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THESTANDARD
WE WILL NOT INDULGE IN
EXPI OcIVE SALES

EN&k make q morse a iltttG
with Hullabaloo sales. This store
ueifl continue clear running stream
ssaSh week and month, bringing be-
fore the public the best kind of mer-
cEandise we can obtain and let the
peopie have it at the lowest profit
gsossible to maintain our constantly
Increasing patronage.
LOOK OVER THIS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY'LiST.
Estra quality white wash satin, full
width and rich looking, yard 81 90
iEt0 dozen ladies handkerchiefs, mix
ed lot, some are pure linen, others
aare very fine cambria; values up
30 25c; Monday and Tuesday Toe
FIFTY dozen of the famous Black Cat
isle stockings for ladies seconds, "
price for ''firsts" 85c; our price
for seconds, Monday and Tues
day, pair .--..--.---.--...,---.......--. Csc
Genuine Holland window shades,
aeomplete with fixtures, guaranteed
for five years, Monday and Tues
day -----------------.----.-.-.--.- csc
1000 yards sheer white lawn, full
regular width, value 25c to 35c,
Monday and Tuesday, yard - I9c
no pieces 32-inch silk gingham, guar
anteed fast colors, regular price
$l-00 to S1.25, Monday and Tues
day, choice, yard .--.--...-.--- acc
Zen dozen white wolfe waists, new
styles, values up to $3.50, Monday
and Tuesday, choice of lot $I.35
Another sale of all-silk poplins, SO
inches wide, in black and all staple
colors, Monday and Tuesday, at
yard -.-.---------.--..-.-..---... S11o
Mems wash four-in-hand ties of
heavy mercerized fabric, plain
white and stripes, full length,
Monday and Tuesday, each IT,. l5c
loco dozen extra heavy pearl but
tons, four popular sizes, Monday
and Tuesday, dozen .-....--.-.. IOc
1000 dozen pearl buttons, small and
medium sizes, no less than 2 dozen
sold, Monday and Tuesday, at
aozen ----------..----.-..----. Sc
-AxAamantine dress pins, each paper
contains 200 pins, Monday and
Tuesday 8 papers for .....-..-..... Sc
GHnnine Palm Olive soap, sold only
with other goods, and limit cakes
4iOnday and Tuesday, cake 49,. Sc
Ladies' fast colored percale bungalow
aprons, all sizes, Monday and
Tuesday -,------.-.-.-.-....-.--.-..-... $1.98
STANDARD
DRY GOODS co.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-04-25
Death Of Mrs. Field Is
Sadly Moe,rned AT Home

The Macon, Miss, Beacon tells of
the death there a short time ago of
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
ErzbeYger ON the Kaiser

To Matthias Erzberger belongs
the distinction Of contributing a new
detail to Kaiser Wilhelm's portrait.
In his recently published memoirs
the Centralist leader describes the
scene that took place at the meeting
between the Kaiser and the Reichs-
tag deputation on July 20, 1917, on
the morrow Of Bethmann- Holweg's
resignation and the adoption of the
Reichstag peace" resolution.
The parliamentary leaders may
have been prepared for an indignant
outburst on the part Of the ALL
Highest; what they got was worse.
The Kaiser treated the situation in
humorous light, and seemed to
think that the Reichstag resolution
was huge joke. He Informed the
Deputies that England and America
had concluded an alliance against
Japan, to which Japan had re-
sponded by concluding a counter
alliance with Russia. Then he went
on to say that the whole Of CONT
mental Europe was coming under his
leadership, and that he would start
a second Punic war against Eng
land
The Deputies were amazed. But
the worst was yet to come. In a
jocuiar vein the Kaiser declared,
referring to the recent battle in
Galicia, that the Prussian Guard
had beaten the democratic dust out
Of the Russian coats" "Where my
Guard turns up there is no democ-
racy,' he added, playfully.
Then he went off into a TRADE
against Rumanian treachery, and an
nounced that by way of furnishing
that state he had devised scheme
to divert the course Of the Danube
at Cernavoda to the Black Sea, so as
to remove the delta from Rumanian
territory.
This raving was too much even
for the gray-headed conservatives Of
the deputation. Erzberger says the
scene served more than any other
event to undermine the old regime.
'"That evening"" he writes, "Depu-
ties who up to that time refused to
hear of a parliamentary system
openly declared that the prevailing
system must lead Germany to dis
aster"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Not Afraid of Hearst

