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PAGE FOUR IIMI3-RE CCIDII i pubushkd un “■'A . L Published by Ths Times-Recorder Co.| (ine,) Lovelace Eve, Editor and Publishes tawrrd u aecond ebu aatt« It tk. *o.toffla< H liwrieui, Georgia, tooordiog I. th. AM .4 CaagreM. Th* SMochtsd Pre** U eaeloalaalf MtitlaJ t* “*• nee for the republication of all new tfie> Ratchet credited to it or not otherwise credited te Aie papei and also the local • published here be. All right of republication of special dispatches •re also reserved. Nations! Advertising Representatives, HOST LANDIS A KOHN, Brunswick Bldg*. New Task I ’copies' Gas Bids.. Chicago. A THOUGHT Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.— Prov. 20:20. » » • Honor they parents to prolong thy end.—Thomas Randolph. Common As June Bugs At one time under the last czar the Russian possessions, in cluding Siberia, were supposed to contain 180,000,000 people. It would be an interesting game for some statistician to figure out how many millions of these were princes and prin cesses. Even today, after the Bol sheviks have murdered hun dreds of them, all Europe swarms with Russian princes and princesses. They are as common as June bugs in- summer time. And no wonder. Is a man a Russian prince? Then all his kids are princes and princesses. And when they marry and have off spring more princes and prin cesses. Which is why in London, Paris and Berlin a great many milliners, dress-makers and tea shop owners have this dis tinguished sounding title. And also why it’s easy for some snobbish American girl with lots of money to capture a “prince.” But wise British and French mamas steer their girls away. They know that these Russian titles are a drug on the market. Women Voters The fear used to be express ed that, once women had the vote, an avalanche of mmaliza tion laws would sweep the land. This fear has so far not been justified. The two national or ganizations of women have shown great finesse in avoiding prohibitive laws. Their present ; interest lies elsewhere, writes Edna Kenton in "The Forum." As a matter of fact and . worthy of note, the New York State League of Women Voters went on record last January as ; favoring amendment of the New York state law prohibition dis semination of birth control in ; formation. No one knows yet • whether women are conserva : tive or revolutionary,,for no lest : has come. So far politics has not been • purified. But, just because the woman's vote is still an un known quantity, it is enough to give pause to politicians at least. There is no data available re garding women’s influence on issues that makes any assertion ; regarding it unchallengeable. But it is not rash to say that « a debatable candidate for a purely local office is likely to I be less certain of election now ■ than in the good old days when 5 the gang gathered to vote and • the respectable citizen stayed r disgusted at home. This may be purification of politics; it : may be also considered in terms 5 of a common-sense use of the • ballot. . Data is also lacking on how t generally women vote. Abso » lutely no statistics are available, and one guess is as good as an other. A careful correlating of • expert opinions, however, tends • toward the conclusion that wo- • men vote in about the , same ? ratio as men, as interestedly or ' as indifferently. i, : A Pleasant Disposition When asked why he always • was in apparent good humor • and a happy frame of mind, a ; Dawson citizen gave as his ans- • wer a little slip of paper con- • taining 27 maxims which, he • stated, he had carried in his • pocketbook the past 20 years, and during that time had refer* red to them daily, notes the . Dawson News. It was a newspaper clipping ■ which also stated the maxims ; were found in the pocket of a j mayor of New York who lost *• his life on the steamship Henry » Clay in 1852. The clipping, » which v. as v'ell preserved, con ! tained the following: I. Keep good company or jnone. ' ah Nlili be -id le. k 3. If your hands cannot be ■ usefully employed attend to the cultivation of your mind. 4. Always speak the truth. 5. Make few promises. 6. Live up to your engage ments. 7. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. 8. When you speak to a person look him in the face. 9. . Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue . 10. Good character is above all else. »• I'4 11. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by you own acts. 12. If any one speaks evil of you let your life be so that none will believe him. 13. Drink no kind of in toxicating liquors. *4 14. Ever livq (misfortune excepted) within your income. 15. When you retire to bed think over what you have done during the day. 16. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. 17. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquil ity of mind. 18. Never play at any game of chance. 19. Avoid temptation, thru fear that you may not be able to withstand it. 20. Earn money before you spend, it. 21. Never run into debt un less you see away to get out again. 22. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. 23. Do not marry until you are able to support a wife. 24. Never speak evil of any one. 25. Be just before your are generous. 26. Keep yourself innocent if you would be happy. 27. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. Read .over the above max ims at least once a week. They will improve any one’s disposi tion, regardless of how pleas ant it may now be. Name It Here’s a story we picked up the other day—one of those “believe it or not" stories—that undoubtedly will be interesting to the many poultry raisers of Sumter county. Out in Hutchinson, Kansas, is a Buff Orpington chicken that is one of those freaks which oc cur occasionally, so the story goes, for no apparent reason but to give the biological sharps something over which to the orize. Starting life as a pullet, “she" was exhibited in a poultry show in 1922 and the judges consid ered her such a good pullet they awarded her first prize over a number of high-class entries. During the succeeding year she laid eggs. Her owner, N. T. Holmes, of thft city, considered her one of his best and most profitable birds and pntered her in another show in December, 1923, where she carried off the fourth-prize honors as a mature hen. In the summer of 1924, how ever, something happened to Biddy. She quit laying. Her comb, which previously had been small as befits a pure-berd Buff Orpington hen, began to grow. Today she has a hen's body, but a rooster’s head, with the full comb development common to male birds of the breed. Her present owner, George J. Burke, a poultry ex pert, bought her for experimen tal purposes. He stated she was moulting when the picture was taken, but that undoubt edly she is putting forth more tail feathers than a normal hen. Local poultrymen are won dering what sex should be as signed her or him or it as the case may be. Facts About Georgia Sugar refineries are located at Savannah and Brunswick. Georgia has I 1,000 square miles more territory than Lou isiana has, 175,000 mb:e farms than Louisiana has, 1,200,000 more population than Louisiana has, and Georgia’s seacoast is 1 000 miles nearer the great con suming, non-producing regions of northwestern Europe and northeastern America. Still, Louisian has three and one- hair million dollars invested in docks and wharves at New Orleans. Georgia’s crops during the year 1923 were worth approxi mately $24,000,000 more than in 1922, this being due to in creases in the value of corn, po tatoes and other major products. The 1924 crop will be even more valuable, it is said. SAYS SANTA TO SANTA * xD'" " J A i u> ' bSTEN, ou>'3i? mSHk ''i I // vnMW Teem playing .sanlalo \ \ las ALL IHE PEOPLE O- ME WNOLS V \W U.S.A. NOW Too-L£A’<= Ai i\ W Fv > > tha isnE wags O win Y£a '-? - ■■ i OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS > TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder. Dec. 8, 1914 t I The Council WareT.o ise, No. 3, erected by L.G. Council, corner of Jackson and Wheeler 'streets near the Schroeder residence is having the finishing touches added this week to be made ready for oc cupancy. Dear Santa, I had rather you would not bring me so much this time, because there are so many little children who need things more than I do, so bring me a doll and a push cart and cradle, a id bring me something to eat. Goodbye, Orale Williams. cus today are anxiously watching Several farmers coming to Ameri-' the weater in expectation of a local cold wave, which will permit KS'ianfite W &vs . We like