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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
WHAT THE PRESS is SAYING
SOME CURRENT COMMENT ON TIMELY TOPICS

of Great Britain, that during this
same 0eriod upwards of seventy
thousand air passengers were carried
with but one fatality and few acct
dents of any sort.
This is typical of what is being
done in commercial aviation outside
of the United States. European gov
ernments, from the greatest to the
least, are encouraging air traffic as
national asset. They rightly appre-
clate its significance, not only to
military and naval interests, but to
those of business as well, and to the
common forces that make for pros
perity. They see that the simplest
and surest way of acquiring an aer-
onautlc reserve against a possible war
Is to foster civilian interest in the
art of flying and to make it worth
while for Young men to become avia-
tors IN times of peace. Especially do
they realize that the country which
neglects this means of transporta-
ton will find itself at NJ very dis
tant time as sorely disadvantaged
& IN commerce as if it had failed to
avail itself of steamships when they
came speeding into the world of
sails.
1t Is one of the ironies Of history
that the birthland of Wilbur and Or
vile Wright is being left absurdly be-
hind IN aerOnautical development. A
nation long known for readiness in
turning the hints of science to prac-
tIPgI E.. q
IN shaping means to ends, mighty in
population and endowed with vast
energy and wealth, is being outdis
tanced by little, war-maimed coun
tries in realm of enterprise where
by ali odds she ought to lead. Our
Army AR service Notwithstanding
the urge and opportunity which Tho
world conflict brought, is little
stronger today than when the punt
tive expedition against Villa cam,
near breaking down for lack of all
scouts and general aeronautic sup
port. Furthermore, the outlook foI
proposed lines of aerial mail service
IS extremely dubious. Though les
IMAM ten days remain for the receip
OF bids to carry mail by airplane be
tween New York and Atlanta and OF
other projected routes in the West
no bids have yet been submitted.
The cause of these unhappy condi
tons IS not far to seek. 1t is want o
initiative on the part of the executive
officers, or want of interest on tn
= part of the public. It is the backward
ness and pettlness of a Republica
congress. The War Department plead
ed for adequate appropriations t
help the air service which the wa
. had deveIoDed TO a point of grea
promise, from disintegrating, but tn
l Republican majority voted down a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
CHEERS FOR A KING

American newspapers much given cheering kings.
Few and far they take off their hats royal
parsonage But number of of them
in the North-are saying
Hip, hip. hooray for
King Cotton
That cotton king goes argument the Sunny
South His Majesty long has reigned And there
proessed believe King Cotton realm extended only the
Ohio and Not Cotton before the
the leading export shores Cotton brings dol
lars from foreign lands than any other export
year ending June 1920 cotton amounted
the staggering of So 707502 Added that
ufacred King Cotton rolled the United
States well over billion half within IL months Iron and steel
products brought $932675 800 Meat and dairy products he
the year ending June 1919 third in 1920 with S77
066, 100.
Wheat played such large part in foreign
trade but slightly ahead of another southern product
bacco.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
NO LEAN YEARS IN SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA
albany Herald)

The editor of The News has lived
in Southwest Georgia since his early
manhood, and has never yet seen a
crop failure or lean years of famine.
He expects to live here all his life.
and never will see a crop failure
Dawson News.
Here in a few words is stated
something worth thinking about.
Editor Rainey is not by any means
an old man, but he has been here
long enough to have noted the pass
ing of many seed-times and harvests.
And he has never seen a crop fail
ure in Southwest Georgia. There have
been bumper crop years, average
crop We, ans short crop years, but
never has there been a crop fail
ure.
When there has been too much
rain for cotton, the corn fields have
flourished and returned heavy yields.
When it has been too dry for corn,
the cotton fields have been white
from August until the pickers finish
ed bringing in their snowy burdens,
and it has unfailingly held true that
whatever conditions initiated against
the full yield of certain crops made
sure the bumper returns of others.
No part of the United States is
more versatile in agriculture than
Southwest Georgia, where the grow
ing season is long and both soil and
climate are favorable to the splendid
fruition of almost any crop the far.
mer cares to produce. Hogs and beef
cattle now have become two of the
/ great monev Crops" of the section
and thousands of acres of nuts and
fruits are pouring an ever swelling
volume of wealth into their owners
bank accounts.
! Nature has highly favored this
section, and just how great it's ad
vantages are is becoming more gen
/ orally known as the results Of diver
sified agriculture become apparent
/ 1t now has many money crops, anc
the specter Of crop failures never
haunts its farmers, merchants anC
bankers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
UMBRELLAS

