About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1924)
PAGE FOUR SIM 18-RECC IDIB PVBUSBKD Un Published by The Times-Recorder Co., tun.) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publisher Intend u wcond elua aittet II Ik. >oaiolflM >1 ina.tu, (ieorrU. •oowdioj I. ih. Am W The Associated Frew to *xclu«to«lj nettle 1 t« the oee fox the republication of *U aew« 4to petehee credited to it or net otherwise <redited to thto papei and also the local *wi published hero *«. All right of republicatioa o* special dtopatehes «r» also rmervod. Nation* Idvertiftinj ftepvesentatlroo, FIOS7 nt* • sOM* torunswiel «Ms ▼«* •M* htragr A IHOUutil i - * A man’. gift inakcl. room fj.' him, and br.ngjth him before g eat men.—Prov. 18:16. ♦ * Petitions no e -hi gold, are but unsuvor; uni or. > fused; or, if received, are pocket.d, not read.—Massinger. System of Tenantry in Georgia Tenantry is a subject that in terests every planter of cotton — whether he lives in Georgia or Texas. Some new facts on the farm tenant have been given us in the past few days by Martin V. Calvin, specialist in agricul ture and economics. Mr. Calvin brings out some interesting details, never before presented in just this manner, i He gives us the percentage of I tenants as to nationality, per centage of farm owners and farms operated by tenants. Os statistics, Mr. Calvin says appreciate their value, but the following from his pen is inter esting and valuable: Nineteen twenty-five, close at hand, is a year of rare expect any. Business men, manufactur ers and bankers have been thoughtfully and industriously planning for 1925 since early autumn. They are still at work, perfectly confident as to the wealth of business opportunities the rapidly approaching New Year holds for tnem. And the farmers are looking to the New Year with‘anticipations of the -brightest and most en couraging nature; they are wide ly planning for a year that will crown all their considered efforts wit ha high degree of success. At no time in all the past has there been so widespread a recog nition of the close co-operative friendship which should subsist between these two great and in dispensable factors in the pros- ( perity and development of this country—agriculture and busi ness. In connection with the plans referred to, it may be well to look into the tenantry system which has prevailed in all the cotton producing States so long that, in Che language of Black stone, “the memory of man run neth not to the contrary.” You question the appropriateness of the quotation—thinking of the period of slavery. The entire enriching plantation system was based, on a present, but invisible system of tenantry. Yop have seen, and so has the writdr, .statistical presentations of tenantry in Georgia and in other*cotton producing States. The writer, for your information, determined to go into the details of the system since the spring of 1865 in order to ascertain the number of the whit? and the ne gro tenants. You may rest assured that, in order to succeed in the under taking, much work and painstak ing were required. The writer does not perform the labor. I would tell you how- that is, but it » might frighten you. I will tell ® you anyhow. An invisible angel ft stands at my side, finds all the facts* assembles them and puts * them in regular order on n.y ta " ble next my desk. All I have to do is touch the keys of my Rem s ifigton. I Why have I told you that £ story? Solely with a view to y. moistening the statistics I must « lay before you. They are very * valuable statistics; I do not wish _ you to regard them as un-utter “ ably dry. Is not that a good ex cuse? This story relates to eleven t Southern States—l92o. In giving you the facts, I shall condense as much as possible: I will give you the facts aS ‘o the percentage of, the white and negro tenants ip each of the States. 1 have ’ lifever seen those facts in any statistical publication whatso ever. The. facts are more than worth while, I assure you. They carry the lesson that we have not been, are not now, wholly dependent on the negro for farm j labor.' The facts are of extra im portance; because gentlemen are ; now trying to evolve a plan by which, to a very noticeable ex tent, old plantation methods, re vised to date, may be successful „ly resumed. All this involves farm labor; you know that this **■•»«» regarded as an extremely knot- - ty problem. Finding the “un it known quantity,’’ as in algebra, “ may be the essential question. I will take the States geo e graphically: In 1920, North " Carolina had 269,763 farms. Os £ htat number, 151,376 were op * erated by owners and 117,459 - were operated by tenants. 