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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
No paper in files.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorde Decem-
Der 81, 1917 T
A merry-go-round, or flying jenny,
is here by a large majority and will
be In active operation as soon as the
apparatus can be installed in place.
This source of amusement has more
attractions, for little folks than most
any other, and many a dime and
five pennies will find it's way into
the Golfers of the owners.
New Year calling promises to be
no inconsideTable factor in increasing
the pleasure of the day. Mrs. Bloom
Brown will receive callers, assisted
by Misses Rasbury, Shelton, Amoret
Gray, Hattie Windsor and others,
Mrs. Charles Fricker will receive
from 5 to o'clock, assisted by Mrs.
McAfee, of Little Rock; Mrs. John
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31
l 9 2 2.
THE clock strikes p. Horn

THE clock strikes p. Horns blow.
Home brewers pop corks. Anoth-
er year ends, fades into eternity.
Enter, 1922.
Old 1921 was bad year for the
average pocketbook. There have been
worse years, but taking it by-and-
large, there will be few mourners as
1921 totters off the stage.
The new year, 1929, is a promis-
ing one. Prospects are that business
will continue. improving. The world
is saner, getting its balance restored,
recovering from the war.
What does the new year mean to
you personally?
For one thing, it means that you
are year older.
Business houses are taking inven-
tory of goods ON hand, checking up
their books, finding out what was ac-
complished, what not, in 1921.
Why not take an inventory of
yourself? Was it good year, or a
bad one, for you? Did you make
progress, slip back or stand still?
How does your lot compare with jan
uary /, 1921? What mistakes did
you make-what errors of judgment
that can be avoided during 1922?
On the answers to these questions,
base your New Year resolutions.
Let the birth of the new year. be
re-birth of your ambitions, hopes
and the finer emotions that make
life worth while.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

(From the Times Recorder Deem
Der 81, 1911.)
THE work of organizing a night
- school at the Y. NC. A. for the
lcnefit Of lie Young men whose work
bars them from the days school will
be taken up soon. w. H. Kennedy,
of the High school faculty, will have
charge OF the work, thereby giving
assurance that it will be in competent
hands. Already several students
have enrolled for such branches as
stenography, bookkeeping, typewrit-
ing and kindred work will be includ-
ed in the courses.
Close to $4,000 bales of cotton
have been received in Americas to
date, and the crop is regarded as a
remarkably large crop for this city,
and presages Americas as great cot
ton center.
Yesterday saw the completion of
! the work on the Chehaw Memorial
here, which has been in progress for
some time at local marble yard, the
work of which will have to be done
N@-~-~oo~~~>~-~o-~-~(>~~~ ->o4o~~~~o~o~o
eth because they bore such queer
fruit--balloons, if you please, of all
colors and sizes, yes, and shapes
too, for where in the old days rubber
balloons. were all of a shape and
round as moons, nowadays it's moth
ing at all for balloon to look ex-
actly like a large watermelon or a
squash, or. a string of sausages, and
one know of, my dears, had ears like
a rabbit, Every Kind of balloon was
growing here.
But the noise! All babies were cry
ing.
ut makes them grow" said Bus
kins. "All the balloon people grow
here" he went on, waving hand.
"And the babies are the squawkers.
They make such a noise folks
can't stand 'em IN the city. Some
times they cry so hard they fall off
the trees, then they can't grow any
more and they are sent to mortal
children to play with. But | under
stand that mortal parents aren't
fond of their noise either"
ITO be continued.)
Copyright, 1920
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

A BENEDICTION FOR THE
NEW YEAR:-The Lord bless thee,
and keep thee. The Lord make His
face shine upon thee, and be gracious
upto thee. The Lord lift up His
|countenance upon thee, and give thee
peace.-Numbers 5:24-26.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Reformers are protesting against
artists painting in'.the nude. It's
a wonder they don't catch cold,
especially painting landscapes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Figuring on your. marrying is
easier than marrying on your fig.
uring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Turn about is fair play, Johnny
Spencer thinks. The other day we
remarked that when he lays off he
should let folks know day in adj
vance to save them the expense and
time of trying to locate his missing
column. And he comes back with
this: Well, AS We We're Just About
to (AhemD Remark When Interrupt
ed, Wen Leave 1t to Anybody If
We Haven't Claimed All Along That
Editor Kirkpatrick Is the Best Look
ing and Finest Editor Between Here
and Any Given Point" There's one
vote, anyway, for us if we ever get
into beauty contest!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31


