About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1925)
PAGE FOUR THE TIMES-RECORDER • » X* TABUS HID 1871 fx»rcLac* Sr* « * * « > Xdhor *®4 PubKtbar IK*■ ■ iii ■» >***<■«■■*—*——*i■MWlgilmiiw i— -•( Entered a* »e«*otd eJw* Kftttet 11 th* >o«t Jfiee *t America*, Grotfiit, according to the Act of Coofree*. - ,| ri . ~ - I-I . M , I |l _ J . QIWI,* !■ . I »M»a*.l min ~ The Associated Pies* i* wrlaakoiy entitled to the use for the republican on of all news d’*« P»lcKe» cre J ii.'-d to it or not otherwise credited to tb*» pipet and also the lo al news published here in. Ad right of republication of special dispatches lie reserved. < National A-lrertislcj RcptearDtatirc*. FROST LANDIS ft KOHN, X!S Fifth Arenue, New York; People* <»«* blJf., Chicago; Walioa Building, . Atlanta. I —————— v V- - EDITORIALS Our Trouble Is Mental 1 —Not Financial There is nothing in the world the matter with Georgia except tnat wc ve talked hard times complained and knocked until lots of folk would have you believe that Geor gia is bankrupt, when just the reverse is true. .Our trou bles are mental, not financial. W e do not know our owji State. In a recent editorial the Al bany Herald sounds this note to winch many of us say “amen:’ We are getting tired seeing articles on the editorial page.- of Georgi newspapers under the <•;?.] :on, “What’s the Matter With Georgia?” There* is nothing the matter with Georgia. There is not another State in the union in which the man who will work, especially if he apply himself to ; ■ riculture, will be surer of re ■ i d for his labor. Georgia is .-JI right for those who are willing to work, and those who work are not complaining. Show us one who is whining and asking ‘“What the matter with Georgia?” and w< ’.'l show you a slacker in t business or industrial bee hive. 1 o prove the statement of the 1 lei Id and our own opinions on this subject we casually looked up some figures in the Manufac turers’ Record Blue Book for 1925. this publication is an authority. Mere figures mean little unless comparisons are made. To en -1 i ten ourselves let’s take Geor : .a and Florida for compara tive purposes. We select Flor ida b ecause the average Geor . gian seems to think that State tops the ranks in wealth and progress while his native State hovers near the bottom. Here’s the value of ail farm products in 1900: Georgia ~5104,304,000 Florida . 13,498,000 Ihe v .due of all farm prod u t_- in 1924: ... $363,000,000 . . .... . ... 82,000,000 . deposts in all of i..m.= m I ”24: f J - ’,228,000 . _ rt.>>ll,ooo .ere - - _-~a an enlightening - - - ASSESSED : . property in the :■ -. -ss in 1924 was: . .. . ..>1,213,358,000 • . 475*.197.000 ; rem the United States Cen . : :or 1922 (latest ■ ;!e information) we find the estimated "true value al! property’ was: . $3,896,759,000 . rt -a 2,440,491,000 Savings deposits in all of the banks in the - two States in 1924 were: Georgia -$88,482,000 Florida 83,038,000 Lasting wealth, the founda tion of oermanent prosperity, come from two principal sources: First, the farm, and second from manufactured products. 1 he aggregate value of all or the crops and live stock in the two States in 1924 are given at. Georgia ...$363,000,000 Florida 106,000,000 For the value of manufactur ed products in the South, the Manufacturers’ Record goes to Census Bureau figures for year 192 3. These figures do not .in clude the value of manufactur ed products from establishments having an annual production value from establishments hav ing an annual production value of less than $5,000. A com parsion of the two states follows: Georgia -604,499,555 Florida 188,258,384 Much has been said about the rapid building of highways in Florida, but a comparison of the two States, for approximate highway expenditures in 1924 show: Georgia .... $12,000,000 Florida 13,422,000 In the minds of many, Florida is the land where every one has money, while in Georgia all of us are broke, and yet when we look for the number of motor vehicles owned in the two S’ntse we find Florida has only al out 12,000 more than Georgia. ’lke figures for 1924 ar?: Georgia - - 309,: 00 ‘ Florida 221,2:.! In railroad main line track age we fir T aboMt 2,000 more iniles in Georgia than Florida. '4hv actual *R>iY924 in 1 ~~ A THOUGHT I ■*■■.