About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1925)
PAGE TWO ?**■**’ - Iwo Deaths in Hawaii Revive Recent Death cf Two Chinamen, Eat.’ng Balloon Fish, Has Caus ed a Renewal of the Dispute As to Whether Fish Is Poisonous Old Poison l ish I radi ti on s HONOLULU, July 22 Th? death recently ot two cunese, whici. was attributed to the eating of the fresh (puffer or balloon fish, it :. ( . used a dispute as to win i thi feh, a fairly common vnri.-t-' in Hawaiian waters, is poisonou- n it:- 1 1<’ or be came so through nois is ■-'.iwc-'l eaten by the fish, >r through im proper methods of prep avalJ n. The occurence also has revived some in teresting legends among the Ha waiians. I The Queen’s Hospital, in a bul letin explains further that it is po. - nation, declares that the six balloon fish which were supposed to hav caused the death of the two Chi nese were not poisonous. The bul letin expalins further taht it is pos sible that these fish at certain times or places eat a poisonous seaweed. The hospital points out also that, there is a variety of the fish, com paratively rare, which is poisonou-. with a secretion similar to the poi son of certain toadstools, and that on the island of Molokai it is a w. 11 known fact that certain fish, such as the ordinary harmless ulua, if taken on one side of the island, are poisonous, but if caught elsewhere are wholesome food. The mullet :s said to be poisonous in Molokai wa ters at certain times of the year, and to produce choking, dizziness and terrifying dreams. The legend is that certain gods came at various seasons to live ;.t the seashore, and while they re mained on the shore of a certain hav the fish were poisonous to man. “The true explanation,” say th hospital chemists, “is probably that at certain times and places the fish eat poisonous food.” Ilawaiians, however, assert that there is no poisonous seaweed in Hawaiian waters. THOUSAND* WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY ATLANTA TRUST CO. (Continued tiom Page On?) man, J. L. Tyson and others. W. R. Watley will have charge of the “free lemonade” stand. Following the speakin/ , the crowds; of visitors will go first to Adams Station where they will see the crops on the Linn Bell planta tion, going through Leesburg to Adams., From Adams the automo biles will go to the Lowry place, Where to Go On Vacation ; _ < The Sounding Surf • Where It’s Always Cool “Time Off,” I-.- it week-end, plus a day or two. r a al two weeks’ to be gambled away, because it vacation, is something precious, not to be gambled away, because it comes but once a year. You can always banks on the seashore, be cause it is near at hand, and the ocean-cooled breezes never stop blowing. Jacksonvilb- 1 The Old Town sure has the beaches- -Pablo Beach, At lantic Beach, St. Augustine, May port—all within a short, drive or trolley ride—and a perfect hotel for headquarters—the Good Aragon— in the very center of everything. —“For Convenience and Pleasure on Business or Leisue.”——a House with a History and an Air of its Own. Everything of any account in Jacksonville is within a block of the Good Aragon. You can enjoy bathing, fishing, crabbing, boating, dancing or de lightful mortoring—an endless var iety of historic sight-seeing enough thrills and pleasure every Jay to pass away a month without feeling ready to go home. ~ What’s the use so getting time tables and figuring out long trips’.' There’s- everything nearby.— (adv.) Americus,.Business College Graduates Always In Demand! Lust week the assistant manager of one of Florida’s leading realty and abstract companies came to the Am. ricus Busin- ; College soliciting the services of twenty-five '•lenographer-typists at en trance salaries of $25.00 a week. Several graduates were inter viewed and selected. Others will leave shortly to work for the same concern. Thi? is, ineed, a compliment to this well estabb.Xed and reputable Business College which is enjoying the most pros perous era in its operation. The Americus Business College’s Outstanding Advantages Are— Its centra! location, beautifully appointed, will ventilated and comfortable quarters and excellent equipment. Its system of Bookkeeping. Shorthand and Typewriting are best in existence. Its large student body conies from the best families in this terri tory. Its rates of tuition are one-third less than other business colleges. Enroll NOW and remember the sooner you enroll the sooner you will receive a big weekly pay envelope, ( all, write or phone for catalogue. The Americus Business College P. O. Box 254 Americus, Ga. » > 'll . ' i : near, Plains, going out the Barnes Trail road. Here cigars and cold drinks win lie served and tin- near- i by crops vi.Vued. From