About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1925)
PAGE FOUR THE TIMES-RECORDER wOrcHr* Kt* Kditoi Publtabrr Entered »» •econrt claea <M eh« fo«i office it A Geotgia, according to tba A'i of Concreaa The Aa»o«.lated F‘r*** 1* eicloalvelf entitled to «h> »•* ioi the rej'.bbix.ion of *ll nrwa dia O«t<K<4 credited to it or not otherwise credited to th a j :r< r.J «'«o the loumJ itm pubbabed here to. A . . ;:ht of republica.tioti of apecial diapatebea t«e reserved. Rational Adrerttann Krpreaentativea, FROST I - i J 2; Fifth Avmie, New York; r*eop. » <-si Bldg., Chicago; Wa’ton Building, ktlauta ED IT 6RI ALS | Brown’s Machine Not Running Smoothly— rhe boasting of J. J. Brown to Henry Allan, as published Sunday in the Macon Telegraph, has thrown several monkey wrenches irTo the B.cwn mu ch ae, which up to Saturday seemed to be running smoothly. Brown, Neill and Ennis desire to occupy the Governor’s chair two years hence. As head of the machine, Mr. Brown had the inside track. Mr. Neill is "in bad at home” over his judge's salary bill. Mr h.nnis saw an opportunity to take, the lead among the machine candidates and grabbed it, by repudiating Mr. Brown's statement. The portion of Mr. Brown's statement, as published in the Telr graph which drew the lire of Mr. Ennis is this: “Ony a.-t week Mr. Ennis, I’ri .illicit of the .Senate, came to i i rid Hated he intended to run in case 1 should not make the r : ‘ . It will lie either one or the other of us.” After reading tin. above, Mr. Ennis is quoted by John Ham mond as saying: “I h; v, had no such conversa tion with Mr. Brown. It is true I an. very seriously considering i ...king the race for governor, and without any strings or con ditions on me with or by any man. I i i.ve had no understandings, nor have 1 made any trades. I dropped into Mr. Brown’s office one day recently and some re mark was made about the. gover norship race and Mr. Brown said he had no intention whatever of making the race. When he did I said, ‘‘well, I am very serious ly considering running myself.’ •‘That is the position i am in today, and as 1 see it now, the race will be between Cecil Neill and When the Americus interview with Mr. Brown was shown Mr. Neill, along with Mr. Ennis’ re ply, Mr. Neill is quoted as say ing. “I have just given out a state ment in which I have said that I do not believe it proper that the presiding' officer of either branch of the Legislature should be a candidate tor governor while the I. gislature i- in session, and par ticularly snice we have just in augurated Governor Walker for a term of two years.” By their own statements we have the admisison that Brown, Ennis and Neill are jockeying for the Governor’s chair, each reaching for the machine vote. Mr. Brown talked and the other two are attempting to eliminate him. If the row on the inside eliminates all three, then for once Mr. Brown will have done some thing really worthwhile for his Slate. But that isn't all. Brother Brown’s bragging has drawn fire in both the Senate and the House. Monday Sen ator Hutcheson arose in the Senate and said: Mr. Brown (referring to J. J. Brotvn, the Commissioner of Ag riculture.) made the statement that h hangs around the door of the House and Senate so he can watch his enemies. 1 do not know t hit.man Brown, but he should be in his office tending to his busi ness'. 1 had a man come to me who intimated that if 1 would do certain tiling , that Mr. Brown v.o'uld t.'.l. ■ case of me. 1 want to say that I' an. man enough to take sate of myself. I came here to work. Tuesday Representative Paul Lindsay, of DeKalb county, calls the attention of the House— and the State —to the mere handful, of men who control legislation. From the Telegraph we clip this significant para graph: ‘■There' has be n a growing ten dency on the part of a nn re hand ful of men in the House to do the ’legislating for this entire body,” said" Mr. Lindsay in a sp< ;ch on r.. floor the iSouse today, when that body was on the v< rge of taking up the general appropria tion bill the measure over which p< rlup- there is a more versatile ai XiutHl persistent lobby than on ■<*>* <»th«r piece, of legisla tion which i ver comes up fur con t,d. ratio". But) • f.jirtimiy .'did ■STABIJSHID 1«7» ?A THOUGHT Whatsoever ye would that men ] .Lould do Unto you, do