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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Commissioner of Education Gives
Figures of Expenditures
in This Country.
AVERAGE IS S515 FOR PUPIL
Counting Children Of kindergarten
Age There Are More Than Thirty
Million Children Of School Age In
the United States.
BY p. p. CLAYTON.

UNITED States Commissioner OF EducA-
tion.)
Considered alone. expenditures TOT
public education In the United States
may seem large. Figures ana cOnl-
parsons recently published in many
newspapers show how small they are
when compared with expenditures Tor
other purposes, public and private
These expenditures are also small
In comparison with the number OF chill
dren to be educated. We forget how
numerous a people we have come 10
be. In thinking Of hundreds OF MIL
lions Of dollars for public schools we
forget that there are tens OF millions
of boys anG girls to be educated
Keenly conscious of the size OF the
dividend, we forget the size OF the
divisor. We forget that there are
in the United States more than twen-
ty-seven million boys and girls between
the ages of six and nineteen-that Is
between the age at which chlldreh
I'm most states enter school and the
age of those who graduate from the
high school having gone through the
grades of the elementary school WITH
out the loss of more than one year
IF children of kindergarten age are
counted in there are more than tnlrt!
millions.
The Cost.
Inst how much do we pay for the
education of these Children
The first of three tables giving dc
tails show how much was spent OF
an average in the public schools o.
each of the states for the education
of each child of the generation o
children entering school in the fal
of 1905 and reaching the normal ag,
of high school graduation in 1915
The figures given in each case SHOW
as nearly as can be computed from re
ports made to the United States bu
reau of education just how much ha
been spent to make all the differenc
between total illiteracy and the lac
), of all school training Of this genera
/ ton of boys and girls and that whic
they did get in the public elementar
and high schools. May it therefor
fairly be taken as the measure OF tn
value Of such education in the mind
Of the people? 1t should be remen
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

at the rate of expenditures in 1913
would be paid for all education-ele-
mentary, secondary, higher, technical
and professional, that is, how much
would be spent on the average for all
the school education of all the chill
dren in public elementary schools and
high schools and in colleges, universi-
ties, technical and professional schools
of all kinds. The range would be from
Sill in Mississippi to $1,274 in Mon
tana, again somewhat too high, and
the average for the United States
would be $40. Illinois, in this third
table, is put down at S431.
Grand Average Is $515.
To this $40 should be added about
$75-prObably not quite so much-for
expenditures of private schools of all
kinds, elementary and secondary, pri-
vate commercial schools, and schools
for the deaf, blind, the feeble-minded
and other special classes of children.
The grand total of $515 represents
what at the 1918 rate the people of
the United States would pay on an av-
erage for all the opportunities of edu-
cation, public and private, higher and
lower; for all the difference which
schooling makes between a generation
Of total illiterates lacking in all the
training Of the schools, and the cOndi'
ton we would have as the result OF
continuation Of the 1918 rate of ex
penditure for education and training
in the schools.
Since in the figures for the United
States as a whole and those for eacf
of the states are included the ex
through college, for many more wh'
will go through the high school, ant
for still more who will get more thai
their share of the average in cit!
schools and country schools having
comparatively long terms, the actua
amount paid for the education of tn
large number of children whose schOo
ing is confined to the elementar
grades of the city schools and of tn
short-term country schools must b
pitifully small.
Does II Pay2
As a matter of investment and bus
ness economy, alone, the thoughtfI
man will ask: Does it pay TO spen
an average of $515 on the educatio
of the children of the nation, or wOul
it be better to save this money, clos
all our public schools, and let II
next generation of men and wome
depend wholly on their unspOiled an
unimproved native ability? Is 1t pro
able that on the average these men an
women will because of the educatic
which they receive from the schOo
and colleges, universities, technic
and professional schools, produce so
more during their lives than the
{ would if nothing were spent on the
: education?
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
coiro to School in the Woods.

