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PAGE SIX THE TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED 1879 Lovelace Eve Editor and Publisher ; Entered aa second claw matter at the post office A THOUGHT at Americus, Georgia, according to the Act of Congress I " 111 i ■ ■■■■ For this is thank worthy, if a man The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to f° r conscience toward God endure the use for the republication of all news dis grief, suffering wFongfullv. 1 Pet- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the lo> a! news published here- , er Z:l9. in. All right of republication of special dispatches are reserved. * * * National Ad.eni.iM Reprea.nt.tiv.., FROST j Thl ’ ou Kh much enduring COttle Landis i kohn, 225 Filth Avenue. New York; things that cannot be endured Peoples Gas Bdg , Chicago; Walton Building, ' Jat in Proverb Atlanta. P EDTt O RIAL S~~j Gas Taxed in All States But Four Gasoline is taxed by every I State in the union but four, Illi nois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. The first half of 1925, gas yielded to those states taxing gas $60,108,734. according to figures from the United States Department of Agriculture. Os this sum, more than fifty millions goes into road work. Only July I the tax per gallon was 5 cents in one State, 4 cents in two states, 3 1-2 in one State, 3 cents in twelve states, 2 1-2 cents in one State, 2 cents in 23 states and one cent in five states- South Carolina is the state with . a 5 cent tax; North Dakota, | Rhode Island. Texas, Connecti- , cut and Maine are the states with a one cent tax. Georgia’s 3-cant tax netted her $1,637,203 wp'To June 30 of this lorida with the same ■>dff collected $2,731,387, and North Carolina with a 4-cent tax enriched her treasury to the sum < of $2,782,242- Rhode Island’s ■ one-cent tax brought in $45,000, ] the lowest of all the states which ] tax gasoline. ; Just as long as the tax is put j back into the roads, the auto owner will not kick on the tax, i but he has a legitimate howl when the tax is used for any other pur- ] pose. ¥ * Bi- Drinks On Editor Pleasant Stovall The writer of editorials never knows what the printer will make him say. Working at high ten sion, errors occur in the most care fully edited papers. A paragraph of one ar.ticle gets on to the, end of another and the editorial writ er is made to appear rather ridic ulous- A few days ago the Savannah Yess carried two short editorials, between the two was a one-line ’short." Here are two para graphs from the Press editorials: The presence of the Governor of Georgia was appreciated in Sa vannah yesterday. The governor has always stood up for Savannah and although far from well, came down to show his sympathy for the great work which this city has launched. The com mittee was very careful with him and at his own request he was re lieved from participation of much of the ceremonial exercises. Senator Walter F. George has shown himself a good friend of Savannah. K'e came down here with Mrs. George and they were I prominent guests in the festivities. ! His speech at the banquet last evening was practical and full cf force. Senator George does not have to refer to notes when he marshals facts and figures. He is student of national affairs and made a splendid presentation of the record of the general govern ment in giving aid to highways. Senator George is measuring up splendidly to the duties of his high position and is developing in the best possible way. Sandwiched in between the two editorial paragraphs above quoted was this sentence: "White lie* are used when things look dark.” We wonder what the genial gentleman who presides over the destinies of the Press said when he caught that—or may be he overlooked it. We are very sure that both Senator George and Governor Walker have a perfect right to demand "drinks on the house" the next time the ymeet the Sa vannah publisher. Some months ago a Georgia editor wdts dessertation on the necessity of absolute truthfulness and accuracy, so far as is humanly possible, in all editorial writing. He had stated that at times, in the rush of the day, inaccurate statements sometimes creep in, even on the most carefv.llly edited pages. In the course of his theme he intended to use this sentence: "An editorial writer should tell the WHOLE truth." The copy was blurred, and one word had been scratched out, but here's what the printer made the editoi tay: "An editorial writer should NEVER tell the whole truth." The error was rot seen unti 1 after the papers had been print led and delivered. Then it was 1 too late. A few weeks ago as the make up man placed the type in the front page of another Georgia paper he swapped heads over two stories. Over the story of a religious affair there appeared a slangy head composed by a sport writer. Over a prize fight article was the head of the re ligious story. Both were made to appear ridiculous in the extreme. When a congenial bunch of editors get together many are the funny stories related of such in stances as these occasionally they are tragic. Some times the paper finds itself facing a libel suit—or the editor a licking—for purely unintentional errors on the < part of someone. ! ** * j The