About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1925)
PAGE FOUR THE TIMES-RECORD ER I3TABUSHID 1171 Govekc* Ir» i • i • • Idltoc »» J FubHther : Inseiwi ne-oad eUo« «.t th* ro*f effioe »t Amer (.»• .4,4, arcordiaq to tbs Ar» of ; CongreM. The faioutted Prew k exdoahely entitled !o lEt- use fcr the lepubhicliou of «II die* Ratchet credH'-i to it or not otherwise ctrdi.M to tb.» paper and ho the local uera published hero in. Ail right of republication of apodal dispatches a;e re* ■ ved. National Adtcr tithig Represent*?!**#, FROST I AMiIS & KOHN. 22. Frith Avenue, New York; People* Osa Kidg., Chicago; Walton Madding, Atlants. •*%. ■VWXV vw-vv w I EDITORIALS | Brother J. J. At 7 he Back Door— After reading the denial of the Hon. J. ). Brown, in which he declares tha: he is not the political boss of Georgia, that he is not a lobbyist, and that he does not attempt to control leg islation, the following clipped from the news columns of one of Atlanta's dailies is, to say the least, interesting. The outstanding feature of the week in the house of representa tives was the reduction of the bureau of markets appropriation from SIOO,OOO to $50,000, and the elimination of SB,IOO in sala ries that had been provided an nually for the director of the bureau of markets, the State oil inspet tor, ami the chief clerk to the oil inspector. Both of the departments that were cut down are under the su pervision of the State Department of Agriculture, and although Commis. --ioner J. J. Brown person ally directed the fight against the reductions from the balcony of the house of representatives and by calling members to the doors of the house, the cuts were votes • by substantial majorities. Fhere’s a picture that doesn't seem to reveal the same things Brother Brown would have you believe. f rom the balcony of the House and by calling mem bers to the doors of the House.’’ Since the above clipping was wi itten, Brother Brown has been able to have restored some of the cuts referred to, and before the session ends he may retrieve all of his losses. Appearing before a commit tee in the interest of his depart ment, and directing a fight from the back door of the House are two entirely different things, but that's what we are paying for, so we should take our medicine. A- -A A- The Rent Hogs Os Florida— The rent hogs of Florida who are killing the goose which laid th- golden egg’ are being de nounced in no uncertain terms by some of the Florida papers, amc rg others the Miami Herald. We were told this week of an Americus couple in Miami who, raid our informant, are paying $l5O a njonth for a small two of three room apartment, the cheapest thing they could find, " and the rent goes to S3OO a month on September I,” said the friend of the couple. “They are getting by now renting their beds out in the day time, when the couple does not use them,’’ but Sept. I they must move. Then what? Ihcre is grave concern among those who have the best inter ests of the State at heart, for says the Miami Herald: Newcomers seldom linger more than a few days or a few weeks. There is nothing in prospect for them here. This week a young man, recently married, was anxi ously asking about prospects in the north or anywhere outside of Florida. As his case is typical of thousands we will cite it. Aft er marrying, the pair began to look around for a home. They had friends in the city and were not huiri d in their search, but the only place they could find where the wife could do a little cooking and other domestic tie tails dear to the heart of young brides was a two-room-and-bath apartment with a tiny kitchenette attached. This was to rent at SSO a month. The husband’s sal ary was S4O a week. Fifty dol lars is a tremendous rent for a n.an getting only S4O a week, but worse than that remained behind. The landlord notified his tenant thai . n and after November 1 the rent would be $l5O a month. Th .. young couple, both Florida born and raised, will have to ]ur .■ ; ii E plainly impossible for them to : v $l5O a month !' tit out <.f >l6O salary. And . -., thous and—of similar ea ;s. Nor is lb:* rc.nl he ■; the only swine ;i th'* I I'.iiid metropolis, accord’'.is to the Miami paper, which lias this to say about tax revision and home-site specula tion. in words that are more emphatic than eloquent: A drastic scheme of tax revis ion is needed in Miami. We have ;i lot of hog-minded speculators t jthu ure holding on to possible _A THOUGHT I The fear of the Lord is the begin ning of knowledge; but fools de spise wisdom and instruction. —Pro- verbs 1:7. * » * In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast, attained it thou art a fool.