oh where has the mddeaged gentleman who carried
the Everett umbrella He being sought by the
National Association of Umbrella Manufacturers whose members
sense a decline in business that alarms them.
They will brave attempt the third week in October
cover every head the nation with of their cambria silk
o they face the fact that 1916 the volume of sales has
increased only one-thid $4000000 spite of than
doubled price for their product
blamed Folk drive right the front door
now and thousands thousands who used do their social call
ing aoot wouldn't think of anything but the family these
bumbershoo good another the pouar mind
though there has been introduce the cupo shape
and other didoes, much has of it.
The umbrella in convention in New York recently
manufacturer with assumption of ge pointed that
of the $50 carried umbrella though all arrived
driving That caused another remark sadyl that the
doggone counys dry could all the available mos
turei your eye, let alone umbrella.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
SAVE HOuSES

One the authorities help keep the housing
problem from becoming is campaigns
fire hazards Every thousands of
by fire and while this always loss the country
ddn matter so much when houses plentiful
Every time house burns the becomes
And right property Houses are worth
twice much they g. and poll
have been increased longer possible replace house
with the insurance collected.
Fall about here and when fires homes
there will be the usual of destructive fires every chin
ney inspected and order All trash should be lone
with and hazard removed If there time that
such conservation needed it is
Tobacco shver when they hear talk of amend
"
There be several ways of spelling MacSweeney but
for the British the spells trouble.
There shortage of homes but fortunately isn't likely
to be shortage of voting booths.
The former kaiser has founded hospital Ameongen Well
he filled plenty of them in his time.
Mllners will be advertising chic chapeaux suitable for
the polls
Bookstores would stimulate interest if they'd publish lists Of
the six best cellars
The map-makers taking while Russia and Po
land establish their boundaries
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08

DAILY, except Sunday.
Sunday only.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08

measures to that end. The Postoffice
Department pleaded for appropria-
tions to develop the airplane mail SER
vice in which it has made so sub
stantial beginning; but the same Wis
ionless partizans limited allowable
expenditures for this purpose to a
cost not exceeding that of railway
mail service-an egregiously stupid
provision which makes progress al
most impossible.
The practicability and great time
saving of airplane carriage of mails
have been fully demonstrated on the
New York Washington route and on
that between New York and Chicago.
Business is willing to pay a little
more for air service, which cuts in
half the ordinary time for the trans
mission of mails, than for the slower
rail service. Yet, in spite of the mark
ed success of the aerial lines al
ready operating and in spite of the
marked advantages to persons and
institutions desiring the speediest de-
livery of tNeir letter, a Republican
COiSL tSS THROWS us TedCJloudIy udll-
per on this important enterprise.
1t is this penny-wise, pound-foOlish
policy this narrow, loutish spirit
that has placed America IN the shame
full rear Of aviation when she could
and should be gloriously in the lead.
As long as that attitude is tolerated
the nation will pay the penalty in
prestige, in practical interests and
should war come, in wretched unpre-
/ paredness.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
AVIATION, ELSEWHERE AND
HERE
ATLANTA Journal

Some idea of the extent to which
aviation is being employed in the
service of commerce may be gather
ed from the fact that within the last
twelve-month more than million dol
lars worth of imports and exports
have been airplaned between Eng
land and the continent. 1t appears.
moreover, from recent report of
Controller-General of Civil Aviation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-09-08
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

munity in which the number of work.
ingmen who carry union cards and an
honorable discharge from the army
was not so numerous as In Kern
county. II would surprise him to know
that ut least half of the men who went
into the service from Kern county are
or have been members of labor union.
The resolution follows:
whereas, The American Legion Is
an organization composed of men and
women who gave their services to the
government of the United States or
one OF the allied powers during the
great war; and
"WhereHs, The American Legion Is
organized for the purpose of promoting
the interests of those who gave their
services to the country in that great
crisis; and
"Whereas. The interests of the great
majority of the members of the Amer
lean Legion are known to be identical
with the aims and aspirations of or
ganiZed labor; therefore be IL
"Resolved. BY the Kern County La-
hor Council. in regular session assem-
bled. this 23rd day of December, 1919,
that we indorse the American Legion
and recommend that all members of
local unions affiliated with this body
eligible for membership in the Ameri-
can Legion take their rightful places
as members of that organization"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
PAY TENDER TRIBUTE
Present Elaborate Certificates to Next
Kin Of American Boys Who Died
in the War.

