About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1924)
®" W-v g fa:, v Lovrh<<’ Eve - Editor and Publisher Da« R. Schrcfh ■J • Advertising Manager Entered as matter at the post office itus. . Ja, according to the Act of the use for tl/e republication of all news dis* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper «M also the local news published here in. .Ml right bf republication of special dispatches Advertising Rcpreschta fives, F ROST LAMMS * K|OHN, 225 Fifth Avenue. New York; Peoples Gas' Bldg.. Chicago; Walton Building, A THOUGHT As one whom his mother com. forteth, so will I comfoit you Isa. 66:13. ... What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy crea ture?—Lessi ng. Georgia’s Salvation Lies In the Soul of Her _ ' Women The Atlanta chapter of rhe United Daughters of the Con federacy is reported to have condemned the film, “Abra ham Lincoln, now being shown in the state. It was said that the condemnation was made without first witnessing the film. The action of the U. D. C. ’« was promptly criticized by ga prominent Atlanta club woman herself a member of the chapter. The film “Abraham Lin coln is giving a running his tory of that great American. It does not deal with sectional prejudices nor does it open old scars from the Civil War. The love story of “Old Abe” is one of the most beautiful in our his tory ahd his life was a romance from birth to his tragic death. The North has received with applause plays and films deal ing with Southern heroes, such as ’The Birth of a Nation" and Dripkwater’s “Robert E. Lee.” The action of the Atlanta U. D. C.’s is unfortunate-—to say the least and should not be follow ed by other chapters. There is so much that’s worth while—so much that needs and deserves the aid of our women that it seems foolish to go back to the days that have gone by. Our own beloved Congressman in his campaign speeches in the hotbeds of the North never fail ed to receive a cheer when he said that there was scarcely a foot in Dixie that would not wel come the return of Abraham Lincoln. Every year, on hily 4th in a little town in south Georgia the veterans of the gray and those ' who wore the blue march side by side in the day’s celebration. Boys from the North and boys from the South fought val iantly and died on the fields of Cuba and in France. From the furnaces of the war between the there has emerged the /greatest country on the globe— the greatest in all history. The batles of the 60’s have been fought. There are other battles in front of us to fight. Georgia needs safe, sane, pa triotic leaders; men who will serve their state and not them selves; rhen whose love of com monwealth will surmount their egotistical desire to hold office; men whose loyalty to Georgia can not be shaken by political cliques, klans, camps or selfish interests. Georgia needs men and men are horn of woman and nur tured, trained and placed in po sitions of responsibility through and by her. 1 he salvation of Georgia lies in the souls of Georgia’s women. ] The War Beast Still Lives Over to your left on this page is a cartoon—horrible, but in teresting. It depicts WAR, the world's greatest enigma. An enigma because most men hate war; despise war and yet wars continue. For this cartoon, Albert Ap ple wrote the following editor ial. He says: More than 10 million cripples emerged from the World War, acording to a French govern ment report. Germany had 1,- 537,000, France 1,500,000. Great Britain 1,170,000. The rest were among other countries that participated in the conflict. Each of these 10 million crip ples is or wag a living monument PAGE SIX ity or wanare. A few years, and they will all be gone. Humanity forgets quick ly. Another generation or two and the death lists and cripples of the World War will have fad ed .ckgxuuml. f»«*?*w* Historians and politicians cover up the terrible side of war as fa. t as they can. Time slips by. The war becomes glorified, thrilling, a romantic adventure as taught to children in schools. This is the system by which la ter generations are prepared for another war. History is largely a record of battles, with honors suppressed. With millions of dead in the World War, and 10 millions and more of cripples emerging to keep us reminded of the conflict, one would think that the world would be so sickened that it would disarm—at least for a gen eration. Yet. to the contrary, thousands Os tr illions of dollars pour stead ily into the war chests. Every community in every country should erect a monu ment giving a record of the mil lions killed or crippled