the Lowry farm the crowd will go to the Watley farm—the j old Tingle place—on the Dixie Highway, just out of Americus, j Here will be cut hundreds of cold | I melons and Mr. Watt y will be joint I ■host with the Trust company at aj I watermelon cutting, which is sched- | I uled at about 4:30. The visitors I will be shown the cotton, corn, peas, ■ velvet beans and other crops on : tin ■ farm and the day’s entertain- | ment ends there. | “No attempt will be made to sell ' any one any land on this day,” Lu-' ther Allison said today. “We simp ly want to show these farmers that are coming here from the Caro linas, Alabama and parts of Geor gia, what can be done in one sea son on our Suriter and Lee lands. “And we also want to show own people what can be done. Some ' few of u: arc conversant Aith the ' wonderful possibilities of this sec-, , tion, but to most of us this trip will be an eye-opener. The invitation is > ; open to everyone. We want a j . crowd and we want our own folks > to come and extend the hand of I ; wclcon.e to every man who visists j us Saturday,” says Mr. Allison. Wednesday 1 accompanied Mr. '■ Allison over the 3,000 acre Scrutch . ins farm and talked to those North I Carolina tobacco planters about to-| bacco and its possibilities on our i lands.- Frankly, I was amazed at; (what th-se splendid Tar Heel citi-i i.zens, who have come to our com-i munity, are accomplishing—what ■■ they have accomplished in one sea-j son, and that., one of the most ad- I verse seasons they have experienc- ■ ed in years, they say. On the Scrutchins place are two i young farmers, H. B. Godley and. B. M. Lewis, who came down here ' this spring and are planting 35 to 40' acres in tobacco, along with corn and other crops.’ Aiding them ’ is anothe r intelligent Northa Caro line tobacco farmer with years of experience, E. L. Moore. All three ' of these men are from the eastern section of North Carolina, but now are strong for South Georgia as a , tobacco producing section. Mr. Godfty estimates that he and! his associates will gather between! ’ 800 and 1,000 pounds of tobacco I to the acre from the 35 acres, or; a total of 28,000- pounds. The to-; 'i bacco market has not yet opened) / and no one kr.'.vs what tobacco ) will bring, but Mr. Godley says if < the market is as good as last year, his crop should bring between 35c and 40e a pound, or around $lO,- 000 from the 35 acres. Besides I this they have their corn and oth- I er crops. Not so bad, Mr. Godley thinks when the season is consider- s ed. ’ Some of his crop was killed by t, the early drought and he had much t trouble in replanting. The type of t tobacco planted is known as ba i nana wharpper and is used in mak- - ing cigaret tpbacco. j E. L. Moore, who is in active j charge of the fields already is'gath ering the crop. One or two pick s' ings have been n ude and this mbrn- - ing the negro hand.-- were removing - the : uekers on the crop. r “This i. as good tobacco land a r there is in North Carolina,” Mr. - Moore said to me. “We have had a hard season and of course we e have no experienced hands. You e can plant this land consecutively s for 15 years or longer and get good II crops, provided you put grain on ° it in the fall. 1 like it better down here than in North Carolina. Our 5 lands arc kinder running out in - places and the land and the plant suffer from disease. Looks like ~ everything hits tobacco, but down y here we have no bugs and no dis t eases. I sure like to raise tobac co. Last year I had four acres up in Carolina and they paid me sl,- ' 253 and some cents for that crop -. . - - - .. , 1 ; - —a. Out On the Deep Blue Sea i: A. : ♦ >\i A v iat 60 cents a pound. After a while I I can do just :-.s good here on a ' larg'i H.-ale. Wo need trained help, though,” conclude <1 Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore, Mr. Godb y and Mr. I.cwis w< nt on this la ;d for the first I time in February rliis year. Further down this new road which I Lee county has just cut, straighten- j Icd out and widened, 1 met .1. T. ! ! Tyson and some of his family. On : this place is a new home, screened and with large porch across the 1 front. Everything has been newly! 'painted and a deep weil dug. I I Around the house were lots of! j chickens and turkeys and down in ' the wood I could hear the hogs. i I Mr. Tyson, with Mrs. Tyson, their ! i three sons, two. daughters and j 1 daughter-in-law, Mrs. G. W. Tyson, arrived in Anerieus early in Jan- I uary, going immediately to this part jof the Scrutchins farm. “And w< I .-urely did go ii:;h' to work,” said ! .Mr. Tyson. “Sag - hru-h vas so bad ■ the stuff wouldn’t burn; weeds ev- I erywhero and those bushes that had Ito be gotten out of the way. It .