The French certificates, 11S,409 of
which were distributed to the next kin
of the American soldiers. sailors and
marines who died in the war. are beau
tifully engraved diplomas typical of
the artistic nature of the French peo-
Pile The certificates We're distributed
by the posts of the American Legion
with appropriate exercises on Wash
ington's birthday. in expression of the
French governments appreciation of
the supreme sacrifice made by these
men.
The principal figure of the group
symbolizes the soul and spirit of the
American army which helped France to
maintain alive the flame of the torch
of liberty and justice.
The sword is not in the scabbard but
ready at any moment to protect and
stanchly defend the weak and op-
pressed, who are symbolized in the
group to the left by mother holding
her baby to her breast. and TO insure
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

freedom and justice to the coming
generations, represented by the figure
of the kneeling boy, praying and thank
ing God for deliverance.
At the right, the figure of a man,
chained and shackled, symboliZes the
spirit of evil and the victory over our
enemies. Also at the right, crowning
the spirit of America, stands "Glory"
who rejoices with the old war veteran.
standing to the left of the principal
figure. symbolizing the armies, who are
always ready to fight for the good of
humanity.
Universal fame is symbolized by the
winged figure, flying over the group,
and trumpeting to the world, the great
triumph in which the United States
participated. The American eagle,
posed on the staff of peace, watches
zealously and stands ready to swoop In
case enemies again endeavor to disturb
the peace of the world, so dearly ac-
quired.
The entire group is framed by bor-
der of oak and laurel leaves which are
always decreed to the victors.
At the foot of the cenotaph the flags
of France and America are draped and
Joined together by wreath, which Is
the mark of gratitude and homage
which France pays to our sons who
gave their lives for liberty and Justice.
The lines engraved on the wall be-
hind the group are taken from one OF
Victor Hugo's poems, and when trans
lated read. 'Those who died piously
for their country. have the right that
at their graves. the people come to
pray"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

constantly pass through his office.
Following his graduation from Am
herst college in 1912, Mr.. Sheridan
was engaged in the practice of law
Ia Syracuse. New York, under the
firm name of Sheridan K Sheridan,
when he entered the service as n
private and served until November
1913. when he was commissioned n
lieutenant.
He was transferred by the war de-
partment to the war risk section, and
appointed battalion sergeant major
of infantry, December 1917. He
sailed for France on Christmas day
OF that year and was appointed regi-
mental sergeant major of infantry
May 1913.
His entire service overseas was with
the war risk section. From chief
clerk of the allotment department, he
was promoted to be assistant head,
and was finally appointed head
of the allotment department.
lie was appointed chief of the spe-
ciaI service division of the bureau
of war risk insurance on February
6. 1919. and continued in that posi-
tion in Washington until May, 19l9,
when he was appointed national war
risk officer of the American Legion.
He was appointed assistant national
secretary of the Legion and then di'
rector of the service division.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

elsewhere than at the printing Office @
rents;
address,
travel such
with
as 10 he travelling
of the committee on public nforna-
n
the funds and property the possession OF the
representatives the
a
char of
mi
in information
a apremi andpar S
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
LABOR UNIONS FAVOR LEGION
Kern County, California, Labor Council
Recommends That All Members
Join World War Body.

While a number of isolated cases OF
local unions taking action against the
American Legion have been given con
siderable publicity In the press practi-
caily nothing has been said with regard
to the hundreds of locals through the
country that have indOrsed the work OF
the Legion. A story along this line was
recently carried In the Union Labor
Journal of Bakersfield, CAL ms follows: {:
There has been disposition upon
the part of some persons who are none
too desirous of seeing friendly spirit
developed between organized labor ana
the American Legion who have gone
out of their way to make representa-
tions to the effect that union labor Is
aptagonistic to the Legion. This sort
of instrumentation has been tndulged
In to the extent that false reports have
been disseminated to the effect that Ia
Dor organizations have attacked the
American Legion In resolutions of CON
demnation. In no instance nave we
known of any such attitude upon the
mart of labor organization. nor 90 we
credit as truthful any report TO tnat
effect. On the contrary organized Ia
bor recognizes the fact that the great
mass of the membership of the Ameri-
great debt Is owed by the nation. 1t
recognizes the further fact that the
interests of the members of the Legion
are identical with those or the rest OIL
American working men.
The national executive committee as
well as the state executive committee
of the American Legion has repuclnteu
the attempts of those who nave soueht
to make the Legion an organization an,
tagonistic to labor. thing whlch couiu
never be because of the fact that from
the ranks of labor came the great ma
Jority of the young men VINO naue up
the army of democracy.
Union labor has not sought TO NUKE
of the Legion IL partisan of unionism
nor can 1t take kindly to the efforts Oh
those designing ones who try to create
enmity between the American Legion
and organized labor.
During the present week a statement
has gone from Bakersfield to certain
metropolitan paper to the erect thnt
the Kern County Labor Council had IN
n resolution denounced the American
Legion. The report Is so maliclousiy
groundess that 1t could have been In
sDired only by desire to influence the
Legion and labor organizations else
where into an attitude of antagonism.
The Sacramento Labor Council has
this week passed ringing resolution
of Endorsement of the American Legion
and the Kern County Labor Councii
has taken occasion to deny the canard
alleging enmity by stating In unequivo-
cal terms its friendship for the Ameri-
can Legion, its membership ana its
purposes. in n resolution OF indorse-
ment.
We wonder II the author OF the libel
GUS report that the Labor Council had
condemned the American Legion knows
what proportion of the men from this
community who served I'm the military
and naval forces was or now are mem
bers of organized labor. II he had ne
would certainly have picked out u COM
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10