To 90 to school in the woods, 10 as
sign ones own lessons, to gain first
hand information in local mills, STOCK
wards and stOTeS-it is a part or the
new plan for a summer school Tor
boys and girls at the Kansas State
Normal school. ScOUtcraft will be
taught on trips to the woods, and local
Industries will De observed by the
classes. Questions raised on each trip
will be taken up in the classroom the
next day. Swimming in pool twice
week will be feature.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Bows Ordered Home Nights.

Greenfield, Ind.-Seven boys, all
under the age of twelve years, found
guilty in city court the other day
By Mayor Myers of taking pennies
from milk bottles set on porches, were
sentenced to stay at home after six
o'clock in the evening for 80 days.
Their parents are instructed to en-
force the sentence and not permit any
of the boys to leave their homes be
tween 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. unlesA
accompanied by their parents.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

was not TO be discarded. The other
day it was opened again and from it
emerged a blinking, emaciated cat,
staggering on feeble legs. The animal
had scarcely strength to lap warm
milk hastily procured by the work
:::ep from a neighboring cafe, but by
the time it had finished it was suffi-
GENTLY recovered to attend to its
toilet and to wash it's whiskers.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Begin Right Now to
Conquer Your Rheumatism

the blood.
For this purpose there is no more
satisfactory remedy than S.S.S.,
the fine old blood remedy that has
been in use for more than ttty
years, and has given such general
satisfaction for rheumatism. =.
Begin taking S.S.S. TODAY, and
write our medical director for eX-
pert advice, without charge. Adj
dress Chief Medical Director, l5O
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. ia;
s. S. s. is not sold or recommended
for yenereal diseases.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
CAT LIVES rs DAYS IN HOLE
Paris Feline Receivers Quickly on Get
ting Milk and Washes Its
Whiskers.

Paris.-How long can cat live in a
dark hole without food? The answer
IA 25 days, according to accounts IN
the Paris press Of a cats adventure.
Twenty-Five days ago a mason mend
ing q rainpipe system on the Cnurcn
of st. Ambrose closed up pipe which
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
poa erieves For Dead Master.

Albany. Ore.-Years ago William Fl.
MoorehOuse. an aged and penniless
man, declined to give up the company
of his dog in order to be cared for
by the state The other day Moore.
house died, and the dog, an "Old timerF
himself, grieyes for his lost friend.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

If you are going to again rely
upon the liniment bottle to try to
rub your Rheumatism away, you
will be doomed again to nothing
but disappointment. A disease
that can cause so much pain and
suffering is not on the surface OF
the skin, and cannot be rubbed
away.
Many forms of rheumatism are
caused by a tiny disease germ in
the blood. and in such cases the
only logical treatment is to search
out and remove these germs from
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Agricultural Gloom.

"Stil thinking Of buying a farmT
mo. I've always prided myself or
taking q cheerful view Of life"
what has that to do with your buy
ing a farm
Judging from the kind OF talk
hear In rural communities, wouldn'
own a farm more than six months be
fore I'd be a confirmed pessimist. "
birmingham Age-Herald.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
rs.nate Of Lead Poisoned Eight.

Dexter, Kan.-Eight persons are
fighting against death by slow poison
ing. caused by eating cake. The
cake was made with arsenate of lead.
instead of sugar, through a mistake.
If was eaten at a family reunion pic
mic six miles northeast of Dexter.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Embarrassing.

"I don't like these 'pay-as-yOu-leave'
street cars"
"Why is that?'"
"If you accidentally become &C
uuainted with a young lady on them,
you are always under obligations"
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
The Spoofing Prof.
professor, which is the logical way
of reaching a conclusion" Take a
train of thought, my boy"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
SAVE SHnES Ann STOCKINGS

They will last twice as long Il you shake
Into Your Shoes ALIENS FOOT=EASh'
the powder for the feet. 1t takes the frio-
ton from the shoe and gives quick rehef 70
Corns Bunions Callouses, sore, aching, swoI-
len tender feet Shake Aliens Foot=Ease
into your shoes and enjoy the bliss Of feet
without an ache.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
The Barometer.