saxaphone players and trap drummers,but they always seem to be working to beat the band. Largest pumpkin reported weigh ed 226 pounds. Would make enough pies to keep a whole town awake all night. Hunting has been stopped in sec tions of the Michigan woods where smoking hunters blazed their trails. Milwaukee woman is 110 and we will bet she can’t remember a single rising generation that had any pros pects. Talk about hard luck, a New York man had to pay $2162 for detec tives which his jealous wife hired to watch him. They think an Oakland (Calif.) boy is crazy because he set fire to 69 houses, none of them schools Chicago plumber poisoned him self because of his troubles. This proves thehy don’t forgpt every thing. j Baseball pitcher is held for non support in Florida. Usually it is the team that fails to suppe. t. The greatest thing about cool weather is all those funny named new soft drinks are gone. A South Carolina boy who thought he could rob a bank and get away will be an old man before he finishes it. Looks as if the backbone of sum mer is about broken. Shop early and avoid the shop early warning. , We sort of hate to see pumpkins back’ because hearing them pro nounced correctly makes us so mad. Even American divorc s are be ing made in Paris now, but thev don’t seem a bit more beautiful. Christmas must wear rubber heels, it slips up on us so quickly. Indications are that this year’s resolutions have had accidents and we will need now ones soon. Whales are said to be plentiful imrrnrtKrTW»gCTrW)hst. We would like to heap them telling about get ting away from fishermen, r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ” them to kill hogs and salt down a . goodly supply of meat. Mr. N. A. Ray on his fine farm near Ameri cus, has a nerd of fifty huge pork ers, which he is anxious to kill and which will go very far towards Sup plying his farm with meat for an other year. Miss Maude Hitt has returned to Americus after a very delightful visit of some length to friends in Atlanta. Three of the five Amc”icus plants making commercial fetilizer and acid have resumed operation for the season, and while it is possible that the out put this season may not bo as great in volume as heretofore, the fact that are all goin gto oper . ate is gratifying. TWENTY YEARS AGq TODAY (From The Times Recorder. scc. 8, 1904.) Seven cents cotton is going to cut a hole in the holiday business, but the merchants count upon a very good trade notwithstanding. The sale of the former Mayo resi dence, corner of Forsyrh and Pees etreets, was reported yesterday. Mr. J. W. L. Daniel was the purchaser and will probably make it his home. It is one of the most durable dwell ings in town. A well selected program of mu sic will be rendered at the bazaar tonjght. Following are numbers: Bridal Chorus, by Chloral Club, Song, Miss Fannie Stallings; Nove lette, Miss Elizabeth Cobb; Where are you Going to, My Pretty Maid; by>Chioral club. Mrs. Viola Fowler and sister, Miss Fowlez, purchased yesterday the S. R. Johnson ten cents store on For syth street and will ci ntinue the business there, with a large stock of staple and holiday goods. Wise . Seig the young son of Mr. George Seig, Jr., was quite badly hurt yesterday afternoon while re turning home from school. A bug gy driven along Jackson street ran over the little fellow and it was feared one of his limbs was broken. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Dec. 8, 1894.) Lynn Fort and Tom diallings left this morning for the fields about Buena Vista, where as the guest ol’ Col. Howell Hollis thhey will shoot quail and festive rabbits for the day. Forty six answers tc the dispen sary problems in the T. R. on Tues day have been received up to to day. Softie of them from out of town subscribers. No simple sum in mathematics ever aroused so much local interest. Only three of the’large number tried to work the example obtaining this result. Dr. Burt, George Wheat ley and Prof. Van Riper either Dr. Eldridge or any of the other three gentlemen, who solved the problems will take pleasure in explaining to those unfortunates who did not. Lack of will power is-what makes ' a man put his clothes on over his ' pajamas on a cold morning. ' In London a man smoked cigars 48 hours without stopping, so now he is all trained