Alley of Long Ago— Tragedy: A spark from the chimney of a Boston tenement de- ' stroys an enormous pile of kind ling wood on the roof. This wood 1 had been brought from miles away by small boys of the fam- ' ilies that live below. Throughout the hot summer ' they had toiled, hauling the kind- ’ ling in toy wagons or breathing heavily as they trudged along 1 with their precious cargo in their I arms. J “About 100 damages," re- ’ ported the prosaic firemen. But 1 the official record does not cover the disappointment and heart- 1 ache of the small lads whose toil 1 has vanished in smoke. To them it is a traged'y. Grown-up men will sympathize 1 with these poor Boston boys, as 1 memory takes them back to alley prowling of years gone by. The alley had not been virtually elim inated then by city congestion and high land values. It was the choice playground of red-blooded lads. There they gathered kindling, collected old iron and bones for the junkman, i or searched near the livery stable for the symbol of good luck— the horseshoe. Comes, too, tn memory, the alley fences from whose tops we raided fruit trees, and no fruit ever tasted sweeter. The alley, as a boyhood insti tution, is just about gone except in smaller towns or villages. City youth, never having tasted this sweet, doesn’t know what it is missing. But a considerable army of us, if boys again, wouldn t trade, for modern youth’s radios and movies and other marvels, i the old-time alley and its fences ‘disfigured with initials carved by the proud owners of Christmas: jackknives. Progress is fine, cluttering life with fancy manufactured articles. But we lose a lot of the great thrills and pleasures when we forfeit simplicity. Tom Sawyer’s natural habitat is an alley- W7-TOM ■I ’S3')SIMS “Look prosperous anyway,” ad- I vertises a pressing shop. Yes, the j > ■ power of the press is great. II . I Something about work makes us I so mad we would like to grow up I and marry a rich widow. r[ ' >1 A bachelor is a man who can’t ’ j even enjoy staying away from home Money won’t get you into society, but lack of it will put you out. I > At beauty shows, al lof it does. i -——— , An old golf club and a new hus . band make excellent rug beaters. • ' You can have your ups and downs , ' and still be on the level. 1 - A man is known by the head he : keeps. 1 y Women who roast others are not Ji always good cooks. s r I At beauty shows, all of it does, d Some neighbors will borrow any il I thing except the baby. MUDD CENTER FOLKS '/////, r Meres a mam in z ofc’ 7 CHICAGO TRET'S COMMA | j S \ GIVE TWO MILLION / DOLLARS FER. AN f J -.... aquariu/a ’ Z ffl feSßWfe fraO y AWFUL WASTE O' MONEY* I COT THIS ONE HERE FROM riTfci A . TH MAIL ORDER HOUSE FER ONLY FIFTY-NINE Xi cents* 4- « ■ <7 B i it ’’ 1 1 -i ■ j OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS j TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. i (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 20, 1915) The meeting yesterday after noon of the Tuesday afternoon Bridge club was a very delightful occasion, meeting at the home of Miss Mary Ella Davenport. Bridge was played at three tbles, and a de licious salad course and ices was served at the conclusion of the in teresting game. The membership of the Bridge club includes, Mrs. Lucius McCleskey Mrs Jasme Ferguson, Mrs Glen , Hooks, Mrs Eugene Hill, Mrs James Reese, Mrs John M.Council, Misses Ruth Brown, Catherine Davenport, Mildred Hollis, Mary Bell Hixon, Gertrude Hudson, Sarah Tower and Mary Ella Davenport. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cobb re turned last evening from their wed ding trip to Florida, and are at home with Mr and Mrs Eugene Hill on Col lege Street. The manyfriends of little Miss Hazel Prather will regret to learn of her illness and confinement to her home on Barlow Street. Mr and Mrs A. C. Crockett, both ; of whom have been ill at their home on Lee Street for several days, are now recovering. Mrs Crawford Wheatley will leave Thursday evening for New Yohk up on an extended stay, and will also spend sometime at Annapolis, Md. Where her son, Charles, is taking a preparatory course with the inten tion of entering the Naval Academy. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 20, 1915) Mr T. C. Sinquefield, of Tennille came to Americus yesterday on bus- EDITORIALS Should a married woman take her husband’s name? Ultra-modern theorists used to debate this question academically, but now it threatens to become prac tical. " You dear a notice something like this: “Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Robin son announce the impending mar riage of their daughter, Miss Jane Jones, to Baron Hugo von Winkel stadt. Miss Jones will be remem bered as the beautiful Miss Wilson, former wife of Hendrik Janson, whoes divorce from Lieutenant Rob erts of the farines was the sensation of society a few years ago. She has just been granted her interlocutory decree from her present husband. Dr. Durand, Whom she married last year after divorcing young Percy Montgomery, son of the Wall street | banker, with whom she eloped im mediately after the separation from Lieutenant Roberts. The marriage with Baron von Winkelstadt will take place immediately after the decree