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The Jasper news., 1921-12-29

undet the sum-" according to q very
old saying. It's true, too, in q sense.
But In another sense it most certainly
isn't true. For there is something
new every time New Years day comes
around.
There are several things that are
new at New Years beside the New
Year There's a new chance. There's
a new responsibility. There's a new
balance in the Bank of Time. There's
a new bank book. So, what win the
check stubs show at the end of the
Year,
Rev. John Sherman had a right to
make his reasonable request" If prac-
ticing what one breaches gives that
right. His "three score and ten" were
busy years. He was born at Dedham,
Essex. England, and before he was
twenty-One he was an A. B. and A. M.
of Trinity college, Cambridge, a min
lister of the Church of England and a
Puritan on his way across the Atlantic
TO the Massachusetts, Bay colony.
There was no church for him, since
the only three in INSTRUMENTATION
Salem and Watertown-had efficient
ministers. So he was one Of the ''orig-
inal planters" of Wethersfeld, Conn,
and a watcher" 1634-40. Then he
was one Of the founders of Milford,
New Haven plantation. Next he was
n magistrate representing Milford in
the New Haven colony and also
charged with the duty Of dividing land
Meanwhile he preached wherever op.
portunity offered.
In 1847 he became the minister OF
the WATERFOWL church. There he
preached till his death In 1885. Church
and state were pretty much the same
thing in those days, so the village af
fairs kept him busy man. He found
time, however, to publish for many
years an almanac, for which he made
all the astronomical calculations and
wrote the text. He was also the first
fellow and overseer OF Harvard uni
versity. Incidentally he also found tint
70 marry twice. Cotton Mather in hi;
"Magnalia Christi Americana" says hi
had % children; this is a misstate
ment, but he did have 10. His cpl
taph In Latin on the tombstone In Eas
Waltham, Mass, thus sums up hi
life:
Sacred to the memory OF JohI
Sherman, a man distinguished for pi
ETY., character and truth; a profound
theOlOgian; as a preacher a veritabl'
Chrysostom unsurpassed In his knowl
edge Of the liberal arts, PARTICULAR.
mathematics; a faithful pastor Of thu
Church OF WATERFOWL in New Eng
land; an oyerseer and fellow Of Har
ward college. After life Of faith
ful service to Christ in the churel
for upwards Of as years In the full
ness Of time he passed away ant
received from Christ the palm of vie
tory, 10 the seventy-second year Of hi
age, August 8, A. d. 1885"
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29
striotlx NeutraI.

Dean was playing with his brother.
Dick, and neighbor boy, John. when
John and Dick began to fight.
Dean came in the house and l
asked him why he didn't help his
brother, for had been watching out
the window.
II just told him he could battle his
own fights" he said.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29

Watch cutleura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cutcura Ointment.
Wash of Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
Is wonderful what Cuticura win do
for poor compilations, dandruff. itching
and red rough Observation-Disclosures
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29