in of the
mats used mostly colo
squirrels 2OOOOO emine SOOO white
Russian
100000 rnga ssu and 10000
offered 10000 Persian ambskns
thousand red
mus 100000 SKUNK y beavers
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

thoroughly patriotic
substantially
individual prisoners
their ncarcera ton and oil
and edu
brea o
An
prson
will fight the political control of prisons by nten
wardnshp other
of
advanced
utter the present
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

Senator Smoot OF Utah, introduced
resolution the other day, which was
read. considered by unanimous CON
sent and agreed to In part as follows;
Resolved, That the director OF the
council of national defense is here
by directed to report to the senate as
soon as practicable: A statement
showing all the expenditures OF the
committee on public information Dy
principal classes. such as salaries'
travelling; printing done at the govern
Anna
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

Legion Mt nation
al headquarters,
Indianapolis, is n
native of Oswego,
New York. and
has had consid-
cradle experience
In the war risk
insurance bureau
which en- a b ! e s
him to handle
with the great
est dispatch the
thousands of war
risk claims that
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

toward cleaner and better lives. Its
officers and leaders are unnamed, but
the head, who Is known as the Gray
Brother, is said to be man of much
capacity and influence. He Is on terms
of friendly intimacy with several Uni
ted States senators and is said to be
not unknown at the White House.
The Gray Brotherhood is responsible
for several prison Investigations
brought with the desire to improve
conditions and not merely to play
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

however, the report states, In some
sections, compared with those of last
October, when the National Education
association conducted an inquiry into
the situation.
Based on returns from state school
officials, the reports show that on Feb
ruary 13 last there were 1920 schools
closed because of lack of teachers and
41.OO0 were being taught by teachers
characterized as ''below standard, but
taken on temporarily in the emer-
gency" Greater shortages are shown
to exist In southern states.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

II of
salar slows
private normal schools representing go
of
1919 than during the period similar
colleges while
enrolment.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

In this country in its history at stead
jly increasing prices and ut the mo-
ment the United States, next to Rus
sia. is probably the greatest consumer
of fur garments in the world.
While London still disputes the
fact, American fur dealers say this
country has become the center Of the
fur industry. 1t is interesting to note
the 1900 Alaska sealskins offered for
sale on account of the United States
government were dressed, dyed. and
machined in this country instead OF
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
America Rapidly Becoming Most Befurred Nation

u climate have always been sign of wealth As
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
WlASHlNGTON&, 81
SIDELIGHIO "a ]
Light on Late Committee on Public Information

TAsHNGToN as the apparently would Ike TO
w
mtee public nmaon and the present condition OF Its affairs Anywy
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
Shortage of School Teachers Threatens Nation

serious shortage of school chiefly
Conditions becoming slightly
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
$4,000 Ex-Convcts Organize "Gray Brotherhood

econcs known the Gray Brother
and develop the ambitious of the inmates
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10
HANDLES WAR RISK CLAIMS
Head of Service Division Of the Amer
icsn Legion Has Had ESten-
sive Experience.

Charles F. Sheridan, head of the
serNlce division of the American
The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-10

Humming birds are not found out
side the Western hemisphere.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-14

erendum: a scientific budget sys-
tenn; prison farm to provide
healthy occupation for convicts;
elimination of sweat shops; a blue
sky law 10 protect Ohio investors;
a reform Of the school system; con-
solidation of numerous state bu
reaus and abolition of others, and
many other laws designed TO pro-
tect workmen and farmers.
Keeps Eye on Papers.
Cox never lets his interest drift.
Even while conducting the affairs of
the state at Columbus. he has an
eye on his two newspapers and
often runs down to Dayton and
Springfield TO confer with his edi-
torial and business STATS. Some
times he writes an editorial or so
while he is in the office and OCca-
sionally he helps out IN the COM
posing room when there is a rush
to put the paper ito bed"
New buildings have been provid-
Gov Cox has been married twice.
His present wife was Miss Mar