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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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J. LEWIS
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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.
THE standard:
$1.50 to $2 Adujstable Caps
for Men and Boys, at 98c
Adjustable for size, adjustable
for comfort; can be made tight dur
ing a wind, while motoring or im
mediately after a hair cut; or, it
can be made loose when necessary
or convenient to the wearer. Every
cap made to fit any size head. Made
in Wool Cassimere Suiting Cloth,
Plaids and Stripes and Plain colon,
satin lined, yeather sweater. AU in
one great, big sale, chaice 98c
69 Pequot Sheeting, 49c
None better made at any price;
81 niches wide, heavy linen finish.
Price for stock on hand only,
yard _49c
SIB.OO Linoleum
Squares, $9.95
Genuine Lineoleum Squares, 9x12
feet, in beautiful patterns; at al
most half price, each $9.95
Children’s 50c
Socks, 25c
Manufacturer’s samples, in over
100 styles to select from. Sizes up
to 10. Choice, pair _2sc
THE STANDARD
DRY GOODS COMPANY
Forsyth Street, Next Door to Bank
of Commerce
AMERICUS, GA.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
Central of Georgia Railway Co.
(Central Standard Time)
Arrive Depart
12:20 am Chi-St. L-Atla 2:53 am
1:53 am Albany-Jaxv 3:35 am
3:20 am Jaxv.-Albany 11:42 pm
3:35 am Chgo-Cinti-Atla 1:53 am
3:40 am Jaxv-Albany 11:25 pm
5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm
8:10 am Albany 6:47 pm
10:10 am Columbus 3.15 pm
1:54 pm Atla-Macon 1:54 pm
1:54 pm Albany-Montg 1:54 pm
3:10 pm Albany 10:12 am
6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon 8:10 am
10:35 pm Albany-Montg. 5:29 am
11:25 Pm Chi-St L-B’ham 3:40 am
11:42 pm Chi-St L-Atla 3:20 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
(Central Time)
Arrive Departs
7:55 am Cordele-Helena 9:35 am
12:26 pm Savh-Montg 3:28 pm
3:28 pm Savh-Montg 12:M pm
J. A. BOWEN, Local Agent.
