About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1924)
PAGE FOUR TIMXS-RECeiDH PUBLISHED WT» »—W>' ■ ** ~. . w Published by The Times-Recorder Co., tuie.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Eiwh>l u wcood elM> autlat at tha poatofflaa M Ameix-o*. Georgia. aoeaidlag la lha Eat ai Cangraaa. The Aaoeclaled Praaa la exclod.aly eatldtl N the uee lot the repahlicalion of all newa die gatchee credited to it or not otbonriae credited te thia paper and alee the local . *w. pnbtlebed beta *>. All right of ropnblicatioa at apodal dUH«baa are aleo reecavod. ■ —— National Adrartiainf RepwsantatlrM, FROST LANDIS A KOHN, krunawici tldf.. PUw T«dK| •*nvl«a’ Cat BHf.- Chicago. A THOUGHT Seest thou a man that i< hasty in his words? There is mere hope of a fool than of him. —Prov. 29:20. see Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance. — Plutarch. Americus Loves a Good Sport There are no two finer sports in the world than the Prince of Wales and his countryman, Sir Thomas Lipton. The Prince's visits to this country have im pressed the American people with his splendid democracy and lack of swagger. Sir Thomas, year after year, has refused to accept defeat as final and comes back again and again to rescue the yacht trophy for his coun try- Although he is not swamped with attention and publicity as H. R. H-, nevertheless Sir Thomas Lipton is always wel comed to these shores by ev erybody who believes in good sport and sportsmanship. There are even thoroughly loyal and patrotic American citizens who go so far as to wish him bet ter luck in future international yacht races. Sir Thomas apparently does not consider the America’s cup a permanently lost prize. He announces that he will challenge for the cup with his fifth Sham rock for a race in 1926 if the United States yachting authori ties will subscribe to the revised rules presented at a recent con ference in England. Just what those rules com prise is not yet announced. It is rather generally hoped, how ever, that new regulations will provide for the construction of useful vessels instead of highly specialized racing boats unable to cope with winds that are harmless to truly seaworthy craft. Americans who want the cup to be retained by this coun try would feel prouder of suc if it were won under less re stricted conditions. If Sir Thomas enters his yacht in 1926 the American people will wish him luck and do their best to defeat him again. Cheer Up! Worry has killed more men ’ than work. It destroys the ap petite, clouds the brain and in . terferes with sleep. One way to cheer yourself is to look at the other fellow- Always there is some one less fortunate than you. Put yourself in his place and you’ll realize that there’s more happiness still than you thought. Even when life is most un . pleasant, you have more pleas ~ ure than unhappiness. You don’t believe it? Then you " have a bone to pick with Prof. J. C. Flugel, senior lecturer in philosophy and psychology in University College, London. Flugel got the notion that pleasure always outbalances dis pleasure. To prove it, he had nine men live “an unpleasant life" for a month. They jotted down, in their note books, every feeling they expreienced. Averaging the scores, Flugel fond that, out of every 100 feel ings or emotions experienced by his investigators, 68 were pleas ant an donly 32 unpleasant. Ihe gloomiest man of the crowd was amazed to learn, when he finally checked up, that ho had been happy 46 per cent of the time, unhappy 36 per cent, and "on the fence” the rest of his month. E.xamining the note book rec ords, Prof. FlugXl found that there are 22 main causes of pleasure and 24 causes for dis pleasure. Many are not as im portant as we imagine at the time. Food produces a pleasurable feeling amounting to less than 6 per cent of a person's total emotions, ”tender<emotion’’ less - 1 per cent, "companion -3 ship and society” only a quarter f I per cent of the total. s ' -•«, it was learned, is re- L. t dian 1 per N. r | JVWIs. sorrow I U r- ment a half Will C<, m p,| ina I these statistics of emotions is that a thing may cause pleasure on one occasion and displeasure on another. For example: The fragrant odors of a well-cooked dinner are highly pleasuing to a hungry man. But the reaction is likely to be the opposite if the ?ame man has just gorged himself on the same food. Nothing is quite as enticing as the thing we can’t have- In fact, according to another authority, Prof. J. W. Bridges, it is only when instinct is thwarted that emotion develops. Put the "figgers” seem to show that there’s more pleasure than pain in the world, even when life is not running smooth ly- A good thing to remember when we’re blue. And, too, we couldn’t experience pleasant emotions to serve as contrast. Joy and pain—physical, men tal or emotional—are matters of contrast. President Coolidge’s Six Points This is a good time, thinks the Savannah Press, to learn some thing new about President Cal vin Coolidge, whom the nation has just given one of the great est votes of confidence in a half century. William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee, has his own ideas df what has made Calvin Coolidge both great and suc cessful- following are the reasons on which Chairman Butler bases his conclusions: 1. His reverence of women. His mother and his step-mother were unquestionably the most im portant influence in his life. To enlarge upon that statement is