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A THOUGHT
■■■" i afrp. —*
Sees*.thou a man diligent in his
business? He shall stand before
kings.—Prov. 22: 29.
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Business dispatched is business
well done; but business hurried is
business ill done.—Bulwer-Lytton
Only a Fool Hears All
i Gabriel Faure, one of the
greatest of modern French
composers, died the other day.
And this reminded the gossips
of a witticism uttered by Pres
ident Doumergue at the last
musicale the great musician at
musicale the great musician
attended.
A singer who had more soc
ial connections than singing |
ability, was down on the pro- I
gram to present a series of
songs by Faure. She didn't ex
ecute them. She butchered
them.
Doumergue saw Faure
slumped in a chair in a dark
corner apparently oblivious to
what was going on. A busy
body, making conversation, said
to Doumergue:
“Faure is dead, is he not?"
"Happily, no,” said the pres
ident, “but just as happily for
him this evening, he is deaf.
A wise man —or woman —
often is deaf. Only a fool hears,
and hearing regrets, much that
is best unheard and unheeded.
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Why Not a Secretary Os
f Agriculture From The
( ... South?
1 Why should not the south
ern states be favored by the ap-
J;j>ointment of a southern man as
Secretary of
Since the creation of the De
partment in 1862, there has
been but one Secretary of Agri
culture born south of the Mason
and Dixon Line. The one ex
ception was David F. Houston,
born ih North Carolina, but ap
pointed from Missouri by Presi
dent Wilson.
Surely there can be no sound
and convincing argument in fav
or of a policy that denies this
great section representation in a
position of such tremendous im
portance to agriculture.
Some of the nation’s greatest
agricultural scientists are to be
found in the South, and no sec
tion is in such need of helpful
understanding and co-operation.
This can only be had through a
sympathetic understanding of
the problems of Southern agri
culture.
No greater concession could
be made by the party in power
than to honor the South in this
way.
One Form of Madness
A ‘‘Boy Robber,” arrested,
says he staged a score of hold
ups and robberies to get ma
terial' for magazine stories he in
tended to write. His idea was to
watch the reactions of human
nature confronted by a pistol,
then work his observations into
fiction.
Unless this lad is “kidding”
the police, he is in earnest. In
which -event, he appears to have
a fortn of the malady known as
graphomania.
Graphomania is a definite
and recognized form of insanity.
The victim has “the urge to
write,‘“just as the kleptomaniac
has “the urge to steal.”
<
Unfortunately, the grapho
maniac usually turns out noth
ing but drivel. Still more sad
ly, he ’occasionally finds a mar
ket for it. In your reading
youfve encountered some ter
ribly punk stuff, which strikes
the fancy of lunatics holding
editor*' jobs.
get fiction manu
the freight carload.
The Meriting business is extreme
ly*-iffVerßrowded. Despite this
competition, there’s always a
.shortage of the right stuff.
Mdst o£ the flood of stories
come from graphomaniacs.
It’s debatable whether all
writers aren't graphomaniacs,
even the brilliant, capable, and
successful ones. For writers are
like other people fundamental
ly; writing is a business just as
much as selling sausages or
measuring cloth; and, to suc
ceed, a man has to be more or
less of a monomaniac on the
subject to which he devotes his
time.
The human brain never ap
pears more fathomless and mys
terious than when you try to
figure out what makes one man
select, say, coal for concentrat
ing his efforts on, while others
focus burningly on ice, oranges,
cloth, string, and so on.
There's more to it than the
fact that the man thinks he can
make money out of the com
modity that appeals to him.
Observe the Webster defi
nition of “mania:” Violent de
rangement of mind; specifical
ly, a form of insanity marked
by emotional exaltation, accel
eration of the flow of ideas, and
motor restlessness. Excessive
excitement of enthusiasm."
If that definition doesn’t
blanket the conventional formu
las for success in life, what
does?
