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PAGE FOUR ' TI M E S - R E C C 1 D E R PUBLISHED 1«7» ****»■■■——■—■'l I ■ ■■—w • Published by The Times-Recorder Co., tin*.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher tßterr I «• wtcond elua matter at tha poatofflc, •* Kmet.rua, Georgia, acnordiog te the let W Cotfrewa. Aaeoeiefe'd Prew It exclusively entitle ’ te the oee sot the republication of al) oewa 41* patch e« credited to it or net otherwiae credited to thia paper and alto the local ■ --wa published her*. •1. Al) right of republicatioa special dispatehoe are also reserved. *Mtio*ai Advertiaing Representatives, HOST AND!? A KOHN Brunswick Bldg. Nov York, ; Gaa Bldg. Chicago A THOUGHT A word fitly epoken i. like apples of gold in pictures of silver.—Prov. 25:11. ♦ ♦ v It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth arc r.i' ' ‘best known in heaven. —Caussin. The Surrender Can it be possible! Another Armistice Day. Six years since the last shot was fired in the World War. The quicksands of J time swallow rapidly. You can burn a forest to the ground. Come back next year, green saplings are rising from the ashes. One generation, as man measures it, and you’d never know there had been a fire. So with the World War. Re covery—rebuilding were in evitable. They have, however, proceeded faster than even the optimistic hoped. Most of us feared that Europe would be a desolation for years and years. Instead, we find the destroyed already rebuilt amazingly close to pre-war conditions. Youth is growing into manhood. Ihe loss in man-power is rapidly be ing replaced. One thing will last for gen erations—debt. And, with it, high} taxes. Monuments to the hideous futility of war. As for the war itself, sixty Armistice Days rather than six must pass before the world will know the real effects of the con flict on white civilization. This one thing at least is certain Europe is infintely farther from a resumption of hostilities than on Nov. I I a year ago. The ‘Christian General’ Many of us look on the Chi nese revolution about as we would an uprising in Haiti or Santo Domingo. However, it is greatly different. Thousands and thousands of soldiers have been killed, the railroad plat forms have been strewn with dead and dying; bombing planes, gas and rapid-fire guns have again been in action. The outstanding figure for weeks in this Chinese internal war has been “the Christian General," of whom most of us know but little. From a con temporary we take this sketch of>;Feng Yu Hsiang: General Feng, who recently captured Peking and forced the *■' ,r warring factions in China to de |L„/: plare a truce, two years ago was named military governor of Shen si, populated with what is refer red to as the finest race in China. Back in 1912 General Feng was a major in Peking. Then he attended evangelical services held by Dr. John H. Mott of the inter-national Y. M. C. A. He was converted, immediately entered a class for Bible study, and subse quently united with the Method ist Episcopal church. is told of the general that bnce, capturing a brigade of reb els and having them at his mer cy. he assembled the beaten sol- H ; diers in his camp, ready them a * lecture on patriotism, ordered 1 that $lO be given each officer p and $5 to each soldier, and sent j . them home. The insurgents Us- r °m the south were amazed and .-■ fell to weeping, then arose and i. Joyfully went home. .Methodist and other mission aries in China report that Gen. t’ Feng’s success is based upon » ■, strict military discipline, plus rhe esteem and affection of his offi *“ eers and men. His troops are bet- * ter equipped, better drilled and tter paid than any other divi- Sfat sion of the Chinese army. have a reputation of marching further and fighting J better than any other Chinese Ej. tt-oops. Their barracks would do _. crP dit to the best drilled Euro ii ’;.l ! ean army, and their accoutre nient is first class. —■ ; General Feng has made much xk „of athletics as supplementing the fcannv bill, and in;p:y ~f hi; wear ornamental buckles they have won as prizes in ath letic contests. General Feng was formerly of Hunan, in the basin of the Yangtsekiang, ' where he ruled successfully >vcr 5,900,006 people. . There he ordered his soldiers always to be helpful to the civil ians and his men were welcomed to the villages and homes. In the army he restricted smoking, drinking, gambling and profane language. In the communitie wher, h'- had