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| EDITQ
Mr. Slate Should
Make the Audit
We remarked a few days ago ;
that it was a 100 to 1 shot that
Auditor Slate would not make l
as exhaustive an audit of the
Department of Agriculture as he '
did of the Highway department, j
This observation drew fire from
the Columbus Enquirer-sun
which usually sees things more
clearly than is evidenced in the
following from the pen of its ed
itor:
Those who read the editorial
in th" Americus Times lb ( order
a day or two ago under the head
lin , “The Colonel Makes a Sug
gestion,” doubtless are curious to :
know what Editor Eve thinks he (
knows. In order that our read
ers may have the whole story we
reproduce the editorial, which is
short. It follows:
A few days ago the Slate
audit of the Highway Depart
ment was being discussed
around the table where the
Sumter County Board of Com
missioners was in session.
“That seems to be a splendid
audit,” said one of the Com
'misisoners. “Slate must have
gone to the bottom of things.”
Col. W. W. Dykes, county at
torney, who was listening to
.the djseu,-sion, interrupted
■ with—
“ Well, if all you say about
Slate i true, I hope he trans
fers hi- activities to the office
jof the Commissioner of Agri
tn Hur". I know of nothing I
would read with more interest
than a competent, honest-to
goodness audit of the affairs
of Brother J. J. Brawn.”
If there was objection to the
: uggestion it was not given
voice.
However, knowing what we
(think we know, it’s a 1(10 to I
hot that Mr. Slate won't grati
fy the longings of the Colonel.
Notwithstanding this positive
statement of Editor Eve, because
when a man says he “knows what
he thinks he knows,” he is mak
ing a positive statement, ive can
-1 4 escap" the conviction that
he has fallen into error concern
ing Mr. Slate. One naturally in
fers from reading the last para
graph in the foregoing that it
i Editor Eve’s opinion that Mr.
Slate would prefer not to make
pn audit of the hooks and work
ings of the department of agri
culture, and if this is Mr.
I. i's opinion, it must be that
he ha been led into error in some
way, because, after reading the
report of the audit of the high
way department of the state and
the recommendations contained
therein, it seems to us that the
natural conclusion would be that
Mr. Slate is a man both of cour
and deep convictions that
he does not. hesitate to call a
spade a spade, so to speak.
We agree with our contemp
orary that Mr. Slate is a man of
“courage and deep convictions
■—that he does not hesitate to
call a spade a spade;’’ nor did
W" intend to infer that Mr. Slate
would PREFER NOT to make
the audit. However, Mr. Slate
has been State Auditor for some
time and the first real, honest
to-goodness audit so £<•»• given
to the public was that of the
Highway department.
The Department or Agricul
ture—the backbone of the State
machine, with its hundreds of
so-called inspectors and enor
mous political budget has
gone merrily along its way un
molested, so far as Mr. Slate is
concerned.
Probably Mr. Slate will say
that an audit similar to that of
i! Highway department is too
expensive, that he hasn’t the
clerical force to make such an
audit, and in that statement no
doubt he is correct. That
brings us to our formrer state
ment that “knowing what we
think we know, it’s a 100 to I
shot that Mr. Slate won't gratify
the longings of the Colonel.”
Regardless of the WILLING
NESS of Mr. Slate, with his lim
ited clercial force, it was and is
cur opinion that he will not
m -ke such an audit unless order
ed ,b- the General Assembly
and when the editorial referred
to bv the Columbus paper was
■written, Mr. Brown was in the
saddle and riding hard He had
not at that time “spilled the
beans in his Americus inter
view. Xt that time be had the
Ce h. > al assembly by the throat
. jo'd'it would have been as easy
V
KSTABUSHKD IB7V
| A THOUGHT
Remember now thy creator in the
days of thy youth, when the evil
days come not, nor the years draw
nigh when thou shaft say, J have no
pleasure in them.—Ecclesiastes 12:
1.