Ethel-How do you know the Dob
sons have patched up their quarrelT
Clara-Oh, saw Mrs. DObsOn this
morning in Bimbles. She was trying
on one of those twenty-five dollar
hats.-Judge.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

the country is interrupted, as occurs
almost annually at this time, as re-
suit of weaver spiders, whose long
silken lines crossing the wires cause
| short circuits
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

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with trouble and had number OF
doctors better until had operation
thing
NV Pkhms Vegetable Compound
wonderfully
recommended Vegetable Compound
publish testimonial d. SHARON
Point Farm, Burlington, VT
surgical and
thought
and restoration 1t successful
through neglect reach stage
OF
they caused by serious da
groths although the the
Pnkha Vegetable
relieve and troubles
Vegetable Compound after operations have
been advised by attending physicians
Pnkham's Private Book "AGmentS Pecu-
will be sent free request Write
Pinkham Medicine Massachusetts
contains valuable information.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Juvenile Louic,

Tommy-What does Ii. ID. after a
mans name mean?
JIMMY guess 4 means that he's
lung and liver dOctor.-Boston
Transcript.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
All Run Down.
NowFeelsFine


"Eatonic is the only thing have
found to stop my heartburn and l
thlak it has been great help In
nervous SPELLS" writes G. c. Johnson.
An upset stomach may cause lots
of suffering all over the body. Eatonic
helps in such cases by removing the
cause Of the misery, because 1t takes
I'D and carries out the excess acid
and gases and keeps the digestive o, .
gans in natural working order. A
tablet after meals is all you need. Big
box costs only a trifle with druggists
guarantee.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

IF YOUR CORNS PAIN YOU
Amply Vacher-Ealm, it relieves at once.
Keep it handy for any other pain.
Buy it locally. f. w. Vacher, lnc.'
New Orleans.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Natural Outcome.

Hipp-"COuldn't he swim against his
current expenses?" HOpp-"NO. SO
he lust drifted into debt"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
The EhanQe.

To some women man is considered
q possibility for time. After thaI
he becomes a curiosity.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

Some women are so contrary that
they even have. confidence in q con-
6dence man.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Sensitive Bird.

Bird Dealer Ito customer who has
bought a parrot on credit)-Here's
your bill. Are you going to pay for
II or nOtf
Customer-rve had the parrot one
, whole month and he's never said a
word.
Bird Dealer-Well, you see, this
polly is so very sensitive 1t never
speaks until II has seen the receipted
bin showing 1t has been paid for"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
The Animal Tent.

"Then your kid didn't enjoy the CIT
cIs?" mo, the giraffe was getting
its neck washed"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
spiders Tie Up Wire Service.

Buenos Aires.-A large part Of the
telegraph service into the interior Of
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Small Is Cost
of us.

bered that these figures include not
only the cost of instruction, but also
expenditures for buildings, grounds,
equipment, repairs, fuel and all incl
dentals, including In many cities and
states books and supplies.
The range is from S63 per individ-
ual person in Alabama and Mississippi
to 1857 in Montana, the Montana rate
being almost exactly ten times that
of Alabama and Mississippi. The H.
inois range is $3.50. The average for
the United States is only $252.
Comparisons.
In a country In which we blithely
acknowledge that all things wait on
education-the public health, material
prosperity and wealth, social purity,
civic righteousness, political wisdom,
the strength and safety of state. and
nation. and, finally, the thing for which
all these exist-that is, the individual
welfare and happiness Of the people
we have recklessly C'recklessly" Is
probably the word) spent 1882 pei
child that the attainment of all these
things may be assured. Since less
Than 20 per cent of all the money ex
pended for public schools goes for In
struction, only $175 Of the 1882 was
paid for actual instruction. We FIRE
ouently have complaints that the In
struction and training of the boys anC
| girls who leave the schools is not a.
| extensive and thorough as 1t should
be. What should we expect for SlI5
| For the generation of boys and girl
reaching the age of high school gradu
alton in 1906 the average per capiti
was $40. For the elementary ant
secondary education of the million o
men and women in the United State
now between the ages of twenty-On
and thirty-five the average paid wa
$500.
An Average.
The second table shows what wOul
be spent on the average for the edJ
cation of each child of those (som'
thing more than two and quartz
milliOns) who reached the school az
of six years in 1918 if the average e.
penditures for that year were to b
continued until 1881 when these boy
and girls will have reached the no
NAL age of graduation from the hig
school. In only one state would tt
amount be less than 500, and the a
erage for the United States would
1850. The figures for Montana ($1274
are no doubt too large, the numb'
of children Of school age in that sta
, in 1918 being larger than the numb'
calculated on this basis of the EST
mates of the total population mat
nv the bureau Of census. The san
, Is probably true, but in smaller d
! gree. for California ($54O). Illinoi
. average in this table is the same
) In the first, $3.50.
The third table shows how mu'
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Rattlino Good Stuff.