MYSTERY
Tjie sex of a child can be deter
mined several months before oirth,
claims a hospital specialist in New
York. He says he has forecast the
sex of 700 unborn babies, without
a single error. His method is by
analyzing the blood of the mother,
He claims boys and girls affect
their mothers’ blood in different
ways.
This is extremely difficult to be
lieve. Nature screens most of the
future from us, for very good rea
sons. Life would be dull if we knew
everything that lies ahead. Maybe
man can rend the veil. But the wis
dom of doing it is doubtful.
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At the age of 54, Laura Austin
Dickinson re-enters college to re
sume her studies. You read of such
cases frequently. They are unusual,
because the popular notion is that
the purpose of schooling is to learn
how to win power and make money.
That’s true, to youth, anxious to get
ahead.
As the 'years slip hy, men and
women become more concerned with
the mystery of this life and the
hereafter. They seek knowledge
for its own sake. After Dll, the only
real “old age” is a petrified men
tality.
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MAGIC
Chess, played by radio across the
Atlantic! College players, in Eng
land make a move. In America
their opponents are advised by
“wireless” and make counter plays.
The most magical function cf
radio is swift transmission cf
thought over long distances. The
day will come when top-notch col
lege courses will be available to
every person with a receiving set.
Radio and movies, starting out as
toys or entertainment will become
as useful as autos and mails.
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INDIANS
Duke of Alba, direct descendant
of Christopher Columbus, says the
great explorer recorded" “The In
dians are a gentle people, without
knowing what evil is. without kill
ing, without stealing.”
Our American pioneers left quite
a different story. Di 1 the cruelty
and trickery of this continent’s first
Spanish and other settlors generate
bloodthirstiness in most old-time
Indians? Did they acquire torture
and murder, like whisky, from the
white man?
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BELIEF
Columbus did not discover Amer
ica, declares his eighteenth direct
descendant, Duke of Aiba. He says
he’ll tell about it in his next his
torical book. The duke’st story is
that Columbus found a dying sailor,
survivor of a wrecked snip that had
visited America. Before dying, he
told Columbus how to make the
trip.
No matter how much evidence the
duke produces, Columbus will for
ever get the credit. People behove
what they want to believe. It’s next
to impossible to kill any ancient con
viction,
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FASTING
Fasting for 15 days, bv a man of
40, will usually bring his basic meta
bolic Tate (ability' of bodily tissues
to consume fdod) back to that of a
lad of 15. This is shown by three
years of tests at University of Chi
cago.
On the other hand, fasting cannot
restore youth because it, at the
same time, weakens the body
so greatly.
Nature has us blocked at every
turn in the search for pei'peta!
y outh. We have to got off the stage
to make room for oncoming genera
tions. .
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Old Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Re 'order. Dec.
1, 1914.)
Rev. J. A. Thomas, who has been
pastor of the Americus church for
the past two years, was returned to
his charge, at the recent conference.
The presiding elder or the district,
Dr. T. D. Ellis was n’so assigned
tc his old charge.
The factory and plant of the Am
ericus Ice and Coal Go was sold to
day in front of the courthouse here
uniier foreclosure proceedings and
was bought in by T. D. Meadors, of
Atlanta, at the most excellent price
of $9,000, a figure which rather
surprised many of the onlookers at
tending the sale.
Friday afternoon the High school
Girls Sewing club was entertained
by Misses Mattie and Lais MeMath
at their home on Rees Park.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Humber are
W &is
A pretty girl was found in Cid
cago, her mind a blank. Officers
think she is a college g.rl, but not
because of it.
They say John D. Jr made about
$111,000,000 in the Wall Street
boom. Which was too bad. Think
of the income tax.
Even though they had a water
shortage in Los Angeles, most of
the folks had their winter baths all
taken.
Sometimes a man doesn’t let his
wife smell liquor on his breath be
cause she may want a drink.
An Illinois boarder poisoned his
landlady instead of the opposite.
Some day we are going to read
about a woman refusing to shoot
her husband because it would wake
| up the baby.
