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.
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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. !
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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.
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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
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‘ 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
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i CATARRH OR A COLD*
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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
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(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.
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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.