The destiny of any nation at any
given time depends on the opinions
of its young men under five and
and twenty.—Goethe.
RIALS
then to-pass a resolution to com
pel an exhaustive audit of Mr.
Brown s department as to
change the spots on a leopard s
back.
Mr. Brown’s bragging upset
the whole machine, as is evident
to the most casual observer.
There was a scampering to “get
from under ’ and some of the
brave hearts in the Legislature
who had lost courage for the
time being, took up the fight
and succeeded in some degree
in undermining the power of
the machine. Whether they will
be able to maintain what they
have gained, is yet impossible
to say. But let us repeat.
Tne audit should be made
and Mr. Slate should make it,
whether ordered by the General
Assembly or the Governor. If
he does, and does it as con
scientiously as the highway
audit, there’ll be some smoke in
Georgia. For several years we
have YEARNED sot just such
an audit, believing that once the
people REALIZE.D the enor
mous sum they were contribut
ing yearly for the maintenance
of the Brown machine, they
would turn out the whole gang.
Y * Y
Selling Georgia
To Georgians
It’s well to “sell Georgia to
the world,” hut before we can
efficiently do so we must* cell
Georgia to Georgians. Editor
Allen, of the Moultrie Observ
er, is effectively doing this in
his community as is witnessed
by the following'-
There is not another section
that has such climate, winter and
summer.
There is not another section
with such evenly distributed and
abundant rainfall.
There is not another section
where lands are so cheap and so
productive.
There is not another section
that produces so many of the cash
crops.
There is opportunity in every
acre in Colquitt county.
It is a good place to live and
work. It is the “Land of Oppor
tunity for the Man Who Works.”
It really is this.
The man who live-: here and
owns land should highly prize
his possession, and he should hold
to it. and work to make it. more
productive and more profitable.
The man who does not own
land here still has an opportuni
ty to possess a home and a farm
at. very reasonable prices and on
attractive terms.
Florida is a good state to visit,
and for many it is a good place
to live, but the man who is born
for a career on the farm will find
his opportunity in Colquitt coun
ty-
The lands are productive, ut
they will be more productive.
The y are in demand, but they
will be in greater demand. This
is the coming agricultural section.
When every man and wom
an, every boy and girl believes
in his State as h.e should, then
we ll witness the greatest ad
vancement of our history, for
then, and only then can we per
suade others that here lies hap
piness and prosperity, which we
desire to share with others.
* * *
Legs No Longer
a Mystery—
Probably everyone has heard
the tale of the London bus con
ductor who, noticing a woman
reluctant to descend the steep
stairway from the upper deck,
reassured her with, “Never mind
lady, legs is no treat to me.”
There seem to be some grounds
for hoping, or fearing, if you
will, that the average American
male is rapidly approaching a
similar frame of mind.
Short dresses have been with
us, off and on, for years, and
the effect is sinking home. No
longer do young men point and
leer when a girl boards a street
car. No longer do the corner
loungers strain their eyes when
there is a bit of wind. A girl
<'.in sit in a street car with her
legs crossed without attracting
: attention.
It’s a healthier state of mind,
some aver. Not so. Legs (or
limbs, if you piefer) no longer
are a mystery. The common
i place does not attract attention.
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Barber and Pool table PRoPßtsroß agreed
To Bob aunt fAnny Suez's hair. DuR/ng
her lunch Hour Some way or other the i
news got around and the &oys were. !
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OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder, Aug.
13, 1915.)
Os interest in Americus is the
statement that suit has been insti
tuted agains the secretary of state
by the county commissioners of
Sumter and he will be mandamused
to compel him to pay over to the
county a share of the last collected
automobile tag tax fund. The
amount involved is a little over sl.-
200.
That Americus needs and would
liberally aid in support of a well
kept suburban resort is <iuitc mani
fest, and any such place properly
kept and affording the attractions
and conveniences will receive very
substantial patronage from residents
of this city and nearby towns, who
would seek a week or a month’s rec
reation in cottage or tent out there.