—Rabbi Bon Azai. -m v ~ >. —im »w—i n ~ * <i "i 1 " 1 I norrA' -iiuß nepin,; to <> h-w more dollars out of the public as ! necessity becomes greater. With j a proper assessment of the value j of their holdings these people : could be brought to see the light. They* would either have to go in to development or let somebody else. Tax these swine; tax them until it hurts, until they squeal like the porcine animals they are. Th city ■ eds homes; it needs a : -ll'-respecting class of work men permanently located here, sufficient for the city’s needs and growing in numbers with the city’s growth. We are aware that some of these dogs in the manger are lo cal men who cut a big : wath in social circles and are particularly glib of tongue when Mianii and her wondreful growth is the ■ ob ject. These men are the most conteptible people of the city. 'They would put a few dollars be fore the well-being of thousands and would hinder the growth of the city to help their already swollen bankrolls. They are not entitled to any consideration any more than a skunk roosting under a house is. Smoke them out and soak them the lin.it. About 75 per cent of the real estate transactions that are now going on are not only worthless to Miami, but a positive detri ment. Where development fellows purchase the transaction is a pub la: benefit. Where the hind is merely held under contract while, the purchaser hunts arm th- r buy er, the city not only' gets nothing but the land is held away from development. If Miami, after going up like a rocket, isn’t to come down like a stick, we shall have to have a lot more development and a lot less speculation. And the de velopment, most pressingly need ed—the imperative development ’—is the building of’homes with in easy distance of business cent ers and at prices of sale and rent al that are not dictated by un conscionable extortion. Florida is today the keystone ol prosperity in the Southeast. Anything that hurts Florida, damages a half-dozen ohter States. Floridans have become red in the face when an outsider dared to criticize F lorida or anything said or done in Florida, and yet they are permitting yea fastening the greatest gambling scheme ever permitted on American soil. The tourist in many instances, has been forgotten. The big deal today is pyramiding prof its. Thousands of men and wom en are making what they believe to be investments, but in reality may prove to be hazard's in a gi gantic gamble. If—or when—— the bubble bursts, it will be the small investor who loses; school teachers w’ho have risked the savings of a life time; mechan ics, who have saved for old age; widows who are hazarding their all. in the end, so a Floridan said, the Big Men will get from under. It will be the horde of little men—and women who will lose. The Southeast is interested vitally interested. From every State have gone men and wom en, hoping to make a fortune overnight. If these ’’stakes’’ are lost they must go back heme, old and broken, while the big fellows pull out with their gains for other virgin fields. •A if if The Life Blood Os Commerce — 1.. A. Downs, president of the Central of Georgia Railway, in a recent letter remarks that— Payrolls have aptly been torn.cil the “lifeblood of commerce.” The payroll of the Central of Georgia Railway Company last year was $13,489,321. That is one and a quarter million dollars every month -more than $37,000 P' :• day. Os al: the money re- Cv'.'.id by th- I’entril <f C c'gia la-: year 49 1-.' percent went to jcyio'ls. The overage annual wage of the employ?-; was $1409. Practically all employes of the company live in Georgia and Ala bama. Certainly it means much to the prosperity of these two States to have more than 9500 wage earners with an average compnesation of sll7 per month. (’. • i estimates show 4.3 por es as constituting the average fan*! y. On this basis, therefore, ."i than 40,000 people in Ala bama and Georgia look to the <’• ntral of Georgia for a living. I hese monthly letters of the ■ ' • -7 . . .. . / HcY, MA? ITS COME 4 . . ’■ . / To a Boil ! wfJA r \ ' F ! 1 1 SUPPOSED T’ TO NOW? j . .. . ' ■ II- - - ,-X\ 'T. I. i \ | /» \ ■ S; Y ■ - ■■ H MA SLUPE ASKED POP To WATCH THE SOUP WHILE SHE DUSTED THE NEKT t-’OGM Pop’s MIND WAS 50 OCCUPIED THINKING ABOUT THE PRETTY NEW BOARDER OVL.T AT GRANDMA HOPKINS’ AND HOW MUDD CENTER. TONGUES ARE WAGGING ABOUT'HER THAT HQ FELL Dow/l ON HIS JOB ?'! I ' /r> *’»!