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THE TIMES-RECORDER
ESTABLISHED 1879
l oveJfl' e Eve I.diio r and Publisher i
Eiitered a# second claw matter at the post office
at Amorims, Georgia, according to the Act of
Gcafress
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Atlanta.
EDITORIALS
When the Call Came
He Was Ready
The son of a poor carpenter,
starting to work as a stenograph
er at $60.00 a month for the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey,
is today chairman of the board
of directors of that gigantic corp
oration, with a salary said to be
$ 125,000 a year.
There's inspiration for every
boy—and girl for .hat matter
in the upward bound of this man
who has achieved success through
Kis own initiative. His name is
George Jones and here are some
if the stepping stones in his re
narkable career:
•
George Jones, a keen-eyed rud
dy-faced six-footer, who does not
took at all like a grandfather, be
gan with no advantageous heritage.
As a boy in Carthage, N. V., where
he was born 53 years ago and I
where his mother stilf lives, he felt
the pinch of poverty. In grammar
school he studied the books of his
companions, for he had none of his
own.
And when the other boys were
splashing in the swimming hole or
hunting birds’ nests George was
-pending his afternoons, Saturdays
and summer vacation earning a tri
fle toward the family living ex- t
penses. His first regular job, after
finishing grade school, was in a
chair factory. Then he worked
in a knitting mill from 6 a. m. to
6 p.m. at a wage of 35c a day.
At the age of 15 he was open
ing an insurance office at six in
the morning and firing the stove
that the place might be warm when
his boss arrived. During the rest
of the day he acted as office boy
and clerk, delivered policies and
collected renewals. He received I
$3 a week and after a half-year
was granted $5 a week for the next
six months.
He put in his evening calling on
prospects and sold some insurance.
This so pleased his employer that
the generous soul called him in at
the end of the first year and said:
“George, I paid you $3 for the
first six months and $5 for the last.
Vow I am going to increase that
>y paying you $l5O for the entire
•ear.”
George didn’t appreciate the of-
V-r. He had saved S4O an in his
spare time had picked up a smatter
ing of shorthand as well as a two
fingered dexterity on a battered
typewriter. K'e decided to go to
business school in Oswego. There
his eyes failed from over-study
and he had to get into the open.
He took the road as a salesman
for the old Caligraph typewriter.
The machine had 72 keys and
weighed 55 pounds. George bad
to lug it around in one hand and
carry personal belongings in the |
other. Business men pioved not
at all anxious to buy typewriters
and at 18 he gave up.
About that time the National
Transit company, of Oil C : ty, Pa.,
a Standard Oil subsidiary, ‘■ent a
call to the Oswego school for a
stenographer. George hoard of it
and got the job. In his evenings
has tudied law, receiving the oc
casional assistance of M. F. Elliott,
who later became counsel for the
Standard Oil Company in New
York. In 1897 he was transferred
to New York as secretary to Dan
iel O’Day, a Standard Oil official.
He made maps and charts of ev
ery pipe line in the country, show
ing the location and capacity cf ev
ery pumping station. Later he
mastered all the details of the nat
ural gas business. Hi * detailed
knowledge, remarkable memory,
acquaintance with law and ability
to take notes in shorthand made
him an important figure in pre
paring the company’s defer.sa in
the government’s dissolution suit.
From that time he was a marked
man and his advancement compara
tively rapid. He was made a direc
tor in 1917, and treasurer in 1919.
A year later he became a vice
ident with a salary, as brought
out before a senate committee, of
SIOO,OOO a year. For six years he
ha* been his company’s chief au
thor, ty or, financial matters.
There's always plenty of room
at the top of the ladder and Jones
is there because when the need
of a man was eminent he was
ready to fill that place- No soonei
bad he mastered one position than
f e began preparing himself foi
another one a little higher. Jones
was never afraid of doing a little
more than he was paid for. H<
1 new no six hour days nor was hii
*ye on the office clock. Succesi
umes from hard work and prep
A THOUGHT
Woe untol them that join house to
I house, that lay field to field, till
I there be no place, that they may be
f placed alone in the midst of the
I earth.—lsaiah 5; 8.
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If you seek in the spirit of sel
fishness to grasp all as your own,
you shall lose all and be driven out
of the world, at last naked and for
j lorn, to everlasting proverty and
contempt.—Jonathan Edwards.
| aration. There is an inspiration
| for every young man in the ca
reer of George Jones.