4 Let us hope that the reasonable
request that this early Puritan put
to himself was to him externally prof
table" In any event, he stands forth
as fine sample Of sturdy American
pioneer family that has given four
immortals to the nation-Roger Sher-
man, one Of the trainers of the Dec
laration of Independence General w.
I. Sherman; Secretary of State John
Sherman; Vice President James s.
Sherman.
Certainly his request Is one that
Is always reasonable. And it is one
that was never more reasonable than
now. The year 1922 is year when
every good American should endeavor
duly to prize and diligently to i'm
prove time" 1t is a year with chal-
lenge. 1t is year with promise.
Though In folly and in blindness
And in sorrow still we grope,
Yet in mans increasing kindness
Lies the worlds stupendous hope.
And 1t is a reasonable request to ev-
cry red-blooded, thinking, patriotic
American. Such man knows that
nobody can stand still; that he has
either to progress or fall back. The
progressive man accepts responsible
ties as the measure Of his capabili-
ties. He never shirks them, for he rec
| ognizes in them the price he must pay
for advancement.
Competition Is going to be keen this
year. The dollar is going to be hard
to get Men who have been getting
twice what they were before and have
had lots of money TO spend are going
to feel the pinch. 1t looks as IL ev-
erybody who works for living will
have to work little harder. 1t may
be that life will seem hard. But what
of It? Life has always been hard
perhaps 1t was meant to be. Anyway,
1t is something that has got to be lived
and mastered. It's the business OF men
| ito greet the unseen with a cheer" and
ito advance on chaos and the dark"
OF course all of us cannot have a
hand in the big things that must be
done In meeting the challenge of 1922
But If all of US do the little things we
may, 1922 will indeed be the Happy
New Year" Of our greetings.
To save a little money,
To praise little more;
To smile when days are sunny
And when the tempests pour;
To pay less heed to SHINING
nj n nd
TO see beyond the winning
Just how the fight was fought;
To be a little kinder,
A little Drawer, too,
To be a little binder
To trivial things men do,
To give my hand to labor,
Nor whimper that I must,
To be a better neighbor
And worthier of a trust
To play the man, whatever
The prize at stake;
God grant that l shall never
These New Year pledges break.
Anyone looking for something to d.
In the way of helping along can hell
bolster up the morals OF his communi
ty. The war has done what all war;
do. And the leeches on society are al
ways active at such times. just nov
we are facing all sorts Of loose liv
ing and the public at large APPARENT,
). feels little concern. Any man OF WON
an can at least help by setting goot
example.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29

Let me entreat one thing OF thqe and
will adventure to promise thee Ia good
year. The request is in itself reasonable
and may to thee be eternally profitable
1t is only this: duly to prize and diigent-
~ to improve time for the blessed end II
was given for and is yet graciously con-
tinued unto thee by eternal God-REV'
JOHN SHERMAN C16l3-16Si).
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29

No matter how proud girl may be
of her family name, she's seldom averse
to changing It.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29
PIauhInas.

PlaythInss.
What rattle is TO baby a title
Is to the heiress.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29
Crosses ocean 100 Times.

W.. p. Willis, business man OF
New York. has crossed the Atlantic
$50 times.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-29
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

HAT of the checks that
you and 1 are going to
draw on the Bank OF
Time in 1922-it we
keep on drawing checks
through the yearP
There's nothing new
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-01
Judge Gordon VIII
Protect Children

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, April IA
strict rule against the publication Of
facts concerning cases coming before
Juvenile court here was established
Thursday by Judge Frank Gordon.
The purpose is to protect children
called before the court, he stated.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-01

The Mail Carrier desires to announce
to his patrons as well as his friends,
that it is a waste OF both time and
money to send a letter by him marked
In Haste. as he hasn't got time to fool
with such business.
The stranger that passed through here
about a month ago passed back through
here yesterday and asked for another
drink Of water. Sid Hooks says the
man must be an inveterate water drinker.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-01
Asks Delay in Naming
Attendance Officers

L. N. Hines, State superintendent of
public instruction. at the request of Gov
ernor Warren T. McCray has sent let
ters to school officials throughout the
State asking them to defer the appoint
ment of attendance officers until the new
law governing their appointment becomes
effective.
Under the new law every county and
every city with a population of 1000 or
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
CHAPTER LXIT.
A MOUNTAIN TOP PICNIC WITH
CHAMPAGNE

McMasters had sent up the books
with the man who carried the lunch
con. Also he had ordered the most
luxurious picnic spread / ever had
shared. Its standard is to be guessed
from the bottles in a bucket of ice
which accompanied it.
l refused the champagne to my
hosts annoyance, indeed, to his ex-
IRENE disgust
Apparently the richest movie pro-
Queer of the time was initiating some
ancient Roman sporting gentleman.
But most unfortunately, he had Sc
lected the wrong girl to lavish his
luxuries upon.
Serving iced champagne on Broad
! bends peak to girl who wouldn't
touch it appealed to my sense of
humor
If Dick and l had been off on
tramp, we would have pulled some
cheese sandwiches and oranges from
our blazer pdtkets-and called them
a feast!
McMasters' display of luxuriss
which he intended to fascinate me,
only irritated me. Who did he think
| was? An artificial exotic without
an ounce of brains in my head? A
girl without taste?
was May Scott, girl whom ma
ture had been kind to in the matter
of nose eyes, chin and mouth-so
much he could see. But he could
not see that I was alive to the vul-
garity of the lavish courses his man
was passing to me. In a hotel, the.
menu would have been artistic and
elegant; but it was decidedly pre-
tentious and absurd amidst the pines
of the mountain.
nibbled at some of the palmer
foods, and then the iced dainties were
cleared away, the man in charge dis
appeared down the slope and Nc
Masters produced his selections of
recently published literature.
McMasters, like Cissy, was an
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
BY STANLEY