for Christmas. Only former soldiers are allowed to beg in Paris. We m ght extend cur war vets this great privilege. The world, we often think, is a crossword puzzle. And those who can’t work it say it is all wrong, i 1 —■ . . " • • ■' There are 20 women lawyers in England, , ; i yx [ DEEP Oil men have been experimental ly drilling deep wells, hoping to find large pools of oil under work ed-out petroleum fields in the east. At Latrobe, Pa., the world’s deep est well strikes gas at a depth of 7428 feet. Where there’s gas, •there’s usually oil. This deepest well, to date, has cost $200,000 —an almost prohibi tive price unless oil were found in phenomenal quantities. The import ant feature is that nature may haxe prepared, for us, oil deposits at deeper levels for use when present known pools are exhausted. * * * HAIR Red-haired women make better wives than brunets or blonds, says a San Francisco judge. Ilis reason: “Not one out of every +CO women who come before my court' soeldng c ivorce has red hair.’ Yet that doesn’t prove anything, since not one woman in 100 has red hair. The color of the hair is usually the result of distant heredity. Its importance in temperament and character is exaggerated. « * * CASHIER Boston tries out a mechanical cashier on its elevated railways. Customer puts into a slot any coin from 50 cents down, and the ma chine automatically makes change and lets him pass through the wicket. Movie ticket sellers and thousands of others might be dis placed by such a 'machine. We call ours the “mechanical age.” Yet, compared w : ih th.- fu ture, we have barely begun to use machinery, which eventually will do the bulk of man's work and enable him to live comfortably by working only a few hours a day. * * « SOIL Automatic machinery has devel oped to the point where you can imagine a future generation “tab ing life easy” while machines do the work. Who’d supply the food? Ma chinery cannot grow it. Soil tillers would flock to the city, escaping long hours of toil. Possibly the airplane will break up the cities and $5,000 TO LOAN On Americus Residence Property Phone 830 J. LEWIS ELLIS WANTED Porto Rico Yams R. E. BLACK NOTICE! Registration book-, for the ge reral election to be held Wednesday, December 17th, 1924, are now open. A. D. GATEWOOD, JR., Clerk and Treasurer. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* ” And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 i Ehogej 8§ and yj , MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, 1924 OLD, , Timer r' hangs in Rs place, in a small closet space, docs the cap that I like best of all. I’ve had it for ages, it’s lived on through stages of spring time and summer and fall. Each season I buy just what pleases the eye in apparel that covers! « the head. If may be a lid that was made for a kid but is sold to a r K roWnu P instead. |\ Ive shelled out for derbies, in days / ) ’ i (r 1 ,on S sone by and I’ve purchased I ’ < / fedoras galore. I’ve tried on a million; I X NN'S / passcd most of them by and likely \ will pass many more. \ jKf J X. XxSm&i Now isn’t it funny how much of - your money goes into the hats that r you wear. You grow a bit rash an' a you fall for Dame Fashion, as hats find you/buying your share. wKI Eut, as for my choice. ’ am raising my voice to admit I’m the Os a yap that will buy many lids; let them all hit the skids, as I fondly '■ turn back to rny cap. , J (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) people will scatter to the country, 'each family growing most of its own foed. » » » TAXES The national debt is being re tired systematically. Intention is to have it paid off in about 20 iyears. Meantime, state and local govern ments continue in the other direc tion .deeper into deb*:. Ip 1912 they had a combined debt, totaling the whole country, of 3882 million dol lars. Now it’s about three times as big. Keep an eye on spending by Congress, but don’t forget local tax eaters. MORTGAGED At the recent election, taxpayers approved 500 million dollars’ worth of new bond issues. Largely for needed improvements, to be true. But is it fair to continue p : .ling up a mortgage burden for future gen erations? High time to brgin pay . mg as we go. Debts of national, state and local governments now total a tenth of the entire national wealth of Amer ica. Paying interest cn this mort gage is a big factor in cost of liv ing. CASTRO, EX-DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA, IS DEAD SAN JUAN, P. R ' 6.