The Triton Gazette speaks sense
when it says: Good for the State
Sanitarium, when it contracted for it's
supply of beef and stipulated that
this should be from Georgia cattle.
The Moultrie packing house was the
successful bidder and TIT cents was
the price paid. The quantity called
for 1000 pounds weekly, and this
should open a good market for Geor-
gia cattle. If all the state institu-
tons would specify Georgia products
in placing their contracts, we would
be well on the way toward providing
a home market"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31
ED TO RIAL.

We agree with the editor of the
Americas Times Recorder that the of
fer of tax On light wines and beer
sales to raise the money with which
to provide larger compensation for
the men who went to war for us, is
not quite in keeping with the loyalty
and sacrifices made by our men in
the trenches says the Cordele Dis
patch. eve do not want the bonus,
but we are quite sure we do not want
it through liquor tax"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

This country is supposed to have
100000 dope fiends. Arg sport edi-
Tor knows the figure is low,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31


Mayor Jim Key, of Atlanta, init
mates that the crime wave there ex-
lists on the front pages of The AT
lanta Constitution and not so much
anywhere else. If that is, true the
undertakers and surgeons should
split with the Constitution, for GER
tainly it is helping their business.
Any man who wants but little
here below has it above his ears.
St. Louis thieves who stole min
ister's silverware must have enjoy
ed his service
The early bird catches cold.
Style Hint: Divorce suits should
be kept dark.
China's cabinet is resigned, but
China isn't.
F"Spring skirts will be six inches
from the. knee" say fashion hints.
And everybody wonders Cup or
1own?S
Most relatives are distant relatives
when you are broke.
Fastest things on earth must be
clues; they are rarely run down.
These talking movies won't be
popular because they drown out the
audience.
Aren't as many underfed and over
worked as overfed and underworked.
Germany is proving that war never
pays.
National League parks are build
ing exits for Jumps only They'll
abolish the lively pop bottle next.
Looks like you can't keep a good
submarine down.
Some women think the only way
to keep a husband is in hot water.
On account of the price, cold stor-
a2e plants have a million chicken
all dressed up and nowhere to go.
A corn in the hand is worth two
on the foot.
In spite Of all these expert predic-
ton that business will get better it
will.
This country is supposed to have
100000 dope fiends. Arg sport edi-
LOT knows the figure is lows
i5ns
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

st. Louis thieves who stole a min
ister's silverware must have enjoy
ed his service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

In spite Of all these expert predic-
ton that business will get better it
will
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

A corn in the hand is worth two
on the foot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

On account of the price, cold stor-
a@e plants have a million chicken
all dressed up and nowhere to go.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Aren't as many underfed and over
worked as overfed and underworked.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Most relatives are distant relatives
when you are broke.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Looks like you can't keep a good
submarine down.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-31

Some women think the only way
to keep a husband is in hot water.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Left Out of the News.
Injustice Alleged to Two Communi
ties In Westchester County.

To TIM NEW YORK HERALD: As a
matter of Information ! would like to
know why the New York papers In re-
ferring to events in Purchase. n. Y.
invariably designate them as Of White
Plains. Rye or Port Chester.
Purchase IL an exclusive residential Sec
ton In the township Of Harrison. with It's
own post office. &C., and has no connec-
ton whatever with the above mentioned
places other than being a neighbor. ap-
proximateiy four miles distant from
each. Harrison contains some of the
finest estates in westchester. Some of
these are Mrs. whiteiaw Reid's Ophir
Farm, William A. Reads Hillcrest.
Louis 3. Rolston's Fairview Farm, Carl
II. Pforzheimer's Hidden Brook, and
there are a score OF others.
While only thirty miles away. Pur-
chase Is practically unknown to New
York shops.
Has the press grudge against Har-
rison that accounts for ignoring It's ex-
istence7 Is there anything especially
peculiar about the placer
WILLIAM JUssrRANp On FOREST.
NEW York. May IS.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29