authority he prohibited opium smoking and other social vices. Ifefc Little news has seeped out ol ■bm|fe£hina for the past few days, but BHTrhin wh I - i 1 !.i -t General seems to have the upper hand and there are many who believe he is the rising strong man of China. Take Cara of Cotten Seed In spite of adverse weather conditions throughout much of the growing season quite a num ber of farmers have made larger yields of cotton than expected- The long rainy season caused considerable damage to both lint and sfeed, after which, be cause of scarcity of labor, much of the cotton remained unpicked in the field. Under these con ditions the farmer should use every effort to prevent loss by further lowering grades through neglect. Cotton has been and still is one of our most abused farm crops, particularly after the crop has been made, by exposure to weather, etc. There seems no good reason why, after making a crop, the owner should allow himself to suffer certain loss through neglect. The agronomists advise that the seed should receive special attention in the matter of keep ing dry and avoiding heating which lessens their value for all uses, particularly for planting. Southern farmers especially suffer too many preventable losses, usually borne by those least able to endure them. A Solution for Every Problem If you are alive in 1950, you’ll pick up a newspaper and read thq announcement: “Unit ed States now has 150 million population.’’ In 1974, the fig ure will have risen to 200 mil lions. So predicts experts. Elven then there wouldn’t be any real over-crowding. The soil of our country can support a population of 300 millions without any more de mand upon imported food than exists now, according to De partment of Agriculture. Some optimists even claim that Texas could grow enough food to feed the whole world. Any one who, has traveled ex tensively in Texas is not likely to pick a quarrel over this claim. 1 h.ese figures are especially interesting E Aa'tise scientists lately have been having a recur rence of the "over-population” fear that makes economists wear long faces periodically. This time, however, they are twanging a different string. There’s not as much concern about adequate food supply for thrf future as there used to be. What the scientists fear now is rather a shortage of industrial power. But when the crisis rises, there’s always some one to step forward and solve it. Scientific agriculture in creasing the food yield of an acre—has been man's answer to the problem of increased food supply for larger population. And power sources will be ex panded and new ones opened up when needed- We still have the tides to harness for power, and the winds and falling water of rivers, not to mention sun light now wasted and the ter rific power locked up in the atom. Why is the population in creasing so rapidly, not counting gains by immigration, inasmuch as big families are no longer the rule? The answer to this is that medical science has cut down the death rate among the young. The ravages of disease are be ing curbed in maturity as well as youth, further increasing the population. In the year 1830 the world had only 850 million inhabi tants. Since then the population has doubled. Professor Ross estimates that in the year 2023 the world will have three and a half times as many people as now. Race suicide’’ is mytholog ical evil, doesn’t exist at all, from a broad world viewpoint. The day may come when all habitable parts of the earth will be as overcrowded as China. But we’ll all be gone and for gotten by then. And the over crowding problem will be solv ed some way, is a pretty safe bet. As for the present, and America is particular, our farm ers would be grateful for more mouths to feed with their sur plus products. The individual need not wor ry about depopulating the earth, as did Colonel Roosevelt, when he was preaching his race sui cide theory. What we need now is not LARGER families, but BETTER families. Intelligent human beings will slove each world problem as it comes up. "TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT, POP!” Sllllwli I NM / y J ’ ■ ITh] !.