About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1924)
PAGE FOUR IIMIS-RECCIDII PUBUSHXD in Published by The Times-Recorder Co., line.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Intwr'’ u wcoud elaat Batter at tha rortoffiei »» Amer»cu«. Ueorgia. •ecording la tbe Atrt W Cangreaa. The Aaaociated Frew !• eiclnafrely ea title 1 te th* oaa sot the repablication of all save <!»■ gatches credited to it or net otherwise credited to Ate paper and also the local «ew» pebllahed here* *e. All right of republicatioe ot special dispatches are also receded. National Advertising Repaeaentatiraa, FROST LANDIS A KOHN. Brunswick Rldg.. Nov Totfcl Gao Bldg.. Chicago. A THOUGHT Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth, —Matt. * * * Meekness is the grace which from beneath God’s footstool, lifts up a candid and confiding eye, accepting God’s smile of fatherly affection, and adoring those perfec tion swhich it cannot e< mprehend. —James Hamilton. Investigate First Millions of dollars are lost annually—and Georgia contrib utes her share—because invest ors fail to investigate before investing their hard-earned sav ings. This week the Georgia Securi ties Commission is carrying on . z an educational campaign which seeks to persuade Georgians to know where their money goes before they turn it loose. Men who have accumulated large fortunes have said that it is easier to MAKE money than to INVEST IT wisely. T. B. Conner, administrative officer of the Georgia Securities Commission says there is not a securi.ies department that has not been impressed with the tragedies that result from un wise investments, particularly among laborers and small sal aried men, “who throw away the savings of a life time; wid ows their life insurance money that should go to the education pf their children; the infirm and aged their means of livelihood,” and continues Mr. Conner: one of these tragedies has come under the eyes of the Securities Comission, not once but many times. And the pity of it is that with just a little forethought, with just one hour spent in taking competent advice all this suffer and despair mignt be avoided. The banks and bond houses, spe cialists in weighing and assaying investments, are always ready to steer the investor away from calamities such as these. The se curities convmission .answers . •pifltm'pti/ 'letters asking for ad vice about investments. The trouble is that most of those who consult us wait until they have lost tkeir money before they write us. It is a fine thing to catch the grafter who has im posed upon the credulity of the ill informed and the helpless and eqliip him with prison stripes; hut that is poor consolation for the., one who has already been -Swindled out of all that he has. Mr. Conner expreses the be lief that practically 100 per cent of the circulars sent through the mails offering big, quick, unreasonable returns from in vestments, are fraudulent. The Postoffice Department is so del uged with complaints from those who have been "stung" that; it cannot look into half of them. Citing examples of fraudulent schemes which are ... being perpetrated, Mr. Conner says: - Early this year a man named 2 •R. Van Tress, operating under z the name of the Western Ranch & Service company, sent an ad vertising' car through the south ern part of Georgia, offering X. lands of the Choctaw Indian Na z, tion in Oklahoma. He secured thousands of dollars from Geor gia people before we heard of 11 s operations and obtained from the proper authorities in Wash _ " ington the information that the lands were very poor in quality and that “the government had ? been trying to get a case against this and similar outfits which had been grafting off of the peo ple of the South.’’ We are this „ week sending out and advertis ing warning with reference to the Burnham Chemical company, of S Reno, Nevada. This company | has flooded the country for two [ years with literature, carefully f , worded to catch “suckers’’ and ■ ' yet not commit itself to definite I statements that would convict it | of fraud. Complaints against I this concern have been lodged k with the postoffiee department I for months by our commission ■ and by nearly every other securi- I ties department. ■ Georgia has on its statutes ■ the securities law which seeks to ■ protect its people, but it does ■ not insure any one against bad I investments. That kaw, like > Other criminal laws, Mhay appre- J hend and punish th« guilty, but / it cannot return to Ahe investor r the money has \inwisely in [jUwM' to, guard gainst get- I ting into the hand* of one of Lfhese slick-tongued crooks, Mr. Conner gives the following few things for the investor to keep in mind: First: The law requires a li cense of every dealer in securi ties and his agent or salesman. If the man who offers to sell you securities or lands lying outside of Georgia cannot show his li cense from the Securities Com mission, you are put on notice that he is a “wildcatter.” Your duty is to report him to the prosecuting authorities. Second: Any licensed dealer or his salesman can advise you as to what securities are exempt from supervision by the commis sion. Two classes of securities must be validated before