I The M. B. S. club entertained
Thursday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. Chas. Smith with a surprise
shower for Miss Clara Weeks, whose
wedding will be an event of next
Thursday evening.
Miss Mary Hawkins is still spend
ing some time pleasantly with her
aunt, Mrs. Murphey, at her home in
Atlanta.
The Americus cotton market to
day is quiet at following quotations:
good middling, 8 cents; middling 7
cents. .
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder, Aug.
13. 1905.)
A blonde mule of the Mamie va
riety threw chain lightning into a
buggy on Lamar street yesterday,
while 500 idle spectator siooked on.
It is possible that the First Meto
dist church will secure the services
of a p rofessional organist, as ar
rangements to that effect are pend
ing.
EDITORIALS .
Weill
There is only one argument I
against the Coolidge-Mellon plan to
reduce the surtax on the higher in
comes. That is the argument against
capitalism itself.
If we are going to have capital
ism, we must let it capitalize itself;
otherwise all the people, and par
ticularly the laborers, will stiffer.
The most available source for
any sort of recapitalization, and the
only proper source for, capitaliza
tion involving enterprise and risk,
is the surplus of the larger incomes.
Without capitalization ,and recap
italization, industry stagnates.
To penalize these incomes, in ex
cess of their fair contribution to
the necessary public revenues, is to
deprive industry of its most essen
tial fuel. That is to say, these things
are so under capitalism.
The Socialist, who wishes to un
dermine. our present capitalistic
civilization, in the interest of sub
stituting what he thinks would be
better one, may logically oppose
the principle of the proposed change.
No one else should.
Saving the Ambassador
A Little, Anyhow
Americans in Paris celebrated the
Fourth of July by a reception in the
new American embassy, the first
building this nation has owned for
diplomatic use in France. Ambas
sador Herrick, by advancing the
THF AMERICUS TIMES-RECCRDER -
MUDD CENT ER FOLKS
t When an elderly gentleman with
! flowing locks and whiskers, accom
j panied by a pretty daughter of six
[ teen, walked up to Deputy Sheriff
Gatewood, yesterday and asked per
i mission to enter the county*jail, that
j handsome bachelor official was a
i bit nonplused. The elder party ex
plained that he lived in a distant
county and had brought his daugh
ter to town to see the sights.
A very delightful occasion of the
past week was a reception tendered
hv Miss Carrie Speer to her Sunday
i school class Thursday evening at her
i residence on Church street.
THIRTY YEARS.AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder, Aug.
13, 1895.)
Messrs. J. Harper Black and M.
■ j L. Lackey left Monday for Cumbet
i land Island, where they go to rep
i resent Sumter county at the annual
I meeting of the State Agricultural
j Society there this week. Messrs. A.
‘ i C. Bell and W. A. Seales were also
’■ among the delegates appointed.
Americus cotton factors were
pleased yesterday at the sudden ad
' vance in the price of the staple and
the prospect of a further rise. The
staple was quoted yesterday at 6 1-2
cents, while the opinion is expressed
that it will reach 7 or 7 1-2 cents
by October. It is generally con
ceded that this years crop will be
very short, the smallest in five years
and that it will not exced 7,500,-
000 bales.
Messrs. Lee Allen and Perry
Clegg are in New York this week
i where they go to purchase the large
,: fall and winter stock for Allen
. I Clegg and company.
-j Another happy marriage is dated
; I for the first week in September. As
-1 usual Americus frunishes the bonny
-; bride and a neighboring town the
* fortunate groom prospective.
money himself during a period of
low exchange, without waiting for
the slow processes of the American
Congress, got the house for $200,-
000, though its original cost was
much more.
It is a good house, but no better
than much poorer nations have
thought it a good investment,to sup
ply for the purposes of their em
bassies. and no better than we our
selves have expected our ambassa
dors to supply at their own expense.