One of these days we are go
ing to wake up and discover that
something drastic must be done
about our traffic situation. And
this applies to the nation as a
| whole, small towm and big cities
| alike.
Would we tolerate any other
j feature of our life that took 20,-
I 000 lives a year> Th at is traf
| he's toll.
' Better licensing systems, more
i and beter trained police, wider
i highways and uniform traffic can
| trol rules are needed, badly. But
] even more we need a realization
| by each driver of his responsi
; bility.
The truly careful driver oc-
I casionally has an accident. But
| not often.’
He isn't responsible for very
many of the 20,000 a year.
The majority of states have as
yet failed to enact automobile
drivers’ license laws.
Properly administered, these
laws are highly beneficial. They
provide the only means yet de
vised to keep careless or incompe
tent drivers off the streets. And
they do not bother any legitimate
motorist.
Eventually every state will have
one. Let us hope it is soon.
Martin Durkin, Chicago mur
derer, is reported ready to give
himself up provided he is given
“a fair and impartial trial-’’
By this does he mean a trial
where defense attorneys will be
permitted to interpose every de
lay known to the legal profes
sion? Or, perhaps, a trial where
the state wlil courteously agree
not to combat any plea of tem
porary, partial, sporadic or inter
mittent insanity that the defense
might raise?
Taking it by and larve, the de
fendant in a criminal trail in
America gets a fair trial and then
some. Durkin needn't worry. No
other country in the world is as
lenient with its criminals, after ar
rest and before sentence, as we
are.
And now the Communist party 1
in America plans to begin “teach- J
ing Communism” to all who care'
to listen.
That’s fair enough. This is a
free country.
There'll be no danger of the,
doctrine spreading very far j
unless, of course, some govern- j
m,ent or state official is ass enough
to order a few more raids. If
the long-whiskered gentlemen are
left strictly alone, however, no
body needs to worry.
There seems to be a great deal
of discussion of the prohibition
law right now. Those who op-,
pose it are citing all kinds of fig
ures to prove that "It can’t be
enforced.”
Admittedly, the figures are la-!
mentable. But why say the law
can't be enforced? Has it ever
been tried ?
Before we say that, let’s have
a period of real, honest, enforce
ment. We haven’t had it yet
Maybe it would work, after all-
The most prcatical thing that
almost any person can do to get
ahead is to start a savings account
and then fed it regularly. But
to make saving really attractive
and profitable the savings account
should be made to pay. One of
the best incentives for saving lies
in the fact that money accumulat
ed n the savings account can be
turned into investments, farm or
town mortgages, home ownership,
bonds or stocks of steady, profit
able, established businesses. If
an individual deposits SSO a
month in a savings bank for a
period of thirty years and rede
posits the interest earned, he will
have at the end of that time $29,-
113.52. In the savings account
] his money at three per cent will
'have earned $11,113.52. If,
however, he combines systematic
I saving with careful investing and
reinvesting at 6 per cent, that SSO
a month will grow in thirty years
to nearly $50,00. A savings ac
count will enable any person to
take advantage of the miraculous
accumulating power of money, the
one force that has made more
i people financially independent
than any other.
MUDD CENTER
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.7/1 SLUP£? WiTM ALL TH£T / J a,.. UnKlc . .
;( WOOD T' CHOP AT HoA\£. ('{ X
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POP Siupes N£w job playing Santa
CLAUS IN FRONT OF CALEB SYKES’ STORE.
BLEW UP IN SMOKE WHEN MA SLUPE,
penetrated HIS DISGUISE and WALKED
HIM HOME. POPS PROSPECTS FOR PICKING '
UP A LITTLE Loose CHANGE ARE ALL
Shot
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j OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS
e?TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder, Nov.
28, 1915)
Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Miller
w ill return to their home in Atlanta,
today after spending several days
Yre. (
Mrs H. W. Van Riper and Miss
Josephine Van Riper returned jest
erday to Americus after an extend
ed trip to Kansan City.
Mr and Mrs J. T. Warren and
petite Miss Warren returned yester
day from a Thanksgiving visit to
relatives in Byron.
Mrs J. A. Hixon at her attractive
residence on Lee Street has her guest
Mrs J. R. Padgett and Mrs S. Russell
Brudge of Atlanta.
Mr Quimby Melton return to Bain
bridge tomorrow after spending sev
eral days in the city with friends.
