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PAGE SIX THE TIMES-RECORDER Un'iu !*•«.... PublUhej Cuter nd a« •ecnurf claw awtsei tk« putt office *1 America*. Grotgi*. the Ari U ConfteM Aae«*clated Prow U eic!u«t«al; entitled to the one Inr the repiblice'.iou ol al! d*»i die pafchc# credited tn it or not otherwite credited to tbit r«r?c nnd «i#u tho !nra! new# pnbliehed hero tn. All right of republication of apectal patches ara reserved. National Adret-thin* Kepteaeotadree, FROST LANDIS A KUHN, 525 Fjftfa Area •ie. New York. People* Gaa #><!*., Chicago; Wakua Building. Atlanta. | EDITORIALS Youth Feels Emotions Deeply— The papers tola recently of a young man who, rejected by his sweetheart, swallowed poison in a public dance hall. He didn't swallow enough, however, and will recover. When that lad gets older he probably will figuratively ( kick himself many a time, and pon der; Oh, what a fool I macle of myself.’’ And yet it is just youth's ca pacity for feeling deep emotions that makes it so wonderful. Oftentime, as with this lad. it gets off pn the wrong foot; but somehow, when he is old enough to think of himself as a fool for that action, something will be missing. If only we could enlist this wonderful capacity for enthusi asm, for deep feeling, in the youth of our land, in some high, stirring ideal—what might not be accomplished I One of the darkest hours of youth is the day when that sweetheart gives her love to an other. Too often parents are want to make light of puppy love." Don't do it. That boy needs sympathy and wise counsel. It is- a dark day in his life. That s the time when he most desires a dad whose a pal; a mother’s sympathetic arms. •Y- * * A Monument To Whit man A movement is now under •Viiv to Ini.ld a memorial statue to Walt Whit man, poet, in New York City. Strange, isn’t it how those moves usually come long after tho man in question has been buried? I here was no move to build a statue to Whitman during his life. Indeed, his name was hardly mentioned in polite society. But if you want to get a glimpse of a real Americanism —of the kind of Americanism that would really and truly make our land the greatest on earth, from ev ery standpoint— get a copy of Whitman s "Leaves of Grass" some time and read it. Whitman well deserves a statue. •Y> Y- The Road to Prosperity— I radically every farm ami every crop in Georgia has been more or less damaged this year by the unprecedented drought. In South Georgia the damage has been small as compared with other sections of the State. In Sumter and near-by counties, taken as a whole, we have much to be thankful for. While every crop has not produced 100 per cent, still no crop was anything like the failure of other sections. To appreciate our blessings, we should visit some of the coun ties to the North, where the situ ation is critical—pitiful. We have much to be thankful for in this great farming section. James A. Holloman, associate editor of the Atlanta Constitu tion, says: Those of us in the drouth area must simply go in our lull length on grain, cover and pasturage crops—and in poultry and hogs and begin to cash in on cream checks. Just as well be sensible about it. Sumter’s grain crop is short this year. Her farmers will not produce as much corn as is need ed. The spring oat crop was cut short. There will not be the usual amount of roughage for stock feeding this fall and win ter and while we have not suf fered as other sections, still we should follow the advice of Mr. Holldman and start grain, and cover crops just as soon as cotton is picked out of the way. A successful farmer remarked to us the other day that a concert ed effort should be made to per suade the farmers of this section to plant necessary crops as quicklv as cotton and corn are out of the fields, saying-’ “The farmers can materially- t-- plenis-h their feed crops this fall if. he will get busy as soon as cotton is picked. Destroy the cotton stalks—burn them quick ly; get the weevils—if any—be fore they crawl in for the win ter. Then plant grain and cover tsiiausHxn im A THOUGHT Yc have the poor with you always and whensoever yc will ye may do them good.