ye even so unto them. Matthew 7:12. There is no beautificr.of complex ion or form or behavior like the wish to scatter joy, not pain, around j us. —Emerson. j not confine hi-’ remarks by any means to this particular measure, but rather ’’<? wandered over the entire fi Id of legislative control, and paid his respects pointedly not only to the “more handful of men in thia House” but as well to “the system” and to “those out side of this House who have been legislating by proxy for us.” Another result which came about through the Americus story published by the 1 elegraph was the passage of Senator Hutcheson’s resolution to in vestigate the 1 Lghway Dep.’-t --ment. The machine dir., not want an invcstig.'H’cn in th; t de partment. Mr. Brown is quot ed as follows in his interview here with Mr. Allen: “Will the proposed highway de partment probe that has been a. ked in the Senate materialize?” he was asked. “It hasn’t a chance,” was his quick reply. It didn’t Eave a chance until Brother Brown "spilled the beans” and drew the lire of Mr. Ennis, president of the Senate. While we see no need for the in vestigation, still if it t ikes that to uncover machine politics, let them investgiate from now till Christmas. Machine politics must be con ducted under cover —in the dark —to be successful. When ex posed to the light, something bursts and the people get an in side view 7 . When machine ■'poli ticians begin fighting among themselves they expose each oth er’s hand and convict them selves. Time and again we have stat ed that Georgia was machine controlled; that a little handful of men do the legislating for the entire State; that it is the Browms, the Holders and Neills who are in.the way of progress; that no constructive legislative program car. Le put across until such men are eliminated; that these machine politicians are maintaining themselves through their department employes who constitute a state-wide political net, paid for by the State at the expense of our educational insti tutions; pensioners; highways and so on. A few thousands of dollars are alloted to the district agricultural schools while SIOO,- 000 goes to Mr. Brown’s so-call ed marketing bureau; the blind and the insane suffer for want of adequate appropriations while $130,000 a year is given the oil inspector henchmen Mr. Brown and his depart ments TAKE whatever they want and the rest is dividived among our schools, colleges and eleemosynary institutions, whose heads are forced to resort to log rolling and begging tactics to get the pittances awarded them. And the Legislature permits such things to go on and on. Such is machine politics in Georgia. With an income of $18,000,000 a year, every State institution is suffering for ade quate funds. While other States march rapidly to the front, Geor gia must lag because of the weight of this machine on her shoulders. But there is another side to this general discussion. Mr. Brown could not maintain him self as the political czar of Geor gia if the real backbone of the State wanted it otherwise. It’s the stay-at-homes, the men and women, who refuse or fail to vote who make such conditions possible. This is forcefully stat ed in a recent editorial from the Albany Herald, in which Editor Mclntosh observes: What we now want to take oc casion to say is that if Commis sioner Brown is the political auto crat he is accused of being, and is exercising such power over the affairs of the State as his critics allege, h is a serious reflection upon the people of Georgia. If it be true that the affairs of this State can be controlled by the clever distribution of a little pat ronage, such as is handed out by the Cornmisisoner of Agriculture, it constitutes by implication a very serious charge against the people <>f the State who do the voting. It not only implies indif ferem as as to the character of men • b et d to office, but carries the further implication that the majority of them can be influ enced by the beneficiaries of petty official patronage. If, in , other words, Commissioner Brown I is exercising the. power his critics and political enemies say he is, . 1 and that power is obtained and ~ MUDD CENTER FOLKS j - x ~. A' 1 _ " - ——— ■ ■ ® wtwwlH fe ■" W™'’ '■■■ 'STAKIN’ BOARDERS AN’ I KINS ' SH£ PoEj £££!