Dashes in the place OF names appear
in most cases In the space devoted
to diplomatic representatives and
consuls from foreign countries. Two
countries seem TO have entirely
dropped out OF their former place
in the Almanach, Albania, at which
the editor does not even venture a
guess. and Montenegro. which is ab-
sorbed into Serbia. But at least
twenty new States unthought Of be-
fore the world war are named, and
such statistics regarding them as
are available are given.
1t must be a matter of specula-
tion how much longer Herr PER-
THESIS successors will continue to
devote about half Of the space of
their Almanach to the genealogy OF
families which are mostly lexis"
Under the present conditions these
families seem to be disappearing
rapidly even as memories and many
Of them are finding their titles
and rank mere drugs on the world
market.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
At Barnum's Museum.
The Dying Zouave and the Falling
Actor Of 1881.

To THE NEW YORK. HERALD: l, want
to thank Park Benjamin for his very
interesting account OF Barnum's fu-
scum at Ann street and Broadway.
I remember the old museum in 1861.
VIXEN, having saved up a quarter.
would 60 to Barnum's Museum at 10 In
the morning and stay till In the after
neon. A couple of "round hearts for
cent-oig gingerbread cooSies-would
be my lunch in the museum.
Mr.. Benjamin will remember that IN
a big glass case on the second floor was
a life size figure or a soldier lying on
the ground. He was dressed as French
zouave and about every minute his chest
would rise and fall. The glass case
was labelled ''The Dying Zouave." Al
though over sixty years ago. I can see
now how his chest rose and fell as II
ho were breathing.
And then the play Joseph and His
Brethren" the old father. hearing Of his
sons death, falls backward on the stage
in wonderful manner. I doubt II we
have an actor to-day who could fail
backward in such realistic manner.
Those were the good old days.
My good father used to tell me that
when he was lad in 1910 in New York
the boys used to say of a man HE has
a plum" meaning $4,000. Only dozen
men In the city then had this amount
of money. WILLIAM G.. LANGLEY.
WHITE PLAINS, May 2s.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Steel Spoons.

Mr.. RICE, the Vice-Consul OF the
United States at Sheffield, England,
has a bit to say, in report to the
Department of Commerce, about
stainless steel. New Workers have
seen this ware, in the form of knives,
for several years, for the Shefield
makers at first confined their work to
cutlery. Next they turned out stain
less fire irons, stove CRATES and auto
mobile parts. Now, says Mr.. RICE,
the Britons are going to try to put
steel spoon in the worlds mouth.
1t sounds like going back a century
or two, but Mr.. RICE declares that
the new spoon, which is made stain
less by using 13 per cent. Of chro-
MUM in ordinary carbon steel, stands
furnishing well and holds its polish
to the end.
The new spoons will not be ex-
traordinarily cheap. Mr.. RICE quotes
teaspoons at 15h shillings and table
spoons at 36 shillings a dozen. But
even at that cost it Is cheaper to be
born with stainless steel spoon in
your mouth than with a silver one.
Hotels and restaurants should well
come a spoon not easily bent. How
iron spoons will be for supping with
the devil Is speculative. The length
rather than the material, however, is
the desideratum at such feasts.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Hues of the Deep.

Were you searching for the refreshmen.
of color, to illumine the drabness
of your day?
Look through my eyes then FOR little
from this steamer rail. whiIeI Try
10 report the marvels OF this
mornings ocean hues;
The vessel southwark bound, opposite
the coast of Georgia, perhaps two
hundred miles from shore:
The steadily throbblng engines driving
her through the Gulf Stream cur
rent,
Tne warm air scarcely stirred by brcczes
and the azure sky lightly veiled
by thin naze.
Dazzlingly the fields OF sudsy. sibilant
foam spreading from the prov re-
fleet the sun,
While below their snowy surface reticu-
lations. mantle luminous greenish
blue clouds and columns OF bub-
bies. as in some beady wine OF
dissolving turquoise
And through the cleaning meshes and
out beyond the great wreath or
sun smitten froth about the
steamers course, ah, what glories
OF the fathomless deep!
Furnished, gold f,ecked ultramarinc,
Fluent enamel Of translucent lapis 'azuli.
Cerulean ardor Of molten sapphire.
And the unutterable profundity OF rs-
spiendent cobalt
o now think this Is no longer water
through which the vessel so buoy
antly rides,
But undulant rapture OF spirit, banish-
Ing all the languor and prose OF
life
4 nawless liquid mirror OF unwearying
celestial radiance and ecstasy
ELIOT WHITE
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
A Lot of Money for Fists.

