About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1925)
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 5, 1925 EFFECT OF COAL STRIKE IS POINTED OUT BY PRESIDENT i (Continued from Page One) o< living. “If all their demands should be granted it would mean the addition of not more than 50 cents a ton to the cost of anthracite coal. This would mean that the labor cost of a ton o fcoal would be around $5. “And don’t overlook this point— the labor cost of a ton of coal be fore the last wage increase averag ed $4.12. To this the last award added about 41 cents. But the op erators added to the price of coal 90 cents to sl, a clear extra profit to them of 49 to 59 cents a ton. “Even were the miners granted the 50-cent per ton raisse in wages, the operators would still be making as much money as they did 2 years 1 ago. Instead of seeking to lower I costs by reducing wages, the oper-1 actors should seek other means of lowering costs. “With a labor cost of $4.83 per ton, coal sells for $8.50 f. o. b. cars at the mine. Where does the prof? go that is made from there to the consumer? Coal is selling in New York and Boston for from sls to $16.50 per ton. “Freight rates are too high for one thing. It costs twice as much to ship a ton of anthracite for half the distance that a ton of bitumin ous travels. “We have asked the operators to cooperate with us in a request to th? Interstate Commerce Commission asking for a lower rate on anthra cite coal. They have consistently refused. “And there is another point that should be taken into consideration. There are high and low-cost produc ing mines. Yet the operators’ prices are based on the high-cost mines ex clusively, even though there is sup posed to be competition in the in dustry. “When the cost of production rises above a certain point, that mine is uneconomic. If there wask rea Icompetition, such mines woul 1 be forced to close because of ina bility to compete with lower cost mines. “There is plenty of anthracite coal as yet untouched whose cost of production would be much lower than in these almost worn -out mines. Plenty such fields are to be found in the neighborhood of Pottsville, Pa. Let the operators open up these fields and base their price on the cost of producing coal from them and not upon mines where the cost of production has become ex travagance. “And one should not forget that we are asking nothing more than a living wage for men employed in an industry in which one of them is killed every four hours and one of them is injured every four min utes.” Thursday Morning Clean Up Sale! HATS 99c All Men’s Straws, all Ladies’ Mats formerly $2.00 to $3.50. Choice 99c VOILES 19c Voiles that fomerly sold from 25c to 49c. All on sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday, yard . . -19 c ROMPERS 39c Children’s Rompers. Pretty styles for children 3 to 8 years. Made of fast colors. Chambray and Gingham. Thursday morh ing A 39c $3.00> $3.50 to $5.00 Bathing Suits SI.OB Your choice of any bathing Suit in our house for men and women, fine all wool; to close $1.98 THE STANDARD DRY GOODS CO. Forsyth.St., Next to Bank of Commerce, Americus, Ga. BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES In the Great Open Spaces By Martin 'VuTw-’gl atw Rib jcwao’jur > Cf.L? . AND SHE VUcNT DOWN UTk,TFERc.S HtR-G.-X'S (9» A» VCiL’T Pf, : . p > TOTHS SXOR£ ONE THING & i 6ONH FOR. X ’ 1 W PIKI If Vs. { j:;.,- AFTER SOME \-Tg* '-aW* SDRS -IF S k . AWm? , T tin ’ X‘"e."7 ■ ’..P. V/Vh!'y ■ ■ ' Z-x CREAMOVAL ESIE* GOT, JrHX' V XM - CORA . C (HERF !; 1 ' f I. 1 /A xT'X LOST K 'WaV '' zX T'4 nV.-tCH t-..: J '«' /\< >CG. A W Xm <WX l/U A X Zi .v /lA' Rtf'\ I • J !/ \r c <'x.xx- '’7-7 x SALESMAN ,SAM So Much Easier Than Using An Ash Tray By Swan f&xrr -S •-o" r’jl Voow _ HIRED-^URU,HI-UFTL TiHT \ TriRH Fine.’. 'iXXL ~i Vol?-TH - Loti& HIKE, 5W iF\ T> S \ // MYHEED RtUttWE THEH FRon/ HL ponT frEl fiN4 CIGRK- -: Hr 'i h i7- -' -V f" 7> F'KP,uS sa Iw X<z g-vi-k//Fo t?0(A TH' BTot> - To- 6 J Bt - I? ' bHT °H ( IWE'> OH Th' (FiRPET ' TH' ,? > oT'vX <• A I ■-- 1 //lIAOTEW 3/ TH TOB ' C uxve'LL RMSE Th' ©'CHENS ”7 ■’ Wit X /'7 - .*'\ J ..■TTT7/ DH HIFALLS —a. <7 Tor i OP. > X - - / L > <, i / 1 W X ■ l iJ< “ - 677 bl# x/. t; , slot". • W ■ p - c ' rTEra - I, KE- f- - 171 —Tw ’ll . I T t _ ! z hours —7\ .; h I •.