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS reader of the editorial
columns Of your paper for a number Of
years, may have the privilege to reply
to the article entitled "Pleasing Tam
many and Hearst?
No fairminded citizen need have a
fear where Governor Smith stands on
any issue. His record as Governor has
been one to challenge the admiration
of those who have opposed him. The
cry that the Governor will be con-
trollcd by Tammany in the event of
his reelection does not dove-tail with
the career of the Governor. Any one
who will take the trouble 70 get the
facts and read the career of Governor
Smith we'll knows that any Office which
he has occupied has been filled with a
degree of justice exhibited BY few of
our public men. If ever man was
fitted to be Governor of our great
state and deserving of reelection.
Governor Smith is worthy of the peo-
Pies votes; he is prominently fitted
by training.
Governor Smith does not need the
support of Hearst. He is the one man
in public life who is not afraid Of
him or his papers. W. B. KNIGHT.
New York, Sept. 80, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
The High Cost of Strikes
Chapter III
Strikes and the High Cost of Rent
Bv Marshall Olds

and because Of the way they have
handicapped and decreased building.
But entirely in addition to this, cost
of building, and, consequently the cost
of rents, has gone up tremendously
since the war as direct result Of
strikes.
These strikes have been of two
kinds: First, strikes in the building
field itself, per cent Of which have had
nothing to do with any controversy
between employer and labor but have
been the results of fights between
unions; and second, strikes that have
nterfered with the production or
transportation OF building material
and raised its costs by raising its cost
of production or by causing q shortage
which has raised it's price through COM
petition
The first of these types of strikes
that because Of fights between union
and union, generally for jurisdiction
over some particular class of work
when it is fought out to conclusion
and one or the other union wins, has
exactly the same effect as any other
strike in holding up the completion
of the building, increasing the inter
est charge before any return can come
from the building and often causing
serious depreciation Of unused or
partly used material.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Himself on Himsele

Lewis H. Nash, of South Nor
walk, Conn, has compiled a little
booklet Of extracts from Mr.. Will
sons speeches in 1912. The extracts
are drawn from the volume called
The New Freedom. They show
what the speaker once thought of
government carried on by person
anconatnicado, inclosed in a sound
proof and thought-proof armor plate
vault and delivering his commands
through annunciators.
Here are some selections:
Page 61: II conjecture that there
isn't any man who knows how to
take care of all the people of the
United States. | suspect that the
people of the United States under
stand their own interests better than
any group of men in the confines of
the country understand them"
Page Ga: ~ do not believe
that the intelligence of America can
be put into commission anywhere.
do not believe that there is any
group of men of any kind to whom
we can afford to give that kind of
trusteeship. -. ] do not care
how wise, how patriotic the trustees
may be, | have never heard of any
group Of men in whose hands | am
fO I'D bo
America in trust"
Page n: II want the people to
come in and take possession Of their
own premises; for l hold that the
government belongs to the people
and that they have right to that
intimate access. to it which will de-
termine every turn of its policy"
Page 81: VI conceive it to be one
OF the needs of the hour to restore
the processes of common counsel,
and to substitute them for the proc
esses of private arrangeme. which
now determine the policies of cities,
states and nation. We must learn,
we frcemen, to meet, as our fathers
did, somehow, somewhere, for con
sultation. There must be discussion
and debate in which all freely par
ticipate"
Page 195. "The whole purpose of
democracy is that we may hold coun-
sci with one another, so as not to
depend upon the understanding Of
one man, but to dopend upon the
counsel of all"
Finally, last one bearing on the
recall of public officers out of touch
with. public sentiment, to wit:
Page SO: 1--WE do not deny your
integrity; we do mot deny your
purity Of purpessi but the thought
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Freight DELAYS

