About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1924)
PAGE FOUR L *> Published by I Times-Recorder Co., iu>«.i Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher i.. *l'2" 1 ** e, “ ■*"•» «t n» I C *" r * u - •wotdla, re «U Aet 4 '<!*• *«* l «fed f Pnw te weiarir.l, ..Mtl. ’ I, JUre nt tm the republication of ,11 ae „ JtnCenee credited to it or oct otherwise credited to J'** ?'* W". ? Bd ,U ” the I<h: * l P»»>>W>«d boro. •tt. All right of tepobUcatioi of apecl.! dlagatehaa MO also rewired. . * d ’ erel « tn « Ropreoerttatirtw. HOST UANDIS A KOHN, btruoawick Bl**.. Now T«k( »M>IM Gee Wd«.. Chlogo, I A THOUGHT Who maketh his angels spirits, » find his ministers a flame of fire.-L | - Heb. 1:7. ■P The angels may have wider 5 spheres of action, may have nobler forms of duty; but right with them and with us is one arid the same thing.—Chapin. People Eating More Butter Georgia is making exception al progress as a dairying State. Creameries have sprung up in many sections and none have failed to make good. A very large percentage of the butter made in the State’s creameries is sold in the State, stopping one of the serious financial drains on the State. Every pound of but ter made and sold in Georgia means that much money kept at home. And while we are producing '"more butter and buying our own butter, we are enriching our soils, giving our farmers anoth- L»- er source of income and stim -1 ulating hog and poultry produc h tjion. All from the little COW, There is nol danger of over -5 production. The market will I sag occasionally, but butter is j one of the staples of our diet f and its use increases, rather than decreases. ■ , Butter consumption in Geor gia increased about one million pounds during the first nine v .months of 1924, as compared wjfh the same period of 1923, according to dairy specialists of the. State College of Agricul ture.'Vvho give us the follow ing; .statistics: Figures for United States show the.increase over the whole coun try to be about fifty million pounds. The total consumption for this country during the first nine months of the year was 1,- , 516,690;900 pounds as compar- ed with 1,407,043,000 pounds last year. Os the increased quantity of butter consumed approximately f 18,000,000 pounds is accounted for by the normal increase in population. An additional 9,000,- 000 pounds has been required through the decrease of that much in the production of farm butter which must be replaced by creamery butter. ler capita consumption of whole milk has increased more than 23 per cent in the past three years it is pointed out. Each per son on the average in 1920 con sumed 43 gallons of milk, where as per capita production in 1923 . was ‘53 gallons. A, Butter consumption during the same period has gone up from. 14.7 pounds per person to 17 and consumption of con depsed rq;ik increased ft cm six pounds' W*l3l-4 pounds. Only Blight increases are show in the consumption of cheese and ice cream during the period covered. Sumter county farmers are realizing more and more that .... they must have a year-around •J, income and they are turning to ; poultry, cows and other things to supply that income. The day is past when a farmer can pros per on one crop alone. More cows are being added to Sumter farms and in anoth er year the dairy industry will be greatly stimulated by cheap er foodstuffs. Arrangements will be perfected soon to place a large feed mill in Americus so that the farmer may produce to a large extent his own cattle ‘feed. This will make dairying more profitable than heretofore. Sell Those Idle Farms The world has away of helping the fellow who helps ».-• himself and of passing by those who refuse or fail to make an effort to better their material £ conditions. If we would prosper in Sum- County, we who live in the bounty must exert some initia tive and effort to bring about that desired prosperity. In the county today are many acres that have laid out for one IF—- or more years. They are de teriorating in productivity and in " value, and are a drain on the ; resources of the county. If we could place an industrious fam «.».. i1 y on each of these idle farms we would add just that much r to the county income and pros perity. The Central of Georgia rsil- -way has Offered to aid us in placing smart, hard-working, in telligent men on these idle farms. President Downs of the Central, has evolved a plan for advertising these farms over the West and he and his associates will use their influence in bring ing these white families into our county. The service is FREE, the advertising cost being borne by the railroad. In a letter to the Times-Recorder, Mr. Downs says: “I am deeply Interested in the success of this plan because I feel that it will result in son e real constructive work. “Sumter county is one of those sections which, as you say. would benefit wonderfully by the coming of desirable new people. I hope your citizens will take ad vantage of this opportunity arid T believe they will, because 1 know some of the influence th;:., your paper has.” Mr. Downs wants 15 or 20 Sumter county farms, of from 40 to 200 acres, listed. Secre tary Everett, of the Chamber of Commerce, has the information that is needed to comply with the conditions named by Mr. Downs. If you have one farm or more, see Mr. Everett at once and get your farm on the list. Only a limited number of farms can well be