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PAGE SIX THE TIMES-RECORD ER KSTAJUBHKD U7V te. C4l<« o> Po>lUh«r Catered aa eecoad otMa ■mow at On yoat <4 hoe «* Aaiericue. GaorgU •eoordiae «• th* A«t es Coctfreaa lb* Aaaoctated f»ro«a u> axciaaiveC •ntlUed to flke uee to: the repabUcatioi of all cerw» die p«tche« credited to it or not othennae er edited to Aio paper and abo the local new* pabUahed here fca. AU rifht of repobiicatioo of apecioj diepa tehee are Xa tiona 1 Advertleint lepreeeatattree, FROST LANDIS A KOHN, US Fifth Avenue, Neo York; 1 Peupice Gea Bid*.. Chicago; Vahoa Baildiog. Atlanta , EDITORIALS Fooling the Cotton Farmer— . Representative Rankin, of Mississippi, is urging the Federal Department of Agriculture to make public, in connection with its mid-September cotton crop report, the number of acres of cotton that have been abandon ed in the cotton growing States. In a telegram addressed to Sec retary of Agriculture Jardine, Mr. Rankins says: “This report ought to show the greatest acreage abandonment in many years. Hundreds of thous ands of acres in the drouth strick en area have been abandoned. Re ports are coming to us constant ly from Texas farmers who have been compelled to abandon their crops because they did not make enough cotton to justify them to pick it and to the effect that there are possibly a million acres or more in the southwestern por tion of the cotton belt that will not make the seed back that was planted in the spring. “The withholding of this infor mation at this critical point of the harvesting season would be little short of a crime. “You have this information at hand and the public is entitled to know what the abandoned acreage amounts to. Why should this information be withheld from the public until the end of the season when it will be too late for its publication to bene fit the cotton growers? To conceal these figures is nothing more nor less than play ing into the hands of the mills and cotton speculators. Cotton has not been worth less than 25 cents any day this year, and yet the bulk of the crop is going for 20 and 22 cents. Pauperize the farmer and we pauperize the nation. Because the producer has been compell ed to accept LESS for his farm products than it cost to raise them, has brought stringent times over the nation. Since the days of the War Between the States the Southern cotton farm er has allowed outsiders to say what he shall receive for his cot ton. The cotton-growing South may yet be compelled to gather its own cotton statistics, each State taking its own census and compiling them later for the benefit of the Federal govern ment. The South, year after year, has paid a heavy toll because the TRUTH about its cotton crop was not told until after the staple was out of the hands of the farmer. '* * * A True Story— Accidentally we ran on to a beautiful story the other day— a true one, and because it is true and because the principals would rather not have their names known, we shall tell it without divulging names or places, other than to say they all live or have lived in Sumter county. There was an excellent young fellow Hying on a Sumter farm who desired an education. His mother was a widow, but she in sisted on her son going to one of the state's higher institutions of learning. When he had come to his last year, boll weevil and other things brought adversity to the mother back on the farm He knew that if he accepted an other year at college at her ex pense, she would lose the farm. He declined to go back. She advised him to borow enough money to pay his way through that last year. He tried, but failed. His note was not a good bankable paper. In the depths of despair he approached a friend of the family. This splendid gentleman said to the young man: "I have no money, but I know a wonderfully fine lady who may help you.” The situation was laid before her and she agreed to lend the young fellow $250 for two years, refus ing to accept any interest. The young fellow was over joyed. He returned to college and completed his course with credit to himself, his mother and his benefactor. So thorough was his education he had no trouble in immediate- A THOUGHT j Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.—-Rom. 12:9. An evil life is a kind of death.— Ovid. ly securing a place as a teacher at $l5O a month. He wrote his friend that he could pay back the borrowed money at once, but there were other debts that were pressing. The friend ad vised him to pay off all other debts, that the note still had many mnoths to run before be coming due. After a few months the young teacher was promot ed and given a salary of $250 a month. At the end of the first month, with his first $250 check he came back to Sumter county. Entering the office of his friend he said: “I am back to pay that note, not yet due. I have my first $250 check and I want to pay that note with this check. May I call on my benefactor? I have never seen her. I want to go alone, if I may.” Entering her home, he handed her the check and with tears of gratification, stooped low and kissed her hand, and with trembling lips said:: It is far more blessed to give than to re ceive.” We see much of the hard side of life. The crimes and the un fair things are told and retold, but there’s a wealth of beautiful stories like the above which are never known. If we could but look into the heart of men and women, how often we would be forced to change our opinions. That man or that woman who, appears selfish and self-centered may be lending a helping hand to many a fellow who needs help. We can never tell. But we can search diligently for the good things of life and overlook some of humanity s apparent faults. ~ * ¥ Just Luck — After spending a day painting the top of a chimney, 150 feet high, a Long Island steeple jack, came down to earth and receiv ed a fractured hip when struck by a motor car. An army aviator made