"FIubdub's father used to have a
large collection of old armor. YES
he left the boy lot of tin"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
Hush money is generally paid on
the quiet.
Buy YOUR CIGARS DIRECT

Save middIeman's profit. mild smoke
made right, with combination tObaccos that
make smoking a pleasure. box OF htty,
prepaid for 81 so, or 100 for $2.9O. HAVANA
SMOKE HOUSE, HOMELAND. GEORGIA
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

Blunt men usually have sharp
tongues.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

most needed auto accessory in thiE territory. ka-
AIcemo Mfg. Co., lSl Bridge St. Newark, n.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25
HOW WOMEN AVOID
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
Some Are Extremely Necessary, OthersMy Not Be
Every Woman Should Give Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a Trial First

Chicago, Ill. -"l was in
bedwith a female trouble and
Inflammation and had four
doctors but none of them did
me any'good. They all said l
would have to have an oper-
alton. A druggists wife told
me to take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and | took % bottles, never
missing a dose and at the end
of that time / was perfectly
well. / have never had occs-
sion to take it again as l
have been so we'll. / have a
six room fiat and do all my
work. My two sisters are
taking the Compound upon
my recommendation and you
may publish my letter. tits
the gospel truth and / will
write to any one who wants
apersonal letter. Mrs. E.
II. HAYDoCK, 1924 St Law.
renee Ave-, Chicago, Ill
A Vermont woman
adds her testimony to
the long line of those
fortunate women who
have been restored to
health by Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
NEARLY 5000
BALE SIN HERE:
lilac OFFERED
Value OF Bale Increases
y $2.785 In lust Two
Weeks

As a result of strong close for
cotton on the exchanges Friday, on
the eve of a double holiday, which
usually brings weakness, buyers were
Offering II IA cents for good MD
ding spot cotton in At!ericus Satur-
day, with little beng offered.
Receipts of new crop cotton in
Americus for the week ending at
noon Saturday totalled 2,964 bales.
The receipts for the week We're 1929
bales, as compared with ,l35 for the
season up to noon Saturday Of last
week.
The rise in the price in cotton in
the last two weeks has amounted 70
5.75 cents per pound, or $28.75 per
bale, an average bale Of good mid
ding of 500 pounds now being worth
$8625. This rise has brought mil
lions of dollars of increased value in
to the South, and thousands into
Sumter county, where a considerable
quantity of old crop cotton is still
held
Many cotton growers and hand
lers are now predicting 20 cent cot
ton, and some Of them 25-cent cotton
before the end of September.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
Courtney Ivey Absolved From
Midshipn1an's Death at Boxing
Americus Lad Opponent Of Youth Who Died
From Injury Accident, Say
Authorities