The State Comptroller announces
somewhat gloomily that the income
taxes paid this spring are behind
those Of a year ago by few mill
ion. Perhaps to illustrate the grow
ing poverty OF the people. he adds
that this year payments were made
not only with checks and currency
but with two cent stamps, special
delivery stamps and Liberty bond
coupons.
Then, just as the peoples eyes
begin to fill with tears over their
own sad pecuniary condition, they
read that the advance sale Of seats
for the Jersey City prize fight, which
is more than month away, is about
5000, 900.
The fight may be over in two Sec
onds. 1t cannot last more than an
hour. When it is over the only
difference will be either that lively
and likable French veteran is cham
pion pugilist of the world or that a
resident of the United States re-
tains that title. For the privilege Of
looking on nearly a million dollars
will lie paid.
At great prize fights the spectators
always have to wait a long time
while the principals prepare their
precious fists. Those who wish to
kill that time on July might take
along paper and pencil and calcu-
late how many starving Chinese,
how many tuberculous children.
could be helped with a million dol
lars. Not that this will do the
children or the Chinese any good
but it wifi pass the time.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29

Englishman who accosted a fellow
Britisher and his wife on board the
boat plying between Vancouver and
Victoria to ask II they were ranch
ers. Upon receiving a reply in the
affirmative they were asked If they
raised fruit or cattle. The answer
was cattle, and then came an appeal
for information as to what sort of
grasses they were fed on.
Glover, timothy and alfalfa" was
the reply.
The perplexed Briton knew of clover
and timothy. but when he came to
the lamented JOE WING's pet fodder
he pulled his fiaxen mustache and
remarked, Alfalfa, alfalfa; my
word, Do you cut 1t or pull it,"
Those who know that the roots
OF the alfalfa plant go halfway to
China will appreciate the humor in
the question.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Canadian Meat for Britain.

That Canada should seek a market
abroad for her live stock and food
stuffs is a natural result OF the pas
sage OF the Fordney bill. and news
comes from ottawa OF plans to ship
one thousand head OF cattle from
the Province Of Alberta, the great
est OF the live stock provinces OF the
Northwest. Premier CHARLES STEW
ART is authority for the statement
that this shipment will be followed
by others.
While all of the Canadian provinces
produce live stock and grain, general
farming being the prop and stay OF
our progressive neighbor to the north,
Alberta IS perhaps foremost in the
number Of sheep and cattle. Its con
fines extend from the western boun-
Diary of Saskatchewan well into the
Rockies, and its broad prairies were
in the past the grazing grounds OF
countless buffalo. Here and there
paths from six to ten inches deep
are found which we're worn by the
feet of these great. restless creatures
in their journeys over the range
The buffalo has given way to cat.
tie and sheep In the Canadian North.
west, and everywhere in Alberta
there are evidences OF the wealth OF
the province In the shape OF great
herds and flocks. II Is a region with
an abundance OF the purest water.
an essential requisite In n grazing
country, and while wheat and other
staples are produced in certain dis.
tricts nature obviously intended AL.
berta as a breeding and fattening
ground for live stock. Under the
shelter OF the mountains there are
ranges where cattle thrive all win
ter, the warm chinook winds which
come from the Pacific melting the
snow almost as soon as 10 falls.
In Alberta a number Of titled Eng
lishmen have breeding establish
ments. That OF the Prince OF Wales
is devoted 20 horses and cattle. over
IN British Columbia most of the
newcomers 70 in for fruit though
some live stock Is produced beyond
the Rockies. IL was newly arrived
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Went Out on Four Aces.
A Cribbage Victory When the 0ppo'
nents Had Only to Go.