they can be offered in Georgia, name ly, Class “C” and Class “D.” Class “C” securities are invest ment securities which have proven themselves either by a record or, at least, two years of successful operation of the business issuing them, or have underlying them assets which the Securities Com mission believes to be sufficient to protect investors against loss. Class “D” securities are issues of new enterprises which the law defines as speculative securities. The seller of these securities is required by the lav/ to advise the purchaser that they are Class “D” securities and that he is speculating. Third: Use the utmost care before buying lands outside of the State. In every case it is the best for the prospective pur chaser to inspect the lands bc for buying. If he accepts the offer of free transportation made by representatives of some of these companies, he should re member that the land has been advanced in price to cover not only his traveling expenses but the traveling expenses of the man who goes and does buy. In such cases, probably better in vestments may be made by pay ing one’s own expenses and in vestigating without the guidance of an interested land company. Fourth: Never give up any money in response to a mail so licitation from a concern about which you have no information. It does not matter how plausible or attractive these people may make their schemes you can be sure that they are all frauds. Those who have authority to sell their securities in Georgia are licensed by our commission and a letter to us will bring a prompt reply advising you whether or not a license has been granted. If you know nothing about the people making such solicitation, either throw their literature in the waste basket or write to the Securities Commission for infor mation. Place your savings or surplus in a safe, ably managed bank and let it remain there until you have found a reliable invest ment. Before drawing it out of the bank, talk it over with your banker. He knows, nine times out of ten, whether you will be safe and will give you the benefit of his knowledge. It is part of business to help you protect your savings and invest ments and he will give you a frank and honest opinion. In vestigate thoroughly take plenty of time —before you in vest. “The Dixie Bee” The pupils of the Plains Con solidated School have entered the field of journalism with a school publication, 'The Dixie Bee,’’ of which Joseph Cran ford is editor-in.-chief. The first edition, just off the press, is bright and newsy throughout its four pages, a de cided credit to its editorial staff and the school as a whole. A number of Plains mer chants have inserted their ad vertisements in the publication to help the financial end of the paper. One may learn by memory alone—like the parrot —but it requires diligence and brain work to write. Editing or con tributing to a school paper is ex cellent mind and moral training. He who writes must know what he wants to say and how to say it. He cannot write as "loose ly" as the average individual talks. Once a statement ap pears in “cold type" the writer must be able to back up those statements with facts. We congratulate the Plains school, teachers and pupils in this really worthwhile endeavor. PLANE DUSTING EXHIBIT AT SOUTHER FIELD The Huff-Deland dusting plane hi conjunction with the State Col'ege of Agriculture and the couni y agents will put on an exhibition of dusting cotton by aeroplane at Souther Field Friday morning at ten o’clock. George Marshall, county agent who was instrumental in getting the Huff DeLand company to demon strate here is very anxious that all who expect to witness the demon stration be on hand promptly at 10 o’clock. \ After the dmrKU|strai’ons a hig will be hell! by "in ty nts VH whether. tfee .multpij. > -r n. .1 year, ’ ‘ ■'* t OUR BOARpiNG HOUSE By Ahern / ~'TUa-T A /f.VERM Time WotJ GAVE. c ’rt NOtJ : <srt cla»v?’. a Tt r Ue Yov) vMm ’VOUR OF ' ) FROM CAKES » MARRVeX* Live ’ -*■ UMF ( <-making ov \ fiy FU\D vfiG H AkV COFFEE UllTd ’gIViUG UIMIUE I’SPAW AMD rACkU. 1 J A TRACTOR G "TUAT Mol) PULEDTUic, UoUGE, IAS "THE TPoPII AE j vtAl j-£ S Ad W WALL - • TAaT NoUP? VIOPD WA9 LAVJ, ( WK'DS 6EkVfi.M URGE I & 6Ak \ & j 1 AMD-TtIAT Mod COULD COHE \ CIJF’PEP ) adk 1 -J Cj J AkIDGO PLEASED L ( TOuIAPD TUe U. \ \ 1 veg, moo did a urT of '■> roll's of agia 1 ! 2'l C' f ' '''l "TALklkl<g,.-A BIFF Mod IAU Mt-. || !( p / /wk Wis in ; -V ' /Mm iIJ Jii -xJs-L' j tha— oir a in VHi J Ml! w z / f i If I I 'SI i:( e» «a srxvicc i»c H ■eTT-vzreya. V. I I H : St? 1 >1 1 J I \e KiO CROSS-VIORP POZILE MRS. | : Old Days In Americus § TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 19, 1914.) A new name in the list of auction bridge club is that of the Wednes day afternoon bridge club. It is composed on nine girls the members being, Misses Darien Pinkston, Ger trude Hudson, Mary Littlejohn, Ger trude Jossey, Lucile J vsey, Mary Ella Davenport, Josephine Bogle/ and Mary Belle Hixon. At the first meeting on yesterday, Miss Darier Pinkston was hostess to the club. The top score prize a dainty hand kerchief won by Miss Sarah Tow er. Mrs. Grantland Rice and little daughter, Florence, of New York, are guests of her