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MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26, 1925. Scandal Harsh Price lo Pay for Freedom ROSE PASTOR I STOKES SAYS PRICE TOO MUCH I Says Scandal Can Only Lead to Soul Bankruptcy. Causes Men and Women to Live in Indecent Wedlock BY GENE COHN Nea Sevice Writer. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Scandal —the price the individual must pay society for freedom—can lead only to soul bankruptcy. And soul pauperdom leads to an ' enslavement for worse than most slaveries. It causes men and women to live together in indecent wedlock after love is gone rather than pay the price exacted by conventions. This is the warning of Mrs. < Pastor Stokes, the Lon-lon slum girl who married a millionaire but who went on fighting the battle of the underdog and th.> radical and the militant. It rises from her recent divorce experiences when, under the New York divorce laws, her hus band had no recourse but to allege a love affair outside of wedlock. This as she points out, constitutes scan dal in the eyes of the world. “But the real scandal is a divorce law which brings such a situation to pass,” Mrs. Stokes points out. “The SALARY INCREASE COMES WITH PROMOTION CHICAGO, Sent. 2?.—After a ca r eful survey of the entire labor situation extending from office boy to president, indications are that positions showing increases in sal aries require experienced help. Consulting the president of one of our largest industries, the writ er inquired regarding the rapid success of a certain young man who had become general manager, and who a few years ago was but office boy; his answer was, Brown start ed as office boy, the lowest salaried position in our office, he was am bitious and managed to purchase a typewriter 'on small monthly pay ments and after three weeks of practice at home he was promoted to bill clerk, which position gave him knowledge of the selling price of all merchandise. His next ad vance was that of typist, which taught him the numerous forms of letter-writing and enabled him to hold a stenographic position, giv ing him complete knowledge of let ter-writing. He was then made sec retary, bringing him into contact with all business details and quali fied him for the general manager’s office at ten thoueand per year. The same opportunity awaits ev ery young man and woman. Educa tion or age have nothing to do with operating so simple a machine as the type writer. We are informed that a great piece of benevolent work is being carried on by a large Chicago mail order house in fur nishing typewriters to people wor thy of credit, by selling on small monthly installments, so low as to average about eight cents per day and actually teaching theL- custom ers how to use and operate any tpe writer in about three weeks’ time. You can get other information by writing the International Type writer Exchange, 184 W. Lake St., Chicago, Illinois.— (adv.) WANTED ! Hens and Fryers Market Stronger AMERICUS HATCHERY AND . SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. I TABLEWARE I g We have just added two new patterns in Sterling Silver— g g The Louis XIV and the Carpathia. | i| Both of these patterns are very attractive. Come in and 1 ask to see them- I THOS. L. BELL, Inc. I See Our Window Display HOTEL GORDON ALBANY, GA. , Fire Proof 115 Roomi, 115 Bathe \IKMSWBBB European 39 SB B9| m Best Case in Albany EwjllMlßi MB JM-BBW V- be* y*« m» to Albsay Maa ?■ ijßatig.fllflgfißSglßmMl your be.dquarter, ax * HOTEL GORDON I ; IP W1 ' El i llfiill -J ROSE PASTOR STOKES mantle of shame seqms to fall upon the defendant, but it should be plac ed upon the shoulders of the state where it properly belongs.” Thus is raised again the old, old question—which is more scandalous: the husband and wife who continue to live together when love has died, or the man and woman who live in love outside of wedlock? “Mr. Stokes and I hav e been lit tle more than friends during a great portion of our marrige,” she relates. “We had such profound differences of opinion that both of us suffered from the domestic and personal situations that developed. I wanted to be freed, even when I lived under the same roof. I begged him to give me my freedom.” The whole life of Mrs. Stokes has been a fight for freedom as she saw it. Born in the London slums she fought her way out and, as a girl, came to America. In Cleveland she became a cigar maker and there her struggle for economic freedom be gan. She studied and educated her self in literature and the arts. Com ing to New York she went on the staff of a Jewish newspaper. She made some little reputation as a writer and became engaged in settle ment work, trying to find freedom for other children of the ghetto. It was there that slum girl met the millionaire, James Graham Phelps Stokes, a man of socialistic and humanitarian tendencies. He had interested himself in settlement work. The romance, ending in mar riage, attracted national attention. But Mrs. Stokes’ struggle went on —freedom expression, and then the feminist movement and suffrage then in labor matters, and when the war came she brought herself to the edge of a prison sentence demanding “freedom of speech” for pacifists and conscientious objectors. She had cast her lot on the radical side and there was more than a little scandal, at the time. With the war, she says, she and: Stokes became “friendly enemies.” • This marital break brought her to I her latest battle for the “freedom of I love.” “Love is always justified,” she affirms. “Even if mistaken and short-lived. The prevailing social customs degrade love and sanctions the unwholesome and degrading and destructive relationship of a man and a woman living together without love. Such a condition—even with the benefit of a Justice of the peace —violates the very best that is in man and woman. “During its existence love enno bles the nature of man and woman experiencing it and those who go on without it destroy in themselves HAIR BOBBING I COSTS MUCH Not the First Cost, But the Up keep; Increase of Barber Shops Now 16,000 •ATLANTA, Oct. 16.