—Mark 14:7 There i> a noble manner of bein'.’: ; poor, and who docs not know it nev er will be rich. 1 crop:.” We should not rest on our oars just because our crops are so iar superior to other sections. Why send thousands of dollars OL f of the country for produce wc can MAKE here? Poultry and eggs will bring a steady weekly cash income Cream ■ checks are another source of i revenue. Wc should utilize this wonder ful year-round climate, making the sun and the rains work for us every month in the year- That’s the road to prosperity! ¥ * * Slang Impoverishes— Sometimes slang impoverish es rather than enriches the lan guage. Take the word "dumb," for instance, which is rapily coming to mean "stupid." Obviously it is the German word "dumni.’’ It is more vivid and picturesque than stupid’ and would be an im provement except that it leaves us without any colloquial word meaning "mute." If we are going to import "dumm,” then we should import "stumm a'so. Let one who cannot think be "dumb" and one who cannot speak be "stumb.” Otherwise we may soon find our colloquial speech incapable of expressing the state of inabili ty to vocalize. •Y- -Y- How They Started Pins, invented about 600 years ago by some unknown genius, at first were expensive. Only the rich could really af ford them. But poor women, delighted with the usefulness of pins, bought them with money intended to run <the household. So a law was passed, allowing makers to sell pins only on Jan. I and 2. Women saved up for these days the rest of Ihe year. So we have the phrase, "pin ' money," its meaning altered by time- Other interesting origins are encountered by Lillian Eichler in her book, 'The Customs ol Mankind." The barber's red-and-white striped pole dates back to days when the barber performed minor surgical operations, includ ing "blood letting.’’ He kept his white bandages hanging on a pole. Finally, as an advertise ment, he put the red-whitc-strip cd pole in front of his shop to symbolize blood-soaked band ages. Tipping also started with bar bers. bor bleeding and other small surgical" services they had no set charges, but left payment to the customer. In England others took up the custom. Soon a box appeared in taverns with a sign, "To Insure Promptness." The initials: T-l-P, tip. "Windfall" means good luck. It started nearly 1000 years ago when William the Conquer or made it a criminal offense for English peasants to cut forest timber. They could have only what the wind blew down. A big storm brought a lucky haul of wood—a windfall. /Ancient Chinese tortured prisoners by tickling the naked soles of their feet with straws. So started the expression, "tick led to death." The situation has not changed since it was recorded in Ecclesi astes: '"That which has been is the same which will be; and that which hath been done is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.” As for Lillian Eichler’s book, it is the latest of the chain start ed by H. G Wells’ "Outline of History.’’ It is debatable wheth er the history of wars and po litical movements is as conse quential as an understanding of the origins of customs, games, manners, fashions and supersti tions. The kiss, an occidental in vention. has had more influence than all rules and armies com bined. They drove an auto by radio in ! New York. Even that was safer i than someone in the backseat driv i ing. We can’t have another war. Ono of war’s horrors is feeding soldiers salmon. And the salmon crop is bho,t - t - MUDD CENTER FOLKS WOULD* \/" Z’’* ~ \ \ knocked him. J / Jr \ ( ' ■> ’ COLD, BY JINKS •) \ ’ / . ' 74x1 -<' "x '• OH, u.-ict." j>. I !> IT ■' ■ ■■ FI ’ I ma SlT'a's prediction tiiat bankfr .”<■(} P;-c>;-.vy t-.iit. Eight a Duet- -Ntm his n ypc. p-V.'D OL THg. fh-'.LTTV linMftOCp a; (PqWfiVA HOPKINS' HyuSS hf-h CztMF'Q.vW-p .-y --up op Shouting in zea's YARD Ui'E Fact THAT Z-ES’S 2'.i»-?£ S>«. gpve Bce.N Disturbed by Str»'y cs>ts. <•> not t.NpwM To T)<E GOSStPS ’ l b 1 ' 192? Bv NPA SERVICE. ING. j ! OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Sept. 2. 