■■— |. -11. . -1 - I Walk worthy of God, who hath called thee unto His Kingdom r.s-d i Glory.—Thessalonians 1,2; 12 Accept the place divine pn.vi- I donee has found for you. the socie ty of your contemporaries, the eon- I neetion of events. —Emerson. I miles are: [ Georgia ...7,193 ’ Florida .5,284 Let’s go back to the banks i again. In 1924 the aggregate resources of all the banks in the two States show this compari ! son: j Georgia $458,040,000 Florida 346,763,000 Florida has had 173 bond is- I su<for schools, roads, etc., whereas Georgia has had only | 4 3 in the same period of time- I he total amount of bonds is sued by the two states are: Georgia . . 8,209,000 Florida 38,42 1,810 In other words, Florida’s bonded indebtedness is nearly five times as great as Georgia, and our true valuation of prop erty is more than a billion dol lars in excess of Florida. Our income from manufactured products is $260,000,000 in excess of hers; from our farms we receive $280,000,000 more than Florida. What a story we have to tell the world. The great trouble is that we do not KNOW our own .State. Our people have spent too L'.it, and finding themselves in debt, have failed to pull up and econ omize for awhile. The income is all right, we are just living beyond our means. We’ve fail ed to rid ourselves of some of those "high, and mighty airs ’ we put on in 1918 and 1919. Today there is an optimistic message coming from every point in South Georgia. The joyous cry is “we are coming back,” “South Georgia is com ing into her own.” Os course we are coming back. The eyes of the nation are look ing this way. More tourists will pass through Georgia this year than in any previous year. From the far West, the North, and Central West, and the East, the greatest cavalcade in the na ■ tion s history is moving—mov- ing toward the newly discovered ‘ Southeast. With their goods, thrir families, their all, they are seeking a home in this wonder land of summers milder than their and winters where snow is unknown and little ice seen. A nation has discovered at last a land of plenty—a land of milk and honey; a land where broad acres invite the industri ous; where billions in wealth await the turning of untouched raw materials into finished prod uct; where the red flag of an archy is unknown; where labor and capital adjust their differ ences without the aid of gun and bomb; where flows the purest Anglo-Saxon blood; where there s less of religious intoler ance and more brotherly love and forbearance! where hills are dotted with school houses and in the vales rest the church of one’s choice. There’s nothing the matter with Georgia. We have our faults and failures; we have turn ed out our statesmen and placed peanut poiiticans in office for the time being, but the foundation is firm and strong. Fundamentally Georgia is safe. From an in vestment standpoint, with a few changes in our basis laws, Geor gia offers more than any other spot of like size on th.e face of the globe to liim who has idle capital. Communications Can You Think On Your Feet? Greater stress is now being given the teaching of oratory— or the ability to speak in pub lic than ever before. In schools and colleges, in public meeting and civic clubs, young and old are training themsevles to THINK on their FEET. The process of learning to speak in public is a great char- I acter builder, says Dr. Frank I Crane in an article in which he I observes • You should learn to make a speech, not so much because it will enable you to sway nthis as that it will enable you bettor to rway yourself. For the struggle to become pro ficient as a public speaker is fought out on the battle ground of t ; ' - inner man. No great advancement can be made .