About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1925)
PAGE FOUR THE TIMES-RECORDER Levelaca Eve Edito* and Publisher Entered as second class matter at ths post office at Americus, Georgia, accordia< to the Act of T—pess The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for the republication of all news dis* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper and also the local news published here to. All right of republication of special dispatches are reserved. National Advertising Representatives. FROST LANDIS & KOHN, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York; Peoples Cas Bldg., Chicago; Walton Building, Atlanta. 1 EDITORIALS Editorial Observations — Americus should have a live and energetic Parent-Teachers’ association. A woman’s influence in the schools is always desirable, not that it is any more needful here than elsewhere, but our women, as an organization, should be more actively co-operating with the board of education, the principals, superintendent and the teachers. I The teachers would welcome such an organization. Prof. Ma- j this, superintendent, has repeated-j ly urged it, and has arranged for a woman speaker to meet with the ( women here in the early future. { Our school system is our great- ( est asset; it is the biggest business ( in the city. We appropriate more money to it than to any other sin-! gle department of the city. I When the call goes forth for. the women to meet and organize, | every woman, whether she now, has children in school or not, should answer the call- answer in the name of the children whoj will be leaders of the future, on i whom we must rely to carry on- | The women owe this much to their community as citizens. Sailors have changed. The day of ‘wooden ships and men of iron” is gone. In place of the famous old clippers, with their hard-drinking, blasphemous, fear less seamen, we have the palatial steel steamers with crews made softer and less brutal by culture. I Is it an improvement? Did vou ! read recently of the fire on a ship) off the Florida cost, where pas-| sengers declared several of crew fought in a frenzy for the| lifeboats, threw women and chil- ' dren back and scrambled in a mad fear to save themselves. Sailors were rough customers in 1 the days of the California and l China clippers. But at least they, 1 were two-fisted, courageous sea-, men —not men who forget every, ' tradition of the sea when danger I 1 omes. Circus days are here again I ioon the big top will be spread.' Ivery boy big enough to sneak over the back fence will line the tracks, awaiting the arrival of the ( long string of cars bearing men and animals, tents and all the mysteries of the sawdust ring. | We feel that the South— ticularly Georgia owes some-| thing more to Sparks' circus than ( it does to others. Its owner has maintained winter quarters in Georgia for years and he is the' the only big circus now wintering in the South. He purchases ev- ( erything possible in Georgia, leav-, ing a part of the profits he reaps during the year with Georgians. Sparks will spend one day in Americus soon. If you've plan-, ned to see one circus this year, I make it Sparks. You recall the old saying about scratching the back of the fellow who scratches your back. Probably if Georgia gave Sparks all that Georgia can in the way of patronage, he will always winter in Georgia and oth ers may follow his example. In Atlanta a few days ago a large manufacturer, who ships a great deal of his product into Florida gave the writer a copy of a letter written by a Florida busi ness man to one of higher officials of the Florida East Coast Railway. With the exception of the names, the letter in full follows: Orlando, Oct. 15., 1925. Dear Friend: 1 verily believe. That embargoes and serious troubles wiil soon COME TO AN END. The reason this “HUNCH'” has come over me. Is explained as follows: This morning I was coming to my office and .gx>t into a jam Clematis and Poinsettia streets; which are our most important thoroughfares. An ignorant Georgia Cracker in a miserable Ford was making a "U” turn when a hard-boiled po liceman yelled at him. “Hey, what in the hell are you trying to do?” Without being perturbed in the least our Georgia friend replied: “Trying to git back to Gawga, by Gawd.” That hard-boiled cop just look ed at him and said, NARY a WORD. And then as tha' Ford went ■ XSTABUSSKD U7» A THOUGHT Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.