aesthetic. Pm always trying to visu.
alize words. It's part of my profes
sion or the curse of my imagination
! to see words as moving creatures OF
as action. To me, the pink-cheekedj
white-haired too heavy producer was
a connoisseur--in surfaces! Beauty
for him, never need be more than
skin deep.
Motherdear has said that my habit
of translating words into persons or
pictures may often be hard on an
individul, but for me may hold the
secret of future business success. If
| get tired of acting, perhaps l may
be able to write and produce my own
scenarios.
McMasters' books might have been
called radical" Old customs were
ridiculed in them. McMasters read
to me passages which derided pre-,
vailing ideas of ethics, others which
dealt with changing views about mar.
riage, some which preached the right
OF the individual to live his. life in
his own way.
eff you would shed your Victorian
training, May as you would cloak :
you'd get rid of big burden in youe
climb to the top of your profession"
And that was what he wanted. he
said. He wanted me to be free, men
tally, and liberated from ancient
taboos which hampered my acting
because they confined my mind!
1t sounded very advanced and en-.
ticing. But when McMasters looked
earnestly at me and told me that his
only wish in life was to see me bios.
som a single perfect flower at the
tip of a stem I giggled
(To Be Continued.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27

was experiencing the emotion.
So only can explain why so sud-
denly I accepted McMasters' invita-
ton.
Books? How I love them! I'll
be ready in half an hour, Mr.. Nc
Mastersw
A short white wool sports skirt
barred with rust color; a soft white
blouse under rust colored sweater
white shoes and a white hat: so I
dressed for my stroll with Mathews
McMasters.
We nodded gayly, right and left,
as we passed various members of the
company. Cissy scowled. 1t was the
first symtopm of proprietorship he
: had betrayed in public. Dick refused
to look my way.
Sheldon has to work this morning.
and so has Barnes " remarked Nc
Masters. "Demaison said he wouldn't
need you. He can shoot Cissy and
the company all day in full scenes,
close views, medium views and long
shots. For the Little Star. there isn't
even a dummy scene"
Il was not very desirable COM
panion that morning. l was too
young and too independent to need
help, and too speedy in the difficult
places up the mountain valley. 1t
pleased me to rush headlong until
the handsome white haired gentle
man breathed hard.
He was much too proud to ask me
to go slower. But how frequently he
stopped for charming bits of scenery!
did not intend to coquette with
the gentleman. But | did plan to
persecute him little. I remembered
the affair of the rose-red dress. I
decided to revenge Mrs. McMasters
in my own way.
was in the spirit of youth, the
natural essence of which Resale
Bruce was an artificial variety,
weird imitation.
| decided to shoW the man how I'M
fit lie was with his years and his
weight, to keep the pace I set. So |
fitted UP the mountain before him
sometimes perversely refusing to
listen when he talked about the
glorious view.
| lost my headache on the way, I
was fresh and fit when we sat down
on the ledge at the top of Broadbend.
But McMasters was red and
wretched. His discomfort made me
Historically gay.
l couldn't help thinking how Dick
or Cissy would have out-distanced me
had | tried my little joke on either
of them.
l couldn't help thinking that it
must always be so. that youth turns
to youth, and, that when a man of
fifty thinks that young girl prefers
him to a boy of her own age-the
poor fellow had been sadly deceived
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
WHEN WILL YOU DIE?

