About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1925)
PAGE SIX THE TIMES-RECORDER ESTABLISHED L*vebce E»e Editor and PobliahOT j Entered n s*<<3Jid claw matter at the post office at Am eric -» Georgia, aceordin< to the Ac: of Cam<reM The Aaaociated Pre*« a exclur.»eiy entitled to the uae for the repuMieatioai of all Bru di«- patchea credited to it or not otherwise credited to thia paper and a-»> ike local -»w» published here in All right of republication of apecal dapa'.cheo are reaerred. National Aheriaing Repreaentativea FROST | LANDIS 4 KOHN. 225 Fifth A’.eo-e, New York: P eop >ee Gaa Bldg., Chicago, Wahoo Building, Atlanta. ED I T O R1 A L S Sumter Fair Edition — This edition of the Times-Re corder—somewhat larger than usual—shows conclusively that Americus is a “good place to shop- Almost everthing needed in the modern conduct of home or business may be purchased here from our own folks and at prices reasonable and fair. Run through the page again and see how few things CANNOT be | found right here in YOUR town, ind offered by YOUR friends and neighbors. The dollar spent at home is' a dollar retained. The dollar! sent out of the county is gone for- , ever. The dollar here continues ! to circulate from one to another, adding with each change of hands a bit to the wealth of the com munity. In so far as is possible, give your local merchant your patron age. Do it for the selfish reason that in so doing, you help your self. If. & Sf. Work for the Boys of Americus — There are three civic clubs in the city. Each has a boks’ work committee; that is a committee of men who are trying to do something for the boys of Amer icus. Recently a young fellow, bright and industrious, came to us for aid in securing employment. In substance here s what he said: “I was born here in Americus. My folks live hcc. All my friends live here, i want to stay here, but I can’t stay unless there .s work for mt —real work. ‘Xbout the only openi ig to a young man in this town is as a clerk or a soda fount “jerker.” That doesn't appeal to me. I want an oppor tunity, but there's none here for me. Literally, my own folks force me to leave the section I ove most.” The finest thing we can do for Ur boys is to do what this young .ellow wants us to do for him: Give him an opportunity to stay at home and have his way. That’s real boys' work. That's something that will make it possi ble for our sons to get a start and make this a finer and more pros perous community. In a certain South Georgia town one man saw this thing we are trying to write about. He saw the need and he acted- Today in this South Georgia town the boys —and the girls—are given em ployment and others have been drawn in and the whole communi ty is jumping. All because one man had a vision and did some thing really worth while for the boys of his town. ♦¥ * * Faith and Works Must Be Combined— Faith without work is valueless; work without faith is a wastage; but faith and work accomplish wonders- That’s trit but true. Seldom do we hear a speaker in South Georgia these days who does not say in so many words what C. E. Thomas, president of the Autauga Banking and Trust Co., of Prattville, Ala., says in the following letter to the Manu facturers’ Record: “We in Alabama feel like we are on the eve of a boom, and all that we need to do is to let the people North and West know the many advantages we have in middle Alabama.” The South IS on a boom and there are some unfortunates who believe that all that they have to do is to sit tight and wait for the “boom’’ to roll in. Five years, ten years from today they’ll still be whittling sticks and cracking peanuts about the stove in the rear of their places of business. Commenting on the above let ter from the Alabama banker, the manufacturers Record has this to say: . The Manufacturers Record be lieves that the movement now un der way looking to Southern de velopment, or what some people call a boom, will spread through out the entire South from Virginia to Texas. It is already in evidence in a great many places outside A THOUGHT Watch ye and pray lest ye enter into temptation.—Mark 14:18. • • ♦ Satan trembles when he sees the weakest man upon his knees. — ! Cowper. of Florida, and the development of Florida will, in our opinion have a reflex action in sitrr.ulat ing people of other parts of the South to carry on the same kind of intensive campaign of optimism and of publicity in behalf of other parts of the South, and whin that is done as persistently as Florida people have done it the results will be in keeping. It is not enough, however, simp ly to let the people of the North and central West know the many advantages possessed by the South. First and foremost must be a quick ening of the thought of the pepole of the South themselves as to their advantages. They must realize that it i- within their power to de velop their own interests and cre ate prosperity. They must have faith, for without faith nothing of importance can be done in material or in spiritual things, and their faith must be backed by works, un tiring, ceaseless enhrgy. When this has been done the people of the North and West wil’ begin to hear about what is going on and will of their own accord begin to investigate other parts of tne South, just as they have been in vestigating Florida. The Florida people first had faith in themselves and in their state, and year after year, undaunted