impossible without transgressing the boundaries of personal confi dence. But citizens of Massa chusetts know that it was his leadership which set their State so far ahead in every matter af fecting the niterests of women and children and the home. 2. It is not by accident that so many of our Presidents have been country-bred. The farm er’s son is much alone; he is de pendent upon himself for the conduct of his life. He does his own thinking; he makes his own decisions. All that is best in our rural life is represented today in the White H'ouse. 3. Rigid economy was a neces sity in his home. It was a neces sity in the boyhood homes of most of our Presidents. No man can really understand the people unless he has shared the common lot. The people of the United States are experiencing already the results of Mr. Coolidge’s de votion to economy; our taxes have been reduced. There will be yet further economies, and every home will benefit. 4. He promised in his speech of acceptance that this should should be a campaign of common sense. How rare is common sense in public life; what a fear ful price the people pay for the lack of it. He has made no glit tering- promises; he has offered no millennium. But by sound business common sense more progress has been made in straightening out the tangled af fairs of Europe in the year since he entered the White House than in all the five years before. 5. He has been magnificently trained. Part of our national difficulties arise from the easy going assumption that any good man is equipped to hold public office. We tend to talkers in our politics, not to trained exe cutives. Calvin Coolidge began in the lowest public position. Suc cessfully he was Councilman, Mayor State egislator, Senator, President of the Senate, Lieu tenant Governor, Governor and Vice-President. Thirteen different times the people wore given opportunity to review his work, and each time by their ballots they pronounced it good. He knows the business of goverment and "knowledge in power.” lie has made a study of government the work of his life, from the day he entered college until now. The results so his study have been put into action in your service and mine. They are known and read of all men. 6. Finally, he has worked. I suppose there is no man in the United States of his years who has put in more hours of concen trated hard work. He has never denounced his opponents, never considered it worth while tq re ply to personal attacks, never sought, by any of the well-worn tricks, to exploit himself. He has worked, the results of his work have done all the talking necessary. He is typically Amer ican. What does that mej»n? What was it that our fathers sought to found here on this continent? A new thing under the sun. A Na tion free from special Privilege, ■ from class control, from any at tempt to substitute initiative; a Nation in which the humblest can aspire to and attain the greatest heights. The career of Calvin Cool idge furnishes another splendid example for every American youth. It is no idle boast that the presidency of the greatest country on the globe may be achieved by the American who fits himself to occupy the execu tive chair. Possibly the greatest handicap of any youth seeking the exhaulted position would be extreme wealth. The country lad, poor, honest and intelligent has a greater chance for success than his wealthy neighbor, , *■ i-’C*--' ' ******* : ' t 3 I have These ParTes '*s \ ■fouß "feARS J ' S' X. V~\ i FfrW ' vno\& \ x v. n Jl/ \i u ... - I V //CW j Old Days In Americus ; TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Form The Times Recorder. Nov. 8, 1904.) Americus’ wagon receipts Jump ed over 32,000 bale mark yester day. A good crop marketed already if we did not receive another ban.-. Hundreds of Americus people who had never seen an Indian found out yestterday more about tnc noble red man. Fifty big and little Sioux from the Pine litdge Agency were here, and as the big strapping reds strode about the street-? a crowd of curious on lookers fell in behind .them. Chief One Feather is in command. A dozen extra policemen were placed on duty yesterday, but aside from looking after an -occasional “weary” brother there was but lit tle doing. Saifi Man in Scotland claims he saw a dragon, but dragons, as you may know-, live just beyond the pink ele phants. In Berlin a man put his lecture cn a phonograph record and played it, because phonographs don’t have stage fright. London has established a para chute school, which is one place r.o real boy would play hookey from. They caught a turtle near Coven try, R. 1., over 100 years old. Poor thing, he has lived through many elections. Bay City (Mich.) woman has 194 direct descendants. We would hate for that many people to have a right to kiss us. They are wearing glasses with colored shades in London, but it will only make things seem brighter. And an English woman says she married to have someone to hit, while we say women are becoming more truthful. Barber in Richmond, Va., refuses to bob hair. The shop must k-ok strange, with only men 1! ere. California girl killed a deer with an arrow, no doubt much to the sur prise of the girl and the deer. In Chicago six bandits robbed a coal company. They got a lot of money but all the coal was saved. The population of the world is es timated at almost two billion, all of whom want more money. Florida man landed a big fish aft er four hours but girls often play one for years and years. Doctor in Los Ange.es says we should abolish the corset Might as well say abolish the hoopskirt. “Slow moving people live long est,” finds another doctor. Thon do plumbers ever die? The first time a couple realizes matrimony doesn’t make two people one is when they buy their rai’zoad tickets. » If all the world is a stage jtl.en a loafer is a stage robber, , r ., THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ AFTER THE BALL IS OVER Messrs. Edward and J. C. Tim mermen, of Plains, were among ethers from that busy little city in Americus yesterday morning. Within the past few weeks many; families have removed to Americus from the country and - i:.