About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1925)
" TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 18T9 • - Editor and Publisher matter at the post office - '■ according to the Act of Pre*a is exclusively entitled to .-epubbeation of all news dis- i MRS. CV’> not otherwise credited to j ELECT ’ locl ' new * Pnbliahed here- 1 . , c. ation of special dispatches I Miss Sa | at a beaus _ day mcmißepresentatives. FROST ' « . . 'h Avenue. New York; I Conty at her , Wskon Build.ng. ! nue. j A most attraT motif was carried oT''’” tions, baskets and 1 marigolds, wall flowt artistically combined every available space ' room and dining rooi table- were placed for the Miss Oliver wore a e. sports costume of red Ros trimmed with touches of vi broidery and with a blacl hat. At noon a delicious lur s served at the attractive lat card tables which furj£ t o f ou tthe yellow Miss Luc- nt 81 com ' score pt tne waste, cut the hor-’therwise reduce dainty he loan will be a The v ‘ r tice is as old as Hers ett, Wizard of the cotton Ik the weevil. Bankers this and are insisting, in , instances, that the farmer e certain steps to control the , eevil thus making their loan safe. Some banks insist that on ly a limited number of acres to the plow be planted. The avail able amount of labor on the farm is another necessary ele ment in successfully producing cotton. But the control of the weevil is the most necessary step, and to accomplish this the fight must be started NOW by destruction of cotton stalks. A bulletin from the Georgia Bankers Association addressed to the Times-Recorder urges that you induce your business men ‘o use every possible effort to st the cotton plants DESTRO Y- D NOW.” Continuing the illetin says: I On October 10th, the National ’’ity Bank of Rome held a meet g of farmers to hear specialists Ik on the value of vetch in in easing the yields of corn and .ton, and showing them how to •culate and plant it. Five hun d farmers from five counties istefed. Interviews with these - farmers showed that ip every county it was thought that the hot weather and drouth of the sum mer had destroyed all the boll weevils. Since the rain has come the boll weevils are found in considerable numbers in prac tically every field. In favorable weather they will continue to multiply very rapidly 1 . until Christmas, and we will have a large stock of them to start with next spring in the cotton fields. The onlv way to prevent this is to IMMEDIATELY DE STROY EVERY COTTON stalk. In a trip through eight coun ties in South Georgia last week, we found similar conditions. Should we have a wet season in 1926, the destruction of cotton that occurred in 1923 will be re peated. More often than otherwise, one extreme of weather follows another. This past summer has been the hottest and driest in half a century. Next summer may be the wettest- The cotton crop this year was the earliest; next year’s crop may be the latest. These are possibilities, but even so, can we as farmers and merchants afford to take a needless risk? Every authority agrees that the initial step in boll weevil warfare is the destruction of cot ton stalks in th* fall immediate ly after the staple has been picked, for as the bankers bulle tin states, in favorable weather the weevil, will continue to multi ply rapidly until Christmas. To sord extent we are pro -ducing efur crop this year, in that we are either destroying the weevil or we are allowing them to multiply and every farmer knows how rapidly the weevil propogates. Destroy the stalks now. That s 4 busines for farmer, mer and banker. ¥ ¥ ¥ • Are Good U of Us— a good thing. They 1 and moral train who take part in AkUfo'ey are not wasted who take their Reachers, before oard, or, in these Phil} radio. an tlet and exhilara- ■ A THOUGHT ' The locust have no king and yet they go forth all of them by bands. —Prov. 30:27, • » • The surest guard of a king is not j armies or treasures but friends.— ■ Petrarch. ORI ALS tion for them, too. Sports helped civilize the Filipinos. They are being de liberately used to modernize China and Japan. They have founded much of the success and glory of England. Their cult will do us much good and no harm. Many a tired, nerved-racked man found his first real mental and physical freedom during the recent world series, when he be came for the time being a roar ing rapid baseball fanatic. "" ¥ ¥ ¥ The Senate and Unlimited Debate— Vice President Dawes calls at tention to the fact that unlimited debate in the Senate does not make it pass fewer, but more laws. The Senate, with its small er membership, passes more of its bills than the House docs of its. It passes three times as large a proportion of those it in troduces. » It can be added that unlimit ed debate also gives each bill not more, but less consideration. Most iff the Senate s bills are passed by unanimous consent, without debate at all. One who