•-■I looks kinder good now, I guess.” I Mr. Tyson, with bis sons, has 25 I acres in tobacep, 115 acres in corn, I :'<i acres in peanuts, five acres in watermelons and five acres in sweet potatoes He had trouble getting a stand of tobacco because of the severe drought. Fere and there a plant bad died. In these vacant space- he has planted bunch but ' -r b ans. first because he wanted the beans an 1 second because the. f rtilizi r already wa there to feed the beans and unless something w:-:; put in the vacant spots there would have been too much fertiliz er for the nearby tobacco plants, j That struck me as pretty good head : work. j “I-would lather tobacco than do I anything I know of,” says Mr. Ty son, “and this land, is fine—just as good as ou>- North Carolina lands, ilt’;; virgin roil, you know and there’s not r-ueh trouble from disease and bugs. I reckon 1 will do better than GOO pounds to the acre. That’s I conservative, and I’ve only 25 acres! in tobacco. I expected to have! son.g more, but the season has been niiiong the hardest I r'-im-mber. Too dry in the spring and the plants | died, so we cut down the number cf acres. “I tell you a man can make a good living down here —make some money, if he works, but you must [ work. That’s as true in farming as anything els.-. Son e years we | will lose money and I guess every j business man should lay something I aside for the bad years. I I i f H WHEN IS YOUR BOY’S NEXT J ,'A BIRTHDAY? I /f'A I !ji l ’l Give Him a Watch vfvll Watches Sold On Monthly or Weekly Payments I ■ Wo'- Bj Pcntego* K Diamonds sold on Monthly payments. AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY, Inc. I Phone 229 Wallis Mott, Mgr. | - ii r. —r— '■■ ■—i ■■ 11 I '*’ '"" ' 1 ' 111 1 " "'■■ 1 COME OUT TO THE SWIMMING POOL At Playground Reduced Rates All Day Friday! Adults 15c Children 10c Suits For Rent ‘ »i.V K A:- £ £ ' ■ ■» 13 FRF AMERICUS TIME^RECORDER ——— - . j “We like it down her - Just asj healthy as we were in North Caro lina. Give a man plenty of go d. well-cooked t >.■ -1 and pure water, like we have, and there’s no need I to be sick.” I I went through the curing houses I on the farm with Mr. Tyson, where ’ I.he tobacco was strung up curing, i The thermometers showed 110 in ide and eventually will be run up to 130, 1 believe. As Mr. Tyson I explained that tobacco was 90 per cent water and that the water had I to be dried out slowly and scien- I tifically, I saw that this tobacco I raising game is the work of an ex- I pert and not an amateur. There | is no guess work in it, if you make : a success. It is a continuous fight from planting time to the day when the weed is in the warehouse. These four men from North Caro ! lina know their game. They have produced profitable crops this year, provided the price is right when the sales open this month. Luther Allison, local manager o f the Atlanta Trust company, said there’s no reason why Americus should not have a tobacco warehouse next year. A good start has been made in Lee county and there has been some experimenting in Sumter county. Approximately seven to ten thousand acres are necessary to support a warehouse, he thinks, and this acreage can be had, he believe: if the local business men will co operate with the Atlanta Trust com pany. Mr, Allison says it would be a mistake, in h’.- opinion, for any one to attempt to raise tobac co on a large scale unless he had someone who knows the game on' the ground, “It is a highly specialz ed game, from start to finsh,” he says. “They must get so many pounds per acre and the quality governs the price; the range in price from the best to poor is very great. “The Atlanta Trust company is not bringing these excellent families I in here and then forgetting them,” I Mr. Allison explained. “Early in I the game we found out that to make these people Stay they must be happy and satisfied. We have small barbecues and barn dances and watermelon cuttings every once in a while— -neighborhood affairs, That brings the new folks and those who already live here together and they make friends. The young mon | call on the daughters in these fam- I dies and the other folk visit around. | “We have screened homes for them and deep wells with pure wat ler; plenty of sheds and barns and ! A scene at the yacht race held iat Larchmont Breakers, Larmont, N. Y.. show - mo t of the contending y-.u hts closely grouped together as they turn a*- the haif-way biioy for 11 o final sail down to the finishing 'oilier outbuildings, all painted and inviting. We wtint to make real , homes for real folks, and we are L succeeding.” . I met Mr. Rodgers, who has I charge of the construction for the Trust company. He is taking the , old, dilapidated houses and turning them into bright, clean, inviting , homes—real homes for real folks, 1 as Mr. Allison puts it. . | It’s a trip well worth taking, ! down to the old Scrutchins place, where the Atlanta Trust company has a demonstration of not what , can be done, but of WHAT has been accomplished in the past six months. ,’ The barbecue is Saturday of this week at 12:30, and Mr. Allison . wants a crowd there to enjoy the I bi.',' feed and learn something more , of this greatest of all sections of Georgia. i - SAVANNAH EXPECTS > BANNER FAIR WEEK ) 1 ' SAVANNAH, July 23.