Over SIOOO in stamp? was stolen
from an Ohio postoffice by someone
doing their Christmas mailing early'.
Bad news from Italy. Cold wave
there. Fuel short. Imagine having
to eat cold spaghetti.
France and Germany' have agreed
on a tax. We don’t know what tax,
but when anybody agrees on any
tax it’s news.
If you don’t mix business and
pleasure you don’t get much of
either.
Coolidge advises a treeless Christ
mas, to save our forests, but we
think machless hunters would be
better.
Tn Paris, a merchant trying to
collect a 4000-franc stocking bill
will watch where his goods go more
closely after this.
A California astronomer claims
Methuselah died at 80 instead of
the proverbial 969. Anyway, it's an
old argument.
Warder Edw'ards cf Parksville,
Ky’., killed a timber wolf, so always
will have something to talk about
The first sign of Christmas is
when the boy had rather study than
work crossword puzzles.
We cuss and critize I lie rich yet
all of us would be millionaires if it
didn’t take so much money,
being congratulated today upon
the advent of Master “Billie” Hum
ber Jr., as a treasured addition to
their home circle.
Miss Brownie Rodges has come
from Wesleyan College to spend a
few days in Americus where she
formerly resided, the attractive
guest of Miss Mary Parker, at, her
homo on Taylor street.
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TWENTY YEARS AC.O TODAY
(From The Times Recorder Dec.
1, 1904.)
Misses Mary Littlejohn, Montez
and Laverne Thomas have return
ed home from a pleasant visit- of
several days to,-friends in. Leesburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Egbert‘Allen leave
tomorrow, fef Brunswick, where
tlWy will Be the"'guests cf Mr. and
Mrs. George Nix for several days.
“Eight and three-quarters” for
cotton has a grating sound to the
man who declined" to sell at ten
cents a few. weeks ago, standing pat
for 12 cents, even.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thayer are at
home again after spending a week
pleasantly ,in Brunswick the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Thayer.
Mrs. N, R. Sanborn announces
the engagement of Imt daughter.
Miss Mary Dot Sanborn, to Mr. Ben
jamin S. Smith, the marriage to
occur at he rresidence on Jackson
street, Americus, on Wednesday
evening Dec. 21.
At noon yesterday ;>t the resi
dence of the brides brother, Mr. R.
L. McMath, Miss Beulah McMath
and Mr. W. T. Crouch, of Atlanta
were united in marriage, Rev. Biv
ins officiating.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Nov.
1, 1894.)
Quite a party of Anmricus young
men spent Thanksgiving Day ii: the
Artesian city, and are loud in their
praises of the pretty girls, and
genial hospitality extended them by
friends there.
The two or three loafers whe in
sisted upon the doorway of the
ladies entrance annoying ladies by
their presence and puffs of cigaret
smoke, are requested bv Manager
Fields to vacate without further no
tice.
Despite the low price of cotton
and the general business depression,
Americus had much to be- thankful
this year. Thanksgi in Day was
generally observed. Mr anger Fields
of the Windsor complimented his
guest with something rare and elo
quent in the way of dinner. At
the Allen House, Jossev, House,
Brown House, and Hotel Hawkins,
sumptous dinners were served and
enjoyed to the utmost Mrs. Cecil
Gabbett, Mrs. Charles Flicker, Mrs.
W. H. C. Dudley, were among taose
vho threw’ open their beautiful
homes to their young friends and
entertained with characteristic hos
pitality.
Only a few more weeks of Leap
Y ear. Marry now and avoid the
rush.
The Old
Standard Remedy for
Chills and Malaria
Grove’s
Tasteless
Chill Tonic
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LESLIE
The Thanksgiving Program given
by the Sunbeam Band of the Bap
tist Church Thursday evening, Miss
Carilou Harvey as their leader, was
enjoyed by a large audience.
Rev. J. P. Daughtry will preach
at the Leslie Methodist church Sun
day morning, it will be bis lasVserv
ice with the church before going
to his new p:ace in Columbus. Their
many friends here regret to have
Rev. and Mrs. Daughtry leave after
their two years service a nong them.