—lsaiah 55:6 ♦ » m God’s commandments are the iron door into himself. Too kkeep them is have it opened Samuel Duffeld back north the policeman and Josephus observed most miserably written on the back of that Ford these words: YOU MAY SEE ME IN HELL, BUT NEVER AGAIN IN FLOR IDA.” Here is one man that worried about bags of gold he thought were hanging on trees in Florida. A substantial kick from the rr.ule of understanding caused him to beat back to “Gawga.” Others will no doubt have the same experience. I therefore predict relief at an early date. Best wishes, always,. Ihe story probably is a true one, for just about the time this' letter was written, an automobile bearing the same wording stopped over in Americus for lunch. Many a farmer is Florida bound, looking for farming lands- Florida has nothing like that to sell, but Georgia has. We need these fellows. They need our lands. We cannot stop them on their southward journey, but we can say a kind word to them; we can tell them this is the finest farming section in the South; that if they come back this way to stop and investigate. Make it a rule, you business men, to speak to every tourist you can. Its bread cast on the waters which will return in a few days, or months. The kind of shows New York stages are probably New York's business and no one else's. If we visit New York we don’t have to go to them if we don’t want < to. But if you elect to defend the < quaint New York custom of put ting on revues in which the chorus ( girls dispense with almost all of I their clothes, don’t get off on the wrong foot by rising to join in the < chant of "art for art’s sake." 1 These shows don’t feature semi- I nakedness for art’s sake, and ev erybody knows it. If you Want i to argue that they have a right ' to use scanty costumes, go ahead; ; you can make out a good case for yourself. But don’t befogthe ' issue by talking about "art.” That has nothing to do with it .whatso ever. * * * Courting Death On The Running Board A kindly disposed man offered I a Macon lad a lift in his car to-1 ! ward the schol house. The boy j mounted the running board and I met death. Another child, down; in Crisp county was riding on the , running board of his father’s car. Today he is in his grave. Those ; are not isolated or rare instances. They occur almost weekly over , the country. | The young—or the aged for that matter—court death when they ride on the running boards of swiftly moving cars. It may come from the side-swipe of an other car. Death comes too fre quently to those whp foolishly ride the running boards. On Sunday afternoons on al most any street in Americus one may witness swiftly moving' > autos, filled with careless, happy,! ■, go-lucky boys and girls- The •| front seat often accommodates » four. In the rear a half dozen, with some sittjng on the doors and others standing on the run-j ning boards. One car will draw close to another, and without slacking speed, some young ras-1 cal steps from one car to another. I In the movies we witness a dare-devil as he steps from one rapidly traveling train to another ana we wonder how much the fool is paid to risk life and' limb. And yet he is safer than the boy who steps from one car to anoth er. The trains can not swerve. They are on iron rails, but with an automobile it is different. Such practices as these on the streets of the city are dangerous for others, as well as the young people. A few stiff fines may be the means of saving some boy or girl from an untimely grave. Hu man life is too cheap. Bad news from Texas. The state isn’t what it once was. Took five men to shoot one bandit. Baseball season is over. Next year we suggest they hire women um pires so players can’t talk back. MUDD CENTER FOLKS ) wwe * y CITY DIRECTORY? j > whats Caleb \ MAD ABOUT?) r c t U se He COULoPv ) - —/ /TfeLL-THET CUSTOMER pp ] H-e. HAD SOMETHIN’ vA \ \Q S \ JEST AS OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS TWENTY YEARS AAGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 31, 1905) Mrs E. M. Viquesney of Sheleby ville Ind., an expert sculptor and designer has come here to reside and will be with Clark’s Monumental work. Mr and Mrs Will G. Turpin are spending several days at the Fair. Miss Kate Wheatley is the fair guest of friends in Albany for sever al days, leaving yesterday. Mr J. E. Mathis is among others from Americus attending the Grand Lodge meeting in Macon. Mrs L. W. Riley and Mrs George Rirley are spending several days