1905). Misses Nettie and De Loca Payne, of Ellaville are visitors at tir Weeks home on Jackson street. Miss Emma May Borum is spend ing several days in Cuthbert, th'.: guest of relatives. California peachecs at 50 cents per dox are per dozen are juiceless reminders oi" the good old summer time when Due, n Flb< ria was in all her glory. Watch the cotton bulees co:ne tumbling towards Anierict:- todav. The ide ol 1,0(1 or c.iio bale I od;,y will turn loose a flood of mone, here. •1. E. Iliglkiovvcr, who succeeds A. Pruitt, as agent of the Centra! radroad here, reached Americus terday and entered at once upon his new duties. Mr. Hightower has been agent al Forsyth for some, time and will well fill the position. Mr. Clyde Elmore is transferred to Mon tezuma, where he will be attached to the Central’s agency at. that place. The recital at city hall last night under auspices of Prof. E. Hamil ton McNeil, director of the Amer icus Schoo! of Music, was the mu sical event of the season here. He was assisted by three' young grad uates of Andrew College. EDITORIALS ■lI, M feweUj Standardization works for every thing but humans. The same money will give more children better rooms clothes and food in orphan asylums than in scattered homes, where they might be individually adopted. Sim ply as a matter of economical dis tribution, the large-scale method is the more efficient. But as a/mat ter of human welfare, the individ ual home in infinitely better, and wc are every where coming to it. Education is harder. The whole sale lock-step is being only gradual-1 ly broker, in our common school:-'. | Higher up, universities have grown | until they almost need brigadier generals to herd the students in and out. “This place is 1 '-c a biscuit fac tory,” said a discout ged professor. “In the factory, they run a train load of wheat in at one nd a train load of packed biscuits out at the other. The sign’says thut. in the interval, the goods ‘have not been touched by human hands.’ That is a fine way to make biscuits, but a bad way to educate students.” Criminology is worst of all. Tho worst way to reform a criminal is to put him in prison. Most criminals are young, the product of bad homes. Many of them could have been saved by put ting them in time into good homes. Few of them are helped by put ting them into even good institu tions. Most of them are spoiled by throwing them into prison. Industry is most important, be cause it affects us all. Mass produc tion turns out more and better steel or shoes. But it does not, inside the works, make for better men. Its better wagees and shorter hours may give them more chance Tor improvement outside., but, to TRR AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER 1 THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY Monday, no paper published. TgN YEARS AGO TODAY .' (I com Tlie Times-Recorder. Sept. 2. 1915.) i The contestants in the race for i county treasurer to serve the good : people at ?3,000 are A, E. Lockett I 11. R. Johnson, J. E. Chapman, IL ■ D. Watts, J. D. Steward, C. C. Shep- I pard, S. M. Clements, S. 11. Young, j Geo. D. Jones, and Gy Ross, a good i ly array indeed, and sprinters, all of I them. | Mrs. S. C. after having spent, i onic time in Asheville, N. I and more recently the guest of rcl j alive;-, in Savannah, returned ye<- | terday evening In her home here. ! The manv ITu'nds of Miss Eloise i Pickett will be pleased to know that slic will make a weeks visit in the i city, arriving .Saturday. She will be the guest, of h'T aunt. Mrs. Sarjh Schumpert. , Plans have been completed for the mammoth mass nice; in;-: of Sumter county farmers at the (•nu , ’i house in Americus, Saturday morn ing ,at I Os.O o’clock. Many prom inent speakers will be present, am! the first step will be made Inward:, making Sumter the banner tobacco count y of the state. The Americus cotton market to day is very steady at the follcwm quotations: good middling 83-ie ■Strict middling 8 l-2c. them, “life” is something apart from work. The man at the lever of the peg machines in a modern shoe factory gets better pay for less work than did his predecessor, the village cob bler. But the cobbler, working al! day at his bencj, and living his life in his work, was also often the vil lage philosopher. If the peg-tender achieves any thing intellectual, the work con tributes nothing