in the World War. Such monuments would be permanent warnings to future generations. Instead, the monument will depict heroes and in general, surround war with false romance. The militarists are getting bold again, even in our own coun try—beginning to talk about the “next war,” branding work ers-for-peace as contemptible traitors. The best way to build a backfire against them is to impress indeli bly, into the minds of the rising generation, the horrors of whole sale murder. Don't let them be bunked into a false belief that war is glorious, romantic, admir able. War is terrible, inhuman, beastly. War is foolish and yet war continues. Civilized man becomes uncivilized, but as Mr. Apple says, there’s nothing glorious or romantic about it— it’s damnable, and more thought should be given to PREVENT ING war than engendering the germs of destruction. The com ing generation should be taught its horrors and be made to see its uttet uselessness. Work Whale it is natural for man to follow the easiest way, his progress comes by taking the most difficult roads or paths. Progress is not unnatural. But nature makes us pay the price. We never get anywhere by following the easiest way. it is easier to sleep on the ground, exposed to the weather. But man, beginning with his first crude huts, on to the luxu rious skyscraper apartment house of the modern city, has taken the more difficult way— knowing that effort’s reward is worth its price. The comforta ble home is well worth the ener gy expended in getting it and in maintaining it. Electricity follows the path of least resistance. So does falling water, rushing back to its source, the sea. So does the agile mer cury from a broken thermome ter, obeying gravity by darting down to the lowest level it can reach. Man, too, obeys this natural law—follows the path of least resistance. In other words, man inclines to the easiest way. Work is not the pleasantest thing in the world, despite the Big Talk of the platitudes— most of which are w-ritten by lazy dawdlers. The philoso pher who urges mankind to toil is rarely energetic himself. But that does not lessen the truth and wisdom of his teachings. Work is not the most enjoya ble way of putting in our time. It certainly is not the easiest way—the path of least resist ance. Yet we all know that work is what moves us ahead— brings us our necessities and comforts. Men are resigned to their lot and are not following the line of least resistance—when they work at their daily tasks. But when work is over and man relaxes, he slips into the easiest way. Particularly in his reading matter. He drifts through the entertaining, recreational news —scandal, crime, the unusual. These are the easiest way—re quiring no brain effort. Too bad, that political news and speeches require thought and accordingly, get little of the at tention they deserve. NAVAL COMMITTEE URGES LEJUNE’S ’REAPPOINTMENT (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 16. —The house Naval committee to day appointed three of : t’s mem! ers to call upon secretary Wilbur and urge him to recommend to Presi dent Coolidge the reannointmvnt of Major Gen. John A Lejune as commandant of the Marine Corns for the next four years, .V' f r ( QO/7/OUS anp | —3% •’ ft \ EOMAnTc / 1 s MV A ;/ -,a . i Ta “ ■ n / '■ ! OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS > TEN YEARS AGO fODAY (From The Times Recorder. Dec. 16, 1914.1 While Americus nas many unem ployed as the result of depressed business conditions prevailing throughout the country the situation is not nearly so acute as in the larger cities, where municipalities are providing manual work frat men may earn enough to at least keep the wolf Jrom the door If there are any cases or actual suf fering in Americus they could no doubt be quickly relieved tin ough the agency of several charitable or ganizations. The newly elected members of city council, Mayor L. G. Council, and Aidermen N. M. Dudley, E. L. Bell, and H. 0. Jones w 1! have the oath of office administered at the meeting of council next Wednesday,' 23rd. Today the Empty Stocking Fund received a nice boost when MA - Joe Bryan turned over sl3. which had been subscribed to the fund by the employes of the four Americus banks. This sum was donated by twenty-four different persons and is the largest single collection that has yet been turned into the fund. The total today is $49.35. Mr. and Mrs v Lucius L. McCles’;- ey will be at home after the holi days at the Fort Apartments, oi: to” , fe Saus Government bonds are being sold to raise three or four billions, indi