees have their limbs bare in winter and covered in summer, differing from women in summer only. No woman is an ol 1 maid until she dresses like one. Our greatest kick against the scenery in autumn is we run out o; adjectives. Well, they claim a man in Vienna has 42 wives, so all we can say is he wins the loving cup. A pian who took a drink in Peo ria, 111., woke up in Miami, Fla. Anyway, he was lucky to wake up at all. A Springfield, (Mo.) girl of 19 married a man of 85,> and lawyers claim he is crazy, while we claim she is. Twelve were jailed fcr tarring and feathering a Maryland girl, a case where fine feathers made sad birds. It’s a strange thing, bu; no mat ter how an election comes out. the country never goes to the dogs. Utah woman killed her husband on their honeymoon, instead of put ting up with him for a while. Some people go hungry for fear of biting off more than they can chew. The trouble with owning a grouchy look is you seldom get a pleasant one. One meek as a kitten may grow up to be a wild cat. Cold weather makes some people feel so good they work. Going to church is cheaper than subscribing for fashion magazines. With so much rouge the ord r of the day, flowers are net the only things born to blush unseen. We never can tell whether we are in love or just have been eating something we shouldn’t. The faster you live the quicker your creditors catch up with you California preacher married a couple in 20 seconds. Tbia was even quicker than drowning. u u OFF WITH THE NEW—ON WITH THE OLD A CONSERVATIVE | old Bijzd like me This Shte if SEEMS To GO BEST WiTh * K kind of BeauTY w folk ' / .'zSWal Tift /T \ 1 Agfa !S> ? * M i /< W i Old Days In Americus ! _ ——.- - - —— - — TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 6, 1914.) My Dear—You have heard of many tacky parties but you have never seen a real one. Mrs. Clarke was hostess at a real one last night and her guests were the people who board intthe house with l.f-.r. After 'supper the program was cutting up generally. The pair that would have convulsed you were Walter Page and John Mathis, ’'alter pre sented a matronly figure garbed in a black dress which fai’ei to make connection in the back by about a foot. He wore a huge velvet hat turned up in ther back ard trimmed with turkey feathers. His little boy, John, seemed to be in a restless mood, or probably he knew that his mother would quiet hhn with pep permint sticks. Miss Kirby was the blushing bride, the veil a summer mosquito net. Miss Jor.es wore a gown made in Paris, Tenn., many years ago. And then Bob Hawkins and Lee Hansford. 800 was a cour. try pumpkin right, with a derby hat four ■ sizes too big. Miss Baugh who represented a typical old maid and Bob Hawkins bore off the hon ors, startling hose being the re ward. The cotton market locally is quot ed today as follows: Good Middling 7 cents, Middling 6 to 6 1-8 cents. Miasj Louise Marshall who has been with friends in Atlanta dur ing ten days left that city today for Texarkana where she will be the guest of relatives until the Christ mas holidays. twenty years aco today (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 6, 1904.) Americus had the distinction i f leading all Georgia in the building of an electric street railway, for when horse cars were Mill jogging along the streets of Atlanta, Macon and Savannah the people of Ameri cus rode in electric cars as up-to date and modern as any now oper ated in these cities. Americus voters are going to do double duty Tuesday as aside from electing Parker and Davis they will whirl in and help elect a mayor and various other city officers for the full term of two years. Mayor Hawkins is unopposed for re-elec tion, as is City ClerK Hawker. Messrs. J. A. Pinkston Flmo Prole, Z. X. Childers and W. J. Gunn, are the aldermanic four whe aspire to the three aldermanic chairs vac ted. Messrs George Oliver, Lawson Stapleton, J. F. Bolton and C. K. Chapman are the aspirants for the two vacancies in the police bond. Perhaps the most beautiful and enjoyable social functhn of the fall season was the reception tender ed Friday afternoon by Mrs. Frank Harrold in honor of her guests. Miss Sorrels, of Dallas, Tex., and Miss Walker of Monroe. Nearly , a hnndred guets responded to the in vitations extended and enjoyed the game of military whist very thoroughly. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 6, 1894.) Among the many interesting in cidents of the early history of this section of Georgia that will be em braced in Hancocks forthcoming history, none will be mote so than the descriptions of the Indian wars in Stewart and adjo'.iin.j counties. Mr. J. J. Cranberry, of this city, a veteran of the war with the Red- THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 1 skins, has prepared several inrst in teresting articles thereupon which will be published in t’ e history, and will be read with keei interest cy everyone. Sunday night Tom j in es played a mean joke on t r c Americus de partment, just after midright cas ing them up with the report flat there was a fire at thu shippers compress. Mr. J. W. Furlow, of The Times Recorder is taking in the sights of the Central City. “Walt” deserves a day off,as he hasn’t enjoyed such in more than a year. j Close your stores until 1 o’clock' today, and thus show vour appre- 1 ciaatian of the duty you owe t > the foremost democrat of the nation Charles F. Crisp, by working for a big majority for him. Wasn’t