taken. There is absolutely no fee or other ex pense. It occurs to us that here is an opportunity for Americus real estate men to aid in stim ulating farm land sales. The advertising of our farm lands by the Central of Georgia will turn many eyes toward this section and will cause additional in quiries to be made of the pos sibilities in this section. Should the Central’s plan prove suc cessful, it will greatly stimulate the farm land sales in this sec tion and the real estate men will benefit thereby. The Times-Recorder has great faith in the proposed plan of the Central of Georgia and again urges the owners of farm lands in the county to co-op erate with Mr. Downs and his road in this splendid proposal. Sumter county has idle farm lands. There are smart, indus tries farmers who want to come to this section. The Central of Georgia’s plan will bring these two together. Let’s get up our list at once. Laugh and the World Laughs, 100 A dreary future ,in which no one will ever laugh, is predict ed by Dr. Charles Gray Shaw, who teaches philosophy at New York University. Many sign boards point that way. People certainly do not laugh as much as they used to. Comedians in recent years have been complaining that audi ences are becoming more sol emn, with the “Dare you to make me smile’’ attiude. This may be due partly to the war, which took most of the joy out of life and shocked peo ple into serious attiude. But, even more, it’s a result of pub licity. In former generations, jokes traveled slowly, were car ried about by theatrical troupers and drummers. Today the new joke on Broadway is carried by newspapers, vaudeville and radio all over the country, and quickly. Naturally, with such fast cir culation, thet life of a joke is shorter. Then, too, humor has become a scientific business. Hundreds of clever comic artists and col umn conductors are on the alert for new "gags.” The old ones have been classified, rehashed, disguised, served time and again. Every one knows them < —except the rising generation. But scientific distribution of available humor is not what Shaw has in mind when he pre dicts a future without laughs. Primitive man, he says, didn’t know enough to laugh, since wit involves a certain amount of in telligence, and— “ The men of the future will know too much to laugh at any thing. We laugh at what we do not understand, or at what seems inferior to us. In both cases, our pride induces us to assume an exalted position and haughty air. Men used to laugh at Columbus and Galileo. Now they try to joke about Einstein and Freud. “On the social side we are ■ prone to laugh at people who ap pear inferior or who are forced to assume degrading positions. The prince laughs at the pauper. The city person snickers at the rustic. The native citizen smiles at the immigrant. But these are only the signs of incongruities ‘ and inequalities which the future -.will remove.’’ «. Laughter, as Shaw views it, is >a characteristic of man in his present stage of mental develop ment. When men become more intelligent, he expects, they will laugh less. How often do you see <a scientist or highbrow Uughr However, if the future has nothing in its existence to grin about, it can always look back and laugh at us. HIGHER AND HIGHER, CLOSER AND CLOSER _ _____ • 'e- o & jK, ? v Old Days In Americus TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From, the Times-Recorder, Nov. 17, 1914.) Saturday evening’ Mrs. C. O. Niles was hostess at three tables of bridge, a lovely compliment to Miss Mary Fort, the guest of her sister, Mis. Hollis Fort. Miss Fort has hosts of friends in Americus and her departure for her’ home in Danville yesterday morning was a keen source of regret to then.. The guest of honor was "particularly lovely on the occasion of Mrs. Niles’ party, wearing light blue corded .silk. John Monohan and Joe Frank Rees left this morning for Miami, Fla.; on a prospecting trip. They will be gone several days. The appearance in Americus last night of three regimental officers. Maj. Wilder, Capt. Spence and-Capt Saye was a pleasing Suprise to Cap tain James A. Fort and Lieutenants i ws Experts find music will not chart.'' a snake, so next time you see one it is safer to run than s : ng. The handles on aluminum frying pans don’t get so hot but the pans are too light for spanking children. They seldom have lightning in the polar regions, so that would be, a dandy place to go to tell a lie. We can all be thankful this Thanksgiving that saxophones are bard to learn to play. A wise man knows he is acting foolish to fall in love this close to Christmas. Women’s clothes arc so funny, they are almost as funny as the men’s. The old-fashioned woman who drowned her troubles poison him now. It must be awful to be a school teacher and have so m xny children wish you would break . our neck. The flea hop is the latest dance step. It is quite an improvement over the St. Vitus. / When it comes to quail hunting most men are fine at shooting .