becomes final, next October.” Now, in a case like that, what is i the lady’s name? If she keeps any of the same friends, from chapter to chapter, they must have something continuous to identify her by. Apparently there is nothing con tinuous but “Jane.” And actually, during the last post-war recation of the same sort, after the French rev olution, that was what they had to do. There was a woman writer in Ber . lin, in the early part of the last cen tury, who had so many successive THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER iness. Mrs. F. Arthur has returned home from a very pleasant visit of two weeks to friends in Albany. Mrs E. Y. Andrews left yester day for Atlanta, and will spent some time with relatives there. Prof. L. D. Lockheart joined the throng of Americus people going to the state fair yesterday. Like the jump of a squirrel at the bark of a terrier the cotton market bounded yesterday to the highest point reached in several weeks, and Americus buyers readily paid a frac tion above nine and a half cents for the finest staple. Mr. Lee Hansford is still con fined by illness to his home on Lee Street, where a lame limb has eng aged his undivided attention re cently. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 20, 18 95) Mrs T. B. Hoyt, of Fort Valley, is visiting her sister, Mrs W. S. Prather at her home residence on Lee Street. Miss Mollie White, of Griffen, arrived, yesterday to attend the mar riage of her cousin, Miss Chole Belle White, to Mr A. Davenport, on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J. F. Mayo, and Al bert Harris leaves this morning for Atlanat and will spend a week at the Exposition. Atlant’s “Midway” could not have been more crowded than the streets of Americus yesterday. Thousadns of people thronged the busy through fares pushing and shoving each other in the attempt to move along. Mrs Lee Allen left yesterday for Sumter on a visit to her sister, Mrs K. M. McDonald. legal names that liteary historians were at a loss which one to call her by, after she was dead. They finally compromised on her first name, “Amalie.” There are more legitimate di lemmas than the divorce mania. Actresses whoes names were an asset, have long continued to the same names before and after mar riage. Writers occasionally do the same. r Now that women are entering the professions, the same practical rea son will be important to much larg er group of people. And there are famous names to be preserved. The Princess Bertha Canacueene, .great-granddaughter of presidenjt Grant, is about to become, by mar riage, plain Mrs. Smith. i To most American tastes, there is ’ no come-down from Cantacuzene to ’ Smith, even if it invoices giving up the “princess.” But would not the name of Grant be a prouder one than any other, to those fortunate enough to inherit it? We may have to adopt a new sps tem of naming, if we insist on mak ing over almost everything that the old system was intended to prepetu ate and commemorate. MUST BELONG TO FACISTI UNION “Belong to any labor organiza tion you please,” says the Italian ' Fascist!, “but if you have anything 1 to say, regarding wages, hours or conditions of work, you must do it throught the fascisti lobor unions.” Which means, of course, that everybody has to belong to the f fascisti unions. And the employers - have had to agree to recoznize and > deal through these unions. It is “tyranny,” of course. Every- - thing in Fascisti Italy is. But it is less tyrannical than the ; system most Ameirican capitalists When yer buried in yer labor and yer tryin’ hard to think,, and a , . , are runnin’ through yer mind, the man who starts to whistle sure kin put ya on the blink, and set yer daily workin’s far behind. It’s simply irritatin’ when a shrill note rents the air, and plays a dull tatoo upon yer ears. At times the sweetest whistle seems a mean nerve-racking blare, that thrives upon the trend of thought The man who turns ta whistlin’ doesn’t do it just for spite. It’s just ms W ay O s bringin’ out his cheer. A tune may kinda haunt him and he lets it come to light, forgettin’ that it pesters those who hear. ~ . i..., ? n auditorium where whisters may collect, and let I their whistling hab.t loudly throb. Just give ’em all the chance they the lob"" then We may eXpect ’ they ’ n be to ° tired whistle on dream of establishing. , The Italian laborers have to be- i long to a particular union, to be sure, but they may at last belong to that, and be dealt with through it. Empliyers have to reconize it, I and deal witth its delegates, wheth- j er the particular delegate is em- j ployed be the particular employer or ■ not. “Union busting” is not premitted in Italy, on pain of Fascist ven geance. Th e Fascist revolution was an antUSocialist one, to jrotect Italian capital against impending confiscation. And the first things it did were ti impose on Italian capitalists most of the bugaboos with American conservatives stigmatize as “Social ist.” Now it imposes the closed shop and compulsory recognition of the union on them. And they like it! It is good for business. RUSSIANS MARRY ON THREE YEAR TRIAL BERLIN, Oit. 19. —Marriages on three year probation have been au thorized by the Soviet government, writes the Berliner Lokal Anzeiger. After this period both parties will be privileged to rontract on a new and permanent marriage, if mutually the bond has proved satisfactory. Otherwise, each party will be at lib erty to separate without going thru any of the usual divorce formal ; ties. The law was passed to clarify the BILIOUSNESS Retired Minister Tells How He Keeps in Good Form With the Assistance of Black-Draught West Graham, Va.