—Add to | items in the High cost of living—hair, bobbing. The fashion of bobbed hair, ac-, cording to figures of Atlanta hair- 1 dressing shops, has at least to its• credit; the stimulation of various in dustries and trades. There are now, it was stated2l,ooo hairdressing shops in the United States, as com pared with 5,000 five years ago. And j of course the barbers who formerly I catered exclusively to the male trade are now doing an extenisve business in “bobbing” the female of th e spe cies. Like an automobile or a wife, it’s not so muc hthe first cost but the up keep, of bobbed hair. The bobbed haired woman, if she is to be at all presentable, needs the services of the hairdresser ungently and regu larly. So barber’s services are now a regular item of household expenses likke milk and ice. Dad not only has to pay to have his own hair cut, but must shell out for Friend Wife and the girls, too. Os course there’s no reason why the privilege of having one’s hair cut should be exclusively masculine. We might all save money if wesd go back to Russian hirsute styles, but since we are willing to pay the price for the men, why not for the women, also? It just takes a little more and perhaps Father moy get some con solation in looking forward to the invention and wide sale of a really good and practical “Home Hair Bobber.” southcaF RAISE OWN FOOD Georgia Can Raise Almost Any thing Needed to Eeat. But Buys Much From Out of the State ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 26.—F00d ' crops! In them is the assurance of that independence which Georgia and the rest of the South should fix as their goal, according to officials of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Official of the agricultural de partment point to the fact that Georgia sends millions of dollars out of the state for food which should be produced in Georgia, it was stat ed, has been doing it for years, and • it has kept the state from becom- • ing the enormously wealthy section i which its natural resources and ad vantages long ago should have made • it. The remarkable fact about Geor gia is, as agricultural department I officials show, that it has fared • well. Every four or five years ■ Georgia sends a billion dollars out' of the state for food, meat, flour, [ i dairy products, vegetables, fruits, 1 hay and other products. Most of ! them can be and should be raised in Georgia, it is shown. | “Georgia can raise almost any- • those elements most worth preserv ing. “Say it With Flowers” Flowers symbolize the feeling of the human heart. They are wreathed around the cradle, the marriage altar and the tomb. There is no occasion in life on which flow ers are not appropriate. Our flowers are always the BEST—backed by I QUALITY—SERVICE—RELIABILITY Idle Hour Nurseries South’s Leading Florists MACON, GEORGIA Murray’s Pharmacy, Local Agent I CINDERELLA | The newest Sterling Silverware pattern, made by the Gor- § ham Silver Co., is now on display at the Americus Jewelry @ Co. To see it, is to want it. tA complete assortment of anything that is suitable E for a nice wedding gift. See our line and be convinced, g AMERICUS JEWELRY CO. i Phone 229 Wallis Mott, Mgr. | We have just received a fresh shipment of JAMS, JELLIES, OLIVES and Condiments of all kinds Come to see us HARRIS GROCERY CO. 28—P hone—29 The Home of Quality AMERICUS TIMLS-RECORDER Speed Boys I 7 Z F/ X KFs • I wk- ■I F,.- Ilk, 1 - _ Qi x C’l*'l. I Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie, top, and Lieut G. T. Cuddihy, bottom, of the U. S. Navy, who will pilot the navy planes entered in the Schneid er Cup races at Baltimore, Md. thing that Georgians need for food,” said bred Bridges, assistant com missioner of the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture. Human nature is what makes us kick when someone steals our um brella which we stole from someone. Most of us have so many things on our hands we couldn’t grasp an opportunity if we saw one. •£$ oi X)£ nioq s® s * Ks snoußAui ajaqA\Aj9Aap|og *apioq auo (Ct) jsn| Arm 2uoj e sooS apiq e puy ‘saipoq apqouioi ne jo j am j W ■ *3uiqqni pisq jnoqjira W ■ ausn | jeutSuo atp saiois A -aj jaynneaq pinbq snom -bj stqjL ’auioq sjqiia moA H ST I°d JB PO-0 Ol Ml n n°A pue apijjp auo uo -pOOM pu» BJOOp ‘SJOOg jo qstuq dip COTTON GROWERS ARE COMMENDED Co-Operative Association Com mended for It Progress and Efficient Management The Georgia Cotton Growers Co operative Association was com mended for its progress and efficient management by the Committee of members authorized at the Annual Meeting of the members of the asso ciation hold this year, to report on the audit made of the Association’s affairs and the condition generally | of the Cotton Co-operative, in the | report of the Committee as an- a ? Hi Wk .fSSP War W r I LI ' : w'a - / Sa <1 \ >| jib 1 J W J II " I tffeVzJr- ——— I s y 5 * : *** ;; ■ • ■ ~ ~~ 3 I ijO WWswiMMwB w ■ i When you want i to look your best At an important business conference in the office, at the country club, on the train, whenever you want to make a favorable impression upon those whom you meet. Be sure to wear Griffon Clothes and you will have no need to worry. I Griffon Clothes are styled for the man who knows and appreciates the value of a good appearance. CHURCHWELL’S Lamar St. Americus, Ga. nounced last week by Eugene R. Black, its Chairman. The Personnel of the Committee consisted of: E. R. Black, cnairman; v». F. Byrd, President of the First National Bank,) of Dallas; Ralph S. Collier, a prom-1 inent farmer of Oglethorpe County, Comer, Gev>gia; K. F. Donaldson, a farmer and President c. the Sea Is land Bank t Statesboro, Georgia; and J. A. Burnett, farmer and chair man of the County Board of Com missioners, Spalding County, Griffin, Georgia. All of the Committee members are members of the Association and de liver their cotton annually to the Co operative—the- largest delivevry be ing made this year by any member of the Committee is approximately one thousand bales delivered by Mr. Black, through the Atlanta Trust PAGE THREE Company, a member of the organi zation. The Committee was selected from among the members to make the in- I vestigation as directed by the mem i bers at their Annual Meeting, and they report their findings back to tho members of th e organization. The statement as announced last week specifically praised the Association for the increase in bales of cotton being delivered annually by its mem bers, for the reduction in overhead expenses, and for the capable and faithful management of the affairs of the cotton growers who are mem bers of the Association. Boston man gives the preacher SSO when he misses church, so absence) makes the preacher’s heart grow fonder.