56.5 t per cent were operated by own t ers; 43.5 per cent by jtnants: 1 Per cent operated by tenants— i white, 54.1; ijegro, f&c’k 3 . /. . ■ South Caroling ? had ' 192,693 farms. < Os .piimber, 67,721 were opbratea by owners; 121,- “ -qriliir by teuauU. 6v.5 pw were operated by owners; 64.5 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated by tenants —white, 30.7; negro, 69.3. Georgia had 310,732 farms. Os that number, 102,123 were op erated by owners.... 206,954 by tenants. 33.4 per cent by own ers; 43.5 per cent by tenants; Per cent operated by tenants — white, 44.9; negro, 55.1. Florida had 54,005 farms. Os that number, 38,487 were operat ed by owners; 13,689 by tenant. 74.4 per cent by owners; 25.3 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated by tenants white, 52 2; negro, 47 8. Alabama had 256.099 farms. Os that number, 107,089 wj?re op'KiUd by owners; 148,269 by t< • ■■ 12 1 r. r cent by own- , .',".9 p. . cent bv tenants: i’<, r.i i l-v tenants — white. 17.1; ivt'c. -1 -issii’rc i.; I 272.1 C 1 fai-m i if ibt.t ’iiin h-' 91. 00 were op < rated by ■ ■■. n. r;; 179,802 <by ti : :,in ■.!’ i.< :■ c nt by own rs; 66.1 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated bv tenants — white, 23.3; negro, 76.7, Louisiana bad 135,463 farms. Os that number, 57,254 were operated by owners; 77.381 by tenants. 42.9 per cent by own ers; 57.1 per cent by tenants: P’er cent of tenants —white, 34.1; negro, 65.9. Tennessee had 253,774 farms. Os that number, 148,082 were operated by owners; 103,885 by tenants. 58.9 per cent by own ers 41.1 per cent by tenants: Per cent,operated by tenants —white, 72.8; negro, 27.2. Texas had 436,033 farms. Os that number, 201,210 were op erated by owners; 232,309 by tenants. 46.7 per cent by own ers; 53.3 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated by tenants — white, 76.2; negro, 23.8. , Arkansas had 232,604 farms. Os that number, 112,647 were op erated by owners; 119,221 by tenants. 48.7 per cent by own ers; ’51.3 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated by tenants— white, 52.3; negro, 47.7. Oklahoma had 191,988 farms, of that number, 93,219 were op erated by owners; 97,836 by ten ants. 49.0 per cent by owners; 51.0 per cent by tenants: Per cent operated by tenants white, 90.6; negro, 9.4. Taking all the States, the ten ants were as follows: 52.6 per cent white; 47.4 per cent negro. In making the summary, farms by “managers’’ were not cohsidered. This fact will explain seeming discrepancies in some of the figures. However, the omission is negligible in point of interest and importance. The most surprising fact in the above is that in Georgia on ly one-third of the farms are op erated by owners. To prosper, there must be MORE owners on the farms and fewer tenants. Another interesting fact is that there are almost as many white as black tenants. The statistics so laboriously gathered by Mr. Calvin, are val uable and interesting and we are only too glad to record them permanently by publishing. Specializing Gets Results A man v.'bo holds the world record in running or any’ other athletics usually can’t do any thing else. He hasn't time to do anything else. Keeping trained in his specialty busies his body and brain to the limit of action. So it goes in nearly every pur suit of life. There's an old saying, that we’re all fools outside our own business. On a camping trip, Rodger Dolan fished five days for sal mon trout—and couldn’t even get a strike. He was deep-troll ing, about 100 feet down. An Indian, bribed with $5, took Dolan’s outfit, leaded the line so it would sink only 75 feet. Then he cut off a minnow tail and tied it with thread in among the hooks of his ‘wobbler’ troll —to make it look like the tail of a shiner. Pronto! eighteen salmon trout took the bait in a day. Dolan’s comment: “Well, the Indian ought to be able to catch fish. He can’t do any thing else.’’ Specialization is what gets re sults. A fev; generations ago, when America was sparsely populat ed and settlers were scattered through the wilderness, every man had to be more or less of a handy-man or Jack-of-ali trades except in cities where he could specialize. Specialization is an outgrowth of community life. It was dis covered, for instance, that one man made better shoes than anyone else in town, and made them faster. Obviously, it was foolish for him to devote his time to anything except shoe making. Another man could saw boards and drive nails faster. He specialized in building. And so on, until nearly every man be came a specialist, trading the products of his toil for things he needed that others could <nake faster and better than he could. The tendency toward special ization has increased with the piUHung of time. We iplk about GETTING THE RANGE ' i l']T\ X'. Sa • d I\ I// I J Old Days In Americus - TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Pecorder. Nov. 25, 1914.) The many friends of Miss Minnie Harper in Americus will be inter ested in knowing that she will re turn shortly to Americus to assist Miss Susie Taylor in ler select school for young girls. To Miss Maybelle Smith goes the first prize in the Barbara "Worth contest, which closed today at neon. This little lady turned in 515 cou pons clipped from the Times-Re corder, and thereby wins the two box seat tickets and the special edi tion of the book from which the play gets its name. Second to the winner is Miss Eugenia Collins, who turned in 442 of the little couuons In the superior court here tod-iy, Judge Walter F. George presiding ! for Judge Z. A. Littlejm.n, the case Kn 9m Pe’-haps the funniast thing on earth is a man who takes thin,; '.co . . riously. While it pays to i;vnest yo'.t often are a long time collecting. Never lute our heal'h If you do, the men who help y m look for i’ will charge like thun ier. Working isn’t a .with fui. loafing, but you get mdre for it The man who starts uut to knock round the world usual v finds the world knocks him around instead. One who claims to be a perfect 36 s not speaking of her age. Some boys are small foi their age and so are some men. Never doing things by halves is fine, unless you are eat’ng grape fruit. Being a politician is a great life hut a poor occupation The average man has a better average than the average man. thinks. Absence of summer is making the heart grow fonder of it. Experience isn’t a gr?at teacher if you spend all your time studying the same lesson. A great many people living on Hie fat of the land are living on the fat-headed of the land. Dessert seems to be a food v. bi eh comes and goes only with com pany. f, ~ „ . ours being an "age of special ists.” And yet, in our increas ingly complex civilization, spe cializitaion has barely started. When the lads of today ma ture to manhood, life will be many times as specialized as now. The boy who is allowed to drift along without any defi nite idea of what he wants to specialize on later, will strike out into the world for himself under a great handicap. But a greater handicap lurks in the danger of parents oppos ing the line of work his instinct gravitates him to trying to make a natural-born lawyer, for instance, become a doctor. THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER of Dr. E. L. Thurman versus the Central of Georgia Railway Co. >s progressing but will scarcely reach a conclusion today. T'-is is a suit for damages in large amount, in stituted by Dr. Thurman of Ameri cus, for alleged perso’-al injuries Central in December. 1912. sustained in a railway wreck on th? The cotton market locally today is quiet with values quoted as fol lows: good middling 7 1-4 to 7 1-2 cents. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY No paper in file. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Re.-order. Nov. 25, 1894.1 With its accustomed enterprise, The Windsor has secured a fine orchestra for the season, and will regale its guests with splendid ynusic. The orchestra arrived yes terday from Chicago, and consists of a first and second violin and harp. One of the most enjoyable oc casions of the past week was the Epworth T.ee.gue libran entertain iv.mt i.-n Frida) evening at the nar ftonage "!' the First Methodist, chureh, Ri.v. and Mr T C,>>; s _ t'..n contributing much to the pleas ure of all purpo. < A featuie of the evening- was a “livia<s library” i.n which the follow"!--- ladies rc;-.r<•- sente.,l books opposite th-.