-. it knot an inner conquest, a conqu. t of timidty, fear, lack of q 11 |’ow< r, lack of concqn tration and of self-control. ’ Il is a light lo overcome huudi- - w MUDD CENTER FOLKS ——- r ...i, '5 c T7 *~s. , ? ? K' . " £■ . " Purm TH' luck! Got liA© ... 47j‘Y-.'' . 3 A B'TE- AN’ AFRAID kW t’ Pull it im feR SJp ■ s^.—Y/i e FEAR, Ov-SOILIN’ Wb . - v ’ 1 W ft f ‘Y OW W Y■' 4 7Y\ ~ W ■ z ,<7 /wYlz- ■ ■ IW /’ '( '' /raF’ / ' ' ■ ■ 7 -:z> - ■ - V ” - Z:’T I PC? SLUPE FiGUREP MONPAY A GOOP PAY "FOR FlStflHG, WHILE. MA FIGUREp IT A GOOP PAY For Pop To help WITH THE WASH-. the mmtek was finally Settled ON A HFTY-FIFTY BASIS > ._ caps in voice, marncr and char -1 acter. I Public speaking helps you to find youi-seif. That is the gi'i at end to which it is a means. Everyone wl.o gets on his feet has forcefully demonstrated his wc-ik points, and knows where the I light must begin. I.i he sticks, th<_- light is to over com' 1 these weaknesses in char acter, to make himself a strong er, more all-round man. And while mediocre success may come to the brilliant few without great effort, the highest results cannot con.e without this internal fight and conquest. Encourage that youngster and the adult—when he makes his first attempts at public speech. He i. bui'ding BRAIN ;■’ ■ ! Z 1 ■■ * ■ making of bimsell a m< i e useful citizen, | more capable of serving himself ; and his fellows. Y” :<7lGrt’ I The columns of the Times f i/LTH.-.r P.re alvv .ys open to its , 1 Phe editor has never ( refused to publish any letter ad- i EDITOR IA L S " ; . ” • :" ".;J I '1 i J Powell All the cartoonists rer” sent the cniieiren as rejoicing nt the sir mer’s release f?om h.Ged scnool Os course they at: correct. Yet why should children hate school? Because it makes tm r.i learn? Lut children do not hate learning. They- are eager for it, everywhere else. ; Because it is confinmg? If eon ■ finement is unnatural for children, [why should schools confin • them? ‘There are other ways. I Because they lazy ? ; They will work twice as hard, all summer, and yell for move Perhaps it is because se’iools are adult-made. They have given the children what the grown ups thought was good for them, on the total de pravity theory. If it were possible to make chil dren’s schools childish; tc teach them by utilizing their natural eag er less to learn; to use instind of suppressing their nat.n-al activity; to make school a part of child life, instead of an untimely premonition of adult life—perhaps the ehi'idren i would be as glad to go to school r.s they now are to get out. And they might learn mor.’. HOW EDUCATION MAY HELP OUR POLITICS Foreign observers, noting tl..< business is attracting more of Hie! able men of America than govern-; went sec hope in the multitude of graduates now being turned out by ! <;ur high schools and colleges. They can not conceive of so vast |an educated citizenship tabt will include enough leaders devoted to pul,lie affairs and enough ob servers to follow them interestedly, intelligently ami critically. When education was the snecbil ' ' ii 'le"., of ti e few. and these could not con.dit.ute a political aristocracy as trt?y did in other countries, but could constitute something as ad vantageous in business, naturally, aristocratic education did not con-1 tribute democratic leadership. But now, when education is the! .common right of all, and multitude are enjoying it, there L hope that Z ’ ’T’RE. AMERICUS TIMES RF.CORDCT provided the communication was signed and the address of the writer given. No anonymous letter is ever printed. Sometimes we receive letters we desire to publish, but ! being unsigned, we cannot, nor j can v/e communicate with the ! v.’l iter. Occasionally a