All the freight traffic is divided into
classes. Smaller, more valuable products
and perishables which require careful
and quick transportation are put under
the head Of first-class freight, more is
charged for transporting them, and
they are given preferential right of
way. In the same way there are sec
ond. third and fourth class freights.
When, because OF such strike as that
on the Clyde and Mallory boat lines or
tor other causes, more traffic has to
be transported by railroad than the
railroad can transport, shippers. who are
extremely anxious to get their freight
through, and particularly where the
value of the commodity in proportion
to its weight will warrant it, invariably
send it under a higher classification.
In this way the railroads have their en-
tire capacity demanded by frst or first
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Deport the RedsI

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Investigation into the cause OF
the Wall Street disaster is progressing
slowly. Have not the authorities be-
gun in the wrong place, perhaps?
Even before the echoes of that mur-
derous blast had died away preliminary
steps too long deferred should hsve
been taken to arrest for prompt de-
portation every known Red IN this
country as an undesirable alien, and
thus purify the air to that extent az
least. 1t is not sufficient, as stated
that Reds are under surveillance here
and in Chicago. That amounts to little
and keeps Federal detectives from BET
ter and more active work.
Prompt arrest and immediate de-
portation are the proper remedies tos
this present foreign menace in peace
full America, and | am personally IN
favor of adding some OF our impoten'
and supine national officials TO she
first foreign shipment
GEORGE W. HILLS.
New York. Sept. 80. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Calvin Coolidge Says
(Frona has Flag Day proclamation.
May &c, 1919

Works which endure come from the
soul of the people. The mighty in
their pride walk alone to destruction.
The humble walk hand in hand with
Providence to immortality. Their
works survive. When the people of
the colonies were defending their lib
critics against the might Of kings they
chose their banner from the design set
in the armament through all eternity
The flags of the great empires of that
day are gone, but the Stars and Stripes
remains. 1t pictures the vision of
people whose eyes were turned to the
rising dawn. 1t represents the hope of
father for his postcrity. 1t was
never Haunted for the glory Of royalty
but to be born under it is to be child
Of a king, and to establish a home un-
der it is to be the founder Of royal
house Alone of all flags it expresses
the sovereignty of the people, which en-
dures when all else passes away
Speaking with their voice, it has the
sanctity of revelation. He who lives
under it and is loyal to it is loyal to
truth and justice everywhere. He who
lives under it and is disloyal to it is a
traitor to the human race everywhere
What could be saved if the flag of the
American nation were to perish?
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

and second class freights. 70 tb., ss,.s
and particularly fourth class fr.,...
cannot be handled at oil.
Fourth class freight obyieus,x
slsts Of coal, lumber, stone, briek ,,,s
and other commodities which bav.
very large bulk and weight in pron.,-
ton to their value.
Because coal fs absolutely necss..r
special arrangements are alwavs u.s.
even under conditions OF the sever.ss
congestion, to give coal preference hr.
the bcsance Of fourth class cornr,od,+,.-
under such circumstances hardly uo-
at all 1t is also obvious that rno.+ -
this balance which cannot b. rnov.s
all consists Of building material
This strike, then, on the boat linz.
congested the Southern railroads ovs-
which large part Of our stone lum-
Der and other building material "a
normally transported. so that all spring
the rest Of the country got practically
no building material from this section
The outlaw railroad strike which Ia
gan a little later and which. although
it did not tie up, handicapped the trans
portation Of the whole country. on.r-
ated in exactly the san.e way practically
to prevent the transportation Of
building material from any section Of
the country.
Moreover, as these s-r;kae hoc.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

of the people Of the United States
has not yet penetrated to your con-
sciousness. You are willing to act
for. the people, but you are not will
ing to act through tho people Now,
we propose to act for ourselves"
Governor Cox, as exactly as his
faculties permit, promises to follow
in his predecessors footsteps. The
two "great men, as Cousin Roose-
welt called them, at one In respect
to prediction pledges, are to be
presumed to be at one in regard to
a redemption Of them.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