-ir name ; Ships Tarn. Pass in th • Night, Nora Burke; Bhieback Speder. Inez M;- ers; Pickwick Papers Maude Lest er; The Seven Oaks Knt'e Wa’.k"i : A Bow of Orange Ribbon, Maggie Buchanan; Under Two*Flags, Mary T.ou Noyes; Five Little Pepper". Edna Macßobert; Olft-er Twit Lulie Green : Lady of the Lake, Flo; sie Dunn; The Opening cf a Chest nut Burr, Winnie Stone; Minneha iha, Bessie Walters; The One I Know the Best, Clem Warren. Reci tations were delivered by Misses Charlie Winn Baisden, Tazzie Mc- Kenzie, Flossie Dunn. Mr. Walter Green and Master Cliff Clay. People, who a week ago predict ed that cotton would "O up, are n w locking wise and saying “I told you so.” There has been considerable activity within the nasi few days and prices are a half c'm.t or more in advance. Good coL.on readily brought 5 1-4 cents in Anier.etir yesterday, and predict'.e:- was made yesterday that the s’ ’!e would bring six cents here b’ ' re Christ mas. Old-Time Cough Remedy—Pine Tar and Honey—Still Best According to specialists, thare is really nothing better or quicker acting for coughs, chest colds, bron chitis. spasmodic croup and throat irritation than good old pine tar and honey. No matter whether the' cough is dry and tight, or loose with much mucus, the pine tar quickly aids in the removal of the phlegm and congestion which are the direct cause of the coughing, al. o relieving soreness, while the honey both soothes irritation and gives a pleasant taste. The original compound, which has been used in thousands of families for many years, is Dr. Bell’s Pine- Tar Honey. It has had many imi tators, but still remains the best, as it is scientifically compounded of just the right proportions of pine tar, honey and other healing in gredients which the best doctors have found to aid in giving quick relief. It contains absolutely no narcotics or harmful drugs, so can be given to young and old alike. If you want the best, be sure you get the original Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar Honey and no other. Only 30c. at any good druggists. A Dr. BELL'S PINE-TAR-HONEY FOR COUGHS bMlbert AppJc JAPS ♦ Japan will attempt to rsepen the immigration question. Embittered by outright exclusion jingoes over there are talking very boldly. In view of remote possibilities, -t is just as well that only a tenth of one per cent of our population is Japanese—one resident Jap to every 999 Americans. Japanese business men, powerful m shaping diplomacy are not a->t to forget that the United Stages is their best customer. * • * LAND Uncle Sam now owns only about 187 million acres of public lands, not counting forest reserves and Indian and other reservations in continental United States. These 187 million acres form loss than a tenth of our country’" total area. The rest has passed into private ownership. It is private land ownership, more than anything else, that has made America the most conservative coun try in the world. Few men reinam radical after they "ectire property < r wealth. LUDENDORFF How are the mighty fallen! Gen eral Ludendorff has b"en boycotted politically by nearly all the vet erans’ organization: of Hie old Ger ir.au army he led. Ib.e chief r. icon is his support of monarchist move i.eats. The lepublicar spirit seems . > bo very strong in G i-'uany—av ..rently stronge enough to g’ ■ e it .he whiphand enduringly, A re am to kaiserism is dos le but r:o. robable aj this stage >,f the game. STIMULANT Sugar was fe<l to Yale’s soccer earn to increase the physical encig" f the players. The purpose was mainly to verify the theory thit depletion of the supply < f sugar in $5,000 TO LOAN On Americus Residence Property Phone 830 J. LEWIS ELLIS NOTICE! Registration books for the genera! election to be held Wednesday, December 17th, 1924, are now open. A. D. GATEWOOD. JR., Clerk and Treasurer. LOANS made on improved farm lands at cheapest rates for terms of 5,7 or 10 v’ltrs 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 Director* And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 68 Pjj PbQpe* 68 and 2 JI TT was only a little sugar toy. like a doll they had molded it neat. 1 And it gave little sister a heap of joy. for she knew that this dolly was sweet. _ It only cost daddy a penny or two. hut the cost plays a trivial part The thing that means much is that wee little Sue let the S dolly crawl into her heart. Whenever she'd eat. sugar dolly was ’ there, perched serenely on Sister Sue's tray Always together, this queer little pair spent their time through the hours of the day Why. Sister would bless it and lovingly dress it ‘ She'd say. “I'm a mama to you “ She never would scold IL but close to her hold It like regular mama-folks do. . Then Chis wee little maid really grew quite afraid that' she'd lose sugar dolly while sleeping So she kissed it good night. then this queer tiny mite ate the sugar doll up—for ; safekeeping. (Copyright, 1924, NBA Service, Inc.) ...j the blood is what causes exhaus tion of athletes. s:iy, results were “noticeable but not cor. vincing.” Maybe we are gliding into the time when athletes will be