has watched daily from the Senate gallery knows just how few of the speeches on the Senate floor are heard by the Senators- The same is true in the House. Congressional speeches, to a large extent are delivered for home consump tion. Laws are framed and their passage or defeat determined OFF the floor.. There are ex ceptions, of course, but taken as a whole, the debates on the floors of the Senate or the House change few votes. ¥ ¥ ¥ No Reason for Fire Rate Raise— Practically every property owner in the ctiy has been sub jected to an arbitrary raise in his fire insurance rates, said to be as high as 30 per cent in many instances. Inspectors rep resenting the insurance compa nies’ rate bureau re-rated the city a short time ago and when the new rate sheets were receiv ed by local agents they discov ered what is said to be a uni versal increase. There is no reason, no excuse, no justice in this increase. Americus has had no confla grations. Her fire loss has been exceptionally small. Her water supply was adequate, even dur ing the driest season of the past summer, and that is something that few other cities in the State can say. The city authorities declare they acceded to every demand or suggestion which would increase the efficiency of the fire department. Special agents of the compa nies have stated to Americus citizens that AMERICUS is a preferred risk; that this city is looked on by fire insurance men as one of the safest in the State. The city has never had "suspici ous fires," as is the case in oth er cities Taken by and large, Americus must be paying into the fire in surance companies alone, a large profit, for there’s been no losses to cut into the income the companies receive from the premiums collected here. It would be interesting to know just how, much cash is sent OUT of Americus every month to the insurance companies. It would be interesting to know what the'fire loss has been dur ing a given period and this com pared with the amount paid the companies in premiums. Such information can be secured. Some agency or organization should go into this increase, which looks now as if it were absolutely unfair, and not only demand a restoration of the for menrate, but a reduction’-of the rate That existed prior to the re cent t MUDD CENTER FOLKS 77- '[ ’ tf/AT! ZO THEY SHOULD* t / J SENT TH’ P»G BY I y \ MAIL AN' th Y| * (BILL BY EXPRESS’. ELMER SNODGRASS ORDERED A FANCY PIG FROM A BREEDER BUT WHEN HE. COMPARED The. size of the pig with- the bill for IT, HE DECIDED THE BREEDER GOT THINGS MIXED - OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS \ TEN YEARS AGO TODAY , (From The Times Recorder. Oco. 17, 1915) King cotton came back to Am ericus yesterday to the extene of 705 bales, and this influx of the fleecy created business as might have been expected. A large por tion of this amount was old cotton, carried over frm last year, but it was cotton. Postmaster D. F . Davenport leaves today for Washington where will attend the annual covention of postmasters, in seession there dur ing two or three days. In today paper occured some flashlights from the Times Record er, thirty years ago among them were the following. Socail Ameri cus was interested in annouce ment of the approaching marriage of Mr. Lyn Bell and Miss Elma Buchanan, and a sumptous wedding occasion it was. Miss Lillian Watts was awarded a prize at the com- . mencement exercieses of an At lanta seminary. Bugg Chapman of- I fers a reward for the return of his ■ setter "dog. “Jolly” who someone nad stolen. Mrs. S. K. Taylor, in ripping op- ' enan old pin cushion, found 35 ne- j edles, none of which she had so ■ much as missed. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hill and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb have leas ed the Lanier eparment on Collige street, where they will go to reside ina few days. Mrs. Edwin Bell and Miss Eve lyn Bell are expected to arrive to day from Columbia, S. C. and will be guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Evlyn Bell. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Oct. 17, 1905) In celebration of her fifth birth dav anniversary Miss Fannie Fur- EDITORIALS' - jUKI I n v wall Even the most pessimistic re ports on prohibition enforcement the first year of prohibition, and all concede that the conditions' perhaps the second, were “good.” ■ That is, prohibition was fairly well : enforce and it turned out when all conceded the conditions to be a good thing for the people. Is this noj, an encouraging ex ample for the policy of “attacking at the source”? There were just as many thirsty people the first year of prohibition 1 as the fifth, and there were just as many lawless persons willing to peddle booze to them. The differ ence was the supply. Retail bootlegging could spring up over night, and did. Wholesale supplies had to wait on capitalized organization. Unti 1 there were wholesalers to supply them, the pet ty bootleggers were unable to do much. And if the wholesale supply can now be curtailed, the retail boot legging will again be negligible, i’hat is a matter of profits. Men may buy booze from ap petite or smart-Aleckness and may peddle it from recklessness, or be- they have no other job, but men go into .the wholesale smuug gling or moonshining business only for profit. Take that away and you do not fieed to reform them. They quit. Then the small bootlegger with his home-made moonshine is soon out of a job. ANALYSIS OF “CRIME WAVES" All the analyses of the “crinal wave” emphasize one thing which abundantly justifies the restrictive policy of the new immigration law. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER low welcomed a host of her little friends yesterday afternoon at her home on Jackson street. The local market yesterday was i easy, good middling, 9 1-4, and i middling 9 cents. Up to this date Americus had re- ! ceived six thousands bales of cot- | ton less than the waresouse had handled up to October 16 last years. I Up to this time last season just 27,000 bbales had been maketed here as against 21,000 bales now. Mrs. Harry Steele and daughter, Miss Hester SSteele of Albany, are ' in the city and will remain here during the winter season. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times Recorder. Oct. 17, 1895) / • | "A. T. Curry, of Cordel, was in the citp yesterday getting quotations on certain grades of cotton for the sac- ‘ tory there. Thedemand cannot be i supplitd by the Cotton harket, just ! at this time and the factory must j look elsewhere for the staple. The socail event of the week will i be the german on Friday evenging at the Americus Club. There will be a large attendance from local socie ty circles as well as from neighbor ing cities, and the occasion will be very enjoyable. The matrimonial fever confines to spread in Americus with pleas ing rapidity. Besides the half dozen recent marriages, five others are ' booked for the next two weeks, with all returns not it. Will Hansford, after a stay of several weeks with his father and brothers in this city, his former home, returns to Washington this morning. While down shopping yesterday Miss Mattie Addison was so unfor tunate as to loose her purse, con taining about SSO in bills besides valuable papers. The critics explain that it is im possible to make the same appeal to community sentiment in this coun try as in others, besause we are so many sorts of people that whatever seems axiomatically right to one group of us seems as axiomatically wrong to other groups. We are not moved by the scorn of our neighbors, because many of them would praise un for the very I uiings that others condemn. A nomogeneous group, even of i savages, imposes the common will j without law because there is a com ,mon will. This force of public senti iment mosl do most of the law-en forcing, even in the most advanced communities. In America, where there are so many public sentiments this force is weakened. • • * If this is the case, it means that it was high time we put a stop to the wholesale coming of new people until those already here have had ume to merge into a more homo geneous people. I That happened long ago, in the .countries from which our immi grants come. It is necessary for | them to wait until it happens here. And that means until a whole gen eration has grown up, attending the i same schools, playing the s’aTft® j games together, marrying and giv ing in marriage, and working to gether in politics and business Then, with common loyalties, common customs, common ideals, we shall have something to which we may invite newcomers to “assimi late.” Our present task is to assimi late ourselves. SOB-SISTER SENTIMENTALITY The first by-product of scientific criminology’ was sob-sister senti mentality. If the criminal was in part the j product of forces, physical, nental ! and social, and was not simply a I wicked person, whom it was our i duty to hate and punish, the natural I conclusion seemed to be that we I should treat him with more leniency 'than had been the custom of the vindictive past. £ W'V 1 y -3 It’s sure a lot of trouble to be rising with the sun, and hiking to the hen coop where the hens are on the run. But, when a man ■ has chickens, it’s the thing that must be done. He does it ’cause he has to; not because he thinks it’s fun. They greet you with a cackle when you toss ’em lots of feed. Their corn and mash they tackle with a chicken’s type of greed. You pour e’m pans of water every time you pass their way ’cause they tip the dem pans over maybe twenty times a day. Your neighbors sometimes wonder what your scurry’s all about. You’re nailin’ up the coop to keep the winter breezes out. You lug a bale of straw home and you spread it on the floor. ou even stop to window-strip the edge of the door But, after all, it’s worth