n Macon, leaving yesterday for that city. The next prospective wedding is charged up to Lee St.. It has been several years with an other generation born, since the lightning struck here. Mr A. D. Gatewood spent yester day in Atlanta and saw the “The Clansman” last night to fine adven tage. Mrs Susan Lingo Priest and young son, Errol, of Orange, Mass., are visiting her sister, Mrs H. E. Allen, at her home on Lee St. THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 31. -1895) A genuine cold wave, long delayed but none the less welcomed swept down from the North west yester day, and Americus is now enjoying the first touch of cold winter. Mrs Robert E. Brown, of Los EDITORIALS Exereme nationalism is evr the enemy of peace. The only obstacle to the salvation of Germany, and, through Germany, of Europe, is the opposition of the Nationalist party of Germany, which refuses to assent to any peace pact until it grants to Germany concessions to which no other nation would consent. Such tactics raise the applause of unthink ing chauvinists at home, but they do not for peace or good will aboard. The same nationalism, in France, delayed the present agreement at least three years beyond the time when it was plainly overdue, in Am i ercia, it sets the weight of our pow- . I erful example on the side of univers ,al distrust and national isolation, and holds us back from every prac tical step of international coopera tion. Patriotism is an essential virtue. ■ He who lacks it is not fit for the pri vileges of citizenship in a free cpun- j try. But, like every other virtue, itsl aberrations may transform it into a vice. Patriotism is loyalty to the nation. It is the culmination of many lesse loyalties. Loyalty to the family comes first ■ But he whose loyalty to his family makes him disloyal to his community is not only a bad citizen, but an un worthy fathed. He whose loyalty to the community makes him disloyal to the state is not serving well the state. He whoes loyalty to the state makes him disloyal to the nation is a traitor. So far, everybody agrees. But when we draw the inevitable conclu sion that he whose loyalty to the na tion makes him disloyal to humanity is not even a good patriot, there are THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER Angles, Cal., nee Miss Ada Price of this city, is the guest of Mrs John A. Cobb for a few days at her home on Lee Street. Miss Georgia Glover has accepted a position with the Americus Jewl ery and Music Co., and is already at home” to her numerous friends at this Handsoome store. Miss Louis Turpin left yesterday for Atlanta, where she will be the guest of relatives for a week or two. There has been a decided improve ment in the cotton market this week, and the hope is expressed that this will continue at least until the farm ers sell their small holdings. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. (From The Times Recorder, Oct. 31. 1915) BobMcAfee is now connected with Ries and Armstrong, Jewelers in Macon. Mr and Mrs Wade Morris returned .yesterday from a pleasant visit of a few days in Macon. Miss Irene Woolvin, of Beuna- Vista was the attractive guest of Americus friends yesterday. Mr Elton Parker is in Macon where he was called recently upon business. The Misses Quinney of Waynes born will be charming guest of Mrs Ira Lowe today while returning from a visit in Albany. Mr and Mrs J. F. Roberts of Ella ville were visitors spending the day in Americus yesterday. Miss Josephine Bagley is at home again after an extended visit to her sister, Mrs Bradshaw in Goldsboro, N. C. those who insist that the argument must stop at the nation. Up to this point, they say, the lesser loyalty must minister also to the larger. But the nation is the end. This in the nationalistic chauvin ism, which is the neeby of peace. In our grandfathers’ time, the farmer “lived off the farm.” Near ly all that h e ate and much of what he wore and used otherwise he pro duced himself, by his own labor, on his own land. He bought little and sold little, and his annual • money turnover was insignificant. How, complains former Secretary of Agriculture Meredith, the farmer buys his food from the city. He is one of the chief consumers of tin cans and other contents. After all, is this not a symptom of the gradutaion of the farm from the status of labor to that of business? It is the subdivision of labor. The ' farmer, like everybody else, special izes. He can eat only a small