—The Rev. Lewis Evans, a well-known retired minister, now past 80, living here, has a high opinion of Black- Draught, which he says he has taken when needed, for 25 years. “For years I had been suffering with my liver,” he says. “Some times the pain would be very in tense and my back would hurt all the time. Black-Draught was the first thing I found that would give me any relief. “My liver has always been slug gish. Sometimes it gives me a lot of trouble. I have suffered a lot with it —pains in my side and back, and bad headache, caused from ex treme biliousness. “After I found Black-Draught, I would begin to take it as soon as I felt a spell coming on and it re lieved the cause at once. I can recommend it to anybody suffer ing from liver trouble. A dose or two now and then keeps me in good form.” Made from selected medicinal roots and herbs, and containing no dangerous mineral drugs, Black- Draught is nature’s own remedy for a tired, lazy liver. NC-166 k > f J I : o air a CHATHAM tQAH : f #12.50 A month om #IOOO. covers principal 4NX> INTfREST t J. LEWIS » { ELLIS Empire Building Phone 830 > Americus, Ga. a ‘ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, 1925 i state of matrimonial confusion exist- j ! ing in Russia ,said the Anzeiger. The' probationary marriage needs only to j be registered at the city clerk’s of-; i flee. If the marriage ends in failure, ■ ■ the registrar will simply draw a blue I j pencil mark through both names, I | where, officially at le?st, the mar- i riage will be shown never io have ex ; isted. The present at which a young man : in Russia may marry is 18 and that j of a girl 16. The wife may either adopt the name of her husband or I retain her own. A third contingency is the ta husband may adopt his wife’s name. GUNNYBAGS MADE AT FORT GUNNYBAG I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.—A1 company o nlower Sacramento street j manufacturers g«nnybags on the' site of old Fort Gunnybags, of sin ister memory in the stirring gold rush years at the threshold of San ; Francisco’s history. Fort Gunnybays was the place where the vigilantes hanged crimi nals in 1851, when for a few months these dispensers of summary justice had entire control of th e city. They year preceding had been lawless and i* *♦* v *♦* »♦* v *♦» f HEAD STUFFED FROM t i CATARRH OR A COLD* »*♦ •£♦ X Says Cream Applied in Nostrils* £ Opens Air Passages Right Up. v •J» ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ y •** ♦*« »♦. .»» Instant relief —no waiting. Your clogged nostrils open right up: the air passages of your head clear anil you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night: your cold or catarrh disappears. Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream ■ Balm from your druggist now. Apply j a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, I healing cream in your nostriis. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief conies instantly. It’s just tine. Don’t stay stuffed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh. 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 S ttSssSillsJf The first step for permanent H •"«••• >• to “V®. Why not m o,ir Savings Department EaOOWt sl' I be of ,ervice - We p»y 4% Compound interest semi-an ”aUr* Lat,r yon will ajgia||jid find this a wise more for in dependence and happiness. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating -.. L ai . iffl | 3®®gffi,'aaaaaaaEf I Just Received ! 3 I (Shipment of Columbia Talking Machines. | Among these are the latest style consoles, I g cabinet, table and portables. We are offer- 1 ing these at very attractive prices on most I 11 liberal terms. Come in and look at the beautiful assort- I I ment we now have on hand. j ALLISON FURNITURE CO. I the histories say that 100 murderers had gone unpunished. The Vigil ance Committee was organized, en rolling 5,000 men on a military plun. Arms were seized from the state. Sacks were filled with sand and piled high in a building, over which guns were mounted—hence Fort Gunny bags. 6 6 6 is a prescription for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever. It kills the germi Hall’s Catarrh will do what we claim for i£- ' rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness ■ caused by Catarrh. Sold b-; drugi«:> for ovtr 40 ytan | F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio Americus i Undertaking Co. NAT LEMASTER. Manager , i unerai Directois And Embalmers Night Phones 661 and 8S 5k.• •''bonrw and 23* 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 biia-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 3:35 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 3:40 am 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 S’avh-Montg 3:23 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:31 pm A. F. FANNING, Local Agent.