a dar ing leap from an airplane with, a parachute. He landed easily on top of a truck, but before he could attract the attention of the driver so the vehicle could be stopped, he was thrown to the ground and a leg broken- Looks like the air is safer than the ground these • days, but then some people always were unlucky. ¥ ¥ ¥ Are You a Capitalist? Everybody who works and ives something and builds a home or lends his savings to some industry to be used in pro duction is a capitalist. A mem ber of labor organizations which have banks and other assets is a capitalist. Every individual who has a savings account is a capitalist. The greater the sup ply of capital, the greater will be the demand for labor to make use of that capital. "If capital is scarce and timid, the demand for labor is less, says Chas. H. Carson of the American Bankers Association. "The more productive capital there is, and the more it seeks to be used, the more authority does labor exercise in its demand for wages." There is an aristocracy of wealth, but they are not confin ed to those streets where the so called "400’’ reside- You 11 find them here and there on the back streets and on the front; in the cities and in the country. He who has a few dol lars ahead and owes nothing is an aristocrat. There are others who appear to be in that class, but if we could look under the surface we find them paupers. If you own a few acres, clear of debt; if you own your home or if your savings are in the bank or in dependable stocks or bonds, you are a capitalist. You are free. You are not compell ed to wear any man’s ring in your nose. Whole milk, sold and consumed in the United States last year was valued at $1,714,000,000, a decrease of about $40,000,000 from the J.‘ar before. MUDD CENTER FOLKS 53 r'-v.NT FfefeLlN 6U .. v/tti, t’oat, Do?? ( < '/ .. T,. MtY DON'T Y‘ GO OVER ' ’ .'0 DOC AN’ GIT X?. I .' j f--.tr-' fl* Y’ u? ? y CSSair IM I® * I DID an’ TH' blamed FooL \ # r ,/ ADVISED me T’ HAVE IAY teeth x Rayed r told Jgßrzß him t’ take ’em alolhg with Kim an’ Go as fer. as he liked' y.Qar'W \\ - Ww A W; Zr / w Oust OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY , (From The Americus Times Re corder, Sept. 22 1915.) Os wide interest in Americus, as throughout the states the announce ment of the marriage of Miss Ethel Gibbin, and Mr. J. Edward Mathis, j which will be solemnized at three' o’clock, Wednessday, September j 22nd at the Episcopal church in Ar cadia, Fla., where the bride is at present a visitor. George Earle Ansley,* Henry C. Davis Brooks Williams, and Ray mond Rodgers joined the Americus; contingent of young men going l back to the State Tech today. The largest single sale of cotton made here this season was that of eight hundred bales made yesterday evening by Mr, L. G. Council at his, warehouse for account of South; Carolina Mills. The price ranged from 10 1-4 to 10 3-4 cents and represented a sum total of $42,000 paid for this lot of cotton. (From The Americus Times-Rec corder, Sept. 22, 1905.) corder. Mr. Charles L. Ansley purchased yesterday the Dixon store at the corner of Forsyth and Jackson streets, and at the same time pur chased the Postal Telegraph build ing, the Dixon property. An unknown malady, pronounced by some a Mexican fever, has ap peared in Americus and vicinity, with the result that several valua ble cows have been stricken with it and died. The Americus Light Infantry, Company L is now “at home” and strongly fortified in the new ar mory and the first occasion signal izing the removal was an election held last night for first lieutenant, EDITORIALS by Rowell The writer has had the interest ing experience of participating in public debate with Senator Borah in Borah’s own state, on his pet subject of the world court. If you have ever baxed Demp sey, you know what he is like. However, “thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.” And those of us who happen to agree on the subject with Presi dents McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft. Wilson. Harding and Coolidge, with all the platforms of all the parties in this century; with nine-tenths of Congress; with capital and labor, the United States Chamber of Com merce and the America Federation of Labor ... with the organized ex pression of religious and education al bodies, women’s clubs and farm organizations, and with the action of nearly all the governments in the world, are not under any ense of humbleness, even if a small handful of United States States senators, including one or woof the ablest, choose to take the ther side. If we are mistaken, so are most f the human race. Senator Borah himself is “for” a world court. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER f This honor was conferred upon for mer junior lieutenant W. C. Page, who received last night the full vote cast and is now second officer in i command of company I . I The exterior work upon the new !exchange building of the Bell Tele . phone Co. is nearing completion and probably be occupied in Octo er. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY ■ (From The Americus Times Re i corder. Sept. 22. 