Mrs John Wooten of Eastman is
the guest of her parents Mr and Mrs
George Turpin.
Miss Myrtice Strange of Ellaville
is the attractive guest here of her
sister Mrs Z. C. Childers.
Miss Eva Culpepper of Macon is
the guest of Mr and Mrs Charles
Culpepper at their residence on Lee
Street arriving in her car yester
day.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From The Times Recorder, Nov.
28, 1905)
Miss Mary Lou McTyier has return
ed home after a visit in Americus
some length in Macon,
Mr M. J. Ross of Troy, Ala. was a
business visiter in Americus yester
day.
Miss Stella West has gone to
Macon where she will spend some
time with relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. I. C. Jenkins of
Florida are guests of Mr and Mrs J.
P. Raiford here.
Miss Martha Wheatley is at home
again after a very delightful visit of
CHARGE SOCIAL INTRIGUE
KEPT KAROLYIS OUT
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer
WASHINGTON. Nov, 28.—In
trigue in Congressional debate this
winter. Thus:
• * *
Count Karolyi played a prominent
part in overthrowing monarchism in
Hungary. In turn, he was driven in
to exile when Admiral Horthy got
the upper hand and set,up in Budap
est a despotism of his own, nominal
ly as “regent”; Naturally Horthy,
the virtual czar, disapproves of Kar
olyi, the republican.
* * *
In exile, Countess Karolyi wanted
to lecture in the United States. Many
prominent American society women
sponsored her. The government rais
ed no objection. She fell ill here. The
count wanted to come to her. At this
Secretary Hughes, then State Depart
ment head, balked. Finally he let
the count come, on his pledge not to
talk while in this country.
* * *
The countess recovered. She and
the count returned to Europe. Re
cently the countess accepted an in
vitation to spend a few weeks at the
home of R. B. Strassburger, rich
Norristown, Pa., publisher. This
time Secretory of State Kellogg re
fused to let her into the United
States, whether she talked or not.
Protests, by Strassburger and others
availed nothing. The countess appeal
ed to the American society women
who had indorsed her before. Now,
peculiarly, they ignored her.
What’s the matter with the
AMERICL 4
two weeks in Macon and Griffin.
Mrs W. H. Hildreth of Live Oak,
I'la., is the guest of her daughter
Mrs L. G. Council at her home on
Church Street.
Rev J. L. Wooten formerly pastor
of the Americus Church is among the
early arrivals to attend the South
Georgia Conference this week.
A large number of ministers and
visitors attending the conference ses
sion arrived yesterday morning.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From The Times Recorder, Nov
28, 1895)
Miss Sara Cobb left yesterday for
Atlanta where she will.be the guest
of friends until next Monday.
Miss Bela Hill left yesterday for
Atlanta where she will be the charm
ing guest of friends for a week or
two.
Mrs Lavinia DeLu’ney of Leesburg,
Va., is the guest of Mrs. U. B. Har
rold for a few days at her home on
Lee and College Street.
At noon yesterday at the home of
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Houge on Jefferson Street Miss
Annie Hogue and Mr E. T. Stalker
were united in marriage., Miss
Hogue is one of Americus’ handsome
and most charming young women
and popular among a wide circle of
friends. Mr Stalker is a prosperous
and prominent young contractor of
Macon, whither he carried his young
bride yesterday.
Messers W. Small and Dan Lewis
left yesterday for Atlanta to take in
the Exposition.
Mr and Mrs John R. Shaw have re
turned home after a visit of four or
five days to the Exposition.
Mrs Rebecca Carter who has been
spending some time with relatives in
Texas, returned to her home in Am
jericus yesterday.
Mr J. R. Duncan of Columbus was
in Americus yesterday, on business.
Karolyis?
! Why couldn’t the count talk here?
Why does Secretary Kellogg bar the
countess?
They’re not known as reds; only
as moderate liberals. They’re not
immigrants. The countess wants to
make only a short stay. She doesn’t
seek to come as an agitator—only
for a quiet visit in the family of a
notably conservative Pennsylvanian.
Why exclude her?
The only conclusion appears to be
that it’s done on the strength of re
presentations from Horthy. Yet Am
erican’s is a republican government.
What can it have in common with a
despotic regime like Horthy’s?