mether, Mrs. Florence D. Hollis, coming to at- w ,'avs We wish to apologize for every thing we have said about the wom en, even if they haven’t much more sense than the men. No man thinks a woman is good enough for him unless she is 'too good. A husband who wouldn’t think of darning socks can’t see why his wife hates to build a fire. Men have a hard tine deciding what to order in res*?urants, yet kick at home when the food doesn’t suit. Women’s clothes are funny. They are almost as funny as men’s would be if the men had the nerve. Men have worn neckties a thou sand years and laughed at the fool ish things women wore. A man who doesn't feel dressed up unless he has a shave, will object to his wife’s using rouge. A man whose hair has never been more than a few inches long, wiil say women have no right to b b theirs. A man who doesn't do the things he shouldn’t is considered as foolish as the woman who doos. Very few men would work if the) had to ask the boss daily for what they needed, as their wives do. A man can’t see why a woman shouldn’t quit a steady paying job to work for him for board and lodg ing. A bachelor is alwavs considered one from choice; an old ma>d is considered one from lack of choice. And when a woman reaches thirty her stock dwindles., wh’le a man just begins to make money at that age. A solution of alcohol and g ! nger ale is a bad solution of the booze problem. -> Jumping frPm the frying pan into the fire Aiy turn out.all right if you keep jump. . fl Ihe in the m II wav (heir 11 Lhl afc. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER tend the Hollis-Vereen wedding next Wednesday. The condition of Mr. Thomas Mc- Carthy who was seriou:!,' hurt on the Seaboard railway a day or two since, is favorable, although still re garded as of serious nature. Market experts figure that a good Thanksgiving dinner this year will cost about 25 per cent less than last fall. This is at least one bright spot and something to be thankful for. Turkey, the cen tral character of the annual Thanks giving drama is off five cents a pound, fine dressed birds selling at 17 cents a pound. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Nov. 19, 1904.) Walter Page has ieturned from | New York, where he went a week | ago to make additional purchases for the Duncan Mercantile Com pany. As easily as a ship glides down tile greased ways at her launching does the cotton market do a little backward gliding daily. Again it cased off a few points yesterday, but ere the close the loss was parti ally regained. Americus buyers paid 9 1-4 to 9 3-8 for the best grades, a loss of an eighth of a cent from the prices paid the day previ ous. One of the. olefest homes in Am ericus erected in ante-bellum days ■ and one of the most historic was ' sold yesterday. It was the Smith wick house out on “The Lawn” ami near the Seaboard Shops, which was purchased liy Mrs. E. S. Fowler at the round sum of $2,000. The house is strongly built and -he property very desirable withal. Many fine horses have been brought to Americus this season by local dealers and others interest cd in the sale of stock and these fast steppers elicit much admiration. One of the handsomest teams is a superb pair of blacks brought here by W. C. Barrow. THIRTY YEAR SAGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. A Good Thing DON’T MISS IT Send your name and address plainly written, together with 5 cents (and this slip) to Chamber lain Medicine Co., D s Moines, lowa, and receive i i r turn a trial package containing CHAMBER LAIN'S COUGH REMEDY for coughs, croup, bronchial, “flu” and whooping coughs, and tickling throat; CHAMBERLAIN’S TAB LETS for stomach troubles, Indi gestion, gassy pains that crowd the heart, biliousness and constipation; CHAMBERLAIN’S SALVE, needed in every family for burns, scalds, wounds, piles and skin affections; these valued family medicines for only 5 cents. Don’t miss it. WIFE HELPS ELECT HUBBY “After having been in bed half the time for a year with severe pains in my right side over the ap pendix, stomach trouble and bloat ing, which the doctors seemed un able to reach with medicine, and advised operation as the only rem edy, my nurse advised me to try Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, and its results have truly been wonderful as f am now entirely well and rtrong. and at the last election worked hard to elect my husband.V It is imple, Bl it - SHIVERS Science note: Shiver ng in cold vveater is an automatic response to the body’s demand for m.'re oxygen, according to a lecturer at London School of Medicine. Sc breathe deeply to get warm. The lecturer, Prof. Cullis, com pares the human body to a motor car engine. Your fuel is oxygen. Sleeping with bedroom windows closed is like trying to inn an auto without refilling the gas tank. * * * ’FLYING English commercial airships in five years have carried 50,000 pas sengers, the planes traveling a total of four million miles. And onlv six deaths took place. However, that's ■ one killed out of ever) 8400—one ‘death for every -367,000 miles of fly ing. Air travel will have to be safer before the public takes it up on any large scale. Safety will come. Rail road journeys once were highly haz