| [llli .1/ n t\— / a MH y /ißlkw, i, q / Ji i Old Days In Americus \ TEN YEARS AGO TODAY | (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 10, 1914.) Mr. and Mrs. J. Roscoe Parker, Miss Marion Kelley, Mr. and Mrs, D. K. Brinson, Mr. and Mrs. Philo Smith and Mr. Walter Rylander made up a motoring party going to Macon this morning to attend the State fair. Miss Maria Harrold 'eft this aft ernoon for Baltimore, where she will spend three or four weeks pleasantly with relatives Captain M. B. Council sustained the loss of fifteen or eighteen bales cotton quite recently on 1 is planta tion near DeSoto, east cf America;. I The cotton oales for convenience, had been stored in an unoccupied tenant house awaiting slvpment to town. H. Yancey, Jr., the noblest Rom an of them all, is in Americus To day, estolling the virtues of the north Georgia spaghetti town. Yesterday morning Mrs. J. A. Hixon was a hostess to the mem bers of the Florence Irving club at an interesting, little party. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 11, 1904.) Beautifully engraved wedding cards have been received in Ameri cus, announcing the engagement of Wednesday evening, Nov. 23. Miss Katherine Felder Everett, to Mr. Robert Lee Stewart the rites te be solemnized at their residence, Miss Everett was reared in Ameri cus and until recently resided here, her beauty and poularity winning to bear a host of friends to whom the announcement of her approach ing marriage is of interest. An interesting and important meeting of the Americus Hospital Association was held yesterday morn ing at the Presbyterian church for the election of a board of directors the other officers r.living been chosen at a previous meeting and already installed. Messrs. C. M. Council, F. P. Harrold, and E. R. Andrews were chosen directors of the two year term. For the four year term, Messrs. N. A. Ray, G. M. Eldridge, R. J. Perry, Allen Fort, Jr., E. A. Hawkins, W. 11. C. Dudley, Sr., T. B. Hooks, and John W. Shiver, will serve the associa tion as directors. The local cotton market day quoted good middling at 9 3-8 cents and middling at 9 1-8 cents. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. A. B. & A. ROAD WINS BIG DAMAGE SUIT ATLANTA, Nov. 11.—A ju-y in the circuit court of Jefferson coun ty, at Birmingham, All., has re versed the usual proceedure in rail road damage suits and refused my damages whatever to J. V. Bene field, who brought suit for $l6O, 00() against the Atlanta Birming ham and Atlantic railrcau. Benefield, a railroad emp'oyee, alleged that he was permanently injured in the head aid ears and his nervous system shattered bv be coming overheated. After deliber ating less than a hour the jurv brought in a verdict in favor of the railroad. The suit was d ; reet-?d against Colonel B. L. Bugg, receiver for the A. B. and A. Ra Iruad, in At lanta. Every office has somebody who ir sorry the hoss is so ignorant. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER SiMSr,is Dreams may be suppressed wishes, as Freud says; but who ever wish ed the devil would chase him? Nothing hurts your lu..k as much I as thinking you haven’t any. It is : wise man who looks tilings Ov r pr instead of overlooking things. —___ | A good name, like great riche ,; is often faked. Nerve is a funny thing. You have it w th you until you i eed it. And then you lose it suddenly. Many a supposedly good Chris- I tian cusses when his radio gives him a sermon instead of jazz music. A little cussing now and then is relished by the best ol men. The world gets bettor. We saw a movie that didn’t end with a kiss. The stone-age man had his wife at his feet, but the modern man has her at his heels. Most men want a heavyweight purse for a lightweight fight. Work never hurts a man unless he keeps away from it. A man in love will do anything, but he usually does nothing. A man seldom turns over a new leaf until the old one is all smeared. The needle is mightier than the pin. Almost time to take back what we said about hot weatner. People who say nothing is in.pos sible have never tried paying their bills without any money. Nothing comes to him who sits down and waits. A man who howls at everything is usually treated like a dog. Most of the me.i ■ i think they lie to their wives <b n't. The millions of germs on money | and in kisses never make a man re fuse either. The original name of the orange was “naranj,” which is why they changed it. The boll-weevil hurt cotton very little this year in the south, and helped conversation very much. Canned whale meat is being sold in Africa. The whales are always cut up, never being canned wholt. Oysters have been back from their vacation several weeks now without saying what a good time they had. A movie star saying her husband is perfect doesn’t get her nams in our paper with such foolishness. Be very careful while inheriting a fortune. In St. Louis, a woman who did it fainted. Florists say the old fashioned flowers are returning 1 -;t of course this doesn’t include will flowers, ALLEGED KLANSMAN IS GIVEN GANG SENTENCE CUMMING, Nov. 11. -Jim Pin ion, white, was sentenced in For syth county Superior court last week to scrv? one year on the gar.g on charges of assault with intent to murder growing out of the shoot ing of the 6-yea.