Mr. R. B. Clifton wio has been
in Fla. for about four months, came
Wednesday for a weeks visit to his
family before returning to his work
in Jacksonville.
Prof and Mrs. J. M. Harvey, left
Monday night for Atlanta where
Mrs. Harvey went for medical treat
ment.
Miss Daisy Sims who went to ti e
B. Y. P. Y. Convention in Tifton
as a representative from the union
made her report to the union Sun
day evening.
Miss Mamie Burnett, of Augusta,
is visiting at the home of Mrs. J.
T. Bolton.
Miss Ruby Parker, who is teach
ing at Cairo is visiting at the heme
of her sister, Mrs. Roy Harp.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pace and fami
ly, of Hapeville, spent Thanksgiv
ing Day here with relatives.
Miss Vivian Smith, 'eft Wednes
day for Macon where -he will he
with her parents for a few days.
The B. Y. P. U. of Leslie Bap
tist church had their social for the
ouarter Friday evening. They had
a Thanksgiving Feast Everyone
brought something to make the
feast.
Miss Lailah Clifton who is teach
ing at Meggs, came heme for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Miss Olamae Suggs who is teach
ing at Perry is at non-e for a few
days.
Do your Christmas shopping
early. Os course you won’t do it,
but anyway, it’s a timely warning.
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
Phone 830
J. LEWIS ELLIS
NOTICE!
Registration books for the ge veral
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 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
J Funeral Directore
And Embalmert
Night Phones 661 and 88
Pay Eiweei Bfi asd 231 JI
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WHAT a funny little story to the ui, wp ;I|l aTC weighed on
interesting secret it would l-e, if j tell just what it sees,
had the power to up and speak and
to you and me. „„„nlp who would know
Every day it gathers pennies from the P I
they have gained or lost a pound
or two Folks walk up and drop \
tthe coin, wait a minute, then they / gj’j \
go. It's a little thing we all are / gH '
wont to do / /f |
Someone knows they’re rather I t. i
hefty, so they diet for a while. I . -T A
Then they’re anxious just to see I Eg UT
what luck they've got. They are \ Vfl
aiming at reducing set’s'to be in \ -sX// 1 / "
proper style, so they up and drop J-M
a penny in the slot.
Someone else is rather skinny
Iso thev eat and sleep a lot ere it they still are
'they watch the indicator swing around ■ ' unHl anolhcr scale
thin like they will claim it's tommyrot and ■ -
IS- found emotions have their swaying
It s a cinch, when folks are weighing, t . ■ , saV an( j
and expressions come—they're either s " , scale COU ld tell if only,
in jesting, 'twould be rather interesting '
lit coil Id speak . __
FACTS ABOUT
GEORGIA
Since-the year 1792 there have
been 19 Adjutants General 'who
have served Georgia. The first,
Augustus C. G. Elholm. served from
1792 until January 15, J 795. The
present Adjutants General, Charles
H. Cox, was appointed oy the Gov
ernor on July 6, 1923.
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John A. Treutlen was the first
Governor of the State of Georgia,
serving from 1777 through 1773.
G 4 Governors have held office since
that date.
COLUS THAT
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01 all known drugs, creosote is rec
ognized by the medical fraternity as the
greatest healing agency for the treat
ment of chronic couglis and colds and
other forms of throat and lung troubles.
Creomulsion contains, in addition to
creosote, other healing elements which
soothe and heal the inflamed mem
branes and stop the irritation and in
flammation, while the creosote goes on
to the stomach, is absorbed into the
blood, attacks the seat of the trouble
and destroys the germs that lead to
consumption.
Creomubion is guaranteed satisfac
tory in the treatment of chronic coughs
and colds, bronchial asthma, catarrhal
bronchitis and other forms of throat
and lung diseases, and is excellent for
building up the system after colds or
the flu Money refunded if any cough
or cold, no matter of how long stand
ing, is not relieved after taking accord
ing to directions. Ask your druggist.