1895.) Fortune is indeed a fickle god dess. A young man who formerly held an SI,BOO position in Ameri cus, but who went west to amass riches, is driving a delivery wagon in a Texas town. At the pleassant country hhome of Hon. C. C. Sheppard, will be gathered today children and grand children of that grand old man [The occasion is the celebration of ihis 75th birthday, and all will unite ;in doing him deserved honor. A thanksgiving service will be held at j Shiloh church, of which Col. Shep pard has long been a member. The Courthouse Chess Club has ,been reorganized for the winter 'season, and even now the treasur ' er’s office is daily the scene of | pirited games between the judge, j the major, the doctor and the col onel. Not in five years have Americus merchants had a busier day than yesterday. As a rule there is always a grand rush at this season, but yes terday it came in a tidal wave, the force of which was irresistible and carried everything before it. Cot ton receipts yesterday execeeded I that of any day of the year, aggre gating 838 bales. All that he wants is that it meets conditions which he agrees are im? possible, and some of which are im possible because he and his asso ciates will not let them be fulfilled. He wants a world code of laws, i which could only be enacted by pre cisely the sort of world legislature whose chief opponent he would be and an outlawing of war which can only be enforced by precisely the sort of sanctions to which he would never consent. He wants a Leagueless world court in a world most of which is joined in the League. j Wherever these and several other I conditions are fulfilled—and he is jin the place of power, to see to it that they never are—then, unless he can meantime devise some other objctions, the doughty senator may consent to our going into the court which we founded and which the rest of the world has accepted from us. In other words: Never! Vice President Dawes has a con clusive answer to the claim that “no good bill has been killed by fili- I buster tnat did not eventually pass.” ' Even this is not entirely true, and would not justify minority ri !fS The world knows a wee bit of joke now and then, that brings for a good round of laughter, can do heaps of good for the finest of men anti furnish a chuckle thereafter. Quite wise is the man who goes out so his way to keep peo ple happy and cheerful. He spreads bits of humor when folks come his way. They laugh when he gives them an earful- It’s always been easy to find types of folks who shun at the side that’s the brighter. They'll tell you their troubles, instead of good jokes that makes your own troubles seem lighter. The world, after ail. is the way that you make it. You al ways can frown or just smile. The best side is waiting; let’s all laugh and take it. The effort is really worth while. rule, if it were. But the vice president does not stop at the good bills that may have been killed by filibuster, and never passed. He emphasizes most ly the bad bills that were passed by filibuster and never repealed. For one of the commonest pur poses of filibuster is not to defeat the bill filibustered against, but to use it as a club to compel the ac ceptance of some pet local measure or amendment which could never pass on its merits. I This happens many times, every session, and there are probably few .senators who have not indulged in ,it is one of the greatest evils of the present system. | It is feared, however, that the ,vice president mistakes his psy chology at one point, in appealing to the people against the localism, 'of their representatives. I The people of Oregon are doubt dess very indignant at the incident i Mr. Dawes told them, of the South Carolina senator who threatened to hold up a vital appropriation billl and make an extra session neces sary, unless a certain appropria tion for South Carolina was passed, i But the people of South Caroli na are not. And the senator from i South Carolint does not care what j the people of Oregon think of him. The only indignation a senator fears is the indignation of his own 'constituents. Who ever heard of that indigna tion being aroused by his using grading and log-rolling to get local i favors and appropriations for jthem? That is exactly the most popular |thing he can do, in the only place where he cares for popularity. The indignaton of the people of Oregon is reserved for the South Carolina senator, when he does it or his state. ; S 3) sims Everybody on a political machine wants to blow the horn. And no body wants to buy the gas Being in love can take up almost as much time as regular loafing. Only trouble with the harvest moon is you see so many autos parked by the road fixing punc tures. Bad news from Florida. Man had a mania for shooting mules. Maybe he thought they were jazz bands. French scientist claims he has a medicine to cure dring. If boot- iiz.so \ A MONTH ON #/000. COVTRS FRIHCIPA*- « akd iNrrnrsT c CUk. cJftjuJr dr • J. LEWIS , ELLIS Empire Building Phone 830 Americus, Ga. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 leg doesn’t stop it nothing will. Hardest thing in the world is working in a bank and counting so much money and getting so little of it. Hunt the bright things. Suppose flies ate as much as cows. The average man’s idea of pros- 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. Dr. R.B. Strickland Dentist Americus, Georgia BELL BUILDING Over Western Union Telegraph Co. AMERICUS FISH FISH & OYSTER CO Always Fresh Fish Phone 778 WANTEDf! Hens and Fryers Market Stronger AMERICUS HATCHERY AND SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. Americus Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Directon And Embalmer* Night Phoner 661 and M Day Phone* 88 and 231 L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. A Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) , J O Success Independence The first step for permanent iucc.u {. to save. Why not let our Savings Department be of service. We pay 4% Compound interest semi-an nually. Later on you will find this a wise move for in dependence and happiness ' Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 Prompt, Conservative, Accommoriating perity is when everybody is so rich nobody has to do any work. They saw snakes won’t bite in water. Nobody seems to know why. And nobody seems to know why fish won’t bite in water. — Who has paid to hear a lecture and then gone away convinced we should have free speech. Pedestrians don’t make very good shock absorbers and beside they spatter up your car something awful. Many fish would starve if it wasn’t for the man who tries te i catch them. 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