HoW long will you Eve? That
question silencas rs az. Firm
Il tie Drain o. cary pcr-ou is he
conviction that death is inevitable.
There. is no special reason for beliey-
ms so, except precedent.
We observe that all men who ever
wed have died. Hence, we reason,
our own deaths are certainty.
Not necessarily so! is the startling
opinion of Sir Arthur Keith, of the
Royal College of Surgeons, of Lon
don.
Medical science some day may CON
quer death-enable people to live
eternally. This is not impossible,
says Keith.
Civilization steadily increases the
average length of human life. Is
there an end to this extension? Why
so?
Prof. Keith tells the London cor
respondent of the Journal of the
American Medical association:
animals like the gorilla and an
thropoid apes, that are nearest to
man, are old at 40. The aborigines
of Australia and Patagonia were old
at so. Human life is longer now"
We not only live more years. We
cram more into each year. In an
hour we travel by airplane as far as
our ancestors could penetrate
through forests in fortnight.
Civilization has so conquered
space and time that modern man ex-
periences more life in year than
the prehistoric Java Ape Man, Held
elberg Man or Neandethal Man eX-
perienced in 20 years.
Still we are not satisfied. As a
reaction from the nervous tension of
modern existence, we seize, with
shout, all promises of death-evasion
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
c CONFESSIONS
OF A MOVIE
STAR
CHAPTER Tx.
SOME ADVANCES FROM
MINISTERS

"TWlNKLE, twinkle! Little starp'
Thus McMasters greeted me
at breakfast. He, as the producer,
and |, as the star, had places at the
head of the camp table.
smiled at the quotation, and felt
myself hypocrite. 1t was a most
uncomfortable feeling. The mans
humor was banal, 'smarty' talk
and as old as the hills. Did he think
any silly remark would please little
girl like me?
And because smiled, as if it were
the first time | ever had heard the
quotation, instead of the thausandth,
| started the day out of tune with
myself and rebellious.
began to loathe McMasters. Not
that he ever had been other than
outwardly respectful | loathed him
on account of the gossip about him,
| loathed him because Ginnette had
linked my name with his and because
Dick had listened to her. | loathed
nm most of all because he and men
IKE nm had taken loyalty and trust
>>-------o<-7~--~>-s>e..-0.~ 1..-.a.,..
neld forth by the monkey gland doc
tors.
While eternal life is not impossi-
bic for man, it is undesirable, saws
Prof. Keith.
THE desire for the extension of
the span of human life is form
Of madness, and if people would only
think of the condition of life they
would never entertain the idea"
keith's theory is that natures whole
system of human existence is to use
young and vigorous lives and kill the
old. - aM
Therefore, says he, the problem is
not to postpone death, but to prolong
the period of vigorous life. In 9th
er words, to double the years of
youth and shorten the period of ex-
hausted, enfeebled old age.
A sound theory! Youth, not long
er lives, is what we all crave. 1t is
doubtful if the average person could.
live more than two centuries without
committing suicide. Try to sit
through the same movie 10 times
and see how the show bores you.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

(From the Times-Recorder Dec.
81, 1919
MEMBERS of the local chapter
of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution have extended formal
thanks to Manager w. H. C. Dudley,
of the local opera house: for the
courtesies extended them in connec-
ton with the recent benefit perform
ances which closed last night.
Americas and Sumter county were
peculiarly free from accidents, cas-
ualties and tragedies during Christ
mas week, which is most remarkable
considering the population of more
than $1,000.
The Masonic lodges of Americas,
together with the Order of the East
ern- Star, will unite this evening in
a very delightful social occasion
which will follow the public installa-
ton of officers recently elected.
Sumter's fine roads have been
damaged to greater or less degree
by the incessant rains of the past ten
days, and in some places where heavy
travel has resulted the roads are all
most impossible.
Miss Florrie Walters, of Cordele,
is the guest of Miss Mary Littlejohn
for several days, having arrived to-
day.
Mr., and Mrs. r. B. Winlock, of
Augusta, are spending several DAYS
m>Americus, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. B. Heys.
Mrs. Edward Kiker, of Cordele, is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. We'll
born F. Clarke, at her home on Lee
street.
Hundreds of Americas households
are without sufficient clothing to
wear because of the continued RAINY
spell which prevented the family
iaundresses from the necessary at
tention.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Paper missing from files.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
CHAPTER LXT
MINISTERS AND / RUN A RACE.