his speech last night a great one? {Americus is abreast with the times when it comes to beautiiul flower yards. The rose and chry santhemum are now growing to a brilliant point of perfecv'on, and no where do these exquisite floral gems bloom more luxuriantly than in the pretty yards around A ncri- CUS. ' CUT-OFF Rev. A. G. Brewton, of New Era, delivered an able and impressive message from the Methodist pulpit Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Pennington and children, of Meigs, are visiting relatives here this week, Mr. and Mrs. David Bedenbaugh, Albert Bedenbaugh, and Jess Kitch ens, left Monday mornig for Wil liston and St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Clapp and children, of Byron, and Mrs. Addie Wicker, of Americus, were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Wicker. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Perry, of Montezuma, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. ft. H. Stubbs and family Sunday. The hallowe’en entertainment was a decided success Fr'day even ing. Quite a nice sum was realized for school purposes. Mr. and Mrs. David Bedenbaugh and Mi& Janilu Holloway, spent Saturday, afternoon, vUh Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McDonald :.t I’pald.ng. Mj.sbes Lula Mil or, and Mary Annie Feagin, Ernest Cameron, E. W. and Arthur Hoilowav, of Am ericus, were Sunday e/ening guests of Miss Mardelle Pennington. Misses Allibelle and Carolyn Brooks, Wallace Nelson Jr. and Frederick Watkins, of Ideal, at tended the Hallowe’en entertain ment here Friday evening. W. H. McKenzie, of Montezuma, was looking after business interests here Friday. Our community was well repre sented at the Macon ‘aunty fair at Montezuma Wednesday. Mrs. R. H. Stubbs, was looking after business interests in Ameri cus Monday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bray and chil dren. and Mrs M. S. Farker, of New Era, were Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. J: T. Morris att the Sh.ome of Mrs. A. Jt Pennington. Mrs. R. H. Stubbs, Miss Julia and D. H. Stubbs, spent Saturday as the guest of Mrs. Ci opton. GROWING MINT Mint will grow in water like oth er plants if left In a sunny window and given j>lent£ of air, OIL Stored in big tanka in our coun try are 500 million barrels of crude oil. That’s as mucn as we use in 10 months. When an oil shortage develops later, as it does periodically, a gig reserve will lie waiting in the tanks. Industry not only looks ahead months, it looks ahead generations. A lot of the big planning of the present is for years hen :e when the planners will be gone. The system increasingly becomes more intricate. Day of hand-to-mouth business is gone. * * * OURS Seven-tenths of the world’s oil is used right here in the Ui’./ed States. This is an accurate reflection of our mechanical leadership, for the main useh of oil are machinery lubrication and driving power by explosion of gasoline or burning of crude oil. Our civilization is largely median ical. But don’t be discouraged. Machinery will solve th? problem of making a good living in a few hours a day. With that prob’em solved, man will be released sos intellectual and spiritual gursu’ts. Previous great civilizations rested on human slavery instead of machinery. * * * PRICE This will interest you if you own oil stocks (as nearly every one does). Uncle Sam reports that the world produced 42,462 million gal lons of crude oil last year and used only 38,315 gallons. This left an enormous surplus, which by the law of supply and demand made the price of crude oil, at the wells, low. This law of supply and demand still is the real ruler of economics, though it is often sidetracked tem porarily by the conspirac’cs of man ipulators, » » » COAL The soft coal industry continues quiet. A lot of coal men accept the situation fatalistically and blame it on poor business conditions gener ally. When factories aren’t running, they’re not burning coal. On the other hand, the railroans use a large part of the coal output, and tney have recently been hauling more freight than ever befoie. One thing that has mads the coal business quiet is the great number of businesses and building that have turned to crude oil for fuel. More will, many of them. • ♦ » APE-MAN An ape-man saw a forest fire started by lightning. He picked up City Taxes Now Due All 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 Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directon And Embalmer* Night Phones 661 and 88 Pm Ehegej Bfi ug 111 WHAT S in those envelopes under your cap. you ladl in a suit? What sort of messages have you on tap t F l asS r of , and weighty affairs. Wires of just greeting. and isuch. Missiles of love when real sentiment flares or maVbe a w>re thus. @a touch ” You are tne lad who is telling the world of the things to be told in a hurry Into your bus ness. through AS; \ wires you are hurled, and the job ®n| )M| keeps you all in a flurry , / 'Course you don’t know what each message may say but you ever must wF IMV* . carry the load that tells of a birth £ or a,passing away that is flashed o'er the telegraph code fit When things tire important enough for a wire they re bound to be thrtlL ers, indeed You keep flames of interest in all things on fire a. .ou people sit up and read 1 • (Copyright. 