but money to it. It (offers nothing of joy or thought. This is the dilemma of the indus- I trial age. GOOD EXAMPLES NEEDED IN ORIENT The “long tragedy of the hand loom workers of England” is find ing its analogy in China. Foreign capital and management are industrializing China. Alongside ti e old industries, in family and guild groups, great factories are growing up, differing from American and Europearf fac tories only in the lower wages, long er hours and worse condition of the workers. These conditions are often no v . rse than in the native hands it, dustries, but they are more whole sale. and have less excuse. Tl’e first effect of the same condi tions. in England, was to oppress and exploit the factory workers ami, by their competition, to starve the hand workers. The very resistance of the weav ers to the change delayei-the read justment which, when it turned out to be a benefit to all. Tho same thing is starting in China. Left to tho unrestricted op eration of economic forces, guided only by human selfishness, the same - Says mother to father, “your suit is a fright. It lock# like yev slept n a rain storm last night.’’ Then father replies, “get the iren frem the shelf. I’ll save me some coin, ’cause I’ll press it my- The iron sizzles hot, while the ironing beard’s set, and dad ; starts to press with a cloth that is wet. He’s having his troubles and frets, geednes know.'.. He wishes the tailor was fixin’ his clothes. The trousers are spread where the crease used to lhe iron just enlarges the bag at. the knee. Poor dad is convinced that he’s wise to his stuff, but he presses right eve - the dust in the cuff. And then comes the portion that gets father’s goat. Tlrcre’s trouble a plenty in pressm’ the coat. The shoulde s are saggin’, the back’s out of line. When pop’s half way through, he exclaims, “not for mine.’’ And then dees the missus rush in io his aid. She grabs Up the iron and proceeds, unafraid. How’s easy he’s stum-'cd. though how hard a man strives. Say, what would men do, if it weren’t for their wives? re. ult;, will follow. And there i - no effective Chinese government/ to prevent. Either peacefully, by the penetration f ol" modern ideals to the capitalistic brain, or violently, by the unex ampled power of resistance of the Chinese when aroused, the process which took a generation in England will be aborted. 1 Men do not go the same slow road the second time. The Standard 0:1 and many other foreign companies in the orient, have seen and acted on this principle. Some others have not. The. safety, profitability and peace of the opening orient depends on the general following of these good examples. ENGLISHVILLE i Mrs. Jewel English and little girl Annie Kate. Misses Alberta Owen and Mattie Lewis Kitchens spent Wednesday with Miss Willie Huth English. English, attended services at And- J. A. Duke and children spent Sun day with Mrs . Dan Ledge, near Andersonville. S. B. Dukes, Mr. and Mrs. Russell English, attended servicees at And ersonville Sunday. J. R. Duke returned Io his home al, Andersonville Sunday after a I wo weeks stajr with Vernon .and Chest er Duke. Vernon and Julia Duke spent •Sunday with Vera and Alvin Me-I I London. I Miss Willie Ruth English spent ' i Saturday - night, and Sunday with I ' Miss Sara Nelson at Oglethorpe. CUT-OFF Jim Smith, and little daughter Elaine,, of Macon spent last week-! end with his sister, Mrs. Ernest! Holoway. A. F. and Howard Pennington, have accepted positions at Wild wood, Ela. Mrs. Will Black and Mast r Bill Clapp, of Atlanta, spent a few’ days uere last week with Mr. and Mrt George Wicker and were accompan ied home by little Miss Ruth Black, who spent the summer here with Me. and Mrs. George Wicker. Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwy, and Mrs. Monroe Wicker, were Thurs day guests, of Mr. and Mrs. -David Wicker, at Lacrosse. Mrs. Ernest (Joker and daughter, Gladys spent last week at L’j ■Grange accompanied home by little Misses Jeanette and Eunice Pen nington for a two weeks visit. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maxey, of Arles, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Maxey. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, and children spent the week-end with relatives at Glennwood. Miss Beula Pennington, spent the week-end here with home folks. Mrs. Mollie Smith, of Macon, is <rn. 0 A CHATHAM I LOAN ' /lOOOX ‘ COWERS PRINCIPAL teres F J. LEWIS J ELLIS • Empire Building 9 Phone 830 Americus, Ga. a WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 2. 1924 \ isitir-; her daughter, Mrs. Ernest * Holloway. Several from here attended the • Union meeting al. the Primitive Bap . tist church at Andersonville Sun . <lay. Mrs. George Wicker, and children ; spent the week-end at Byron, th ■ guest of Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Clapn. Mrs. Jud Holloway, and little son, [ Russell of Arles, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Scab Kitchens. Misses Eula Kitchens, Janilu and Frances Holoway, E. W. Holloway, and Jess Kitchen spent Sunday at Albany’ with relatives and friends. Mrs. R. H. Stubbs, of Thaelan. ; spent Friday here with her mother, Mrs. A. J. Pennington. i 0. T. Summers, Sherman Devoe, I and William Grant, of Pennington, | attended the Epworth League here ; Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Drury Norris, and daughters, Miss Carrie, Ruth, and Patfline, of Pleasant Hill, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Annie Jor i THE AMERICUS □I ' BUSINESS Ol COLLEGE p? mJ is in operation; |2j | M [ morning, afternoon li| and night. Fl Fl Prepare hero for U1 sucee. .. ' LS | 8 B Miss Lillian I j,|| | (W Braswell, Pres. jpg i i FW Merritt Bldg. . I LJ Phone 195 pj M IO • I Troy G. Morrow ATTORNEY-AT-LAW j Bell Building AMERICUS, GA. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manag.l Funeral Director# And Embalmer# Night Phons# 661 and 88 Day Phone# 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier N. ' ' ■ / ['he Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) Success Independence .liHOk% ’Tg r^c fir * l * ,ep f° r P erm,ncn * S’ IrcWW i» ‘o »*ve. Why not L* I *5rJ j? our Savings Department c(afjf j ja» be of service. We pay 4% Compound interest semi-ao nually. Later on you will gMt find this a wise move for «n- dependence and happiness. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER §1,700,000 t >.!. f Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating dan. Misses Mardele Pennington, Jani lu Holoway ami Henry Bedenbaugh and Owens Barwick were visitors in Americits Monday afternoon. On (Sunday at eleven o’clock you are especially invited to attend ser vices at the Methodist churcfi. When you see a man all sleepy and worn out he may have a bad baby or a good radio. Had a forest fire in Montana. This is not tl’.e correct way for campers to blaze their trails. Wheat crop is short a little this year. Bui wild oats are plentiful, according to the police. Buckwheat crop is estimated, at I il, IIIOJKXI bushels. Is it buckwheat because it; a dollar a bushel? No. Living from hand to mouth is all right until your hand slips. cB". A 12 T # Arc you Proud t X of your watch ‘4 If not you should T;? own a “South J®. ■f.’g Bend.” ® KO Then you will be '-'yfr. proud of its modern beauty and wonder xh ful accuracy. M Come in and see W G? the new arrivals S with some of the I W classiest dial and V case designs we Y" have ever shown. "T" v AMERICUS T JEWELRY CO. T?) Wallis Mott, Mgr. cAt Phone 229 WANTED! Hens and Fryers Market Stronger AMERICUS HATCHERY AND SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. Dr. R.B. Strickland Dentist Americus, Georgia BELL BUILDING Over Western Union Telegraph Co. RAILROAD SCHEDULES Central of Georgia Railway Co. (Central Standard Time) Arriv; Depart 12:01 am Col-B’ham-C’hgo 3:55 am 1:53 Alb-Jaxv. 3:35 am 3:20 an. 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 pin 1:54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pn? 1:54 pm Albany-Montg 1. :54 pm 3:10 pm Albany 10:12 am 6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon Ct’ : '4 am 10:35 pm Alby-Montgy 5:29 am 11:42 pm Chgo-St.L Atl 8:20 am SEABOARD AIR LINE (Central Time) Arrive Peparts 7:55 am Cordele-Helena S :35 am 12:26 pm Savh-Montg 3:?3 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:26 pm J. A- BOWEN, Local Agent.