‘r Y 1: ; ‘ 1 ' '•; x 1 r X 1! xx-x ; x -'X >x x 47 ■ ~ X ■ , w ■ - -flx X r X ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ' ' ' SUMTER SHOULD GROW TOBACCO. SAYS LAWSON STAPLETON (Continued From Pago One) velvet. I talked to other farmers who gave me about the same fig ures.” Among the tobacco centers visit ed by Mr. Stapleton were Albany, Camilla, Pelham, Bainbridge, Thom asville, Moultrie, Quitman, Valdosta, Hahira, Nashville, Tifton and Cairo, in each of which is one or more to bacco warehouses. The farmers, as a rule, are satis fied with the price tobacco has brought up to this time, he says. The markets have opened early and it is /the lower grades that now are being marketed, much of the crop still remaining in the fields and curing still going on. In several places the grading is being done by the college girls of the town, who after some practice become expert in grading and reap for themselves a neat sum for ing money when school opens. 'T saw' more than 50 at work at Ca milla and at Pelham,” says Mr. Stapleton. The tobacco warehouse cost . around $30,000, and in most cases is owned by a stock company com posed of the tobacco farmers and the warehouse is located. The build the warehouse is loacted. The build ing is rented to experienced ware housemen each season, who handle the crop. The cost, of course, is governed by the size and type of the building. At Thomasville the warehouse is built of brick or con crete, others are rough frame. |, The greatest difficulty to over come .according to the informa tion gathered by Mr. Stapleton, is .to secure buyers. “I am told that I you have to go to Richmond for this and it is not always easy, he savs. ‘‘The big tobacco companies want to concentrate sales as far as possi ble, thus reducing the number of buyers who must be sent out.” Mr. Stapleton says he has never seen finer crops as a rule, over the section he visited; that the people are more optimistic than in many years and everything points to great prosperity in South Georgia, par ticularly in those sections which are diversifying with cotton, tobacco, corn, hogs, fete. “I tell you I am ready to put my shoulder to the wheel and help get the farmers of Sumter, Lee, Webster and other nearby counties started in tobacco, but the acreage the first year must be very low, four or five acres io the farmer,” said Mr. Stapleton. “After four years of rest from the road, after having traveled South Georgia for 40 years, I was invited by my good friend Ijenry Allen to tour the territory of my old love and visit the tobacco markets. “I enjoyed every minute of my four days trip and was greeted by hundreds of old friends and form- OMIEWWtmW FOR SALE FOR SALE—One second-hand mow er. and rake; also one two-horse harrow and mule. Mrs. H. P. Lem on. —3-4 t , BARGAINS—One hay rake, mower, Case power bailer, Dela Vale sup arator, one grist mill, one feed grinder, one home light plant, and several gasoline engines, various sizes. F. G. Beavers, —21-ts. k FOR SALE—WeII improved thirty five acre farm, with six acre pe can nursery, fifteen thousand bud ded Schley-Stewart; seven thous and ready for sale. R. L. Stapleton, Weston, Ga.—3-20t FARM FOR SALE—66 acres; has good house and barn on public highway. Will sell or trade for city property. Mrs. K‘. P. Leamon, phone 948. —3-4 t FOR SALE—Cable piano; as good as new. Will give terms W. H. Cobb, phone 800. —4-ts. FOR SALE—Good piano. Phone 473.—4-3 t FOR SALE—Red Snapper Fish, 4 to 5-pound size; just right for baking. Bragg’s Market.—4 2t FOR SALE—Goat and harness. Well broke. 131 Brown St. —4-Gt THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER er customers and given the glad handshake. “I have never known such rapid strides in prosperity as is evidenced in South Georgia at this time. Every town and every one of the twelve tobacco markets visited is simply bubbling over with enthusiasm over the good crops of corn, cotton, pea nuts, melons, potatoes, cane and tobacco. Thousands of dollars are being paid out every day at each of these markets for the golden leaf product and at some points cotton is being marketed rapidly. “At Moultrie my friend, W. J. Mathews, once a resident of Ameri cus, took me to one of the cotton gins which was running full blast, eleven bales were on the yard wait ing for their turn and from there we walked to the warehouse where I saw possibly 100 bales of new cot ton. “Mr. Mathews told me that he be lieved Colquitt Co. had 4000 bales now open in the fields and lie furth er stated that they had the best cot ton crop ever made, even before advent of the boll weevil and that they had good crops of every thing and more hogs than ever before. M WHEN IS YOUR BOY’S NEXT /OA BIRTHDAY? mi i\A A IS Ul 'd Give Him a Watch Watches Sold On Monthly or W'L/ Weekly Payments SRUEM P«rJay». Diamonds sold on Monthly payments. AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY, Inc. Phone 229 » Wallis Mott, Mgr. WANTED WANTED—S or 6 room house Sept. 1. Box 141. —5-4 t WANTED—Every one to drink Flint Rock Ginger Ale for an appetizer—before and after meals. 5c per bottle. Or sale at all gro cers. 16-ts WANTED TO BUY—2S to 50 acres of land near Americus. Address J. R. Oats Oglethorpe., Ga.