-par rows. It is estimated a great many peo ple will get real strong exercising to get warm this winter. Among modern home inconven iences are gas heaters, around which there is no place re chew to bacco. Most men try to forget their past instead of using it for their future Perhaps a third of our cuss words were discovered by men waiting for their wives to dress for church. Men who catch on to things too quickly let go the same way. The man at the bott'm of most things is usually up a tree. The future usually becomes the past without anything happening. Life, at best, is a gamble. And the man who Sever takes a long-shot seldom shoots very far, THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ J. E’. B. McLendon and B. C. Hogue of the Light infantry. The dear old steam heater, the very dependable porcurcr, came again to the relief ~f Che Ameri cus urchin this m. rnmg with the first cold snap <; -he season and seven .hundred merry kiddies sallied forth to enjoy the cold outside and enjoy the ozone. Little .''diss”’Alijte fi'arrold on the occasion of iw eighth’ birthday en tertained yesterday at an < njoy able little neighborhood party. Only a few little girls were invited and the affair was very informal. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder, Nov. 17, 1924) Judge T. M. Allen received a telegram yesterday conveying the pleasing ihformation that his son in-law, Dr. Shelton Howell, had successfully passed the board of pharmacy in Atlanta and granted license. Dr. Howell is a sterling young citizen and druggist of Ly ons and has friends in Americus who are pleased at his success. The two beautiful vacant lots on Church street, opposite the Coker residence and belonging to the Bank of Southwest Georgia, were purchased by Mr. R. J. Perry yes terday. They front 120 feet on Church street, with a depth of 190 feet and is really- the only vacant “close in” residence property on that street. As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, the matrimonial market looks up a little. Many here are going to be thankful for matrimony (and others sad.) Justice Jere B. Ansley who is a candidate to succeed himself in the office of justice of the peace for the 789th district, is receiving every assurance of support at the hands of his many friends. Justice Ansley is an old Mexican War vet eran, and one of Sumtei’s oldest and most esteemed citizens. THIRTY YF.ARS AGO TODAY (From the Times-Recorder Nov. 17, 1894) Cotton reiceipts here, as in oth er interior rnarktes, have fallen off very perceptibly since the late freeze. The great bulk of the cot ton is marketed and so'.d, and re ceipts from this time <,.i will be comparatively light. The residence of Mr. J. W. IClopton, in the Fifteenth district, formerly known as the Dempsey Hooks place, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The house was valued at about $2,000 and was partially insured. EVANGELIST RAPS ‘BOB’ HAIR; GIRLS QUIT WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Bob bed-haired girls in the choir of Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal church have quit because Burke Culpepper, an evangelist, denounc ed bobbed hair and said it was against the teachings of the Bible. “The girls arc a little peeved.” Choirmaster Deane Shure admitted, “but they are not going to quit the church.'” Meanwhile Reverend Culpepper is goin; to figb. bbobe 1 hair to the finish, .noir or in choir. “I don’t say you will g) to hell if you bub your J,a : r,”» Reverend Culpepper said in his las., sermon, “but I du say it's unsci iptural. You old married women who take up the fad ought to beashamed of yourselves. It’s not so bad for a 16-year-old, but it’s a disgrace’ foi< your eldty women,” . A bijAlbcart Appte CRUELTY The first American society for prevention of cruelt ’ to animals was started in 1823. it was exactly, 50 years later when the first so ciety for prevention of cruelty to children was founded. We still have campaigns for kind ness to dumb brutes. H<w about a few campaigns for kindness to youngsters? A lot of them need it are neglected far more than the parents would neglect a horse or flivver. ♦ * * FLORADORA Ahoy, old-times’ It’s just 24 years since the first performance of “Floradora” and its famous double sextet, “Tell me, pre'ty maiden, are there any more at home like you?” Ah, if they sang it now the answer would be, “A few, kind sir tut they’re not at home —a- the movies, dancing and necking.” The theater has changed, hasn't it? But not any more so than the public. The stage is a pretty re liable mirror of the audiences, especially their morals faiths and credulity. * * * TAXED Motorcars in our country last year paid nearly 472 million dollars in taxes, or an average of s3l apiece. This total includes everything from licenses, gasoline taxes to federal excise taxes. Combined, these taxes amounted to not much more than half of what was spent on the nat'on’s roads. Directly or ’ndirectly, you are helping pay for the roads wheth er you drive a rar not. Since near ly every family has a car, very few have an unfair burden. * ♦ * PROSPERITY Steel industry, barometer of gen eral business condition sand indi vidual prosperity, is s.viftly climb ing back toward full-time opera tions. Output of pig iron in Octo ber was nearly a fifth more th; n in the month before. A gigantic boom is apparently ap proaching, with nothing on the hori zon that might stave it off. Rail roads, for instance, are handling enormous tonnages of freight, in one recent week breaking all form er records. * SPENDING Politically the natron has over whelmingly proclaimed by its bal lots that it is in a conservative 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. We 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 Directora And Embalmers \ 'MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1924 T4ERE Is plenty to do. when you've nothing to do. and you re tng your time round the house. Such terrible bores as a long lis| chores are thought at. at course, by your spouse. You’d much rather rest but you’re quickly outguessed as i asks favors galore. MUi.ni ( —^S=S===== ==== ’JfcF :^= = trouble ehe airs: many; j c r*. things need repairs, and I Hrißf Bhe figures that's what I 'I I *■- i you are f° r '* I URL .MfhiTt. l * The 01d vacuum cleaner i I m has ne’er acted meaner - I Mhlf' ma- - “* it hasn't been oiled tor aj J _ln f week. The carpe^ lß tj slacking; It likely i®' IJ.W U tacking. The spob'gp 0 _ rwsgSS.'