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A THOUGHT"
Casting all your care upon hint;
for he careth for you.—Pet, 5:7.
♦ » ♦
To carry care to bed is to sleep
with a pack on your back. —Halli-
burton.
Air Service Needs
Souther Field
The next war will be fought
fargely from the air and with
chemicals. That nation which
is best eequipped in these two
departments of defense and
offense will be victorious.
This statement is not new. It
has been expressed over and
over again by men whose busi
ness it is to study such matters,
as well as by other students of
world affairs.
Budgets for the next fiscal
year are now before Congress
asking specified' sums for each
department of the Federal gov
ernment. The army officials
will demand their share of the
nation's taxes and will main
tain that the protection of the
country lies in granting their re
quests. The navy will do like
wise. Each will provide a sum
for aviation. Neither will agree
that aviation should become a
department of its own.
But the average layman thinks
that aviation is as separate and
'distinct from army and navy as
a means of defense, as those
two departments are separate
'from each other.
Air defense shoqld be di
vorced from the other two arms
and given a distinct place of its
own. Its development r will be
more rapid, more efficient, and
America is sadly in need of more
adequate aid defense.
A frank, unvarnished criticism
of the unpreparedness of the
United States in the crisis of
the World War, and recommen
dations for changes, improve
ments and expansion which he
deems necessary for adequate
defense of the country were
brought out clearly and forcibly
in the final report to his gov
j eminent by General John J.
B Pershing ,as chief of staff of the
£ army.
Heading the list of his rec
ommendations is this state
ment:
i Tha infantry is still the back
bone of the Army and should be
strengthened and adequately
•*. supported; but the Air Service
X has grown to be one of the most
S necessary arms of the service,
£ and the most vital need at pres
- ent is for its increase by gradual
5 development.
As an important auxiliary arm
the air service should be availa
~ hie for independent use in mass,
or otherwise, wherever necessa
ry. Our ah' service shou’a be de
~ velpped to every reasonable ex
~ tent, both as to personnel and
£ material; and it is essentially
necessary that aircraft produc
tion be established and main
tained on such a basis as to be
” easily expanded in time of emer-
X gency.
<
~ Os our experience in the
world war with particular ref-
X erence to the air service Gen
eral Pershing minces no words.
~. Explaining his assertion that,
1 while the air service is the most
* important arm of the servicefi
Z he said:
" Our experience in the World
£ War as to airplane production
7, hnd the training of personnel
31 should be continuously borne in
~ ’mind. Early in 1917, it will be
recalled, an appropriation of
• $600,000,000 was hastily made
A with what, seemed to be an ef
~ fort to overcome previous inex-
cusable neglect to makepjrovis
~ ion even for experimental inves-
X tigation, to say nothing of prep-
2 aration for the manufacture of
~ airplanes. The voice of criticism
f for previous inaction was appar-
ently stilled, for the time being,
by the loudly-heralded purpose
“ to send 50,000 airplanes to the
western front without delay—a
declaration that later brought
X many an embarrassing moment to
* those of us abroad who knew
- how boastful and baseless such
;; claims were. It is a matter of
4. record that even the type of
2 plane to be put into production
■ Was not decided upon until sev-
■ eral months after we 'entered the
war, and that no American plane
feC*. until August,
■■PWi-antl only some 600 planes
had been sent to the front be
fore the Armistice.
We see our mistakes now and
should do what is necessary to
prevent such errors in the fu
ture.
Out at Souther Field the gov
ernment has an air service plant
in which something like $3,000,-
000 was invested. To junk that
in the face of our national air
service inadequacy would be
pure and unadulterated extrav
agance. 4
No field in the United States
had a better record for possible
flying hours than Souther Field.
The ground is such that a plane
can take off a few minutes af
ter a heavy rain. In other fields
some of which are now used,
it is impossible to use the ground
for days after a heavy rain.
The climate here is such that
flying is possible every month
in the year, whereas in the
North there are many months in
the year when cold weather pro
hibits all air practice.
Aviation is in its infancy—
it is just coming into its own.
The government should re
hablitate Souther Field.
It should greatly increase its
appropriation for aviation. It
should train hundreds of men
where it is now training dozens.
The cost of one battleship
would finance a field for years.
While we are scrapping our
ships we should be increasing
our air service.
The next war may be gener
ation off. Every man hopes so. .
And then, again, it may not be
far away. Few of us expected
war in 1914. We shall not ex
pect the next one until it is on
us.
America is now a world
power. Other countries owe
her billions of dollars. She
holds the gold reserve of the
world. How foolish to be un
prepared for every eventuality,
eventuality.
