About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1925)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925 DIXIE COTTON FARMER IS HIT RY LABOR COST But Even Increase in Pay of Pickers Fails to Bring Them —Growers Need Help ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14.—Cot-) ton picking in Dixie is not what it used to be. , Times was when the f cotton far mer basked in the autumn sun while cheap labor picked his cotton,) but now he is pestered not only by a scarcity of help, but the price hei must pay for labor is something un heard of in the cotton field. It us-; ed to be ten years ago—the | pickers were at the farm house door , bright and early begging for work. BOBBED or Butchered Bobbing the hair is a most delicate operation. No surgeon takes on a great er responsibility in the sureness of his hand and the saneness of his under standing than does the haircutter. It is either done right or it’s a sorry mess. Here you can be sure of skill and taste and success ful execution. « Pelham’s Barber Shop Bell Bldg. Lamar St. The Touring The Runabout Color Black. All-steel body of i m i ahi .111 rx . r j • ia ci *.■ „ Color —Black. AJI-steel body. Dou- streamline design. Double ventilating , , ~ . • 1 . • 1 > ivr 1 j k- u rr j 11 i-u 1 ble ventilating windshield. Wide rear windshield, rord leather-cloth I-man .11 -til j l x. e>- deck with compartment space greatly top. 100 l box under front seat, Stan- j -r 11 1 11 . . 1 j £ 1 fIK increased. 100 l box under seat, stan dard equipment includes tour cord j j • 1 , A .. x.i c • 1 . • dard equipment includes 4 cord tires, tires, weather-proof side curtains Jw . V • . . , •.L 11 j -ii-ii storm curtains opening with both openmg w.th al doors wndsh.eld . doors, windshield wi * and nickeled wiper and nickeled headlamp rims. Mk. Er k -Ji e. 2 c . . 11 .Li d-oc JF AH headlamp rims, Starter and demount- Starter and demountable nms SBS ex- f able rims SBS extra. Balloon tires tra. Balloon tires $25 extra. $25 extra $290.00 $260.00 Prices f.o.b. Detroit . i Prices i.o.b. Detroit --SEE-- THE NEW FORD DEMONSTRATOR ♦ New Models * ■ j r-L • NOW |ON DISPLAY "ST I • • The Tudor Sedan p» The Coupe Color-Channel Green with upholst- * Color—Channel Green with upholst ery to harmonize. All-steel body. ■ ery to harmonize. All-steel body. Nickeled radiator and headlamp rims. . W Y Nickeled radiator and headlamp rims. Lower seats; both front seats tilting. /% |%/| |m I | I IS One-piece ventilating windshield. One-piece ventilating windshield. JMkl ▼ > V> kJ Unusually wide rear deck with dou- Leather-clotb sun Visor of new design bled compartment capacity. Leather- Closed at both ends. Standard equip- w ▼l R W a " < * Wk JW WPW W W cloth sun visor, closed at both ends, maht includes starter, four cord tires, H I ■ ® I St_/a S s I ■ bM Standard equipment includes starter, demountable rims, windshield wiper, JL JLhJI JLm4 four cord tires, demountable rims, rear view mirror and dash lamp. Bal- windshield wiper, rear view mirror and loon tires $25 extra. >i JHT A W VW V dash lamp. Balloon tires $25 extra. $580.00 COMPANY $520.00 Prices f.o.b. Detroit • Prices f.o.b. Detroit - ■ ZZZZLZZ 21 The price was thirty to fifty cents a hundred—and no perquisites. In South Georgia the price now ranges from 89 cents to $1.25 a hundred and the pickers are car ried to the fields in automobiles and trucks. In Alabama, and further west, as high as $1.50 is paid and pickers are being fed and housed. .Many are the cars parked alongside cotton fields, in fence corners and in farm roads. There are aristocratic sixes and eights out there. The cotton (farmer chauffeurs for his help and is glad of the oportunity. Whenever cotton is grown, the call is for help and more help. Agents say the labor has gone to the public works, meaning highway construction, building of houess, railroad, factory and minutes. It is explained that when times are 'good, the labor quits the farmer. jWhen the dull season comes in the of population the unskilled labor drifts back to the farm. Gathering of the cotton crop has become such a serious question that many cotton growers are mak ing strong appeals for help. Cotton picking is recognized as, a tedious task. A good picker can gather 200 pounds in ten hours; that is a fair average, according to farmers. And even price paid on that scale it does not reach the price paid by the public works. GEORGIANS PRAYERS FOR RAIN ANSWERED ATLANTA, Sept. 14.