And why have the countess’ for
mer society friends here forsaken
her? '
The explanation*the State De-part
ment’s Congressional critics will try
to develop is this:
That Horthy’s seeming influence
with the department is not politi
cal. But social and that be exercises
it through his minister in Wash
ington, Count Szchenyi, and the
latter’s wife, who was Gladys Vand
erbilt.
There you have it—if the critics
are right—the Vanderbilts’ social
prestige!—and millions!
Os course nobody assumes that
Count Szeehenyi was so crass as to
- attempt any direct pressure of this
sort on the State Department. It’s
surmised merely that his wife’s posi
tion may have enabled him to make
a very convincing showing as to the
BH Mi UP^vlb
I guess, after all, every youngster’s the same. Whenever it
snows, it’s just part of their game, to run to their mother, as little
voice sings, “I wanna go playin’. Please put on my things.”
They’ll drag out their leggins an’ mittens and such. Just how
do they stand it, a-wearin’ so much? They’ll hie to the closet where
goloshes lay, for feet must be covered when kids are at play.
“Hey, mother,” they’re shoutin’, “Aw, hurry a bit.” ’Course
all mothers know how their tots throw a fit. “The snow’s failin’ fast
an’ it’s swell as kind be, and all of the kidlets are waitin’ for me.”
It’s in again, out again. Every small child keeps at it all day
and near drives mother wild. From way before breakfast, till near
time to sup, the cry in the winter is ‘Bundle me up.”
Ttarolyis’ supposed undesirability.
** * *
It’s an explanation, too, which
would account for the defection of
Countess Karolyi’s former friends.
At first they were overjoyed to wel
come her, as a visiting aristocrat.
Did they get a subsequent hint, by
any chance, that they wouldn’t make
this mistake again if they knew
which side their society bread was
buttered on?
SHILOH
Several people from this commun- 1
ity were visiting Concord school
house Friday night.
Mrs. M. M«. Wellons entertained
the young people with a party Friday
night.
LEGAL AD NO. 933
GEORGIA, Sumter County. t
Will be sold, at public outcry, to
| the highest bidder for cash, at 11a.
m., on Saturday, December sth,
1925 as assetts of Diamond Poultry
Farm, the following:
One 11,000 capacity incubator,
coal and oil brooders, two 1500 ca
pacity brooder houses, four colony
houses, one laying house, and other
miscellaneous material and equip
ment belonging to said business.
Same to he sold as property of
said Diamond Poultry Farm, a part
nership composed of S. P. Howe,
Lawrence S. Churchill and Kenneth
B. W r olfe, by virtue of order of
Judge of Superior Court of said
County in proceeding to dissolve said
! partnership dated November 21,
1925.
Sale to be held on premises on
which property is located and where
said business has been conducted,
being on the Daniel farm located on
South side of Dixie Highway, just
outside eastern limits of City of
Americus.
This November 23rd, 1925.
W. A. CHAPPELL, Receiver.
THE STANDARD
A Special Sale for Mon
day and Tuesday
9-4 Bleached Sheeting,
At 43 l-2c
Heavy Bleached Sheeting, guaran
teed 81 inches wide and bleached
snow-white; limit 20 yards to one
buyer at the price. Monday and
Tuesday, yard 43 l-2c
Alexander Smith’s Tapestry
Rugs, at $1.50.
All wool face Tapestry Brussel
Rugs, in twenty-five pretty patterns.
They look as well as some of the $4
Rugs. Here Monday and Tues. $1.50
Alexander Smith’s Velvet
| Rugs, at $2.65.
Actual size 27x54 inches. Over
| fifty patterns to select from; floral
■and Oriental designs; value $4. Here
{Monday and Tuesday -. 52.65
' I Alexander Smith’s Tapestry
I, Brussel Squares, at $9.98.
Pretty patterns; actual size 6x9
feet, in twelve pretty patterns. They
iook as well as some of the S2O grades
Here Monday and Tuesday $9.98
Genuine French Broadcloth and
Flannels, at $1.98.
54 inches wide; in black and many
good shades; regularly' sold at $3.
Here Monday and Tuesday, yd. $1.98
Extra Large Cotton
Blankets, at $2.98
Actual size 66x80; plain colors;
heavy weight. This price is for a
pair. Sold only on Monday and Tues
day for this price, per pair ....$2.98
22x44 Bleached Turkish
Towels, at 25c
If we were to price these towels to
you at 50c you would not think them
too high. One case of fifty dozer
to be sold here on Monday and Tues
day _..-25<
Sample Sweaters at 66 2-3 Cents
On the Dollar
The entire sample line of one o:
New York’s largest sweater house:
now on display, at an average of 6(
2-3 cents on the dollar. All size:
from the very low priced ones to th<
best they made.
