" TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 18T9
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. , 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.
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• 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. ""
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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.
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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'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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J. LEWIS
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1 Empire Building
* Phone 830
Americus, Ga.
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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
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C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Cashier
The Planters Bank of Americus
(Incorporated)
Success
Independence
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' 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-
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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.
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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