Cieomulsion Co., Atlanta, Ga. (Adv.)
FOR QUICK SERVICE AND
HEAVY HAULING PHONE 12)
WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO.
Office in Americua Steam Laundry
SOUTH JACKSON STREET
RAILROaU SCHEDULES
Arrival and Departure of Fassengei
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., 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 ant Albany 6:47 pm
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
6:47 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:34 am
10:35 pm Albany-Montg’y 5:29 am
11:42 pm Chgo-Stl-Ati 3:20 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Central Time)
Arrive Departs
7:55 air. Cordele-Helena 9:35 am
12:26 pm Cols-M’tg’y 3:23 pm
3:23 pm Cordele-Savh 12:26 pm
J, A. BOWEN, Local Agent
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. e BOLTON <- u-
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. ..a 1
The Planters Bank of Americus
, (Incorporated)
OUR
CUSTOMERS
-I W ,‘ th a r, ' ;l ' on: ‘We knowledge of
ffl OhK what eaeh °f our hundreds o f
h? Want ’ CoU P’ ed wi th
il i P " ‘ >ie to I|P “sympathetic
If to ever y uoed, and faithful to
ev< ‘ r y trust”- makes this ba k
an lnsti tution preferred. We
ai^llUdWHawi rordially invite account—
or Savii.gg,
Capital and Surplus $350,000.00
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
®BXr.’bYCEMBER''. I’2*
WANTED !
All of your Frying size Chickens
—hens and eggs.
Americus Hatchery
and Supply Co.
WANTED
Porto Rico Yams
R. E. BLACK
THE STANDARD
SALE OF ONE HUNDRED
ALL WOOL DRRESSES
AT $6.75
Guaranteed all wool; made
the famous Amoskeag Serge; beau,
tifully trimmed; just from the
maker; here in all sizes and colors
at - - $6.75
WOMENS $1.50
CHIFFON HOSE AT SI.OO
Black and every good shade
Chiffon; each pair in separate en
velope; all sizes, in every color,
8 1-2 to 10; here atp air SI.OO
MEN’S 50c SIL K
SOCKS AT 35c
Black and every good( shade';
sizes from 9 1-2 to 11 1-2; double
lisle heels and toes; lisle tops, at
pair 35c
INFANTS AND CHILDREN’S
$l.O OWOQLEN CAPS AT 50c
Os fine wool yarns, with colored
silk trimmings; plain white and
colors; all sizes here now; fresh
and perfect, each -..50c
MEN’S PURE LINEN
INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS
SI.OO BOX
Guaranteed every thread pure
Irish Linen, in pretty boxes suita
ble for Christmas gifts; all letters
here, at, per box SI.OO
BOYS’ RIBBED
UNION SUITS AT 69c "•
Ixl Ribbed, very elastic; made
just like the men’s; all sizes from
2 to 14 years here, at suit 69c
GENUINE PEQUOT
SHEETING AT 49c
Remnants from 1 to 10 yards
pieces; guaranteed 81 inches wide
and worth 69c off the full bolt;
here while this lot lasts, at yd 49c
MORE SHOES FOR MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AT SI.OO PAIR
You pay the regular price for
the first pair and we sell you an
other pair of the same quality for
only SI.OO. You can get shoes for
men, women and children. We
guarantee the first pair as low as
you can purchase the same quality
in Americus, and the second pair
at SI.OO makes a bargain that is
way below anything that we have
seen. For instance, if you buy a
$3.00 shoe, another pair of the
same quality will cost you only
SI.OO, making th etotal for both
pairs $4.00. If you buy a $5.00
pair, another pair of the same
quality will cost you SI.OO, making
the total for both pairs $6.00.
See the window display, and if
you do not find something to suit
you in the window come on the in
side. We have about three hun
dred styles on the inside.
PKUP SIG
Standard Dry Goods
Company
FORSYTH STREET
Next to Bank of Commerce
AMERICUS, GEORGIA