America needs a greater Air
Service. The Air Service needs
Souther Field.
Strike At The Source
To curb the traffic in habit
forming drugs, an international
conference was held in Switzer
land. The American delegates
wanted to strike directly at the
heart of the problem. They
wanted limitation of the grow
ing of the poppy, cocoa plant
and other raw materials that
furnish drugs for addicts.
Could any way be more di
rect and sensible?
It is too direct to suit coun
tries that make big profits out
of growing the raw materials.
They had the same proposal put
up to them a year ago. Result:
They’re side-stepping, talking
about curbing manufacture of
drugs, appointing committees
. . . anything to avoid curtailing
the output of raw materials.
As long as the poppy and
other raw materials for drugs
are grown, they’ll be made into
drugs.
It wouldn't, by the way, be
difficult to put on the brakes.
The growing of ra wmaterials
for drugs is a highly organized
industry. Opium farming is a
common occupation in the
Orient.
Curbing murder is a problem
strikingly similar to curbing the
drug traffic. As long as pistols
are manufactured and sold by
mail to any one with the price
pistols will be used to kill.
Local or state regulations
such as compelling registration
and police permits for revolver
purchase and possession. are
easily frustrated by buying
from a mail order house that
sells concealable firearms.
It’s a problem in interstate
commerce and it should be end
ed by the proper interstate
egency—a national law.
There’s an organized hue and
cry against this proposal. Quite
naturally, for money's to be
made in the manufacture and
sale, all along the line.
The mainstay of the propa
ganda is that a ban on sale of
pistols except to officers of the
law would disarm the law-abad-
Jng householder. Nonsense! He
could protect his home with a
rifle or sawed-off shotgun—
which cannot be carried con
cealed through the streets by
murderers and thieves.
The quickest way to control
anything is to abolish its exist
ence. Stop making pistols and
you stop murder by pistol.
Stop growing opium, except
enough for legitimate medical
purposes, and you stop the drug
traffic.
1 he tiger will bite as long as
he has teeth. Why waste time
trying to muzzle him?
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Old Days In Americus
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Dec,
3, 1914.)
Congressman Charles R. Criqi
who has been at his home in Ameri
cus and in visiting friends through
out the district, as far as possible
since the adjournment cf congress
several weeks ago, will leave Satu
day for Washington. The sixty
sixth session of congress convenes
on Monday next. In the opinion of
Mr. Crisp, the re'cent republican
victories cannot be construed as a
decline of the democratic p’.rtys
popularity.
Dear old Santa —Please bring me
a big doll, doll wash stand, a Christ’
jmas tree, horn, cow girl suit, doll
carriage, some candy and fruits. I
am seven years old and in the sec
ond grade. Good bye. Dora Riley.
The baby daughter of Mr. a <1
Mrs. George Duncan is ill with
pneumonia ak their heme on Col
lege street, to the sincere regret
of all their friend's who hope for
the speedy recovery of the little
one.
Farmers coming to Americus to
day report the young cats and
wheat in fine condition ar-d the pros
pect all that-could be desired.
While the Hospital bazaar this
week has been a success throughout,
the crowning effervescent soulful
event will be the baby show Friday
afternoon, when it is expected that
two score of Americus finest pro
ducts will vie in friendly contest
for the prize to be awarded the
handisomest yield of the crop of
1913-14.
The younger John D. Rockefeller,
it’s claimed, has “made" about 100
million dollars by the stuck market
boom, that sum being the estimated
gain in market value of securities
he owns. ,
However, it’s a “paper profit."
The extremely rich, as a rule, do
not cash in. By selling, they’d lose
control of industries back of the
securities. And modern Croesuses
are more interested in CONTROL
than in immediate profit
airplane
An airplane will be built by stu
expcct to fly it in the Fui’tzer races
next year.
How long until lads in knee trous
ers will be building flying machines
as they now build radio sets? YoutP
again will probably lea.l the way
while the older generation sits back
and “waits until it’s perfected,” as
with radio.
Darius Green was a lad.
PRISONERS
Thirty years ago the average age
of convicts sent to state prisons was
from 32 to 42.
Now the average age is from 22
to 25 years. And nearly a third of
them are under 21.
Among many reasons the d.rug
traffic looms largest. Majority of
big crimes by young men are com
mitted in temporary recklessness
imparted by drugs. Dope is the
foundation of modern criminality.
ASIATIC
Sarraut, French official with leng
experience in the orient, fears an
eventual conflict between the yellow
and white races.
The white race has two-thirds of
the population, also a lion’s share
of natural resources and inventive
and organizing ingenuity.