*•'»»! F»V c'—‘Tr FXT, j Central’s president are mailed to When you slap a man on the back employes, newspapers and oth- and he kicks you in the eye, you ers interested in the welfare of can see he is all sunburned, the State and the railroad. President Downs is not only Atlanta (Ga.) man reports a man following the steps of illustrious drank some new cider and when he predecessors, but he is blazing I got home the keyhole was absent, new trails. His slogan is “Take I the public into your confidence;; It’s hard to hope a man with ex treat them courteously emd place I pe;> ive fishing tackle catches any the comfort of the traveling pub- fish. lie first.” And in so doing he is making: The etiquette book says you may millions of friends for the road i eat chicken with your fingers. We he guides as its head. j say you may need a hatchet. Hon. C. R. McCrory, of Schley In Letter to Editor, Schley County Representative Explains Reasons for House Bill No. 74 Discusses His School Book Bill Representative C. R. McCrory, of Schley county, has address ed! he following letter to the Times-Recorder, with request that it be published, w’hich of course, we are g ! ad to do, inasmuch as its columns are always open to our representatives to discuss any question before the Legislature: Editor, Times-Recorder, Americus, Ga. The Atlanta Constitution and I Journal will not publish my letters correcting their statements in re gard to House Bill No. 74, and 1 take this method to correct the same. House Bill 74 provides for publi cation of school books by competi tive bids and to be sold to school children at actual cost of production after our State Board of Education procures the text on a royalty basis, or by purchase. All texts are sold on a royalty basis of 5 per cent and the author is paid when the book is sold. Should an author go to the American Book Company to sell the text, the Company would not have a single book engaged for sale and the overhead cost of putting the text on the market would be at least 25 per cent to be added to cost of publication. Should the author go to our State Board of Education to sell to the Board, representing our one million school children, there would be no overhead cost what ever; thus saving 25 per cent of the cost alone. State publication of law books for lawyers has obtained in Georgia since 1880. When the Supreme Court was organized, the Reporter was given the copyright to the volume upon the agreement that the Reporter furnish to each County in the State two volumes. This law was in effect until 1880, when the •Legislature passed a law creating a Printing Commission. What was th? effect of this law? Every lawyer in Georgia paid $7.00 per volume up to the 65th Ga. Report. The 66th Ga. was sold to every lawyer in Georgia at SI.OO per volume, and last year the Supreme Court Re ports and the Court of Appeals Re ports were published in Missouri, because the lowest bid for printing them came from Missouri. The Code of 1873 cost SIO.OO, and the Code of 1882. containing 400 more pages and published by competitive bids, sold to every lawyer at. $2.00 per volume. So W’itb the Acts and every law book published by the State. Can wo not do as much for our children? The advocates of the Book Com panies say “We want the best texts,” and so do I. Under this Bill any text of the 28,000 books already published and on file in the State School Superintendent’s of fice can be adopted on a royalty ba sis, or the text -can be adopted in manuscript form. In fact, Brooks History was adopted by the Board of Education in manuscript form j for the publishing house. Why not for Georgia? In Ontario all school boooks are published as provided in this Bill. Look at the cost of school books in Ontario and Georgia. Ontario Primer . 4c Ontario Ist Reader . Gc Ontario 2nd Reader 9e ■ W. RMERICUS TIMFJ RECOtWBt MUDD CENTER FOLKS Ontario 3rd Reader 14c Ontario 4th Reader 16c Ontario Arithmetic 10c Georgia Primer 42c Georgia Ist Reader 46c , Georgia 2nd Reader 52c Georgia 3rd Reader 58c Georgia 4th Reader 75? Georgia Arithmetic ..60c Space forbids further compara tive prices but the child '.r> Georgia pays from 500 per cent to 1000 per cent more ter books than the child in Ontario. What is the result? The Minister of Education in On tario says that illiteracy is scarcely a factor in the Province, while in the country' counties of Georgia, the illiteracy of white children aver ages 7 per cent and of negro chil dren 27 per cent. The illiteracy <.f the white children in the country districts has been reduced 1 per cent in the last 15 years. SOME PROGRESS, EH? The high priced books prevent our children from buying, and we have a