GOULD / feeI safe when Dick was
around, guarding me from-say
snakes, at midnight could | feel
grateful to him as a knight who
would always come in the hour of my
need; and could l also hate him at
the same time?
A reporter who once had inter
viewed me had new word for the
emotion of holding opposite feelings
for the same person He. had sug-
gested the word as the germ of a
scenario. I had forgotten it but
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
A SENSIBLE EDITORIAL.

HOWEVER you may agree with
or disagree with the run of edi-
torial utterances of the Atlanta Geor-
gian, every reader of the Times-Re-
corder, we believe, will applaud the
sound reasoning and sense of indie
pendent justice contained in the fol-
lowing from that paper under the
caption, ut Depends Upon Whose Ok
is Being Gored:'
We are hearing from certain
politicians much condemnation of
the bloc in politics.
1.-The gentlemen now most per-
turbed were not in the least alarmed
when the bloc which controlled ma
tlonal legislation was made up Of
financial interests, Big Business in
terests, privileged seekers of more
privilege.
When they controlled the party
in power and were able, if necessary,
also to control the party out of pow
er, many cabinet ministers recogniz-
ed the masters voice and did not
object. At least one recent presi-
dent was passive. His moral sensi-
bilities were not shocked.
THAT kind of bloc has been eff
fectlve during most Of our history as
nation.
But whenever thirty million ac-
tual producers of our wealth and our
sustenance get together regardless
of party lines for enactments thought
by them to be for the general well
fare, we hear at once that his is
dangerous that it challenges the
established order by creating a war
Of sections and classes, and it means
an end of representative party gov
eminent
In all truly representative gov
ernments there are bound to be CON
flicts Of interest. They are not neces-
sarily deplorable. They are often
healthy. But for them the differing
needs of differing groups Of the pop
ulation would have no means of en-
forcing attention.
Representative government is
never dangerous when aerated by
conflicts of ideas, ambition and pol
icy. 1t becomes dangerous only when
control ceases to be democratic or
when such control is secert; or when
the interest that is not getting a
square deal is denied fair hearing
and decision after due considera-
ton.
Our habit has been party govern
ment, but it is habit. which neces-
sarily atrophies if parties cease to
progress or cease to. reflect what
many people think.
THE feelings of our 30,OOO,0OO
farmers with respect to what govern
ment should mean for them are as
much entitled to expression through
POLITICAL action as the feelings of our
millions of industrial workers, of our
manufacturers, merchants, bankers.
The political party which consults
and serves the greatest number will
not be endangered by any bloc
it will itself be the bloc"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-27
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

(From the Times-Recorder Dec.
81, 1917
There will be a notable marriage
on the 29th inst. A prominent
young business man will we'd one
of the fairest of Ellaville's young
ladies. On the evening of Tuesday
next at 5 o'clock, Will C. Carter of
this city will be married to Miss An
ME Clare Amos, the wedding taking
place at the home of Capt. and Mrs.
Robert Burton.
A great treat is in store for Ameri-
Gus theater goers on Tuesday nighs
when The Count of Monet Christie
will be presented at the opera house,
with James O'Neal playing the lead
ing part.
Louis Lowenthal was in the city
yesterday looking around prepare
tory to instituting conclave of the
Knights of Damon, a secret benevo-
lent insurance order somewhat like
the Knights of Pythias. He will be
here all the week looking to the or
ganlzation features.
When the alarm of fire was given
yesterday the discovery was made
that the location was at the A. P.
q L. compress. The fire companies
responded Immediately, but so great
was the distance and SO dry had the
cotton become that had it not been
for the precautionary measures tax
en- by the compress a DISASTROUS fire
might have resulted. Only 10 bales
were seriously damaged.
Many handsome presents were
given in Americas this year, notable
among them being a handsome piano
presented to Mrs. R. j. Perry for her
elegant home, and a magnificent dia-
mond ring given to Mr.. John Wind
sor by his son, Lester Windsor.
The young men employed in the
offices of Mr.. Samuel C. Cooper, sec
rotary and accountant of the S. A.
q M. road presented him with an
elegant silver service as a testimonial
of their esteem of him personally
and their appreciation of his unvary-
ing courtesies.