1924. NEA Service. IncJ a piece of wood, blazing at one end, and ran into the darkness with it. That wag man’s first form of arti ficial illumination. Recently uene Sarazen played golf at night, the course illumined by an electric searchlight of 400 million candlepower. J. ater this power light will seem, to future men as primitive as the ape man’s blaz ing fagot seems to us today. We are barbarians, by future stand ards. * » * RABBIT-FOOT An old medical book, printed in 1668, comes to light. It urges car rying a rabbit’s foot to ward off rheumatism. That was 256 years ago. Superstition dies hard—if ever. Another remedy in the old bwk; “With an iron nail raise and cut the gum away from about the teeth till it bleed, and that some of tLe blood stick upon the nail: then drive it into a wooden beam U p to the head; after this is done you shall never have the toothache in all your life.” Many who tried it probably got lockjaw or blood-poisoning. TURK JUDGES KEPT ON BENCH TO CLEAR DOCKET (By The Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 6.-- In order to clear crowd'd dockets, the Angora government nas organ ized new courts, eac i with three magistrates. Under the old regime the magis trate swere so poorly paid that they invariably resigned after a short time to find more remunera tive employment. Now, however, the presidents of criminal courts re ceive the equivalent of S6O month ly; without allowances, ; nd can live decently. THIRD OF FILIPINO , CHILDREN IN SCHOOL (By The Associated Press) ; MANILA, Nov. 6,—-The toal ex-! penditures for the public schools of the Philippine Islands during the year 1923 amounted to $7,220,000 or $221,000 less than f. r the year 1922, according to figures made public by the bureau of education. A total enrollment of 1,128,997 RAILROav schedules Arrival and Departure of Passenge; Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgo 3:55 am, 12:20 am Chgo St. L., Ati 2:27 am 1=54 am Albany-Jaxville 3:45 am 2:27 am Albny-JaxviHe 12:29 am 3 =45 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:54 am 3:55 am Albny-JaxviHe 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 10:20 am Columbus 3:15 mn 1:55 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pm 2:15 pm Macon Atlanta 1:55 pm P m „ Albany 10:22 am 6:47 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:34 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am 11:42 pm Chgo-Stl-Atl 3:20 am SEABOARD AIR L’NE (Central Time! Arrive Departs 0:05 am Cordeie-Hel’na 5:15 pm pm Cols-M t g’y 3:10 pm 8:19 pm Cordcle-Savh 12:26 pm *•l9 m ’EichUmi-Col* «U.Og am C M cSuNCTI’ v P u- T * E< BOLTON - Aw’t. Cashier "C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashiei The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) a OUR CUSTOMERS With a reasonable knowledge of what each of our hundreds of customers want, coupled with our pledge to be “sympathetic to every need, and faithful to every trust”—makes this bank an institution preferred. We cordially invite ?cur account commercial or Savings. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING ' ■ < WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1924 school children was recorded in the public schools for 1923 out of a school population of 3,077,467. The percentage of attendance through out the year was 85. A total of 25,780 teachers was employed, of whom 329 were Americans. In the public schools only the English lan guage is taught. BUDAPEST FLOCKS TO BALL BUDAPEST, Nov. 6.—A crowd of 35,0000 gathered in this city re cently to witness a soccer football game between German and Hun garian players. The German team was beaten 4-lt. ITHE STANDARD SPECIAL SALE OF COLORFAST SHIRTS.’ COLORFAST’ MEANS EXACTLY WHAT THE TRADE MARK IMPLIES. SHOULD WASHING OR PERSPIRATION CAUSE ANY SHIRT TO FADE, WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO GIVE A NEW SHIRT GRATIS. THE FABRICS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE SHIRTS ARE THE PRETTIEST WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG WHILE. At $1.38 —Men's Madras and Percale Shirts, all sizes. At sl.9B—Men’s Imported Silk Striped Madras Shirts, all sizes. At s3.so—Men’s Fine Silk Striped Shirts, extra quality, all , sizes. SALE OF MISSES SHOES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY At $2.50 —Misses Flexible stitch down sole Shoes, brown and calf leather, sizes 13 to 2. 4 X? At $1.98 —Misses stitched-dowm high Shoes, flexible soles, sizes 8 to 12 1-2.. At $1.50 —Misses Oxfords, flex ible stifehed-down soles, sizes 8 ta 12. 2000 YDS. OF THE VERY BEST GINGHAM AT 18c YARD Short legnths from 10 to 20-yd. pieces, in about fifty new patterns. '? Every color, guaranteed to wash;, here while they last, at yd . ..18c MEN S STANDARD UNION SUITS AT $1.48. None better offered in Americus, even at $2. Natural color, good weight, fine elastic ribbed; every size from 34 to 46 here at suit- $1.48 PLENTY OF BOYS’ UNION SUITS AT 69c SUIT If you have not supplied your needs do so at once. These are the best you have seen for 31c more; here, all sizes at per suit 69c MISSES AND CHILDREN’S BRUSH WOOL SWEATERS AT $2.50 All colors. Trimmed with fancy 1 designs of brush wool, slip-over style, every size in the lot; eractly the same quality as the larger ones now selling at $5; here, any size at ----- - $2.50 THE COAT SALE CONTINES AT $19.95. There are many coats in this lot that are worth $35. None worth less than $25. All colors; majority of them have fur collart; every one ’ offered in this sale at $19.95 Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERICUS. GA.