compulsory attendance law. Under this Bill you can get for Georgia children the best texts that love and money can supply, so cheap that every child can be supplied. We are spending millions (and it is all right) to have carved upon Stone Mountain the statues of our beloved President Davis and our loved General Lee and others that the Yankee school hooks mention by a foot note and devote 20 pages to Grant, and this book was adopt ed in the Atlanta schools. What do you think of this? You have th< golden opportunity of breaking the shackles of the infamous Book Trust both as to cost and eliminating il literacy in Georgia. From 1912 to 1916 the prices giv en obtained in Ontario, but when the War came on, prices advanced some, and the Province bore the ad vance, but even at the prices aver aged 500 per cent less than is paid in Georgia. In the adoption of 1913. the Primer cost 12c; in 1918, ■the Primer cost 16c; in 1923. the Primer cost 42c. Why this robbery under the form of law? We have 250,000 children using the Primer. At the last adoption, the change in Geographies alone cost the children of Georgia over two hundred thou sand dollars, and wo did not got as good text as was on the adopted list. Ask Prof. Ballard, Ex'. State School Superintendent. Gentlemen, one million school children pray your help today. “For in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto me.” We have offers to print Primer at 12c, Readers from 16c to 20c, the publishers to furnish plates, etc. This is the bill that Prof. Mathis came to Atlanta and snoke against. C. R. M’CRORY, ly P’c-ent-dive Schlej’ Countv. When your hair s gettin’ gray, and your ktds have a’! grown; when they’ie going away and you’re left quite alone, a me : gets that longing as memory plays, of goin’ right back to the old “dad i dy” days. ' It’s a cal! that’s so strong that your heart kinder aches. Time iiaveis along, and the best things it lakes. The echo is bringing, ; in long after years, that same “daddy” ringing out plain in year I ears. When sis is a baby and son is a tot, a man doesn’t know of the wear.a that he s got. No doubt they’re an answer to early life : dreams, but once you’re a daddy, it s habit, it seems. . 1 ou Ravel along in your every day life, and you’re proud of the daughter, the son and wife. Y o.i’re happy of course, but you j seldom begin, till later, to find just how kind fate has been. The youngsters grow up and step out in the world. In lone hness land you are suddenly hurled. How queer are the ways that | days d ° f Fate PlayS ’ N ° wonder man ion L' s fc ‘‘ {h « eld “daddy’’ OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder, Aug. 10, 1915.) Farmers in Americus today assert that cotton crops on many Sumter county farms will be cut in half as the result of drouth. The partial rains last wetk wen- helpful to an extent but the beneficial effect re i suiting lias long since vanished. I Mr. and Mrs. 'l'. F. Gatewood, ‘Miss Agne sand Will Gatewood, : have gone to Dcmosest, where they will spend some time as members of the Americus colony there. Miss Nannie Sue Bell returned today from Columbia, where she , has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. James Fitzgerald. Americus dealers continue to pay eight cents for new cotton today and several of the half dozen bales mar keted this morning brought that round figure. John J. Hard will go to Ne v . I York tomorrow' to purchase fall mil- : pinery for his store here. He will: bt accompanied by Miss Viola -Ruf-i , sand and Miss Callie Slappey, who | will assist in selecting stock. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder, Aug. 10, 1905.) There was a rush yesterday to buy dollar shirts foi' thirty eight cents at Duncans, and many doztn j were sold. Miss Amzie Daniel is the fair : [hostess at a very delightful house; I party this week at her home near I Americus, and numbers amonjf her charming guest. Miss Blanche Pryor, 'of Smithville, Miss Lillian French, <>f Richland; 51iss Maude Maynard, j iof Forsyth, and Miss Inez Mentor, | of Macon. There are a number of I gentlemen in the party as well and the occasion is proving a very de lightful one. ' A pleasant occasion y■■••D-rday evening was a moonlieh' r> : nic r.t Myrtle Springs, arranged in honor of three fair visitors. Misses Lillie May and Mvrtl? Menard of Abbe ville, and Miss Laramort of Lees bnro-. The Josson plantation, consisting c fabout 1 .990 acres of perhaps the b 't fnrmimr land in this sectioon situated in the Fifteenth district of Sumter is offered for sale at a bar gain. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder, Aug. 10, 1895.) During the bicycle races at Lee ton Park Thursday afternoon a seri ous accident resulted from a collis ion between Mr. J. H. Allison and Harvey Weaver, both of whom were taking part in the contest. Mr. Al lison was thrown violtntly from his wheel, the fall breaking his left shoulder. Messrs. Charles L. Ansley, and E. D. Ansley left Thursday for New York, and other eastern markets to buy goods. Arthur Rylander made a ship ment of two carloads of LeConte pears to the eastern markets yester day. The fruit was grown in Mr. Rylander’s large orchard in this city and filled several hundred barrels. Misses Rosalie and Gertrude Smith, Elizabeth Harrold and Mary Davenport left yesterday for Co lumbus, where they will bo guests of Misses Annie and Mattie Pfohl. Even if welath is a burden lack of it is more so. There are some movie actors who couldn’t afford a summer divorce suit. A red nose is no longer a sign of drink. He may have a girl who uses too much rouge. There may be nothing new under the sun, but some mighty strange things happen under the moon. w Invigorates Purifies and Enriches the Blood Tastefcss Tonic 60c. i This world could be worse. The dog may track a little mud into the house, but what if he was a centi pede? There seems to be something radically wrong with all our radi cafe. No matter how fast a couple clances they usually finish neck and neck. lime will cur<‘ everything and a will carbolic acid. ’ ..■Ac ; p ! ‘ ■ -.q J ‘ There is financial powe r in a good life insurance policy for , yet; if you only knew it. Come i in and find out about this kind | of benefit that is there for ev ery man who uses it rgiht. Any information will be gladly giv en if you will just ask for it. Come in and see us. 11 WSPfefii wmir—nin !■ ■■HIWI—Him - —a,.., n _ ■ Troy G. Morrow ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bell Buildi&g AMERICUS, GA. $5,000 Local Money To Loan J. LEWIS ELLIS Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manage* Funeral Director* And Embalmer* Night Phenes 661 and 85 D«» Phones 88 and 23 J j 1,. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier I she Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) •v , Success ;? - f ,rst step for permanent • i s ’- R KJ'^-1’I; < i'Sfg success is to save. Why not f?» let our Savings Department t’ raff k e serv * ce . We pay 4"e i Compound interest semi-an nually. Later on you will tl*** a wise move for in- ■— -* rif O,* dependence and happiness. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 li RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 ) Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10. 1925 He Preaches .M' . r V... T i®? - • /f ! / I Chari ’.- Tally i~ only 17 but he’s Ir. licensed mini-st-r in Texas and has delivered mcie than fifty sermons. He’s a fre.hman at Southwestern Unv ’-silty and lives in Beaumont, Texas. Half the things you think matter don’t, while half those you think don’t matter do. In St. Louis, a man fussed at his wife 36 years before she finally de cided to shoot him. WHO IS YOUR SKINNY FRIEND, MABEL? Tell him to take Cml Liver Oil for a couple of oonths and get enough good healthy flesh on his bones to i look like a real man. Tell him he won’t have to swal !low the nasty oil with the nauseating fishy taste, because the McCoy Laboratories, of New York, are. now putting up Cod Liver Oil in sugar coated tablet form. Ask for McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil I Compound Tablet. Nathan Mur : ray, Howell’s Pharmacy and every I druggist worth the name sells them j —6O tablets—6o cent.-. Any man or woman can put on five pounds I of healthy flesh in 30 days or your i druggist, will willingly refund the i purchase price. One woman put on 15 pounds in I six weeks. Children grow robust : and strong. “C t McCoy’s, the original and ■ genuine Cod Liver Oil Tablet.” (adv.) Dr. R. B. Strickland Dentist Americus, Georgia bell building Over Western Union Telegraph Co. EGG PRICES - 1 STRONGER Sell us your Eggs. We pay the top of the mar ket for Fresh Eggs. AMERICUS HATCHERY AND SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. RAILROAD SCHEDULES Central of Georgia Railway Co. (Central Standard Time) Arriv; Depart 12:01 am Col-B’ham-Chgo 3:55 am 1:53 Alb-Jaxv. 3:35 am 3:20 am 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 1:54 pm Albany-Montg 1:54 pm 3:10 n m 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 5:35 am 12:26 prr.’ Savh-Montg 3:33 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:26 pm J. A. BOWEN, Local Agent.