part of his specialized crop, even if that little, as it comes from the field, is ready for him or anybody to consume. The rest he sells for money, and with the money, he buys everything else. The old system counted everything cheap that cost only labor, and every thing dear that cost money. Now, labor is the costliest thing he merely follows the example of all the rest of us. The franc is still the barometer of France. So long as the franc stays steady, politicians play their favorite game of golf. They pretend, in France, as they pianage for even longer times to do 1 in this country, that the people, by |so voting, can change the laws of ' economics. Then, just as they have almost persuaded themselves, the franc drops, and facts prevail. Any steps to restore the franc must stand the test of actually re storing it. . That means that they bust be real medicine, and not quack panaceas. “SNOWING” Oh, pappy! I wish I wuz back, as a kid, and just could repeat all the things that I did. I’d like to live over those wonderful days, that only remain in a sort of a haze. 1 stop to think now, an’ I can’t understan’, when young how l wished I wuz grown, like a man. A kid doesn’t know that the way’s kinda rough with a grown-up, and always will come soon enough. I’d like to forget my worries and frets, and live in the pleasure a young fellow gets. I’d like to wear sweaters and pants that are short, and pick up real health through some out-of-door sport. It’s funny how everyone reaches the stage, where gladly they’d change to a much younger age. Some little thing happens, and then comes the dawn of wishin’ for days that have been here, and gone- For instance, I gazed through a window, today. The snow flakes were failin’ and kids were at play. A dreby hat passed, and some snowballs were flung. No wonder I jes’ kinda wish 1 wuz young. Usually, it means doing that most shocking of things, to the politician —taking the advice of the “interna tional bankers” on questions of in ternational finance. It means, some times, letting Americans tell France what to do. It is perhaps a pity for any nation to be always so close to the verge that a government mistake is in stantly reflected in the exchange rate. -But it has at least the com pensation of a compulsory intelli gence. HOMES ARE SCARCE IN ALBANY ALBANY, Ga„ Oct. 30.—Accord ing to conservative estimates by real estate men and others who are in close touch with the housing situa tion in Albany there is a shortage of about five hundred houses for renting purposes in this city at this time. This shortage is due in part to the fact that practically all of the houses constructed in recent years have been put up for purposes of sale, but 'the most important factor is the steadily increasing population of the city which has been given great im petus by the wonderful prosperity that has come to Albany and South west Georgia largely through the harvesting and successful marketing of the best crops that have been grown in this section in several years. Never be too harsh with a young fellow before he has found himself. Nothing’s more discordant than a violin being tuned. Perhaps an auto which ran into a bank in Birmingham, Ala., wanted to see if its owner had any cash left. THE STANDARD • Monday and Tuesday Opportunity Days! Two days of super-value giving in which the entire store will partici pate. Big stocks of quality mer chandise of every description are offered at lower prices than our lowest-in-the-city-prices. At 32.85 —Beautiful high pile heavy Smith’s Axminster Squares, size 9x12 feet; actual At $55.00 —Beautiful regular $75 Wilton Squares in solid colors; noth ing to equal these in Southwest Geor gia. At $2.65 —All wool Tapestry Brussel Rug’s, size 30x60; great va riety of pretty Oriental patterns. At $2.98 —Heaxy Axminster Rugs size 30x60 Oriental and Floral de signs; only one bale to sell at this figure. At 99c—Seamless Sheets, actual size 81 x 90 inches with broad hems, bleached snow-white; limit four to one buyer at the price. At $1.98 —Extra large Crinkle Bed Spreads, natural color; service able and beautiful. At $1.98 —Misses and Children’s Shoes and Slippers of solid leather flexible soles. They are guaranteed to give satisfaction. At $5.95 —Men’s all leather Hunt ing Boots, with flexible soles. Guar anteed to give satisfaction; value $7.50. At 15c Yard—Yard wide Bleach ing and yard w-ide Long Cloth; free from dressing. Limit 10 yards to one buyer at the