-fgT t p e tub's sprung a igk,' It's practically certain the'dining-room curtain has busted a spring Jb, was In it. You're hopping around as new trouble Is found and you're on the jumi every minute. J* , When all things are mended and working is ended, the clock uffio house bangs off 10. You hie for the hay. and you know, the nextjfcr.' you can fix them all over again. JJfc (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, inc.)' ' j frame of find. Unfortunate for all of us, if this conservatism asserts itself in money matters. Spending is what makes prosperi ty—keeps factories and stores busy. * * * DANGEROUS The most dangerous place to be is in an auto, claims a prominent in surance expert. Thirty per cent of the accidents he investigates oc cur in autos. Almost as many accidents (25 per cent of total) happen in homes. Commonest home accidents are cuts, falling down stairs, slipping from ladders. However, regardless of where you are, safety is largely a matter of personal caution. Develop the safe ty-first habit in your children. Worth more than a large cash leg acy. ALA. MAKES RECORD ' IN LIQUOR ARRESTS (By Ihe Associated Press) MONTGOMERY, Nr-. 17.—Ar rests for violation of the prohibi tion la win Alabama during the month of October were in excess of the number recorded in any oth er similar period of time. Os the total of 574 arrests for WANTED ! All of your Frying size Chickens —hens and eggs. Americus Hatchery and Supply Co. Change of Schedule Central of Georgia Railway Effective Monday, Nov. 17, 1924. Effective with first train southbound, passing Ameri cus Monday, Nov. 17th, the Southland, train 33 will reach Americus at 2:08 A. M., in stead of 3:45 A. M. as at present, and northbound train 32 will reach Americus at 1:53 A. M. instead of 1:54 A. M. as at present. RAILROau schedules Arrival and Departure of i'assengei Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Eghm-Chgo 3:55 am. 12:20 am Chgo St. L., At' 2:27 am 1:53 am Albany-Jaxville 2:08 am 2:27 am Albny-Jaxvip.e 12:20 am, 2:08 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:53 am 3:55 am Albny-Jaxvil.'e 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pin 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 0:47 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:34 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am 11:42 pm Chgo-Stl-Atl 3:29 am SEABOARD AIR LINE Central Time) Arri ve Departs 7:55 air. Cordele-Helena 9:35 am 12:26 pin Cols-M’tg’y 3:23 prn 3:23 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm J- A. BOWEN, Local Agent L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) OUR CUSTOMERS f With a reasonable knowledge of rmmiT- 2 n HMmW what each of our hur >dreds of * wRaBMS customei 's want, coupled with h ’ji ° Ur plcdpe t 0 be “sympathetic RI? t 0 eVery nPed ’ and faithful to eve T trust ,”~ makes this bank an ' ns^'^u^lon preferred. We Jjjcordially invite 7 cur account— ~~ ~commercial or Savings. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 ' PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING variou scauses, 415 of these were for violation of the jrob.bition law, with distilling, publ c orunkeness and gaming next in order The amount of property confi scated and the amount of materia! seized and destroyc 1 inn slightly less than in previous months, it is shown. Cash fines for the month were listed as $23,452.19. while expenses amounted to $9,64 < |s’i' -h c rs po l '*- slsows. There were 337 convictions with 24 cases’ nol prossed and six acquittals. $5,000 TO LOAN ««| On Americus <■ Residence Propert; LB Phone 830 ■ J. LEWIS ELLIS l|| THESTANDARI II ' (They Bought I'V Shoes Here Friday and Saturday More Shoes than we have ever sold in any tveo days were disposed of here Friday and Sat urday. The Sale continues un til further notice. The £ first pair at regular price —we guarantee to he as low as any other mer chant will sell them; the second pair at $ 1 ma! et them way below any price you have heard on real good shoes. This is not a Bargain I lot of Shoes in broken sizes or old styles that you usually find in a sale, 1 , but it includes ev ery pair in our stock. It matters not what price shoe you buy you get the second pair of the same quality for only $ 1. FOR INSANCE— Two pairs of $2.50 Shoes will cost you $3.50. Two pairs of $3.50 Shoes will cost you $4.50. Two pairs of $5 Shoes will cost you $6. There are no strings to the Sale. You may buy one pair of Ladies’ Shoes and one pair of Men’s Shoes, the purchases mixed to suit the purchaser. About fifty styles are now displayed in our window. Come by and see them for yourself. Standard Dry Goods Company Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commere, AMERICUS. GA.