—Predic tions for a big season at the state lair, to be held at Savannah, dur , ing the wee kof October 26-3-1, have . been made by the’ officials in charge. The natural trend of events j pcin(j to a grand success. The last a v cek in October was selected so as to put the state fair a week after the fairs at Macon and Columbus , and thus get the-cream of exhibits t from the two. The full season of ' ;.-rosperity throughout the state, will add much to the fair and the Georgia State Agricultural Society has show nan improvement and wifi ’ add to tb.e exhibits. I. ■ • ' ■ / ; .-Bi k . <ew ■ -WA-, -« al HHrbn = 1 ■ SMOy|~-W > . I \ k '>■ $ m « ■ . , ; vßu<| - ; v -trills B X'7 , A li:£ E- <'AA // '-B£R : _ J-j ’ • ,f P rnr . crs fln supply you Bl j- -F/ with genuine ,Banquet Orange * Vckue 'l’ca in the air-tight •'orange canisters. If not, write tsft3® S * b r free sample anil our booklet, “. A Wonderful Flavor,” and ~rSjjy~— ~ ~~—l give name and address of your £E»XJXt—Th'ei-' ” <F •'■'-’>■• Teapot coupons in all ‘tfiff/rn \ i - packages (except loc size) tsLit \, —~ 77: j explain how you may secure ill it. x /\ t—the Banquet Percolator Wl ) / \) Teapot. » Ho* ] Bngs f or tllc tall> Colcl glas3 /|X 1 ’ CC ‘I summer-time drink that actually I Your enjoyment of Banquet qUCUcIICS thirst! 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Make fresh Ui yX€ B» * WW 4ROT WkNQUET zvOr< in 9 e TC A A yjW>e 1 . „ WEDNESDAY jtLY 21. ® , PREJUDICE AGAINST TWO-DOLLAR BILL IS WORRYING TREASURY (Continued from lage One) j won’t need so many. “I’ll save a bill,” is his reason i ing, “every time 1 get a ‘two’ ac i ccpted in place of two ‘ones.’” ' And so he will, but can he get ' enough “twos” accepted to make the saving amount to much? « * * Some more suggestions were of fered. I 1. Enlargement of the govern- I ment’s money-making plant. 2. Bills about the size of *cigar store coupons, such as many coun-: trie sget along with. The'd save raw material and fit into pocket books flat, avoiding the creasing, mussing and wadding up, which wear them out so fast now. 3. More durable bills —tougher . paper, to make them last longer. 1* * * ' The trouble with all these schemes ’ is that they take time and the en graving and printing bureaus em ergency is right now. It’s already ’ behind with its work and the de mand is piling up. Something’s got. to be done, a<nd It Will Pay You to Investigate Okeechobee City Florida Situated on the northern shores of the great Lake Okeechobee, at the intersection of three trans-state highways and two- railways and supported by the MOST I ERIILE COUN 1 RY in the 'vor d, Okeechobee is pre-destined to become the AcaRICUL 1 UKAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTER of inland Florida. Saxcn-Simmons Rea’ty Company, Realtors Okeechobee, Florida. C. S. SIMMONS. J. HAROLD SAXON, J. R. MINEIIAN, C. E. SIMMONS Reliable Brokers of Acreage and City Property. References: Bank of Okeechobee, W. R. Gary, Cashier; Peoples Bank of Okeechobee, D. R. McNeill, Pres. I” j wiILEFS OPERA HOUSE Friday and Saturday B •'j Jack Perrin and Molly ' Malone Jiv t “ In— Y ‘DOUBLE FISTED’ ytc jack Perrin and Marilyn Mill ’ i ARROWprcseius ' n chaptopwy- ‘RIDERS of the PLAINS’ | SCREEN STARS JACK PIJJRJN Here’s a program that will g: MASd-YMMills please the most critical «»rf i ‘’iCK’OKrfef-Ao»-5cs''STAR"&BEVERLY'* fan.. S URfcCTEO BY JACQUES JACCARD STO«»Y BY KARL tOCUOGE— p Coming Monday and Tuesday 8 Harry Carey in “ROARING RAILS” , ‘ pronto,” or there’ll be i*<W?r [money faminef- thrpugipPt 'land. GIRLS! WHITEN SKIN WITH LEMON JUICE The only harmless way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bottle, and you have a whole quarter pint of the most wonderful skin whitener, softener and beautifier. 4 I Massage this sweetly fragrant j lemon bleach into the face, neck I arms and hands. It cannot irritate. : Famous stage beauties use it to i bring that clear, youthful skin and 1 rosy-white complexion; also as a freckle, sunburn and tan bleach. You must mix this remarkable lotion yourself.lt cannot be bought .' ready to use because it acts best . immediately after it is prepared. adv.