labora tory predicts, medicated beiore contests. Shill and stamina count more than brute strength, however, and these are beyond the reach of the chemist. * * * , VIIKNG Ancient graves are found in east i ern Washington a"d northern Idaho. Opsjohn, Norwegian scien tist of Seattle, thinks these g v aves to be opened in the spring, will prove that Norsemen visited oi:r northwest in the year 1010, or -182 years ahead \>f Columbus’ discovery cf America. Opsjon is a brave ma';. The Bab bitts of some of our pa+’iotic socie ties would want him nwested if he proved his case. EVERYDAY DUTY Keeping your body strong and efficient is your plain duty. Scott's Emulsion is a food-tonic that is used every day by thousands who have learned the art of keep ing strong. Take Scott’s! Scott & Bowue, Bloomfield, N. J. 24-8 ■■■■■lll IIIIIIIIIIIMBBMUMBaM—I liSAPPEARir Here’s a letter from Mr. Edgar Thomas, age 76, of Hemlock,, N. V- He writes: “I had the itching piles, also high blood pressure. I saw Peterson’s ad in the paper. I used one box and a half -of Peterson’s Ointment for tching piles and the piles disap peared, also the high blood pres sure. ” 35 cents a box. All drug gists.— (adv.) WAN'IED! Ail of your Frying size Chickens —hens and eggs. Americus Hatchery and Supply Co. RAILROAD SCHEDULES \rriva) and Departure of Pas'<eng- Trains, Americus; Ga, Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bghm-Chgu 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 12:20 am 2:08 am Cin-Atl-Chgo 1:53 am 3:20 am Jax-Albany 11:42 pm 3:55 am Jax-Albany 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm .0:20 am Columbus 3:15 nm 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 3:29 am SEABOARD AIR LINE Central Time) -Arrive Departs 7:55 am Cordele-Helena 9:35 am 12:26 pm Cols-M’tg’y 3:23 pm 3:23 pm Cordelc-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. C&shiet The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) — OUR CUST °ME R S b a reasona bl e knowledge of 8 what each of our hundreds of k Sm!?- eustoniers want, coupled with J onr pledge to be “sympathetic c 4Y-f to ever y need, and faithful to every trust”—makes this bank an institution preferred. We Il cordially invite xcur account— licommercial or Savings. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1924 FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121 WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO. Office in Aniericu* Steam Laundry SOUTH JACKSON STREET FOR OVER 40 YEARS HALL’S CATARRH MEHICXNE has been used successfully in the treatment ol Catarrh. HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE con sists of an Ointment which Quickly Relieves by local application, and th« Internal Medicine a. Tonic, which acts through the Blood on the Mucous Sur. faces, thus reducing the inflammation. Sold by all druggists. r. J. Cheney <7. Co.. Tdedo. Ohio. City Taxes Noy,- Due All city taxes are now due and must be paid before December 1, to avoid extra cpsts which will be assessed after December 1. A. D. Gatewood, Clerk and Treasurer • theltandard Ten Thousand Christmas Handker chiefs Now on Sale. The Biggest Display That We Have Ever Made. Handkerchiefs for Every body in Beautiful Christmas Boxes From the Low Priced To The Better Grade of Irish Linen. Come, See the Display. Prices 25c, 35, 39c, 49c, 50c, 60c, 65c, 75c, 85c, 89c, 98c and SI.OO Box. WOMEN’S SILK VESTS AT SI.OO Fancy figured and plain Silk Vests, all colors, all sizes; the grade that you have seen up to $1.98; here now at SI.OO WOMEN S JERSEY SILK STEP-INS AT $1.98 Elastic gathered, waist band, tu bular bottom; all colors; ail sozes; regularly $2.50; here at. .$1,98 WOMEN’S FINE CHIFFON .K STOCKINGS AT SI.OO Positively the nest you ever saw tor the price; in black and all the new shades; here at. Pair . SI.OO MEN’S SILK SOCKS AT 35 c PR. OR 3 P»S. FOR SI.OO Black and every good color; heavy double heels’ and toes; never before offered I'cr ls< than 50c; here at 35c or three for SI.OO THE SHOE SALE CONTINUES; TWO PAIRS FOR THE PRICE CF ON PLU3 SI.OO W guaiunt.'.- to 11 you the ! ,a ■' to 1. s.; t’han most dealers ‘.i.‘ ’.'"in, then the econd pair cost ; you oniy $1.60. For instance, t you buy a $3.50 pair, another lair of the san.e duality will cost you SI.OO making the total for both pairs $4.50. It matters not what the price of the first p.i>r is, you g<?t the second pair for only one dollar, and we rive you the same quality as the first one. PKUP SIG Standard Dry Goods Company FORSYTH STREET Next to Bank cf Commerce AMERICUS, GEORGIA