Henceforward, our ambassador to
France will at least have a house
to move into when he reaches Paris,
and will not have to spend twice his
salary for rent.
Why Not Give Him
An Expense Account?
But the problem of choosing am
bassadors for their talents rather
than for their wealth is not yet
solved. What boots it to give a man
a house to live in, rent free, if it is
a house that can not be operated for
less than several times the salary?
The present salary, just as sala
ry, may be high enough. But if the
recipient of it is condemned to live
in a house that the salary will not
run, he needs an expense allowance
adequate to,,the house.
We do that for the president, be
cause we understand the situation.
We do not do jt for ambassadors, be
cause thiuk thvi£ A'Hi'-.
The family’s goin’ drivm’, and the kids are in the car. ’Tis
just a little pleasure jaunt that’s maybe near, or far. While
mother sits beside him, father starts the bioomin’ thing, and then
come shouts of pleasure as the engine starts to sing.
They’re off, a humpy-bumpin’ down a pretty country road.
The springs are kinda saggin’ ’cause the bus has got a load.
What more could bring real pleasure, in the middle of the day?
They don’t knovz where they’re goin, but, at least, they’re on
their way.
It’s gettin’ knida cloudy and the sun gone from view. But,
shucks, they keep on goin’—’cause there’s nothing else to do.
They’ve dodged the busy highways and they’re loafin’ down a
lane. Now isn’t that the usual luck? It’s startin’ in to rain.
’Course father’s kinda peevish at the that’s in his cup.
He drives beneath a tree, and stops to put the curtains up. The
family has to disembark. (No, touring’s not so sweet.) Why
is it father always keeps the curtain ’neath the seat?
A lot of little snappers just won’t work the way they should.
The kidlets try to help dad, but they do mere harm than good.
At last hte job is finished. (Isn’t fate an odd old scout?)
They’re ready for the hardest rain. And then—the sun comes
out.
BUENA VISTA
Miss Mattie Carr, of Savannah,
is the guest of Mrs. R. E. Clements.
Miss Nettie Powell has returned
from a pleasant visit to Jackson
ville and Tampa.
1 Misses Katheryn and Sara Cobb
and Mr. Walter Miller spent. Sun
day at Warm Springs.
Rev. I. E>. McClung, of Macon,
has accepted Hie call as pastor of
the Baptist church.
Mrs. B. S. Parker, assisted by
Mrs. N. E. Parker will entertain
the Marion County Chapter o fthe
N. D. C. next Thursday afternoon.
An interesting protracted meet
ing is in session at the Baptist
church. Dr. Smith, pastor of the
First Baptist church, Waynesboro,
Va., is assisting Rev. McClung in
these services. Large congregations
are attending.
Miss Eleanor McMichael, of Quit
man, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.
' E. Lowe.
Mrs. Chas. Lowe, Misses Harriet
and Lillie Lowe and Frances Belk
left last week for Mountain City,
Ga., where they will spend two
I keeks with Mrs. Claud Brantley.
The Epworth League of the Co
lumbus District held its conference
lin Buena Vista Friday, Saturday
I and Sunday. About seventy-five
'delegates attended this meeting and
1 twenty-two leagues were reported.
.The people of Buena Vista enter-
Itained. Rev. M. M. Marshall de
; livered an address Sunday morning
1 “on the value of service.”
| Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Clements
have returned from a visit to rela
tives in Macon.
1 Mr. Sam Wynn, of Macon, spent
last week here.
I Misses Corinne and Dorothv Me-
Phaul, of Fitzgerald, have returned
home after a pleasant visit to Miss
Josenhine Stevens.
I Mr. W. B. Short went to Atlanta
last Monday on business.
1 Hon. J S'. Burgin. Marion coun
ty’s rcm-osentar.ive spent the week
lend with ’’is family.
Mrs. Hansel Payne, of Braden
iton, Fla., is the guest of her par
ents. Mr,’ and Mrs. .1. O. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hair left last
week for Baltimore, Md., to spend
several days.
stituents do not understand the
same situation regarding them.