price. At $1.25 —Men’s and Young Men’s Ribbed Union Suits of excel lent quality. Every size from 36 to 46; value, $1.50. At 15c Yard—The best Standard yard wide Sea Island or heavy Sheeting, fine heavy, smooth weave. Looks like linen when washed. At 20c Yard —One big table of the very best Outing (not the thin, slazy kind) but honest, good Outing; in fancy and solid colors. At 69c—Boys’ Ribbed Union Suits, winter weight, all sizes; regular $1 value. At $1.64 —Heavy Crepe de Chine —in black, white and every good color, 40 inches wide; actual value, $2.25. THE STANDARD DRY GOODS COMPANY Forsyth Street, Next Door to Beak of Commerce AMERICUS. GA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3». 1925 freW| your furniture, floors, doors and woodwork. It s fascina ting to seethe’ like new" finish A /-■'l come back as you apply mag- ical O-Cedar Polish, the safe, certain beautifier. No hard rubbing with O Cedar Polish |. and a little goes a long way. Try one bottle. It’s sold every where in various sizes from ■ 30c to $3. |O-(&darl I I “Cleans as it Polishes’’ WANTED ! Hens and Fryers Market Stronger AMERICUS HATCHERY ANd- SUPPLY CO . Americus, Ga. 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. TAX NOTICE The 1925 Tax Books are now open. Pay your taxes early and avoid extra cost, as fifas ■will posi tively be issued Dec. Ist, 1925 A. D. GATEWOOD, JR. Clerk and Treasurer. AMERICUS UNDERTAKING CO. Nat LeMaster, Manager Funeral Director* and Embalmers Day Phones 88 and 231 Night Phone—66l and 8i CHEAP MONEY TO LEND we always have money to lead on farm lands at loweet rates and best terms, and you will always save money by seeing ■*. We give the borrower th* privilege of making payments o* the principal at any interest period, stopping interest on snob payment. We also make loans on cboic* city property. Write or see R. C. Ellis, President, or G. C. Webb, Vic* Presi dent, in charge of the Home Office, Americus, Georgia— Empire Loan & Trust Company |g| Amerces, Georgia * L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Ca>VH C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Qshier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t. Carfiß The Planters Bank of Amerkß Incorporated) Success Independence aH 'i ~ Tke fir,t * tep for p erm Hii || H success i, to save. WI ijM* ° Ur Savings Depar II of service. We pay ’■ ; dependence and hap Dll Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000 g Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating COLD CAUSES GIVEN WASHINGTON— Causes for colda, atributed to hundreds of different atmospheric and physical diturbancea, is chfiefly due to over-fatigue an stale air, according to a bulletin ia sued by the U. S. Public Health Ser vice. The majority of colds are "caught” during the months when little outdoor exercise is taken. ELECTRICITY RUNS WILD LONDON.—During a fire here a broken electr'e cable caused elec tric currents to run through various parts of the burning building, injur ing many persons. One current ot electricity ran up a jet of water and through the body of a fireman. The fire-fighter was killed instantly. SICKLY, PEEVISH CHILDREN Children suffering from intestinal worm? are cross, restless and unhealthy, 'h'-re are other symptoms, however. 'lf the child is pale, has dark rings under the eyes, baa breath and takes no interest m play, it is almost a certainty that worms are eating away its vitality. The surest remedy for worms is White’s Cream v ermt fuge. It is positive destruction to the worms but harmless to the child. Price 35c. Sold by . NATHAN MURRAY, Druggut A' Hall’s Catarrh! ~ will do what we I Medicine ciaim for it-i rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness M caused by Catarrh. 1 Sold by druggutf for *0 '*cari I. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio j 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 bzia-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 pnc 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 prr. Atlanta-Macon 8:10 am 10:35 pm Albany-Montg 5:29 am 11:25 pm Chi-StL-Bham 3:40 am 11-42 pm Chic-StL-?.tla 3:20 am ' SEABOARD AIR LINE • Central Time f Arrive Departs 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 Harness and Suitcases Repaired By N. R. HARRIS jL Expert Workman ALUMINUMWARE FRF.eU I CUSTOMERS ,f I * Phillips Champion ‘r’" I '' and Harness She ALE 111 E. Forsyth St. Kain. AMERICUS FISH FISH & OYSTER CO Always Fresh Fish Phone 778