ardous. Now it reads on most accident insurance policies that the company will pay you double liabil ty if death takes place on a train. • • r WIVES An old man with a record of 7J wives, 134 sons and 50 daughters! He s discovered in an African na- GET AT THE CAUSE Many Americus Folks Are Showing How to Avoid Needless Suffering There’s nothing more anHoying than kidney weakness or inability to properly control the kidney secre tions. Night and day alike, the sufferer is tormented and what with the burning and scalding, the at tendant headache and dizziness, life is indeed a burden. Poan’s Pills—a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys—have brought peace and comfort to many Americus people. Profit by this Americus resident's experience: J. E. Oliver, prop, auto paint shop, 303 Cotton avenue, says: “The turpentine fumes weakened my kidneys and caused lame back. If I stooped, severe pains caught me in the small of my back and I could hardly move. The kidney se cretions passed often and I had dizzy spells. I used Doan’s Pills from the Carswell Drug Co., and they relieved me.’’ Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Pills— the same that Mr. Oliver had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.— (adv.) 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. WEDNESDAY "ly ’ il 1 ?: M ' , ■ ! ■ -I.ngs to <lo—the h" r h- Ip' r >;iv. « t.T spirit n-w. a. tiny little This littl- sister's three years old. but my, M- She does things ju-t as she is told, and does them ' come from the shelf. Pu .Sis puts Hour on pots and herself. • This tinv ynur.'-ster -vorl;-. and ' go< s around the r\: 1.-.i.' Ua ■ 11 ..s-i ti. ,t I'm-j-o T.W't, li'-’l, NHA Service, Inc.) tive village by census-'alters, Gne of his neighbors has 110 wives and 93 children. Both of them are pik ers compared with Solomon of old. Apparently they haven’t any high cost of living in Africa. • ♦ ♦ SUCCESS He was a bobbin boy 30 years ago in a mohair plush mill. It’s re vealed that in 1923 he paid income tax of over $84,000. The,man in [question is high up ir. the Massa- I chusetts textile industry. What has become of the other bobbin boys he worked alongside? A safe bet, most of them never “got anywhere.” So-called opportunity is often, to considerable extent, just another name' for natural ability and per sistency. i ♦ ♦ » MARVEL With delicate irony the W-all Street Journal tells of a surgical convention in a western state. A great expert at exploring the interi or of the human anatomy read a lengthy paper describing how a frightfully mangled victim of an i accident had been practically made over. Another member rose and, after paying tribute to the distinguished surgeon, boasted: “But, gentlemen, back in my home state of lowa we once did something even more won derful.” Pressed to describe the operation, he said: ‘We once made a United States senator out of an ass.” ♦ * * RENT New homes built the first six months this year in the United States were enough to house 205,000 families, reports Department of La bor. Two and a half years at this $5,000 TO LOAN On Americus Residence Property Phone 830 J. LEWIS ELLIS WANTED! All of your Frying size Chickens —hens and eggs. I Americus Hatchery and Supply Co. RAILROAD SCHEDULES Arrival Wnd Departure of Passenger Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. . Central Standard Time * ■^5 r j>X e Depart l-:01 am Cols-Bghm-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-Jaxville 12:29 am 2:08 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:53 am 3:55 am Albny-Jaxville 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 1 10:20 am Columbus 3;J5 pm 1:55 pm Albany-Montg’y 2:15 pin 2:15 pm Macon Atlanta 1:55 pm r :l ,°- Pm Albany 10:22 am 6:47 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:34 aiM 10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 11:42 pm Chgo-Stl-Atl 3:2Jf1l SEABOARD AIR ' ■ -il 'I mw > _a M. C.'.IY » The dishes come to start the day, and eister understands. «• T hey’re wiped and quickly put away by tiny little hands. Then mother gets the sweeper out and cleans from room »to i. room. You'll shortly hear the swishing of a little three foot broom. The afternoon brings baking plans and things t * 1 . ■ "h i'i •: fi. i ;’.cy Wi.' !■, tic prnbk'.U is bul'-'ti:: will |MBB Kia!- will i- '.'h'd : M I'.e the T.-R. want ads— thlflEßß| i iiiig results, QUICK »nd SURE for COUGHS BRONCHITIS 50 years of satisfied users advise it for young and old. No narcotics. V I THE STANDARD SHOES AT SI.OO PAIR , 1 his Price Gets the Pick of Our Steck for the Second Pair. Women’s $3.95 and $4.95 Shoes, with the Second Pair, for only SI.OO Two New Lots That Have Just Arrived The Very Last Word in Style, Perfection, Beautiful Strap Effects, or New Blucher Styles, Unusual ly Well Made and a Com plete Run of Sizes. MISSES STVFCHEDDOWN SCHOOL SHOES AT $2.98, WITH THE SECOND PAIR FOR ONLY SI.OO. Made by the best makers in the business, flexible stitched down soles; for wear and com fort they have no equal; all sizes, per pair $2.98, with the second pair for only SI.OO WOMEN’S $5 TO $6 SUEDE SLIPPERS AT $3.50, WITH THE SECOND PAIR FOR ONLY SI.OO. 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