cating Uncle Sam may buy some Christmas presents. French don’t want to pay us any thing for 10 years. Th. French, it seems, think Uncle Sam is Santa Claus. Silent airplanes arc not the great est threat of the next war. The thought that the Red Cross may issue crossword puzzles scares ns. Ugflpffiny how some respected crijjßs regard “Please Remit” on an overdue bill as nothing short of blackmail. The carol, “Silent N'ght, Holy Night,” is 100 years old this Christ mas, which should be celebrated. Steamboat load of autos sank in Lake Erie. All the crew end maybe a few pedestrians were saved. > The postoffice lost almost forty millions in 1923, mostly on second and third class. Being below first class never pays. Loeb and Leopold, it seems now, got the greatest punishment. They are being made to teach school Christmas isn’t what it used to be when there wa.s no income tax payment due 19 days before. Just as we were feeling some bet ter a New York woman up and died and left SSOOO to a pet cat. A woman in Louisville, Ky., who thought she could run an auto ran amuck instead. They say poets are born. Now doesn’t that sound like a poet? Try ing to dodge the blame All the world is a stage upcs which ‘‘lf Winter Comes” is playing its annual engagement now. -*» v'laN'ii^Vffpr** Lee street. Mrs. A. R. Royal, announces the marriage of her daughter, Virginia, to William Hudson Siegier, of Sa vannah, Dec. 15, 191-T TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Dee. ) 16, 1904.) Christmas, mule, imbued with seasonic spirit, ran away with an ice wagon at the R>lander cain tr yesterday stampeding several thousand holiday shoppers and carnival crowds. The mule wa ; evi dently disgusted so at the idea of pulling an ice wagon in mid wir.t- r that he wrecked thjs reminder of the good old summer time. There will be a drawing on the 23rd ijwt, for .the handsome vase, valued ai $75 at Mrs.' Elams. Though valued at $75 the vase v. ill go for S4O. There is a fortune for anyopo here cultivate successfully that indigenous bird, .he turkey, which is more profitable than 7 cents cotton and immune to th? boll weevil besides, A lady living in Sumter county told tAe Timbs-Re corder yesterday tliqt she. al eady tKis ffill sold s.ad worth of turkeys and still had as'-iiany mqjf£ at home',.to bring in< at Christiras. • The Old Bank of Americus case is assigned for trial in the Superior court thin morning and promises to be attended with more interest thiin any legal proceedings i nthis court in years, as hundreds of people, scattered over the United States are concerned therin. THIRTY YEARS AGq TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Dec. 16, 1894.) Placards bearing the rather com ; mon query “Is Marriage a Failure” in bold, black letters, were posted about town yesterday. By common consent the matter- was referred to Jim Davenport and Col. Bob Oliver, in joint caucus. By far the most delightful event of the social season here was the germa ndanced on Friday evening at the Americus Club. The gallan try and beauty of this and other cities was there assembled. The german was led by Mr. Lynn 17 .rt with Miss Emily Prince. Among those present: Miss Charlie Wheat ley with W. A. Hawkins; Miss Georgia Glover with Henry Lanier; Miss Lucy Mid Cobb with W. G. Turpin; Miss Chloe Bell White with Delrna Baker; Miss Bela Hill with Will Lanier; Miss Nannie L. Hawk ins wit hM. S. Harper; Miss Sara Cobb with W. C. Wright; Miss Lil lie Glover with F. P. Harrold; Miss Lucia Hawkins with C. S. Glover, Miss Mamie Hankison with Charles M. Council; Miss Arnie Williford with Theo Edsall, The stages were S. H. Hawkins, Jr.. R. S. Broad hurst, W. A. Antilottm, Ed Haynes, J. R. Hulson. Chaperones, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hightower, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Loving and Dr. and Mis. Hunter Reid. Miss Charlie Baisden accompani ed by Miss Lillie Everett, of Fort Calley, left yesterday for Ellaville to attend the Matthews-Murphey marriage on the 20th. A home not two hundred yards distant from the centre of Rees Park will be the scene of a pretty home wedding on Wednesday. The fair young bride to be resides in this city, while the groom elect is from a distant state. A tinge of romance surrounds the approaching .nuptials and merrier, therefore will fee the peals of wadding bells, ■THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER No Vacation in 32 Years 1 A.. X,- ’ When the Dali 15 : 1'0.x.) city wa partmen,, decidfd to give to day vaections annually, L. C. Payne, pump station