THE STANDARD
DRY GOODS COMPANY
Forsyth Street, Next Door to Book
of Commerce
AMERICUS. GA.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. John Casper was
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Lansford
of Macon County Sunday.
Miss Sallie Lee Lansford spent
Sunday at her hom e in Macon Coun
ty. \
Mrs. Willie Griffin spent Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. John Casper.
Mrs. J. T. Pilcher spent Thursday
with her grandmother, Mrs. John
Casper.
Mr. Jim Pilcher entertained the
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AMERICUS FISH
FISH & OYSTER CO
Always Fresh Fish
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Phone 778
AMERICUS
UNDERTAKING CO.
Nat LeMaster, Manager
Funeral Directors
( and Embalmers
Day Phones 88 and 231
Night Phone—66l and 88
. CHEAP MONEY TO LEND
wm always have ironey to lend on farm lands at lowest retes and
best terms, and yon will always save money by seeing ns.
We give the borrower the privilege of making payments on the
principal at any interest period, stopping interest on such
payment.
We also make loans on choice city property.
Write or see R. C. Ellis, President, or G. C. Webb, Vice Presi
dent, in chargo of the Home Office, Americas. Georgia—
Empire Loan & Trust Company
Americas. Georgia
L. G. COUNCIL, President T. E. BOLTON, Ass’t. Cashier
C. M. COUNCIL, V.-P. & Cashier. J. E. KIKER, Ass’t Casnler
The Planters Bank of Americus
(Incorpora tad)
ONE-THiRD OF
jjf KynJjl&lSpi The standing of this bank in
' gjjajlfcjjjpi? l he public mind has not coma
I r ‘"ddenly. It is the result of
mil constant loyalty for more
I'-ifp* i \'t'i [I Iflp’llfni 1 than a third of a century to
the best principles of bank
ilj Hl We invite your account aith-
Capital and Surplus $350,000.00
RESOURCES OVER $1,700,000
Prompt, Cooaermtiv*, Accommodating
young people with a party Thursday
night, a large crowd attended the
party and was greatly enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Tom Reid entertained the
Juniors Sunday school with a social
Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tallent of
Americus is spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. J. Y. Cheeks.
Doesn’t matter much, hut we
sometimes wonder how many house
cats you need to make a sealskin
coat.
M _ mm KILLED IN 30
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Prom SITICIDE CO., Commerce, Cs.
For sale at Howell's Pharmacy
NOTICE!
Registration books for the Gen
eral Election to be held December
16th, 1925, are now open.
A. D. GATEWOOD, JR.,
Clerk and Treasurer.
WANTED
Hens and Fryers
Market Stronger
AMERICUS
matpwf.rY ANd~
SUPPLY CO .
Americus, Ga.
RAILRODAD SCHEDULES
Central of Georgia R’y. Co
(Central Standard Time)
Arrive Depart
12:20 am Chci-S'tL-Atla 2:53 am
1:53 air. Albany-Jaxv. 2:98 am
2:08 am Chi-Cinci-Atla 1:53 am
2:53 am Miami-Jax-Alb 12:20 ana
3:20 am Miami-Jax-Alb 11:42 pm
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
12:55 pm Chi-StL-Atla 2:12 pm
1:00 pm Chi-StL-Bham 2:40 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 pa
2:12 pm. Miami-Jax-Alb 12:56 pm
2:40 pm Miami-Jax-Alb 1:00 pa
3:36 pm Mia-Jax-Alb 1:24 pa’
6:47 pm Atlanta-Macon 8:10 am
10:35 pm Albany-Mont 5:29 am
11:25 pm Chic-StL-Bham 3:40 anl
11:42 pm Chl-StL-Atla 3:20 am
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Arrive Departs
7:55 am. Cordele-Helena 9:00 am
12:31 pm Savh-Montg 3:17 pm
3:17 pm Savh-Montg 12:31 pm
A. F. FANNING, Local Agent.
Harness and Suitcases
Repaired By
N. R. HARRIS
Expert Workman
ALUMINUMWARE FREE t O
CUSTOMERS.
Phillips Champion Shoe
and Harness Shop
111E. Forsyth St.