*• \ KEEPIN’ E/A. x J ' I ' /-K Fair. i j r i—-- /Tk’ % ..’i ( W h- /h \ 1 •FraG-W ® t J- The. Summer, boarder business at j V.UDD CENTER. HAS INCREaSEp At least ’ I p ; crv SINCE <V)ISS MAU D SIMMONS PQqGgtu a CQ-F_sp WITH- HER. THIS YEAR 4 NUMBER O c SPARE Rooms arg BEING tDßnrcn m? <OanDMA HOPKINS C A£E$ maintained through an organiza tion composed of his appointees —oil inspectors, fertilizer inspec tors, etc.—the peopld of Georgia have become a cheap lot of easi i ly corrupted ignoramuses devoid ! of patriotism and ready to disre ' gaiil or betray the best, interests ( ■’<f th State f>r trifle. The : thought, which suggests itself right ■ ■ here is pleasant, to contem | plate and to write it for our fel ) low Georigans to read would be mortifynig. Teo many of us are ! careless or indifferent in the ex ercise of the right of franchise, I and yield to personal influences j that are corrupt. Georgia needs a re-awakened; civic conscience. We must be-' t gin studying the needs of our States and forget the political I ambitions of our friends. He I who sells his vote for friend-, ships cause is either extremely i careless with h i conscience or [ places a very low value on his franchise ■ IL7FU 1 B." iPowefl This is from Hawaii, as all this column will be for perhaps two more weeks. All tourist resorts have their | boosters, but certain Hawaiian ; boosters have discovered perhaps; the most original “talking point” of i them all. In Hawaii, they say, you can escape jazz! There are, to be sure, note! dance orchestras in Honolulu which per force play jazz for visitors who would not know how to dance to anything else. But they play it apologetically, and none too well, as good musicans should. And generally, even tourist com mercialism finds it profitable to banish the jazz. Possibly this is the only accessi ble spot on earth still relatively un infected. The plaintively melodious j native Hawaiian music has gone atl I over the world, and even chance j visitors are already familiar enough with it to want to hear it on its native soil. Probably it could not happen now even in Hawaii, but the writer recalls a few years ago, attending a jazz concert in Honolulu with one of the most cultivated ladies in the islands who had, until then, never heard jazz. This was from a college glee club, stopping over one day on their way to the Orient, and naturallp they jazzed the jazz as only college boys can. It was interesting to note the reaction of a cultivated and sensitive,” but wholly unpreprared mind J The comment was startling, but interesting. There was no sug gestion that it was music. POLYNESIAN MUSIC AND HOW IT ROSE This Polynesian music, of which I the Hawaiian is the only form fa miliar to the outside world, is an in teresting development. Originally the Polynesian peoples had chants as primitive as those of African savages, with a scale of only four notes. One can hear chants in Nubia and in Fiji which a western ear could scarcely tell apart. The missionaries had diffi culty teaching them the western scale. But, when they once learned it, their inherent artistic genius caus ed them to develop it in forms more delicate and melodious than any the missionaries knew. The world knows the plaintive Hawaiian form. In Fiji it is more barbaric. The Fijians are only part Polynesian, and are mostly of ne groid blood. One of them intones the melody, in away familiar in the singing of American negroes, while Jhg others THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER “boom-boom” the accompaniment in constantly accelerated “4-4” time, in away that belongs distinctly to the jungle. Yet the air itself is probably recognizably derived from some familiar Methodist camp-meet ing hymn. In Tahiti, it takes the form of ergie:; of :'ng:n ■: “him- nes.” AU 1 ." re totally different from the orig j hril native chant, but all are also refinements of the early nineteenth century P-otestint church music from which thee are derived. i TWELVE MEN OFFER TO DIE IN CHAIR IN FIGHT ON ELECTROCUTION (Continued frem Page One, ! trial, and wa f i ally acquitted ” Ift ' said. i “But t? shadow of my trial still ! hung over me in the town where I ; I liven. I was completely ostracized. | ' Who:: I went to church the people I i would <;ct up and leave the pew! I where '[ rat. “Finally I changed my name and ; moved away. Then my wife