Early this week the newspapers
published a report of the death Of
Midshipman William Bruce Hayes,
aged 1G, Of Lockhayen, Pa, at the
u. S. naval academy at Annapolis
as the result Of boxing match i, the
academy. 1t has since developed that
an Americus boy, Courtney lvey, was
the opponent of Midshipman Hayes
i nthe fatal contest. He has been
completely absolyed from any blame
whatsoever by the academy authori-
ties, and a, letter to this effect has
just been received by his father, w.
S. Ivey, here, from Captain 7. r.
Kutz, of the naval academy.
Midshipman Iveys name did not
appear in any cf he news reports
Of the unfortunate affair. Immed-
lately after the contest he wrote to
his parents here that he had bren en-
gagged in the boxing contest, which
was part Of the academy curriculum
and that he had knocked his opponent
out, the latter remaining unconscious
for more than an hour. The con
test took place last Saturday and
Tuesday the injured boy died.
Following Is copy of the letter
from Captain Kurtz 70 w. S. .Ivey
here:
Mr.. w. S. Tvey, Anfericus, Ga.
my Deaf, Mr. Iyey-7I told 'youi
son that ! Would write YOU a note
in regard to the death Of one of his
classmates which occurred as a result
of boxing contest.
This Contest was aye 81. q mum
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
PLAINS SCHOOL
OPENS MONDAY

PLAINS, Sept. 3.-The Plains
consolidated public school will open
Monday, September 5, with Thomas
Morgan again principal, and corps
of eight teachers, There have been
very few changes in, the teaching staff
and all places have been filled except
one, for which an election VIII be
held tonight by the board of educa-
ton of Plains.
The foundation for the new school
AuiIding, for which bonds were voted,
MAS been laid, and the building is eX-
pected to be ready for occupancy by
March /, 1922.
The Plains school had an enroll
ment last year of 265. This Is eX-
pected to be exceeded this year
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
Moonshiner Leads
Sheriff To Still

Something new in moonshlners
was discovered Friday by Sheriff Z.
NJ Christian, of Webster county, IN
Iading negro cabin on the farm OF
W. &. Statham, in Webster county
According to a story related by him
ON a visit to Americus Saturday
morning, the negro arrested by him
after he had found gallon of liduor
m his house voluntarily escorted him
TO the woods and showed him where.
me still which ad recently been oeer-
H.aed was idden. The negro was Viii
lis JoSey. - "a f~
Another negro, Sambo Smith, who
was implicated with Josey in operat
ING the still, according to Josey, Ell
when he saw the sheriff coming and
was not captured. 50
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
LEAGUE COUNCIL
FINDS j. s. REPLY
ON MANDATES OK
Note Rccepted AS Salts
factory Basis OF Ne
pOtlOtlOn

GENEVA, Sept. (By Associated
Press The United States reply to
the associated powers on the subjec.
Of mandates was up for consideration
by the council of the League OF Ma
tions today. The council found the
reply furnishes Il satisfactory basis
for continuing neg o., atious. notwith-
standing the communication With
holds permission for the mandate
question to be settled by tsr Assem-,
bly, Of the League.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
HIXON &PACE
FIRM DISSOLYES

Announcement was made today of
the dissolution Of the law firm of
Hixon-& Pace, composed of Stephen
Pace and j. A. Hixon Mr.. Pace has
opened his own law Offices in the Ry
lander theater building.
Mr.. Pace had been associated with
Judge Hixon for the greater part of
the live years he has been in Amer
icus since leaving college.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
GOLD.

The Russian Soviet Goyernmen
now has less han $1,000,00O in goF1'
That's the estimate Of our depart
ment of commerce.
This is a drop from 100000
in gold holdings at the time OF
Kerensky's downfall.
Bolshevi&i money never has been
worth much. When it gets rid OF
its last million in gold, it won't be
worth anything.
That's why Lenine is beginning to
talk sense.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-03
PROSECUTION WARNED
TO ABSOLUTE. SECRECY.

MADISON, W, Va. Sept. 3. - A
gust OF partial relief from the tense
ness thas has gripped Al this section,
Of Boone county was evident here
when il was learned that President
Hard had decided to take the most
drastie steps to halt he arme,l invas-
ion of Logan county. Anxiety, the
fear Of wha ever may rome before
order IS restoSsa, IS still prevalent,
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