-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Neal, several months nsro when a number of men, alleged Ku Klux Klansmen, attempted to whip Neal. Neal resisted, shooting into the crowd. The mob return ed the fire and Neal’s small son was seriusly injured. Two other Forsyth county men, by the names of Smith and Mc- Daniel, indicted jointly with Pin ion, will be tried at the next term of court, it is said. ' Neal, a member of a well-known North Georgia family, became es tranged temporari'y froih, his wife several months leaving his home and goin k g to another state for i several weeks, it is said. Soon aft ler his return to his home in. the northern section of the county, he was called to his door one night by a group of men, some of whom it is alleged wore the regalia of the klan. He fired into the crowd and the fire was returned, approximate ly 20 shots being fired, according to evidence brought out at the trial. A load of shot struck Neal’s small son in the breast and for many months it was not thought the child would live. Pinson, Smith and Mc- Daniel were identified, it is said, and later were haled before the grand jury and indicted. As a memorial to the hero u of the Confederacy, the figures of generals Robert E. Lee; Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis arc being carved into Stone Mountain. MRS.BUSH TELLS OTHER WOMEN How Painsin Sideand Drag ging Down Feelings Were j Relieved by Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound Massena,New York.—“ I had ter rible pains in both my sides and a llllllllllllllilii l! ragging-down • llmw'lllll ft’cling that af ,'cc,'’'lmc;,(,th:it I <-"uld hardly walk, sJpv**' and I got run- down. A friend who HE* ; L- K had taken Lydia <*“* •' E-Pinkham’s Veg- IHP J etable Compound 1 RV ill advised me to try i "’I * 1 an 'l I have A; ... > taken it with the best results. I do L.—.. ,—.,_—.lmy housework and also some outdoor work on the farm. The Vegetable Compound has given me back my health and I cannot praise it enough. lam perfectly will ing that you should use these facts if my letter will help other women who still suffer.”—Mrs. Delbert Bush, R. F. D. 1, Massena.N.Y. The spirit of helpfulness shown in the letters we are constantly publish ing is worthy of notice. These women know by experience what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will do. Your troubles are the same as theirs. If you have pains and a dragging down feeling and are nervous and ir ritable, profit by Mrs. Bush’s experi ence and give the Compound a trial. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* And Embalmen Night Phones 661 and 88 Pay Phonei and 231 _ TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEtylßEfr 11. 1924 thetimes-recordErzoc? THE Teledu, of Java. Has a/wlMte mark down its back The balance (of its body is A shirty, silk)\black. Its length is two feet, to tail; It’s It eats of insects which • Are rooted from the gWumd. S’Weree bv/Jbol Apek COTTCN Australia, big wheat grower, ex-! pects in six years to be exporting as much cotton as wheat. A large acreage already is devoted to it. ! Northern states do not realise the, terrifice havoc of the boll weevil.] Unless checked, the United States' (may take a minor position as a| (cotton exporter, or ev<n grower.! The loss would be national, not merely sectional. Accordingly the’ nation—Uncle Sam—can’t do too much to fight the little gray beetle that came from over the Rio Grande. * * * PRIZE You cannot know our relation to the past or the extent of our genera tion’s accomplishments without a knowledge of economic history. Schools give only a smattering, their histories being too bu«7 with tire record of wars and politics. In 1831 the B, and 'J. offered a S4OOO prize for a rab oad engine capable of hauling 15 tons 15 miles an hour over level track.