That aged black beast John Bar
leycorn never was a horse to reach
the White House; his owners, the
folks that groomed and finally put
over Governor Cox, ought to have
known he was a jockey unsteady in
his seat.
And Slush Fund, the skittish
young colt, was not much better-a
good locker, but gutter. He might
last through sprint among selling
platers on an outlaw track. For the
Presidential Handicap-well, the
Governors friends are explaining
that he never was supposed to last.
A little dust was all he was expected
to kick up.
So who can blame the Governor
for suddenly abandoning his earlier
mounts and riding out upon that
best Of nilk-white chargers, "My
League? Conc is the racetrack
lingo; quite like Sir Galahad looms
up the Governor in New Mexico and
The Christian Herald, Fighting the
good fight" and running off quite
smoothly the old Wilsonian favorites,
humanity" and the "heart Of Amer
ica."
There may be a little outburst Of
rude profanity in Murphy -Taggart
circles against the way Sir Galahad
fooled them. But such irritation is
prohtless. In politics now no one
loves a saloon man, and under the
banner Of the Double Cross Sir Gala
had, like Jehu, rides furiously.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Real Cause Of Housing Shortage

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is much ado about the
housing proposition, yet all the news
papers seem scared to say anything
about the real cause of the shortage Of
dwelling houses. Last night | had
conversation with two old builders. men
who have erected hundreds Of fat houses
and private dwelling houses These men
say that any one who would invest his
money in the building of dwelling houses
under present conditions should be sent
TO lunatic asylum.
They say that 90 per cent of the cost
of building goes for labor, and that
the cost of labor to-day, compared with
twenty-five years ago, is ten times as
much. They showed me figures prov
ing that the cost of laying 900 bricks
was So in 1895, whereas the cost to-day
is $50. Carpenter work, painting and
other work is correspondingIy high.
twenty-five years ago good fat house
for ten families-two apartments of five
rooms and bath to d hoor-could be
erected for $4,000. Consequently, an
apartment of five rooms and bath could
be rented at from SIS to SlS a month.
To-day that same building would cost
at least Sl15,00O to erect Any one can
DO his own figuring about the rent
required to make it paying proposition
Of, say per cent on the investment.
When you add to this investment all
the Federal, state, county and city taxes
that are heaped on peoples shoulders,
is there any wonder that nobody wants
to be landlord when every cheap poll
tician and judge is out after the land
lords goat?
Why don't the labor unions start in
and erect houses for their members? IL
they would put their army Of walking
delegates to work at building they would
lessen the shortage Of houses quite soon.
New York, Sept. 80, 1920. Z. J. D.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

things may be said, but II there Is a
single human soul on this globe who
Is absolutely free from the slightest
responsibility about the conduct OF
those parents it is the baby" And
finally: "Whatever the attitude
toward those parents may be, the
child must have care" So depart
ment has been created to see that
he gets that care.
All over France are officials whose
business is to look out for about two
hundred abandoned children until
their coming Of age. These children
are not segregated In orphan asy-
lums. France recognizes that very
few children survive even under the
very best institutional care. In
stead, they are placed in country
homes, known personally to the
superintendent, and a certain sum
paid monthly by the government for
their care. The superintendent puts
them on his visiting list, and his ad-
vancement depends on the condition
and development of the children of
his district.
The difference between what hap
pens in France and what happens
here is that France realizes that
ostracising one parent and permit
ting the innocent victim to die of
slow torture, or branding it if it
lives, does not prevent such offenses
against the law.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
Hoaxiag the Irish