There would be no question of
the outcome ijEJ&c whitea&Uions
stuck together,
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER T
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY'
(From The Times Recorder, Dee.
3, 1904.)
On account of the Jay Pea elec
tion today all the saloons in the
city will be closed, and unless it
rains, a great thirst is likely to pre
vail.
A novelty in “openings” is tiiat
of the A. W. Smith Furniture Co.,
which invites the public to the Cut
Glass Opening, on Wednesday, Dec.
7th.
Yesterdays course of the cotton
market brought little cheer to the
man who still holds his crop of cot
ton, or any large portion of it. And
there are not a few of these here
who had hoped for a better price.
Believing that cotton would go to
12 cents, they did not sell when
[values touched 10 cents. And now
the price is down to 8 cents or 8 1-2
cents at best, and with no immediate
prospect of advancing.
The ladies of the Hospital Bazaar
have gotten the deta'.s arranged
and the entertainment this week
bids far to be a most successful
event. Mrs. Frank Harrold, gen
eral manager is being aided by a
large number of workers. The col
lor booth will have as its head, Miss
Sarah Cobb, Mrs. S. Harrison, and
the 'doll booth, Mrs. Henry McClesk
ey, the fancy work table, Mrs. Ed
Sheffield, the cigar booth, Mrs. C.
J. Sherlock and Mrs. Calo for the
cake and candy booth, Mrs. G. M.
Eldridge and Mrs. H B. Allen as
sisted by a corps of experienced
sales ladies will overlock the sales
at the country store.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY'
Monday, no paper published,
SY <Ol5
Price of bread in Par's is higher
than it has been since 1870, so
maybe there’s something crooked
about the staff of life.
Somebody shot a vaudeville man
ager in Los Angeles, perhaps be
cause he hired another skating act.
Anything can happen now. Elec
tion expenses filed show eight elect
ed congressmen spent nc thing.
The Wall Street boon - shows the
brokers are taking a i t < f stock in
the reported business revival.
Senator Capper says there is too
much hot air about Congress, ;but
doesn’t say how much is enough.
Keep your mouth closed when
angry, says a health expert. That’s
right, unless you can lick everybody.
“Contentment makes a long life”
is more health advice. But many
men work themselves t» death try
ing to get contentment
Scientists think thev can make
gold out of quicksilver, but we
don’t.
A Detroit man who failed at sui
cide three times might try going into
the Michigan woods and yelling I'ke
a deer.
The big apple crop which was re
ported recently is more than likely
a big cider crop now.
Man named Aaron was robbed in
Chicago, indicating they are taking
them on in alphabetical order.
The money .saved bv not buying
, Christmas gresents is wasted.
i When the Cub
; Isn't Covering
Assignments
—By W. K. S.—
FLORIDA GETS
ANOTHER AGENT.
Another real estate agent goes
tq Florida. This time its A. C. Crock
ett. For a good many jears Mr.
Crockett has been acti'.’eiy engaged
in real estate and insurance busi
ness in Americus and we all are
sorry that he is leaving.
Before leaving Mr. Crockett call
ed up the office and requested that
the T. R. be forwarded to him at
his home in Bradenton, Fia. ‘‘l
regret leaving Americus; but the
real estate ‘boom’ in Florida will
never absorb me so that I won’t be
glad to hear what the folks are do
ing ‘back home’,” sayeth Friend
Crockett.
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lost a
good man.
We regret very much that George
Marshall is going to give up his post
as County Agent on January Ist.
George, outside of rendering valu
able aid to the farmers of the coun
ty has been very kind in letting us
in on news items. We have one
consolation in that Ge.irge will still
be located in Americus and maybe
in an unofficial way he can be of
as much service to Sumter countv
as he was while serving in an effi-
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All druggists — . t , 30 cents.
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On Americus
Residence Property
Phone 830
J. LEWIS ELLIS
NOTICE!
Registration books for the ge serai
election to be held Wednesday,
December 17 th, 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
Funeral Director*
life And Embalmera
Night Phone* 661 and 88
_ Day Phonej 68 Mid 211
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONi DUMBER 3, 1924
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I
OLIIXIRE-MsY
IT isn't much fun when you play life alone 'cause you'll find it a dreary
like game. The main thing that's missing is fellowship tone, but
you’ve onlv your own self to blame.
When standing in solitude, thoughtless of A*n ds ; a ,na "
on the shelt. No sooner does real living start till it ends for you sort of
get tired of yourself. .