by trials and by occasional disasters, they kept on showing their faith by their works and proclaiming throughout the land the glories of Florida. Now the crowd from the North and West is driving Florida-ward with tremendous force. The same kind of work exerted throughout the South would even tually procure the same kind of movement which is under way in Florida, both of men and money. Speakers are want to remark that all Florida has is SAND and SUNSHINE and that remark in variably brings a laugh from the audience. But it's true—true in this sense. Those Florida fellows have their craws filled with sand and their souls full of sunshine, They believe in Florida and in themselves; they have forgotten how to frown. The knocker, the slouch, the slacker have no place in Florida s scheme of life. We would be foolish to over look the examples set by others. Let us profit by what Florida is teaching us and follow their ex ample—particularly by combin ing faith with work. Do that and we win. Automobiles and Roads— -1 wenty-three thousand miles of highways were built to grade or surfaced on the state systems in 1924, according to information collected by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Ag riculture. More than 17,000 miles were surfaced during the year. The surface -ndileage constructed by types was as follows: Sand-clay, 1,385; gravel, 7,660; water bound macadam, 467; surface treated macadam, 1.000; bitum inous macadam, 997; sheet as phalt, 120; bituminous concrete, 564; cement concrete, 4,850, and brick, other block pavements, 164. The bureau estimates that at the end of 192 3, there were sur faced roads in the state systems totaling 111,400 miles. Adding the mileage surfaced in 1924, aft er making allowances for the fact that a portion of the new work consisted of the resurfacing of old roads, it is indicated that ap proximately half of the 251,610 miles embraced in the state sys tems were surfaced at the begin ning of the present year. Ihe figures represent work done un der state supervision, including federal aid work. but do not include county or local work off the main state systems. The automobile has brought this about, and we are just at the beginning. In a few more ypars, one may leave New York City and drive to Key West over a continuous hard-surfaced dustless From the Golden Gate to Manhattan will be a joyous ride, for mother, dad and the k'ds. Nights by the camp fire and days through wonderful new country will open the eyes of America to what she has to offer the world. [Good roads and automobiles are making neighbors of the Ore gon apple grower and the peach orchardist of Georgia. MUDD CENTER FOLKS r L CANT FtCURt OUT MOW t , 7 (THIS HERE. MACHINE. WORKS J "i> THROW EMAWAY! HOW 00 Y PUT THESE CUPS ft/ AN SMUT UP Y' PuHNED out) ; SACK tn TM' DURN THING ? ! Foot £A Folks'll tm:nk we'a ' -- - jk~~- ‘/ " USIN’ ' E * OVER" /NPIVIOULC j[ K „ cups 1 1 W' \ 1 J ' >. ‘ J | /w* © ! • 4® I 3 > l ' '■' / / J* POP SLUPE HELPED CLEAM UP TH£ WAITING RQOF\ AT THE DEPOT AND LOST , the Yob when he got fired for SHOWING HIS IGNORANCE OF MODERN ".OKIYOAPTjCMJX ■*.»...- . OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TEN YEARS AGO TODAY | (From The Times-Recorder, Oct. 24,’ 1915.) Capt. John A. Cobb left today for ' Macon, where by virtue of his office as president of the Georgia Agricul tural society, he will occupy con j spicious place in the State Fair, 1 which opens October, 26th. j Stephen Space attended court at Preston today. | Miss Mary Belle Hixon is visiting friends in Atlanta. Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen has returned to his offices in Atlanta after spend ing the week-end with hcmefolks. Seven hundred Americus automo biles burned yesterday, despite the fact that trust prices were now 22 cents for the buzz fluid. Mr. W. C. Clark, manager of the Western Union Telegraph, Co., a visitor in Macon this week. Mr. J. M. Murray of Ellaville, was in Americus Sunday. Through the efforts of Congress man Crisp and Postmaster Daven port, of Americus, the department has announced that the fourth auto mobile rural route from Americus will be established December Ist. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 24, 1905.) Mr. and Mrs. John Sheffield have returned home from New York where they spent three weeks pleasantly. Hon. E. B. Lewis, the very popular and able representative from the Third District was in Americus yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bell have just observed their “China wedding” this being the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. Ten cents is again the price of EDITORIALS ■P’ i A<7 Two complaints of American drinking habits come from Europe. One is that American tourist drink too much. The other is that they drink too little. In the hectic resorts, they storm the bar and make nuisances of them selves. In German restaurants, they order lemonade and pass up even the light wines and beer of the country. Doubtless most of these lemonade drinkers in Germany belong to that vast majority of Americans who either were never in the habit of drinking or have got out of the habit of it since prohibition, and who now find themselves more comfortable without it in a country where there is no legal or social objection, and where the beverages are mild. But doubtless also some of them are the identical individuals who made such frantic spectacles of themselves when they first landed. There are certain groups in America who hav e had the drink complex They did not particularly want a drink, but they did want the privi lege of taking it. So, long brooding on the idea, they leap to the chance when they reach a" free” country—and then they find they don’t like it. They feel happier in their right minds. So, by the time they reach Germany, they quit in disgust, and drink lemonade. REVIVE TASTE* OLD BOOKS We might do well to revive a taste for old books. They are the garnered treasures of the ages. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER cotton here and the man who back ed his faith by holding or buying smiles the smile that won’t etc. etc. The wedding outlook here is real ly distressing. There is not an event posted for November and not even a prospective runaway for Christmas. Evangelist McConell after a stay of nearly three weeks in Americus, left yesterday for Douglas, Ga., where he has an engagement to con duct a ten day’s union meeting. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY (From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 24, 1895.) At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, at the residence of the bride’s fath er, Mr. C. S. S. Horne Mr. John Monahan and Miss Eva Horne were | united in marriage. The marriage ; was witnessed by quite a large num ber of friends, of the high contract ing parties. The attendants were j Mr. Willis McArthur, with Miss Eve lyn Horne, and Mr. Jeff D. Peacock with Miss Bessie Wheeler. The brid al party returned to Americus yes terday afternoon. x Messrs. Charles R. Crisp and John Sheffield went to Montgomery yes terday to attend a swell german there last night. One of the prettiest church wed dings witnessed in Americus was that yesterday of Mr. James Davenport and Miss Chloe Belle White. The bride was most becomingly attired in a handsome novelty suiting of a dark rich shade, while the brides maids were gowned in walking cos tumes of similar material. Miss Carrie Adams left yesterday for Atlanta, where she will remain with relatives until her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Adams leave for their home in Laurens, S. C. They stand for the permanencies. Shakespeare Knew nothing of Freudian sex-complexes, but he sounded the depths of human pas sion. Homer lived in a limited and childish world, but he filled it with pictures that are fadeless forever. There are Italian sonnets of such beauty that it hurts. Chaucer is as refreshing as the sweet showers of April with which fiis famous Prologue begins. Dante and Milton and Goethe lift you to the ultimate peaks of imag ination. Or, if these supreme au thors are too much, the cultured leisures of the British classics and the older novelists offers a fine an tidote for the hectic stress of modern life. Put yourself, for an evening or two a week, back to the generations when men had time. “Pep” may be necessary tomor row; let “calm” be the word to night. • * • NEW YORK REALLY CARES Evidently New York cares. And that is saying a lot. The traditional metropolitan at titude has been one of superior amusement at the moral reproaches of the cow countries and the ‘Rube’ districts. Now, when the Methodist Church charges New York with being the center of distribution of indecency, New York raises to defend itself. New York produces these things, to be sure, so the defense runs, but it does so mostly for country con sumers. Which is doubtless partly true. Most of the ’’Frenchiness” of Paris, for that matter, is for Amer ican touristfc. But the main thing is that New York cares. Whenever a community thinks a charge of immorality is worth de fending itself against, that com munity is on she way to reform. TROUBUS You’ll" gladly admit that you’re tickled a heap when every thing s lookin’ up bright. When things run on smoothly it’s peace that you keep with the world,’ cause your burden is light. When mind isn’t clouded with this or with that, it’s easy to plug right along. But listen here, fellow, just where are you at, if something abruptly goes wrong? . , , You can t expect credit for spreadin’ a grin when there’s noth in but cheer in your lot. Most anyone lets his bits of smilin’ come in when the right sort of prospects they’ve got. The thing that establishes grit in a man, and proves him a reg ular guy, is doin the best that he possibly can, and smilin’ while troubles roll by. The cheerfulness side of your everyday life can really be made to seem double, if you can just fight off the worry and strife, and thus get the best of your trouble. VIEW GORGEOUS DAHLIA DISPLAY Displayed in Annual Dahlia Show at New York Botanical Garden NEW YORK, Oct. 24. —A green, dahlia which flowers “nvisibly” is! among the curiosities from all over i the country displayed in the annual ! dahlia exhibit at the New York B tanical Garden. Throngs pass it by' without realizing that it is in flower. ( What the botanists call the “raps” j and the non-botanicai public call the | “petals” are of the ordinary leaf-; green color. This is technically known as a “re-, version,” and cases of this sort, Dr. | Marshall A. Howe, the Garden’s dah lia expert, said, help to support the evolutionists belief that the parts of a flower and ordinary leaves are different modification of what is es sentially one kind of organ. More tha na thousand dahlias are abloom at the Garden in Bronx