letter contains a due threat of personal violence on the person of the edi tor, because of seme story dressed to him that was reason ably brief and was not libelous by statement or inference and ;or editorial in the paper, i The writers cf such letters are i wasting t’me, stationery and -T'C'Lige. I~e most harmless in i i dividual in ti e world is the writer •rtf anonymous letters. The let [ ter is prool of abject cowardice. HA brave man shows his face. bi these threatening letters are .written in the white i h<: t anger, and should be over ; looked, but the writer of such ■ letters should remember that us : in-; the United States mail for i such purposes is exceedingly ' j dangerous. The penalties arc ; severe- Hill contribute to demoer x-y the in .'.erest anil sen e of respon d. i)ity r v.hich h .s been its chief lack. DOHENY AND SINCLAIR CAN’T BE “VINDICATED ’ Because fraud taints all it touches, Federal Judge McCormick voided the Elk Hills oil lease. Be .cause Congress omit red a comma, Federal Judge Kennedy sustained he Teapot Dome lease. Now the Supreme Court will ik c.de whic.i <; i-non is th: law. If Judge Kennedy is th: one su stained Fall and Doiieny will pro claim that ,hev arc " in.li..--r.e<l. ’ - But vindicati is just what no court can confe.-. The leas?s may have been legal. They may even have been good business. It may be that the navy will be better off for the farming cut of these developments. But there would be no “vindica tion,” even if these things were es tablished. Even goo business, within the law, mu; I not be done that way. And whatever the outcome, on Hose legal and business aspects, it would be a national tragedy if last year's hot inidgnation on the moral aspects should give way to forget fulness or indifference. [WATCH CHICAGO’S FIGURES : ON INTOXICATION NOW Noit v.atch for figures of drunk enness in Chicago. The police have I'> n ordered to arris! on sight any one : .lowing signs of intoxication. 1 the old days, no one was ar o ! ed for drunkenness unless he nc fualrt obstructed the tariff, or was tviously unsafe at large. It was m i "I. icaco that a barkeeper gave the ic definition of ilriinL nni u, “You are drunk if vou lie in the i .’Utter ami the water runs over you.” Now. if these new in-live! iens ire carried out, the : .■re;-‘s for i drunkenness may easily become I more numerous than .' ey wi re be , fore prohibition. rt ‘ . vxavth nothing, a g.JfcWSrt .. n-xu- ■ f 1 at any thin T that’s really a reason °], Lsuguhter. We all like to hear any joke that folks brinp that will give us a laugh ever after. A humorous yarn that is cleverly told is worthy, at least, of a smile, and the joke with a kick, when it’s properly dolled, seems to always be well worth the while. . L nu,n ber of men gather round in a group, and for mo rn n ... e I£n j a sound. And then, when the*-e suddenly cometh a whoop, you can tell that new stories are found. t Tne he, he’s and ha, ha’s and ho, ho’s each day are fine, cause they gve us an earful of something that chases the blues all away a tonic that really is cheerful. whpr T !r’ ( S n nly One ? lanner of j° ke we can score-, It’s the one ’ Jk ? teU T goes , lame - We know that wc ’ ve all hear d the *y e ore but we re kind, and we laugh just the same. j OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS ten years ago today (From The T'imes-Recori’.. July 20, 1915.) Mrs. N. M. Edwards and Miss Emily Edwards who have been at White Springs, Fla., for t.