I A hearty eld handshake; a smile..
now and then, means a lot as we all
understand. But smiling alone isn't
Zi-iviv |( T / &. knowri among men and it's >flat
//p i n ,Jw! when y° u shake y° ur own hand -
Zg /I m I The w ° rld likes a mixer - B°°d-
J/ hearted, well met, and his welcome
' T by all never ends. We all can be
I I I! i<z ’ f mixers if only we'll get around
among folks and make friends.
You can't find the happiness other folks can, if for only your own
self you care. You've, got to mix 'round like a regular man stead of>!
playin' at dull solitaire. •
(Copyright, 1924, NBA Service, Inc.)
cial capacity. \
George says he is going to devot<
his entire time to farming and w<
feel sure that if he gives his owr
interests the same dutiful atten
tion that he gave to the interests o;
Sumter he should be a huge succes;
as a tiller of the soil.
RECORD ETABLISHED BY
EURORPEAN MAIL PLANE
(By The Associated Press) .
BERLIN, Dec. 3.—A record foi
speed was established recently ovei
the airline from here to London vis
Hanover and Amsterdam. The regt
lar mailplane covered the distanci
of 622 miles in five nd one-hali
hours - . t
SUCH IS LIFE
“Eighteen v r ears ago I had three
ribs broken; fourteen years ago my
right leg; eleven years ago I nemly
went over with typhoid fever and
since then have had awful stomach
and liver trouble. Was filled with
gas most all the time. I would have
colic attacks so bad as to become un
conscious. No medicine helped me
and doctors advised an operation.
One day talking with a stranger he
recommended Mayr’s Wonderful
Remedy, which helped me at once.’’
It is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflammation which causes prac
tically all stomach, liver and intesti
nal ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convince oi money re
funded.
Howell’s Pharmacy and druggists
everywhere.
LEGAL AD NO. 767.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA. Sumter County.
All creditors of the estate of J.
W. Harris, late of Sumter county,
deceased, are hereby notified to
render in their demands to the un
dersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate pay
ment to me. This Nov. 10, 1924.
J. E. B. McLENDON,
Admr., Estate of J. W. Karris, de
ceased.
RAILROAD schedules
Arrival and Departure of Passenge,
Trains, Americus, Ga.
Central of Georgia Ry.
Central Standard Time
Arrive Depart
12:01am Cols-Bham-Chgo 3:55 am
12:20 am Chgo-St.L Atl 2:27 am
1:53 am Aib-Jax-Miami 2:08 am
2:08 am Chgo-Cin-Atl 1:53 am
2:27 am Jax-Albany 12:20 am
3:20 am Miami-Jax-Alb. 11-.42 pm
3:55 am Miami-Jax-Alb. 12:01am
5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm
6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm
10:10am Columbus 3:15 pm
lpm Chgo-St.L-Bham 2:40 pm
1:15 pm Chgo-St.L-Atl 2:13 pm
1:54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pm
1:54 pm Alb-Montg’y 1:54 pm
2:13 pm Miami-Jax Alb 1:15 pm
2:40 pm Miami-Jax-Alb 1:00 pm
6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon 6:34 am
10:35 pm Alb-Montg’y 5:29 am
11:42 pm ’ Chgo-St.L-Atl 3:20 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Central Time)
Arr j v e Departs
7:55 am 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
C M e ® ident T - E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Aia’t. Cashier
The Planters Bank of Americus
(lncorporated)
a OUR
CUSTOMERS
With a reasonable knowledge of
what each of our hundreds of
customers want, coupled with
our pledge to be “sympathetic
to every need, and faithful to
every trust”—-makes this bank
an institution preferred. We
invite xcur account—
commercial or Savings.
Capital and Surplus $350,000.00
r RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING
WANTED !
i All of your Frying size Chickens *
—hens and eggs,
Americus Hatchery [
and Supply Co.
WANTED |
Porto Rico Yams
R. E. BLACK
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THE STANDARD
SALE OF ONE HUNDRED
ALL WOOL DRRESSES
AT $6.75
Guaranteed all wool; made of '
the famous Amoskeag Serge; beau. |
tifully trimmed; just rrom the
maker; here in all sizes ,and colors I
at r- - $6.75
WOMENS $1.50
CHIFFON HOSE AT SI.OO
Black and every good shade '
Chiffon; each pair in separate en- I
velope; all sizes, in every color, i
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 -35 c
INFANTS AND CHILDREN’S
$l.O OWOOLEN CAPS AT 50c
Os fine wool yarns, with qolored
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
Irish Linen; in pretty boxes suita®*
ble for Christmas gifts; all
here, at, per box SI.OO
BOYS’ RIBBED
UNION SUITS AT 69c
lxl 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 wi'de
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 k«th
pairs $4.00. If you buy a $5.00
pair, another pair of the same
quality wilf 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