-. Compare, next time you see a 1 )?4 freight, train whiz by. We should teach more of this, less of the history of destruction. ♦ * ♦ EXPORTED What’s our country’s. leading ex port? Guess again. First place goes to textiles, including everything from raw cotton to fiini. r.ed clothes. Oil ranks second. Theoretically, by reason of our enormous extent of land, farm products should make up the bulk of our exports. Country s of small area and dense popula’ion ar? by nature adapted for exporting fin ished products. Are we pu’ling against the tide in concetrating on manufactured rather than agricul tural exports? Our unbalanced eco nomic system looks like it. * * * SECOND-HAND Auto dealers’ associat : on reports that the number of used cars s?id so far this year is almost exactly the same as the number of new cars placed on the market. Three hun $5,000 TO LOAN On. Americus Residence Property Phone 830 J. LEWIS 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 V 54 am Albany-Jaxville 3:45 am 2:27 am Albny-Jaxville 12:29 am 3j45 a m Cin-Atl-Chgo 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 0:20 am Columbus 3:15 urn 1:55 pm Albar.y-Montg’y 2:15 pm 4:15 pm Macon Atlanta 1:55 pm Pm „ Alban y 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) 0:05 am Cordeie-Hpl’n. 226 pm CoU-Mt’g’y 3:10 p., ’ ?? ttr Cowielfc-Savh 12:26 nn It r«w rir\l K nd-r , nlr »n nt 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) CUSTOMERS With a reasonable knowledge of ■ i-! ' j what each of our hundred* of h customers want, coupled with our P led ee to be “sympathetic tl K to ever y need > and faithful to every this bank an institution preferred. V,e iU cordially invite ’cur account — commercial or Savu gs. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING dred thousand, second, hand ma chines a month are sold, the coun try over. The average used car now sells for $297.80. In 70 out >f 100 new. car sales, a used car is traded in. The junkman doesn’t get all ouc I discarded cars. A lot are shipped abroad, where novelty still eebpses ancient vintage. • * • : BUSINESS It develops that the business de ! pression has not been as bad as it J seemed at the time. It was common i talk, some months back, that ',',e | auto industry was supposedly “all shot to pieces.” But in the first nine months th|s year factories )l turned out 734 autos for every 911 y in the corresponding months of last /year and 662 the year before. In | making comparisons, keep in mind that 1923 output was abnormally I and unhealthily big. THE STANDARD HERE LS A LIST OF SPECIAL SALES THAT WILL SURELY GET YOU OUT. At 69c—Boys’ Ribbed Fleeced Union Suits, all sizes. At 95c—Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Union Suits, all sizes. At 98c—Roys’ Fleeced L'ncd Un ion Suits ,a'l sizes. At $1.48 —Men’s Flcccheed Rib bed Union Suits, sizes 36 to 46. At 65c —Ladies Ribbed Vests and Pants, all sizes. At 25c. 35c and 50c—Infants’ Ribbed Vests and Wrappers, all sizes. At $1.95 —Plaid Blankets, large sizes. This price is for a pair. At $1.95 —Fancy Plaid Wool Finished Blankets, full regular size. At $6.75 —Ladies Al! Wool Serge Dresses, black, navy, gray and brown. At sl3.7s—Ladies extra size Poiret Twill Dresses, size; ic 52. At sl.l'B—Mei'.-. Woo; Finished Shirts, attached collars. At s2.so—Men’s Wool Shirts with collars attached; several shades. At 20c—Choice of twenty styles Standard Outings, full width. At 98c—Choice of one big table Men’s $1.50 Dress Shirts, all s zes. At $1.98 —Misses and Children’s Brown Shoes, flexible soles, rubber heels. At $1.98 —Boys Scout Shoes, flexible all leather soles. At $2.98 —Boys all leather brown or black Dress Shoes, all sizes. At s3.9s—Ladies Brown Oxfords —new styles, just received from the makers. At $7.98 —Ladies Jersey Sweat ers, beautifully made and trimmed. At 49c Yard lO-4 Unbleached Sheeting, guaranteed 90 inches wide. At 69c—Ladies sample Kid Gloves, all colors, all sizes; values up to $1.50. At 25c—Misses and Children”® fine ribbed Lisle Stockings. At $1 —Duplex Window Shades, vl ite on one side green on other, complete. At 15c—Short Lengths of Mer cerized Crepe, for underwear, all colors; value 25c| At 15c—One big table of Dress Gingham, standard quality. At 22c—One table of best qual ity Dress Gingham, colors guaran teed. At $1.98 —Manor Tapestry Brus sels Rugs, all wool face, beautiful patterns. At $2.48 —Alexander Smith’s Velvet Rugs, size 30x60; twenty patterns. At $3.50- —Smith’s Axminster Rugs, beautiful patterns, s'ze 30x60. At 2.4 B—Misses Brush Wool Sweaters, all regular sizes. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce AMERiCUS. GA.