—Hope was revived today in the southland as the Southern folk saw the answer to their prayers for relief from the unprecedented drought. Rains were general throughout the affected area yesterday, and additional rain fall is predicted for today along with a recession of humidity. NORMAN OPENS WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE NORMAN PARK, Ga., Sept. 14. —Norman Institute has opened with every room in the dorn.itories fill ed and seceral rooming in town. It is the practice of the school to place old well known students in town and give all dormitory space to the new students. Prof. Scott, of the local public schools, Rev. W. T. Hapstead, pastor of the Norman Park Baptist church, Mr. Emory Perfect Diving Form Champion '• J* \ r ’ " ... « xWMbk... r f JI" . M aMM wk. »» if Mr *■ M F j»l K Jplß Fw WEEK » Wk WTjEz y 1 ! I Register, of Alapaha, and others made interesting addresses. Prof. L. H. Browning had everything so arranged that the school ran on regular schedule the first day. Ex cellent work is being done the first week. NEGRO SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 28 The five Rosenwald school, Gate wood, Nunn, Plains, Seay, Shipp will open Monday, Sept. 21 and all other negro schools will open on Monday, Sept. 28. All teachers, who have been elect ed to teach in these schools should report to the county superintendent at once and show kind of license held. It is believed that reports of snakes swallowing their young grow out of instances where snakes swal low other snakes. The belief is that a mother snake swallows her young to protect them, and that they crawl out again when the danger has dis appeared. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER AUTOMOBILISTS URGED OBSERVE R. R. STOP LAW President of Central of Georgia Says Railroads Are Con stantly Becoming Safer Automobilists are urged by Presi dent L. A. Downs of the Central of Georgia Railway to observe the new Georgia law requiring them to come to a complete stop at dangerous grade crossings, as well as other regulations to promote safety. In an interesting statement, Mr. Downs points out that last year 2,- 149 people were killed at grade crossings, in spite of every precau tion taken by the railways. ' President Downs says that the railways are constantly becoming Miss Aileen Riggen wins the Metropolitan A. A. N. fancy div ing champinoship for the second successive year. This shows Miss Riggen doing a back jack knife dive. safer for those who work on them and those who ride on their trains. In proof of this, he submits state ments that, while passenger traffic and the number of railway employes have both trebled in the past thirty six years, passenger fatalities have been decreased fifty-three per cent and employe fatalities twenty-six per cent. On the contrary, grade crossing fatalities which are beyond the control of the railroads but are within the control of the public, have increased four hundred and thirty-five per cent. Employes of th e Central of Gedr | gia have pledged themselves to set an example to the public by observ ing Stop Laws, and the head of the Central appeals to the people gen erally to co-operate. The Georgia la wrequires motorists to stop at crossings designated as dangerous, and to reduce speed to six miles per hour at all other crossings. Ten nessee and North Carolina have Stop Laws, and a movement is on foot to enact similar legislation in Alabama. Mr. Downs points out that motor ists observe regulations for “Boule vard Stops,” “One-Way Streets,” no , parking areas, etc., which are in- I tended to expedite traffic. He pleads for observance of Stop Laws for grade crossings, which are more important because they are intended Lto preserve human life. | Tin plates, and other articles classed as tin, often are made of steel or iron, which has been chemi cally cleaned and dipped in tin. Small fish and tadpoles often are caught up out of shallow water by eddies of air and carried a distance of several miles before they are dropped. One session of Congress requires from 200 to 400 gavels. Look-For Sale 5- house, Felder St—s2,ooo » 6- house Jackson St. Screen- ed, with all conveniences; in good condition $3,000 5-room house, centrally located; re cently overhauled; modern con veniences; large lot. Nice home or safe investment; rent S3O mo. Several nice vacant lots, if you would like to build. Come to see me. I always have some choice bargains in city and farm lands. Now is the time to buy. P. B. WILLIFORD Office Windsor Hotel PAGE SEVEN RECEIVES THREE CENTS FOR RESCUING GIRL PRESSBURG, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 15.—Three cents was the fin ancial measure of the joy experienc ed by a young man when a gypsy saved his sweetheart from drowning in the Danube. The young lovers had a quarrel, which ended with the young woman jqmping into the river. Her betrothed, becoming frantic, called wildly for help. The gypsy, taking in the situation, jump ed into the water and brought the girl ashore. Her lover expressed his joy at the prompt rescue and then handed the hero one Szech crown, equivalent to three cents. George Washington really wai not born on Feb. 22 but on Feb. 11. By the elimination of 11 days when the old style calendar was perfected, the date was set up to Feb. 22.