-;ller towns and others still are coming. While business and educational advantage ; attract many here it is possible Lh-r-t the rapidly increasing danger to life in the country will shortly drive many other white families from toe more remote districts to seek pro tection in the city for t-ieir loved ones. THIRTY YEARS ACO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 8, 1894.) The friends of Mr. James W. Gperry are urging his' claim? as aldermpn from the Third ward, sub ject to the city primary on the 2Sth inst. Four gentlemen met in the ar cade of The, Windsor last night (vhose combined weight was 995 pounds. Some hotels might want a better advertisement than this but the Windsor is not one of them. Little else was talked of upon the streets and in business circles yesterday except the democratic Waterloo of Tuesday. Democrats are, of course, very sore over the defeat but are unanimous in. fixing the blame where it belongs? Dixon and Childers, the live Cu lture and crockery dqaiors call-at tention in their new ad this morn ing of the beautiful line of crockery' just opened at tlwir store. The tariff is off on prices and the pret ty goods are going. The work of overhauling the First Methodist church building has be gun, and when completed that house of worship will be among the handsomest in the citv The pipe organ recently ordered will be here by that time. * NO NEW CASES IN PNEUMONIC PLAGUE (By the Associated Press.) LOS’ ’ANGELES, Nov. B. To date there have been 36 eases, with "0 deaths from the pneumonic plague. Two of the victims died yesterday. The situation today considered by health authoritie •• - being- 'ex- tremely satisfactor .” No deaths so far today, nor ha e ihcre been t eported any ne w :i.-e.? from the latest source in the quarantine quart <-r. Health authorities fighting i ! jc epidemic have not slackened tl-eir intensive anti-plague measures. RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival and Departure of Passengei 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., Atl 2:27 am 1:54 am Albany-Jaxville 3:45 am 2:27 am Albny-Jaxville 12:20 am 3:45 pm Cin-AtLChgo 1:54 am 3:55 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 10:20 am Columbus 3:15 pm 1:55 pm. Albar.y-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 6:34 am. 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am 11:42 pm Chgo-Stl-Atl 3:20 am SEABOARD AIR LINE (Ceatral lime) / Arrive Departs 10:05 am Cordde-Hel’na 6 :15 pm pm Cols-M’t’g’y 8:10 pm 3:l® pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 ptr i:lf P* KlcWkßd-CoU IPxflf mi WJ beri Asote PIRATE Captain Kidd wasn't a pirate. To the extreme contrary, re was an officer of the law, a chaser of pi- rates. This amazing claim is made by Homer IL Cooper, writing in American Mercury magazine. Con sider the evidence on the other side. Which are we to believe? Maybe safety lies in accepting both—that Kidd was Jekyll and Hyde, a pirate and policeman alternating. History is filled with inaccuracies. That’s human. Consider how rival politicians and factions make it im possible to learn the exact truth about the present, let alone the past * * * SIOOO The land values of our country increase SIOOO every ti .ie an immi grant arrives from ah.-cad, said a campaigner for the Commonwealth Land party. That was his “lowest estimate.” Farm land is made valuable by the soil tiller’s toil. City land usually is made valua ble largely by the toil of others than the owner—by the multitudes who flock on the site or nearby. And (eventually all man-created wealth if absorbed by the land, which alone endures through the centuries, in creasingly valuable. * * * FORTUNE Publication of income tax returns brought to light many an industrial romance. The second largest in come. taxpayers in Maine—a man And wife-—were in very moderate circumstances a few years ago. They became rich, manufacturing- caper pie plates. The easiest road to wealth is to make or distribute a necessity. Se lect something people have to have. Devote your time and energies to it. A “good living” is almost certain. Riches are probable, if you can win out against competition. The hard est road to fortune is dealing in a commodity people do not consider a necessity, and which requires long and patient educational campa-gns to induce them to buy. * * * OCEAN Japanese, 50 miles off their coast, find theAleepest place so far lo cated in any ocean. They sound to a depth of over, six and a quarter .miles without touching b -item. That LOANS made on improved farm lands at cheapest rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 years with pre-payment option given. Money secured promptly. Wo have now outstanding over $1,100,000 on farms in Sum ter county alone, with plenty more to lend. MIDDLETON McDONALD Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in Sun ter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Ma con, Stewart, Randolph and Web ster counties. 