To THE NEW YonK HERALD: Playing
a four handed game OF cribbase a few
years ago my partner and I had %
peg % holes while our opponents had
to peg . holes and had first count.
When tho cards were dealt and we
discarded our opponents cut a jack. CIV
ing them and only to go out. The
play through went as follows: A played
a king for 10, p played n seven for IL,
C played a queen for 81. D-myself--
played an acc for rs. Nobody else
could play. d played another aca for
20 and two holes for pair. another
ace for 80 and six holes for three OF
a kind. and then the fourth ace Cor 81
and twelve holes for four of n kind.
and two for 81 and go. making a total
Of twenty-five holes. which put us out.
Tho cards I held were The four nccs.
Old cribbage players said they never
saw the like of II. JOHN J. ROGERS.
ORANGE, N. j.. May Is.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
for Insurances on Lives and Grant

for Insurances on Lives and Grant
ing Annuities. the president OF Phila-
delphia Councils (of select and COM
mon. II there shall be two bodies)
and OF the president of the Pennsyl-
vanla Museum.
'Tt will be necessary to devote a
considerable, annual sum to tho up
keep. heating. lighting and care Of
the museum. the placing in charge Of
a curator, the keeping OF a conpe-
tent staff OF work people and care
takers, the proper restoration and
care and repair OF pictures. frames
and other objects
THE curator shall be selected by the
trustees. who shall only make the Sc
lection after thorough investigation.
II wish no jobbery In this section.
AS have said. there must be proper
lighting and heating: tho furnishings
must be kept in good condition; care
SunSiSs SuoAuns WoISAAAcAis SicaiaciSs
&c. must be provided. Intelligent
restoration must be made. Frames
must be kept In order. Grading from
time to time must be done"
Had Mr.. JoHNsoN's gift not beel
by the city Of Philadelphia
within six months after his dealt
{ would have gone to the Metropoli
an Museum of Art. Philadelphi,
acted in compliance with his will
and It now seems assured
hat the art collection will be OF
,ublic view, or at least as much o
{ as can be shown in the house.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
The Passing Of May.

As soft as the recurrence of rhyme
In some old love song OF the cavaliers.
Lovelace or Sucking or their courtly
peers.
Beloved May seeks her last trysting
time.
The woodthrush notes are ike o dis
tant chime:
Tho dew Is like the tender touch OF
tears
Upon the grasses. AZ tho twilight
nears,
And the clear vesper star begins to
climb.
Fading is not forgetting. All tho gold
or passing May will linger in our hold.
The wine of Memory her chaiice fills
For our hearts treasure. though we
hear her breath.
As the deep tone OF midnight echo
eth.
Dying and dying and dying among
the hills
CLINTON ScoLLARD.
ELISABETH ScoLLARD,
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
Missouri Doc Knew the Houn' Dog,

From ths Morros County Arpsuf.
Doc Whitccotton demonstrated last Thurs
day evening that knowledge OF houn' dogs
habits ~ more OF an asset than soothing
public credits II with being. The blood
hounds. followed by half tho town and some
from the country. headed right into Loc's
front yard when at work on a culprit's
trail they Rad taken up at the Scobee place.
As she contemplated the scene, Mrs. White
cotton declared sho could prove an albi.
but she didn't know what Doc was going
10 do. Doc promptly showed 'en. He
gave tina hounds a drink. and after lap
ping M 'No water With evident satisfaction
they asain took up tho trail and followed
ID without pause 20 q more logical cenclu-
sion. riia n!aa they we're trailing had
merely cut agross Docs front yard. which
10 unfencsd.
The New York herald., 1921-05-29
South Street..

This waterfront must ever Ill my
dreams,
Where bowsprits lean across the roar
ing pave,
From hulls that lately rode exotic
streams.
Dim, lotus coasts our spirits ever
crave.
Here looms Q barhent!ne fresh from
the wave
That swung In combers past the Wind
ward Isles
And clippers from the gorgeous East
that gave
Tho steam a race across tho misty
miles.
And here are chandler shops with oaiSum
smells.
And hawser coils to tie to distant
Qaays;
Beyond the painted carstans rest the
bells
To toll the watches over alien seas
And when night closes on these clus-
tered spars.
They seem far lifting to tho blazing
THOMAS J. MURRAY