—Gen eral Cipriano Castro, tire man who for almost 10 years as dictator he’d the destinies of Venezuela in his hand, was buried here late Friday afternoon, on alien, but not un friendly soil, shrouded in the flag of his native land from which he was an exile. General Castro died nt midnight RAILROAD schedules Arrival and Departure of Passenget Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry. Central Standard Timo Arrive Depart 12:01am Cols-Bham-Chgo 3:55 am 12:20 am Chgo-St.L Atl 2:27 am 1:53 am Alb-Jax-Miami 2:08 atr 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;35pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 10:10 am Columbus 3.-:15 pm lpm Chgo-St.L-Bham 2:40 pm 1:15 pm Ghgo-St.L-Atl 2:13 pm 1 :54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pm 1:54 pm Alb-Montg’y 1 ;54 pm 2:1„ pm Miami-Jax Alb 1:15 pn -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 U:42 P m Chgo-St.L-Atl 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 —wl-l: - 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 Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Ma con, Stewart, Randolph and Web ster counties. 21 Planters Bank bldg., Americus, Ga. Phone 89 or 211. c M COUNCIL V p iden L M T ’ E ’ BOLTON > Ass ’t- Cashier L. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier, J. E. KIKER, Aas’t. Cashier 1 he 1 lanters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) k nOUR ■ 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 ® cordially invite t c ur account— ; commercial or Savings. t Capital and Surplus $350,000.60 J, J RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 ’ PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING i Thursday from hemorrh’tge of tho ; stomach, after a lingering illness. A member of General Castro’g family said that although he fre j quently hae been urged to attempt to return to Venezuela and make an ? effort to regain the reins of govern i ment, he always refused to do so Although it was reported that Castro had large so. tune sin Eu rope, especially in Germany, hq . lived here in modest style. Display advertisers find that thq T-R. brings desired results. St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rome, can acommodate 54,000 worshippers. While we like this cold weather, a liar is a man who says he enjoyss ' nearly freezing to death. WfANDARD Monday and Tuesday at This Store Will Be Two Days of Extra ordinary Value Giving. The Sale Has Been Planned and the Prices That We Have Quoted Should Bring a House Full of Customers. We are not “Going Out of Business;” we are not go ing to close out any special line that we now carry; nothing startling has happened here. Here are some of our prices— At 25c—Genuine Lad Lassie Cloth, 32 inches wide, all colors: 2000 yards. At 25c—Mill Ends of Devonshire Cloth, 32 inches wide; you know this grade. At 35c—Men’s 50c Silk Socks, in black and all colors. At 25c—Men’ extra qualA 'I mercerized Lisle Socks, black colors. ( At 35c—Genunine Geld Seal Pillow Cases; standard 50c value; full size. 1 low Casesetaoi shrd shr dshidluuu At 25c—Bleached Turkish Tow- 1 els, size 22x44 inches. 1 At 75c—Manufacturers’ samples •_ of fine $1.50 Kid Gloves, most all i sizes. 1 At 35c—Men’s 50c Wool Driv, 1 ing Gloves, extra length. 1 At 25c—Infants’ Ribbed Vesta; ’ tape neck; all sizes. i At 35c—Infants’ Mixed Wool i Ribbed Vests; all sizes. i At 50c—Infants’ Silk and Wool i Ribbed Vests; all sizes. 1 e—N6f—2,Wool mixed, eta et„cc 'At 10c—Men’s 25c Knitted Four-in-Hand Ties; full length. At . 35c Men’s Knitted Silk Four-in-Hand Ties; fifty patterns. At 98c—Men’s Madras and Per ea! Dress Shirts; colors guaran teed. At $1.25 —Extra heavy Bath, Mats; pretty patterns.... all colors. At $1.98 —Alex Smith’ Tapestry Rugs; size 30x60 inches. At $2.48 —Alex Smith’s Velvet Rugs; fifty patterns; size 30x60. At $3.50 —Alex Smith’s Heavy Axminster Rugs; size 30x60. At 29c Box—Beautiful box of Chiistmas Handkerchiefs for chil dren. At 35c—Pretty box of Christmas Handkerchiefs for ladies. Standard Dry Goods Company , ; j FORSYTH STREET Next to Bank of Commerce AMERICUS, GEORGIA