21 Planters Bank bldg., Americus, Ga. Phone 89 or 211. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directors r ' And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 z Dey Ph<?B«i 8g and 211 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1924 flppelizingsfy WHAT is so’good as the odor of food when the suppertime hour’rollJ around? Our appetite s hooked when the grubs being cooked, .lea, It] u. rises and cannot be downed. .... ... . .uJ Men come home at night and their ambition light is dunmed through th? • work of the day, The ginger and pep's fallen way out I of step and the laziness felling’s at play. But, then comes the break, and it may be a steak or \j 1 I i some pork chops that reinstate men. The odor will rise and you soon realize that you're pepped up all over again. IU The gbod wife is cooking and hubby stands looking, A a n ' just taking the flavored air in. Spme meatstuff is broil- am ■ ing. potatoes are boiling. stove works with vigor yV'WI \ i nnd vim. _ „ . ftgAg Ah, then is the time when your system’s in rhyme, for I II 'a home-prepared meal Is a treat. And no matter how I fagged, or how weary and dragged. Mister Hubby len . . ’ — Church Women Active In League of Women Voters Work I v - • ! ■ - z ImML J • '' JFi Jii r Mrs. L. L. Hendren, President of the Georgia League of Women Voters. At the recent state executive board meeting of the Georgia League of Women Voters held in Atlanta at the Piedmont Hotel, Mrs. L. L. Hendren, of Athens, President, announced that on account of numerous inquiries from different parts of the state into the policies and plans of the League of Women Voters, arrangements have been made to send out over the state of Georgia representative League women to tell of League work. “1 think this the psychological time to send out our women to explain the wonderful week the League is doing,” Mrs. Hendren explained. "The League is one of the most forward looking, far visioned organizations in the coun try. it is an origin, zation every woman should know about, understand and b > a part of. I find that the greater num ber of inquiries that are sent to the ptate League come from leading church women. It is gratifying to see that the women realize that the < hnrch and civic welfare must go hand in hand. The League stands for • duca tion along citizenship lines, and for such an effieient government that it will be possible to get the proper iunds for our educational institutions and other welfare work iu which women are so vitally interested. The League concerns itself with laws that zitally concern wo nen ac l eft'ct their ven every day. in.th' year. Many i-nr'i'. in this ; la’-- do not even know yat tin do :iot star,- the guardian seems very deep. Yet, compared with the earth, it is less than c faint scratch on a billiard bail. ♦ ♦ * TEA J Drinking more tea? If not; you’re behind the American, procession. The British this year arc selling us 137 pounds of tea for every <-2 pounds last year. Such things do not happen by chance. Tn this case, the reason is adver tising. British interests, as you’ve notic- L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier I he Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) nOUR 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 trusV’—makes this bank an institution preferred. We cordially invite v.cur account— commercial or Savings. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING . ship of their children squally with ' their husbands. This is a law that . Has worked great hardship to some women, though fortunately many men! are better than the law would compel them to be. It is from some of the best men in the state that the League is receiving moral and financial sup port—men that have never been inter ested in polities before, but who see great possibilities through the Leagry® Mrs. J. W. Wills, one of the leaders in Dr. Ashby Jones’ Baptist church in Atlanta, is touring the south ern part of the state. Mrs. Wills says: "The League of Women Voters is a part of the ‘Kingdom’ work.” i Miss Carrie Lee Sanders of Talla poosa, the newly appointed Field Sec retary, will accompany Miss Eleonora Raoul, chairman of Organization, on a tour over the state, visiting the towns that have shown a disposition to be interested and eager for League work. Miss Sanders is the daughter of a leading Methodist minister in Talla poosa. '1 am going out into the state fr the League because 1 have been rained along the line of welfare work,” said Miss. Sanders, "and I believe the work done by the League of Women voters to be the basis of all civic welfare.” Mrs. Hendren will conduct a per ■ >nal tour over the Eighth Congres- 1 ional district beginning this fall, which' will bring her up to the close of her nest Successful year as president, of die Georgia League of Women Voters. cd, have been advertishg heavily, portraying tea temptingly, urging its use. Advertising talks to tens of thousands while the individual salesman talks to one. * * * LIQUOR One steamship brings 178 pack ages of whisky and >ther liquor? for French, British, Spanish and Ar gentine embassies in Washington. A very busy season apparently lies ahead for the diplomats. With sup plies like this, they should be able to settle anything.