*reel weeks, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Smithwick ' went this morning in their ear to Bainbridge, accompanied by Miss Alice Olver and their guest, Miss Canty of that city. * Americus guests to the number of a valiant and irrepressible dozen attended Saturday night a “sur- i.rise” birthday party tendered Col. s E. 1.. Kiker at his pretty home in B Cordele by Mrs. Kiker and two charming young daughters, Misses Beauclair and Dorothy Kiker. Col. 1 j Kiker was the recipient of many t appreciated gifts of kressware, and the* number of this birthday anni r versary placed in secrecy, except e flic fact that Ed Gyles was just “sweet sixteen” when Mr. Kiker s celebrated his first one in 1875. e Out on the Americus-Smithville ‘ | highway, four miles from the city, J' is one of the finest fields of tobac co in Sumter county, where the J plant is extensively cultivated and I -* grown to perfection. This field of ' • I ten acres is upon the farm of R. R. ! j i Rogers, and is the admiration of j - • hundreds who pass that way daily. | - r TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ■' (From The Times-Recorder, Julyi • I 20, 1905 ) Hon T. G. Hudson of Americus, •’ > lion. 0. B. Stevens have been ini J Savannah for the past two or three i - rtnys, mingling with friends, and i ' enjoying the attractions of Tybee - ’ nd other resorts. r ■ Cotton buyers in Ameri-: ns offer ; r : 10 3-4 for the best grades, but even | ! ;at this sane; price there is m thing! 'filing at present. There are still ; some four hundred ba'os in Ameri-, ’ | cus warehouses and these will doubt- I less bring a record price ere long. Already Americus, is feasting' ! upon sweet potatoes <f tin new 'crop, several bushels bein’ offered I here yesterday. Th: is r,.-: imp-: the | earliest date sweet pot; o - hav“ ;ever been gathered h. ■ . Messy-;. CJmric- .4 ( ml, and Robert F. 1 will .n rt in a few Ida linen an extended Einopeap t»";-. vi. i.i,: r m i: y ci’ies of interest ■ ; ■i.’itm it. ami "n England i;-nd h- 'mid. Mr. Lee left yester day for v. .. York, where Mr. Coun cil wi’l i-un i mi in a few days,.smil ing from that city. Mrs. Joseph Brown was still <m.:- ' fined to her rtmv* yerterd *.y as the result of injar ?s sustained in the overturning :i" lr-r buggy the aft ernoon before, when v> itli Dr. end Mrs. Evanr, .■••* *<as rciurning frem a drive to Ho ly Springs THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY , (From The Times-Recorder, July I 20,, 1895.) The following interesting pro ■ gram was given by the Willing Workers at the meeting held at the MOTHER! 1 : Child’s Best Laxative is “California Fig Syrup” ZZ Hurry Mother!.A teaspoonful of [ “California Fig Syrup” now will thoroughly clean the little bowels anil in a few hours you have a well, playful child again. Even if cross, I’evi rish, bilious, constipated or full of cold, childre nlove this pleasant . taste. Ti ll you'druggist you want only , the genuine “California Fig Sy rup” winch has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on /bottle. Mother, you must say “California.” Refuse any imitation. J | home of T. N. Hawkes: Music, i Messrs. Callaway, Harper ami j Haynes; Recitation, Maricn Hitt;l Pantomines. Tim Killen, Master I Will Miller; Vocal 'Solo, Miss Lila | Al. Johnson; Soda! tragedy, Misses I Georgia Hawkins, and Florence Hol i lis, and Messrs. Warren and Killen- Character song. Misses Flossie Dunn and Genie Glover; Sp d;cn Tab leaux, Miss Florence Hollis, Georgia! Hawkins, Em Prince, Lucia Hawk ins, Mary Hawkins and others Reci-' tation, Miss Patti J< nei ; Piar * solo, Miss Brahme; Magic Musi- Box by Professor Warren, assi-ted by Mrs. A. S. Poole, Miss Maggie Buchanan, Miss Em Prince, Messi's. Shanks and Sullivan. Recitation. Miss Charlie "Wheatley. The legal fraternity of Ameri: is has caught the bike fever, and even ‘ the most dignified as well as weight among them can be seen daily cours ing through the streets upon steeds of steel. Hon. W. M. Hawkes, the latest acquisition to the ranks of wheelmen, has already attained that the state championship may some day be won the Lawyers Club. 7- "rt •TOM ) SIMS ; WZsays ! Bet a grape has a bettor time fermenting than it does becoming Ir-.rapc juice. £i« 7 Every now and then a bathing ! girl goes in wading. Things are not perfect. If canta- I i loupes were as big as watermelons I they would cost too much. I A small town is a place full of • I innocent*bystanders. Summer brings its troubles, | among which is trying to keep the | pick in the ice box. Women may talk more than mon, ! but they don’t say as much. Thai.: shows women have the most, sense. ' Hill • I n... - .. ; Purifies the Blood and makes the Cheeks Rosy Tasteless Chill Tonic 60c. Troy G. Morrow ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bell Building AMERICUS, GA. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director! And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and B 3 Dav Phone* B'3 and 231 I L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier I'hc Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) Sound Principles S'A This Bank takes pleasure rHIII 5? cOrk”'-w in.serving those customers . r< who expect the utmost in I" ’'<> ' commercial banking service, E J-- l t-’••gS.*»’* ‘ 4 hi "nt .A? * n d ye * who do not expect P CK t(. twLes SM&Q j accommodations inconsistent with sound and conservative 5. . ./•.i.- -'J ’"J'T- re.-hapi «n account with fixj?'■-J••?»...» u» wiil prove beneficial to you. Capital and Surplus $350,000.(10 fr RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 f’ PROMPT. CONSERVATIVE, ACCOMMODATING MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULYI2O, 1925 iWWILWwL * Bathing girl doesn’t u;/e a wrap. Even if smoking is nite it keeps ;■ lot of men from getting nervous j enough to go. to work, I Be careful about reducing or you 1 are liable tn reduce your chances of I living. 1 Figures may lie, but notnn bath ; ing suits. Even if the world is small you can have a big time in it. I ■ i 'Die second crop of straw hats i v ill be ripe in August. I Erases Wrinkles in ( Less Than 15 Minutes Scientists have at last taken u -eriously the problem of removin j wrinkles and age lines. Many ex]> : >imerits have been made. The rc i suit indicates that the “tarkroi method” is the best because it pr< di’.ce immediate results with pe feet safety and comfort. It coi sts merely in spreading- over tl face a mixture of powdered tail root, one spoonful, and lemon juic one spoonful. In your mirror, b : for? your very eyes, you can wall , the wrinkles and sagginess litreal melt away—in less than 15 minute The sensation from this brii treatment is most refreshing. Tl effect is far better than that pr dueed by th:- most expert massag Tarkroot is so harmless you cou ert. it. And the cost per treatme: is trifling—less than three cen when purchased in the original pai age at any drug store. — (adv.) NOTICE! There will be a meeting of tl Board of Tax Assessor in the Ci: Hall building Tuesday, July 2 1925. This will he the last mee ing of the board and those desirir I to appear before the board must < | so at .that time. ’ A. D. GATEWOOD, JR., Clerk and Treasurer, j $5,000 Local Money To Loan j J. LEWIS ELLIS !Dk.R.B.Stricklani Dentist Americus, Georgia BELL BUILDING Over Western Union Telegraph Ci EGG PRICES STRONGER Sell us your Eggs. \V pay the top of the mai ket for Fresh Eggs. AMERICUS HATCHERY AND SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. RAILROAD SCHEDULES Centra! of Georgia Railway Co. (Central Standard Timo) Arriv-. Depart 12:01 am Col-B’ham-Chgo 3:55 a 1:53 Alb-Jaxv. 3:35 8 3:20 am Ja’v-Albany 11:42 p 3:35 am Chgo-Cin-Atl 1:53 a 3:55 am Jax’v-Albany 12:01 a 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 p 6:34 am Albany 6:47 p 10:10 am Columbus 3:15 p 1:54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 p 1:54 pm Albany-Montg 1 :54 p 3:10 pm Albany 10:12 al 6:47 pm Atlanta Macon €:“4 ai 10:35 pm Alby-Montgy 5:29 ai 11:42 pm Chgo-St.L Atl 3:20 ai SEABOARD AIR LINE (Central Time) Arrive departs 7:55 am Cordele-Helena S-. 35 ai 12:26 pm> Savh-Montg 3:23 p: 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:26 pi J. A. BOWEN, Local Agent.