died, i and my son was killed in the World . War. “Now 1 am old. 1 have nothing left to live for. But I would like to do some act that woula ne ; n man kind.” The other ten' wouid-be victims, all over 89. have requested that their names be withheld until plans for their execution have been com pleted. AH Wiisinv to Die “These men all mean what they , ' say,” Dudding declared. “They are , willing and anxious to die for the cause. “As to our capital punishment exhibition .which we plan to hold the second week in December. I am now negotiating with the Washing ton Auditorium Corporation, Cal very Baptist church and First Con gregational church for a place to stage it. “We plan to have twelve electric chairs on the platform, with a volun teer victim in each. They will be electrocuted one by one. “I have written to the attorney general asking for a ruling on whether such an exhibition may be held. “But if he rules against it, we will go right ahead with ou" plans. I believe that these men. all fully matured and in their right minds, have the right to take this action if they wish.” 1 BI OWS AT BROWN MACHINE IN LOWER HOUSE THURSDAY (Continued From Page O-iei the salary of the director of the Bu reau of Markets was stricken from the bill, however, despite the vigor ous protest of Chairman Barrett and members of the appropriation com mittee, who insisted that the item was fixed by law. Mr. Linder, who is the author of a bill offered in the House to re vise the fertilizer inspection laws and which bill was adversely report ed by the agricultural committee bv a vote of 20 to 2, arose to “personal privilege", and made the charge on the floor of the House that Com missioner Brown, “who is supposed to represent the farmers of the State, is in collusion with the fer tilizer trust," and persistently op poses legislation designed to benefit the farmers when it has to do with anv change in the present fertilizer laws of the State. “Mr. Brown used this influence and his machine to kill my fertilizer bill .which would have given the people of Georgia the same protec tion that is now given the people of North Carolina,” said Mr. Linder. He charged that certain brands oi fertilizer? which are reported in Alabama to have fallen below the required guarantee, and on which the manuacturers were penalized as high as 50 per cent, are not shown in Georgia fertilizer reports to have fallvH VvIPJX at You never can tell when you’re genna have light, _ or be in the dark with the coming cf night. For, just at the time when in light globes we trust, the switch doesn’t wc.k for the bvdb has gone bust. It’s funny how people forget tc replace the globes that are blown, but that’s always the case. V/e never believe that we re genna get stick for we’ve all got the habit cf trusting to luck. The globe in the dining room flickers a bit. When it’s blown we will start in to monkey with it. We tap on the glass till it glows forth, and then, an hour or so later it blows out again. Wc’li carry the globes ’round from this room to that till we don’t know where all of the good ones are. Poor _ father will figure that someone has gall for removing the lamp liaht out into the hall. It seems, that in daytime, we ne’er stop to think that a lot of cur light globes have gone on the blink. Forgetting to purchase just brings on disgust, when the light globe’s most needed, at n T ght time go bust. OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder, July 31, 1915.) J. R. Green has the honor of plac i ing the first bale of 1915 cotton on the market at Plains. Mr. | sold a bale of the fleecy this morn-! ing at that city. The bale weighed 515 pounds and brought 10 cents a pound. Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Weeks an- Inounce the engagement •. of their 1 difughter. Clara Ethel, to Mr. John 'M. Thayer of Americus, the mar i riage to take place at their resi l deuce here on Thursday evening, August J 9th. At their residence on Jackson street, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J Clark j entertained a number of friends very delightfully Friday evening.. Rook was plaved at four tables. A party of ten attractive Elki-l ville young ladies chaperoned by | Mrs. Strange, of that little city will , enjoy “tenting on the old camp I [ ground.” Mvrtle Springs, next week I i—a veritable Adamless Eden. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY l Monday, no paper published. i THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY i (From The Times Recorder, July ! 31, 1895.) I Despite the inclemency of the I i evening, the lawn party at the beau [tiful home of Judge and Mrs. W. j |F. Clarke in everv respect was a ■ charming and delightful affair. i The Albany Guards are preparing ! ; for a grand target tournament tn. I take place on August 21 and 22. j ■ Invitations have been sent out to | twenty companies who if they ac- , : cept will send a squad of five men to anticipate in the shoot. Miss Gertrude Hobbs, of Albany, and her guest, Miss Lingo, of Am ericus are attending a camp meet ing that is being held near Chicka sawhatchie in Terrell eonn‘y. Miss Sarah Cobb loft yesterday I for Sanelo Is’and near Brunswick, ■ where she will spend several weeks j with relatives. , Co. W. A. Podsen, and littlo daughter. I'brttM. Misses Carrie Speer and Fr.'.ma Dodson returned home ye c tord-i from a pleasant stay of three or four days at Tybec. all, or that any penalty has.been ap plied in this state to the manufac turers. In the course of his remarks Mr. Linder, on the floor of the Hous;;, challenged Commissioner Brown “to meet me before the people of Geor gia, and all over Georgia before the next primary and justify his admin istration of his department, and the fertilizer laws if he can do so.” Needed Unity— Once again we Fear of a move to unite the warring factions in the Democratic party. This is an excellent idea. No one can say that some sort of a reunion isn’t necessary. But are they really going to do it? The scars left by the last con vention arc deep. Worse, they are symptoms of deep differ ences of opinion that cannot eas ily be glossed over. The fact is that the Democ crat’c party contains rival sec tions that can never get togeth er—unless some miracle of har monizing is accomplished in a wav that does not seem probable right now. And remember this Presi dent Coolidge, in 1928, can’t be beaten bv a divided party. •¥• -Y A loafer - is always glad when Mon day comes because' then he has an other whole week to loaf. LOSSiOF STRENGTH HOBO KIDNEY AND BLAD DER REMEDY High Blood Pressure, Headaches, Verdigo, and insomnia are syrr.p- ■ tom of kidney trouble. The liver and spleen are some times enlarged. A treatment of Kobo Kidney and . Bladder Remedy has given nthny people a new and firmer grip on life. Hobo is sold at your neighbor hood druqgist. HOBO MEDICINE COMPANY SIMS W>SAYS Matrimony makes two people one, but ir makes one grocery bill two. Nothing can feci better and look worse than an old pair of shoes. We are getting ready for airplane traffic. Lots of our highways are built for just a few years. Beauty and brains seldom go to gether. That would be like putting gasoline on powder to make it worse. Tie chief trouble with thinking is the more of it you co the nearer right you think you are. When someone goes away for the week end v/e always feel just lik ■ hanging a service flag in the win dow. i If all the June brides p'ut their first biscuits together we could build some good road i. And if all the June brid-egroo-r put their h -ad ■: together we could build some better roads. What could be worse than a lazy man sitting on a bee and the bee fixing him so he can’t sit any more? The world is too small for golf to replace baseball. Monday was wash day once. Now it is the day when mother sees if ■I Troy G. Morrow ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bell Building AMERICUS, GA. Amencuu Undertaking Co: NAT LEMASTER, Mana 2 « Funeral Directors And Embalmer# Night Phone# 661 and 68 On# Phone# 88 and 231 L. G. 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Ja’v-Albany 11:42 pm 3:35 am Chgo-Cin-Atl 1:53 am 3:55 am Jax’v-Albany 12:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 10:10 am Columbus 3:15 pm 1 :54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pm 1:54 pni Albany-Montg 1:54 pm 3:10 nm Albany 10:12 am 6:47 pm Atlanta Macon €:’ 4 am 10:35 pm Alby-Montgy 5:29 am 11:42 pm Chgo-St.L Atl 3:20 am SEABOARD AIR LINE (Central Time) Arrive Departs 7:55 am Cordele-Helena £ :35 am 12:26 pm Savh-Montg 3:23 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:26 pm J. A. BOWEN, Local Agent.