Why Marriage Often
Causes Hatred
If you are shut up with the same
person long enough, in relative iso
lation from others, you come final
ly either to love or to hate him. In
difference is out of the question.
That is the reason why only love
sanctifies marriage. It is the reason
why Explorer MacMillan enjoins
silence on his companions. If they
let each other alone, they can en
dure each other through the long
isolation. If they try to be inti
mates, they will first bore and then
hate each other.
Few of us have to face the ordeal
of Arctic silence, but most of us
are, or will be, married.
Moral: First, love your wife. Sec
ond, have each of you enough out
side interests not to bore each oth
er into loathing.
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THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST <3
Mr. James Croxton, of Monte
zuma, spent the week end here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanr Crox
ton.
Mrs. Martha Christian, Mrs. W. '
H. Lowe,, Misses Janette Christian,!
Cornelia Dorothy Lowe spent ■
last Monday in Columbus.
Miss Alma Bayette, of Atlanta, I
spent a few days last week with her |
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Bay- :
ette, Miss Bayette has just return- ,
ed from a trip to New York.
Messrs. J. S. Rogers, T. B. Rain
ey and Otis Adams have returned
from a visit to Florida.
NEW ERA
The singing school opened at
Bethel Mpnday morning with 18
pupils. Mr. Peevy, of Smithville,
is in charge. y
Mrs. W. L. Vaugh and children,
and Mr. Murray Upshaw, of Cart-,
ersville, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Castleberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Brewton,
MISSROGERS GAINED
15 LBS. IN SIX WEEKS
Skinny Men and Women Gain Five
Pounds in 30 Davs or Money Back.
Mv dear Friends:
"After my attack of Flue I was
thin, rundown and weak. I had a
sallow complexion, my cheeks were
sunk in and I was continually trou
bled with gas on n:y stomach. I felt
stuffy and had lost my appetite. I
had read about McCoy’s Cod Liver
Oil Compound Tablets and decided
to give them a trial. At once, I
began to pick up an appetite, my
cheeks filled out ar.d my complex
ion became healthly looking and 1
gained 15 pounds in six weeks and
am very thankful for what McCoy’s
Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets did
for me.
Miss Alberta Rogers, 2G4 W.
Cerro Gorda St., Decatur, 111.
To take on weight, grow strong
and vigorous, to fill out the hollows
in cheeks and neck,, try McCoy’s
Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets
for 30 days. 60 Tablets—-60 cents at
Nathan Murray’s and Howell’s
Pharmacy and live druggists every
where. If they don’t give you won
derful help in 30 days, get your
money back—you be the judge.
But be sure and ask for McCoy's,
the original and genuine.—)adv.)
Troy G. Morrow
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Capital and Surplus $350,000.00
® RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
Prompt, Conservative, Accomnflodating
of Miami, Fla., returned to their
home Saturday after spending a
week here with his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. A. G. Brewton.
Rev. W. L. Walker, of Smithville,
assisted Rev. Brewton in the revival
services at Pleasant Grove last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. McNeill and
sons, Robert, Marvin and Charles
left last Wednesday for South Caro
lina to visit Mr. Willie McNeill for
ten days. ' .
Miss Lucy Kate Clark, of Plains,
is spending thisweek with her sister,
Mrs. W. E. Carter.
Miss Mamie Autry spent the week
end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
P. Parker.
Mrs. Z. A. Bailey, of Miami, is
spending a while at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Veal.
Little Mary Crook is spending the
week with little Martha Carter.
Mali’s Catarrh
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claim for it
rid your system of Cawrrh or Deafness
caused by Catarrh.
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phone 330- —Empire Building
AMERICUS, GA.
EGG PRICES
STRONGER
Sell us your Eggs. We
pay the top of the mar
ket for Fresh Eggs.
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SUPPLY CO .
Americus, Ga.
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Dentist
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