—l-6t WANTED THE BEST—Then eat Josey’s HONEY BALL CANTA LOUP, the most delicious Tope grown. Can be had at Josey-Eng lish-Dupree Co. —l-3t WANTED —Job as farm superin tendent. Can give references. Would take other public work if I can get it. Adress M.L., care of Times-Recorder. —4-6 t , FOR SALE—Househo’i! furniture. Apply at once ac 111 Jeffer son St.—s'3t FOR SALE —Muscovy ducks. Phone 573.—5-3 t FOR SALE—Cut flwoers. Phone 249, Mrs. W. H. Bowers.—s-2t FOR S cw cotton picking b" S, Harrold Bros. // , “I found this condition to be gen eral over the territory I covered. I talked with many farmers and all were feeling good and had faith in the come back of the country. “My friend Allen was interested in getting data on the tobacco in dustry and this consumed most of his time, but I would digress a lit tle and made it my business to ger. the sentiment of the farmers and business men, old friends and many new acquaintances, on the political situation regarding the ‘bean spill ing’ „of J, J. Brown recently and of the mixup in the Highway Depart ment .caused by the extravagance of John Holder. “I don’t think T would be exager ating to say that 99 per cent of the people I talked with want to see both o fthese would-be lovers of the ‘dear people’ cast in the firy furnace and rid Georgia of the greatest drawback to prosne-ity 'that any' state has ever had. These with a few other political sap-suck ers, who are wasting the money of | the tax payers should be sent to Florida, for the good of the people of Georgia. Our old Soldiers and our children are being starved 1> ' FOR RENT awnoj qnv isoi WANT TO RENT Five or six room house. lam coming to Americus to make a permanent home and desire to rent a home. Might consid er buying it later. Address, “Warehouse,” care Times-Re corder.—2o dh-tf-xz FOR RENT—Desrrable bungalow; • corner Harrold avenue and Hill St. Harrold Bros.—2B-6t FOR RENT—Unfurnished down stairs McLeod apartment.—4-3t FOR RENT—Best apartments in Americus; desirable locations. Jno. W. Shiver.—29-ts. ’ MISCELLANEOUS NOTICE—Next bus for Miami and Coral Gables Friday, August 7. Better make your reservation. Phonees 337 or 66. Neon Buchan an.— 28-ts. —2B-tf FARM LOANS Atlanta Trust Co. money. For application, see R. L. Maynard or I’. B, Williford —l-ts THE AMERICUS BUSINESS College is in operation; mor dng afternoon and night. M’V Lilliai Braswtll, President. Merritt Blag ltl these vampires who arc taking the , money derived from taxes and ap- | propriating it to their personal use, using it to advance their political ends, but thank God the monkey wrench that was thrown*into the political machine of "Jay J.iy : Brown” has awakened the poop!” | to the necessity of ridding Georgia | of such pests. We can survive the boll weevil better than support I these designing- and unscrupulous political pests. "Get rid of Brown and Holder and you have answered the question of-“ What Is The Matter With Geor gia.” If Sumter farmers will go sc ■ ! (.conditions as they exist in this to- I ! bacco section, 1 believe every one of them would plant tobacco anoth- i er year. lam sold on the proposi- I lion if I can get enough farmers to ; join me to hire a demonstrator. Mi Smart Buyers Come Here! We’re not getting all the tire business in town. We never expect to. But were getting our share and our busi ness >is growing constantly. The reason for this is that car owners have found our location is convenient, cur serv ice propmt, efficient and courteous, our merchandise of the highest quality ,and our prices surprisingly low. As a matter of fact, and we realize it sounds pretty'strong, |if every car owner in town who is not buying from us, really knew what we had to offer, we’d come pret ty close to having a monopoly on the tire business here. We honestly believe this, because we re al ready selling to scores of the brainiest tire buyers in town —smart people who look twice and think three times before they buy anything. If we can satisfy them and keep on doing it —we can please you, too. ? AMERICUS STEAM VULCANIZING CO. Lamar Street Americus, Ga. PAGE FIVE 1 WIVES ARE MUCH CRAZIER THAN THEIR HUSBANDS, SAYS DR. (Continued From I’ago One) cd because of their lack of effort to i use their intelligence,” he assert -, j “I don’t want to be mean to tl <■ 'ladies and tell them outright that I they are dumb. Rut the figure;-- I cay so and it must be true. I "If the modern girl get bi -y ami tries to do something worth while it will tend to do awa yv.ith to'" lazy attitude that, fast grows into insnnit.yi” Dr. H,-<d::-<m, through hi ye r of praerhe, got :■<> that he cni ' spot a daffodil a long w ", »ff. ! V/114'o I<• i.s confronted with ;> 'j it: on who is suspected of bavin;' ' clicking noise;-, bet we en his oar.'. Dr. I Hickson recites some small bit of : poetry to the patient tin I him t o repeat it,.