Governor Cox offers the friends of
Irish independence gold brick"
when he says that if he is elected
ard the United States subscribes to
the league covenant as it stands he
will invoke the right given him un-
der Article XI "to present the Irish
cause to the attention of the league"
The second paragraph Of Article XI
is blindly drawn and gets nowhere.
1t reads as follows:
at is also declared to be the
friendly right Of each member of the
league to bring to the attention of
he Assembly or Of the Council any
circumstance whatever affecting in
ternational relations which threat
ems 10 disturb international peace or
the good understanding between ma
tions upon which peace depends"
1t may be conceivable that Mr..
Cox, if elected President, might, af-
Ter the ratification of the covenant
as it stands 1.-TWO very remote con-
tingenciesl, lay before the Assembly
or the Council the claim that rela-
tions between the United States and
Great Britain were gravely dis
turbed by British governmental
methods in Ireland. He could not do
SO il he had anv regard for the
comfy usually observed between ma
lions. But even if he should do what
he recklcssly pledges himself to do,
what would happen? The covenant
'Aakes no provision for dealing with
sucr a representation The Council
and the Assembly are governed by
definite rules in settling actual dis
pUtes between members Of the league
or between members and non men,
hers. Nothing is said about dispos-
ing Of one nations criticisms Of the
j ternal policies Of another.
How could the Council or the AS
semhly be persuaded to take juris-
diction Of a dispute" between the
United States and Great Britain
arising over internal and local con-
dtions in Ireland? Great Britain
has a permanent representative in
the Council, and neither the Council
nor the Assembly can do anything
without Great Britain's approval,
unless it is assumed that the other
members will hold that both she and
the United States are disqualified to
act in an international contro-
versy" over Irish administration
thus fastened on her Such ruling
would, of course, rupture the league.
intervention on jreland's behalf.
ander the provisions cf Article XI,
is ( pure fantasy. Viii Mr.. Cox
also contract to intervene on Egypt'S
behalf? Under Article X, ''the
heart Of the covenant" each league
member engages 10 respect the terri
torial integrity Of every other mem
bsr. Making an issue with Great
3ritain on the liberation Of either
ireland as Egypt would. uudar tho
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

Lay Of the Lovclorn Lowbrow
copped me out Jane and she was
there In every way,
Except she was q highbrow, with =
dome six stories high.
Her pet WAS reading funny colyums,
every single day,
A sheet that had a colyumist she'd hike
ten miles to buy.
Now, I was nuts about this broxd,
can't crab outa that,
II she'da cracked, "Go douse your
knob" her word woulda been law.
She piped, "You read them colyums,"
so to crawl out Of spat,
I'd read with paper In my lap. q Web
ster in my paw.
I wore out one Of Noah's books, from
trying to get the lay,
got my right mitt callouscd from
lingering that book.
And then l up and says to her, the
thirty-seventh day,
"Now, don't shoot straight up In the
air, but look now, give q look.
II think the ginks that pull that stuff
are cuckoo in tho bean,
Just hep me why them guys don't write
good old United States,
They're always spilling words that !
amt never heard or seen,
When they could drop the same dope
straight; there's something that
hates.
"A japc, jest, jibe, jocundity, is what
they call joke,
They say your konk is ligneous, when
they just mean it's wood,
neck kinda bloke,
If they said he's tough guy, wouldn't
that be just as good?
"A termagant's hard boiled doll, and
altercate means fight,
It's badinage if you and mo is talking
kinda cute,
A goof with nyctalopia can't see so
good at night,
An awful rep hung on a sifnp, means
he's in disrepute.
"For hours, sweet patoota, I could
prove if there was need,
That any guy who writes a colyum is
sckly ounce"
How could | know that that was what
she did to earn her feed?
She sloughed me one across the peep,
and / amt seen her since.
SCHLOSS.