engineer, who had worked 32 years continuously without any vacation, hardly knew what to do with it. He settled the question, however, by getting sick! Wlbert Arose Twenty years ago Elinar Holbooll, a postoffice cler in Denmark, orig inanted Christmas seals The mono;, derived from the sale of these seals goes to fight tuberculous. In, 20 years the sale of Christnm seals in America has multiplied into the millions. And in 20 years the yearly deaths from have dropped from 200,000 to 100, 000. Christmas seals are not alto gether responsible. But they help mightily. Buy them this year. Help the good work. ♦ ♦ * TRAGIC Hard toil shorten; workers’ lives, according to Dr. Louis 1. Dublin, the insurance statistic-tn. He find, that office workers live eight years longer than industrial workers, on the average. The trouble with such statistics is that length of life depends on hered ity and what we do oulside working hours, quite as much as on work However, the old saving, “Hard work never killed anybody,” prob ably was invented by an employer. • * » FRANCE France does not expect that the danger of another war will be elim inated in oui- genenrafien. Her new naval program is being iaid out care fully for the next 20 years. During that time, the French will spend 10,000 million francs fir new ships, not including upkeep. The financial burden Europe in curred in the World War will net be much greater in thi? long run than a permanent continuance of competitive armaments—naval, mil itary or aerial. * * * WEATHER Winter started mildly, more warm days than cold. You recall the old saying, “A green Christmas makes a full graveyard.” The persistence of this adpge suggests that it em bodies the learning of long experi ence. It also proves that mild win ters are not peculiar tc our tin.es. Climate is not changing as much as people believe, if at a’l They had “green Christmases” long age- - Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 : P»y Phone* 83 and 211 Jt £ It - quite tip to vou ivh..t your -fforli Ai.l btmt, u■ - --tart with a shout at a Hthm In.-F ing to do Too Often, however ambition dies out ere the task U In full measure thrmish 2B when the lime comes for you to go von tnekle just make up vour mind you’ll -io it rte that you can. Real working, not shirking's the best way to find eS.?Utney 3 value to man. 1 (Copyright. 1921. NEA Service. Inc ) ’wjort ■ ■ mild winters. « ». * OUT Exports of farm products from our country in October were tiie largest in volume of any month since June, 1919. By volume is meant actual quant-'ty—bushels, bales, tons, etc. This means that our agricultural foreign trade market is definitely improving. Measuring exports in terms of dollars is apt t. be decep tive, for high prices are mistaken for increased sales. In the main, our supposed export boom in war time was largely a price hoax. * * ♦ MORON Only 30 per cent of the country’s adult population has a mental age of- more than 13 years, claims Pro fessor Goddard of Ohio State Uni versity. GIVE KODAKS THIS CHRISTMAS $6.50 up MURRAY’S PHARMACY Phono 87 The Rexall Store Americus, Ga. ORDER NOW! v nA- ''”-. ■ d sir fjJF Vp Place your order K -*’ with your grocer lor VK* DOMESTIC BREAD d ‘j, an< l have >t delivered to you regu larly each day. It is made right here in Americus, and is made by YW aW the most experienced bakers who ' have spent a lifetime in their work. ® The MODEL BREAD COMPANY W. « is CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE II . HEADQUARTERS. Phone us to- W day, and let us book your order for Christmas Eve Delivery. Your en tire satisfaction is assured. Model Bread Co. Forsyth Street. Phone 32 L. G. COUNCIL, President. T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. and Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Aas’t. Cashier The Planter? Bank of Americus (Incorporated) 0 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 cordially invite ycur account— commercial or Savn gs. ' Capital and Surplus $350,000.60 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING The say talk is cheap an-1 it seems that's ’ll’’ case when It pomes to o man and a j'-b He starts out with pep. then there isn ' a 'ra- e. yet it’s only himself he can rob. You’ll frankly admit youve a task to be done and you loud I v de clare yon will do it. And then you will find that it a not so much fun This is just another way of say? » ing that 70 out of 100 people' are ( animated primarily bv emotions in stead of intellect. That’s a conserv ative estimate. 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