Park. Exhibits from Connecticut, New Jer sey, Massachusetts and California feature the autumn display. SOME FEDERAL FARM FACTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Ap proximately bushels of cull apples are going to waste in the fruit growing sections of Washing ton every year. The number of dairy cows in New Hampshire has decreased 15 per cent. But if these cows ar e of low production, their loss may not be as serious to our agriculture as it would at first appear. The United States Department of Agriculture has undertaken an ex haustive survey of the field of re search relating to the farm operat ing equipment. Germany removed its prohibition of grain exports on Oct. 1 and is now selling cheaper low-gluten wheat to Baltic countries and at the same time importing bread wheat from the United States and Canada Jugoslavia will export 440,000 short tons of wheat and flour in the year ending Aug. 31, 1926, accord ing to estimates of the Congress of Jugoslav Chambers of Commerce. There are about 50 federations of local farmers’ organizations in the United States. And there are about fifty central or state-wide associa tions that combine the functions of the local farm organization and the federation. The keys to success lovks the door to excess. A newsboy has won a scholarship at Harvard university. For the sake of dear old Harvard we hope they don’t allow dice shooting there. 0 err a CHATHAM LOAN X /J 2.50 A MO"™ o,< #ro 00.; COVERS PRINCIPAL 4N» IhTrRMT J. LEWIS ; ELLIS Empire Building * Phone 830 Americus, Ga. e <• —=saESt/ SATURDAY .AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24. 1925 FORMER RESIDENT PASSES AWAY Sumter County and Americus res- ■ idents will learn with regret, the passing of one of her former resi dents, M. A. Hartley. Mr. Harley passed away at his home in La Grange, last Tuesday. ! The funeral services were held at' Oglethorpe Thursday afternon with • Rev. Jelks of the Lutheran Church, officiating. Surviving Mr. Harley are his wid-' ow, three daughters, Mrs. T. E. Caatleberry of Americus, Mrs. J. W. Bcßride of Oglethorpe and Mrs. A. C. Leroy of La Grange; three sons, M. A. Jr., and John of the United States Navy, and Charles Hartley of Manchester. INTEREST ON SHORT TIME LOANS CUT WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—inter est rates on short-tim e loans for agri cultural purposes in the United States have declined materially in the last 10 years. This decrease is noticed especial ly in regions where the cost of such loans was formerly- unusually high. The decline has been most mark ed in the southern and mountain states where the interests rates on short-term bank loans declined as much as 2.6. According to estimates, there is at present ?3,000,000,000 loaned out on short-time notes for agricultural purposes. MAKES COLLECTION OF STATE’S INSECTS MANHATTAN, Kas., Oct. 24. —A collection of all known species of Kansas insects is the goal toward which the Department of Entomol ogy at the Kansas Agricultural Col lege is aiming. The department’s collection, start ed in 1879, now has become so com plete that in a few years this goal will be attained. L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, A«-’t. Cashier C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass t. Cashier The Planters Bank of Americus (Incorporated) S Success Independence The first step for permanent success is to save. Why not let our Savings Department nually. Later on you will find this a wise move for in dependence end happiness. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating We Offer Fifty acres of land, Seventeenth district, land lot No. 81, improved as follows: One five room house, barn, crib, and one tenant house five miles south of Plains on the Thomas Mill Road. Price $2,375.00. $ 1,375.00 cash and $ 1,000 November 1, 1926. Soil black and red gravel, mostly black. We consider this a bargain. * ALLISON REALTY CO. Phone 253 Six hundred standard insect col lection boxes are now required to house the collection. This collection has been m a large ' part built up by contributions from state naturalists. SICKLY, PEEVISH CHILDREN Children suffering from intestinal worms are cross, restless and unhealthy. There are other symptoms, however. ' If the child is pale, has dark rings under the eyes, baa breath and takes no interest in play, it is almost a certainty that worms are eating away its vitality. The surest remedy for worms is White's Cream Vermi fuge. It is positive destruction to the worms but harmless to the child. Price 35c. Sold by NATHA'N MURRAY, Druggist AMERICUS UNDERTAKING CO. Nat LeMaster, Manager Funeral Directors and Embalmers Day Phones 88 and 231 Night Phone—66l and 88 Hall’s Catarrh — will do what we MOCRICIIIC claim for it rid your system of Catarrh cr Deafness caused by Catarrh. SoW by druggtfts for ortr 40 years F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio 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 Mia-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 Aibany-Montg 1:54 pm 3:35 pm Mia-Jax-Alb 1:24 pm 6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon 8:10 am 10:35 pm Aibany-Montg 5:29 am 11:25 pm Chi-StL-Bham 3:40 am 11-42 pm Chic-StL .Ltla 3:20 am SEABOARD AIR LINE Central Time Arrive Depart# 7:55 am Cordele-Helena 9:05 am 12:31 pm Savh-Montg 3:23 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:31 pm A. F. FANNING, Local Agent-