it, if your plans work out correct. It pays to keep your chicks right if you get what you expect. Imag ine what the thrill is, if a fellow's really able, to have, on every morning, REAL fresh eggs upon the table. IB SIMS Sometimes we get real mad and think maybe the human race will be over before long now. You hear a lot about this road to success, but you know it has the best scenery of any? Be careful about your wants. Everything depends upon what you want. Never was and furthermore nev er will be a kitchen large enough tor a man to loaf in. In Chicago, a bootlegger had it J shipped as books. But he claimed it The old motives for severity be ing discredited, the severity itself seemed unjustified. But the further development of impersonal, un vindictive, unmoralizing scientitic study of crime as a problem is tend ing to the opposite conclusion. Chief of Police Vollmer of Berke ley, Calif., widely known as a scien tific criminologist, in a recent ad dress advocated life imprisonment for habitual criminals, not as a "punishment,” but as the logical treatment,” of an incurable disease. Not the magnitude of the crime, but the hopelessness of reform, designates certain classes of crimin al repeaters for permanent segrega tion from society. Our successors may even be able to diagnose them before they com mit any serious crime at all. Any how, the merciful scientist would lock them up, permanently. / that have become dingy and dull are literally transformed by O-Cedar Polish. Pour it directly on the surface to be cleaned, then rub with a damp cloth. It restores good looks to floors, doors, wood work and furniture woods yet is safe to apply on a brand new piano. Try one bottle of O-Cedar Polish. Sold every where in various sizes from 30c to $3. ’// / H2..50 \ A MONTH ©»* #JOOO. cozens FRMCIFAL • AMD INTTNFST c <2Uk oZtru/ ! J. LEWIS , „ ELLIS 1 Empire Building * Phone 830 Americus, Ga. * * 't •» s-Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1925 was from the best cellars. One of our burning problems is , cheap cigars. - The trouble with asking questions and learning is everybody looks as if you were so ignorant. And some dirty crook stole a pearl necklace from a New York EMS SELECTED Position Upon finishing our r -I comprehensive sec- r-z=r I—J retarial, or steno- I—> FA graphic course you M 4 are in away to se |u I lect your own posi- Ijj tion because you are rH equipped to do it. M LjJ Prepare here for * JU| Z j; Success. M THE AMERICUS H M BUSINESS L 4 L!J COLLEGE Lj L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E, BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) Success Independence The first step for permanent | Tli ! • uccaM >• to “ve. Why not ' 7 « * et our Saving* Department y b* » erv >«. We pay 4% nßrj^Ty^g ! W" Compound intereit temi-an nually. Later on you will a w * ,e move for in- -- -■—dependence and happi*e«i. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating i Just Received! I Shipment of Columbia Talking Machin Among these are the latest style consoL / cabinet, table and portables. We are ing these at very attractive prices on 11 liberal terms. w Come in and look at the beautiful asJI ment we now have on hand. * ALLISON FURNITURE CO. chorus girl who may have worked so hard for it. All kinds of flowers enjoy lif ß except wall flowers. There are so many people who really need sympathy it just isn’t right to waste any on yourself. I Being broke with somebdy is the best way to make friends. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine S-afc I i rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness ■ caused by Catarrh. Sold by druggult for over 40 yeari F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohio REGISTRATION notice Books are now open for regis tration for primary to be held Nov. 16th, 1925. Books close Nov. 11th, 1925. A. D. GATEWOOD, JR., Clerk and Treas. Americui Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER, Manager Funeral Director* f? And Embalmer* Night Phone* 661 and 88 Dav Phon«« RK and 231 AMERICUS FISH FISH & OYSTER CO Always Fresh Fish Phone 778 RAILROAD SCHEDULES Central of Georgia Railway Co. (Central Standard Time) Arrive Depart 12:20 am Chi-StL Atla 2:53 am 1:53 am Albany-Jaxv 3:55 am 2:53 am siia-Jax-Alb 12:20 am 3:20 am Jaxv-Albany 11:42 pm 3:35 am Chi-Cinci-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 1:24 pm Det-Cinci-Atla 3:3 5 pm 1:54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pm 1:54 pm Albany-Montg 1 :54 pm 3:35 pm Mia-Jax-Alb 1:24 pm 6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon 8:10 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg 5:29 an> 11:25 pm Chi-StL-Bham 3:4oam 11’42 pm Chic-StL-Atla 3:20 am. SEABOARD AIR LINE Central Time Arrive Departs 7:55 am Cordele-Helena 9:05 am 12:31 pm Savh-Montg 3:23 pn> 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:31 pm A. F. FANNING, Local Agent
