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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
JOINT SESSION
SEATS NAPIER.

ATLANTA, June "a The as
sombly marked time today, with the
completion Of preliminaries awaiting
the Inauguration Of the new COVER
nor Saturday.
The joint session of the house and
senate Thursday quickly disposed 6
the fight over the attorney generals
office between Attorney General r.
A. Denby and Col. George M. Napier,
attorney general-elect, when it took
action Immediately to place Colonel
Napier in office.
This was done through adoption
Of resolution by Senator O. A. Nix
calling on the secretary of the state
Immediately to transmit to the gov
ernor the returns in the election for
attorney general and directing the
governor at cnce issue commission
TO Attorney General-elect Napier.
This resolution was based on the
recent Supreme court decision in the
proceedings brought by Colonel Ma
pier against Attorney General Den
ny, in which the high court held good
| Mr. Dennys contention that the cleo
tion returns should have been sent
direct by the election managers to
the governor, and not to the eecre-
tary of state, as was done
The contest over the office started
/ through efforts of Colonel Napier
/ to take it over in January, on The
ground that Mr.. Denny had been ap-
| pointed to serve until Junc 25, or
until his successor should be elected
and qualified.
I Attorney General Denny resisted
this move, contending that the re.
turns were irregular, in that they
had been transmitted to the seelc.
! ary Of state and no direct a. the gov
ernor, and that, therefore, Colonel
Napier had not qualified for the Of.
flee Colonel Napier then instituted
proceedings in court to bring about
his induction into office.
The Supreme court decided with
Mr.. Denny that the returns should
have been transmitted directly to the
governor. This put the matter up to
the legislature.
When the joint session opened. it
was reported that Mr.. Denny .hsd
announced his purpose . resign
Saturday, regardless of whether
the legislature took steps to seat Col
onel Napier.
The following committee was nam
cd to canvass the returns for COVER.
nor and statehouse officers: Repre-
sentatives Valentino Of Chatham.
Holloway Of Fulton, and Johnson Of
Pickens, and Senators Wall and Bel
lah
President Clay Of the senate an
nounces that Senator Boykin Of tn.
Twenty ninth district will head thr
senate inaugural committee, whil,
| Speaker Neill Of the house says MI
| Ennis Of Baldwin, Mr. Mayor, q
| Mitchell, Mr. Beck, Of Carroll. M,
Kittrell. Of Laurens and Mr.. Bentley
Of Fulton, viii compose the hous
committee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
BY II. 3. HNUT

WASHINGTON, June 24.-"Live
Wire Laskcr." That is the name
with which President Harding has
christened his new Shipping board
chairman
He doesn't pretend to be a ship
ping expert" Harding told friends
when discussing the appointment of
Lasker, an advertising man, "but
he's a live wire organizer"
A few days later, after confer
cnce with Lasker on Shipping board
plans and policies, the president said :
Hes the Iivest wire I've ever
struck"
Full of snap and vigor charged
to the 'brim with energy, Lasker
starts off on his new job like an cleo
tric shock If he can get the same
head of steam on Uncle Sans NOR
chant marine that he carries himself
our ships will soon be on the seven
seas, laden to the Plimsoll line with
cargoes. But in the meantime, he's
going to work, not talk.
What the country wants is ac-
ton, not oratorv or alibis," says he.
The outstanding characteristic Of
Lasker is his forcefuIness. He sim
ply radiates vigor
Physically strong, six feet in
height, broad erect, this
sense Of energy is further emphasiz-
cd by the dircctncss Of his speech,
his quick decisions and his bearing of
absolute assurance.
He has, as one Of his friends puts
it, "a graphic use Of language. "
That is borne out by his authorship,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
POLAR OIL.

Edmonton, Canada, is packed with
fortune seekers. When the rec goes
out in the Far North, late this month,
they'll stampede into the new oil
fields.
Il any one in Americas is thinking
of joining them, remeber this: No
railroads run to the polar fields. To
build oil pipelines would cost hun
dreds Of millions. How are they go
ing to get their oil to market?
Transportation, from where things
are plentiful to where they are need
ed, is the greatest problem Of bust
ness.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
YOU AND
A DAILY COLUMN
GIVEN TO CURRENT
EVENTS AND FRANK
COMMENTS

Each member of church in an
Ohio church has been asked to
select one Bible verse to inscribe in
his heart and live up to.
Here's one that no mans heart
should be without: But be ye doers
of the word, and not hearers only, de
ceiving your own selves" It's from
Jamcs-a sermon in / 5 words BY
the way, it happens to be the verse
Theodore Roosevelt selected when be
kissed the Bible, after he took the
oath Of office as president.
1t contained the whole philosophy
OF his life in line.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
80 YEARS AGO

"The boast that our country is the
asylum for the oppressed in other
parts of the world is very philan-
tbropic and sentimental, but fear
that we shall before long derive little
comfort from being made the aims
house and place of refuge for the
poor of other countries"
That sounds as fist might hav.
been said in 1921. 1t referred to i'm
migration from England and Ireland,
and was written in New York in
1892.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24

for the Harding campaign, Of the
slogan;
Lets be done with wiggIe and
Wobble"
Senator Pat Harrison suggests the
writing Of that slogan had much to
do with Lasker's selection for his
present job.
Lasber is 41, lives in Chicago, ha-
summer, home at Glencoe, ILL.,,
where.his. Wife, daughter and son wifi
spend the summer before coming to
Washington. He is a golf enthusiast,
a ball fan and an active member of
the American Jewish committee. He
is the first Jew given high office
by the Harding administration.
1t is as a business organizer that
Lasker has won chief recognition
The organizing genius that put Van
Camps Pork and Beans, Quaker
Oats, Pepsident, Mitchell automo-
biles and the Chicago Cubs on the
map is looked upon as the chief
asset he brings to the board.
For the boards Job, primarily, is
that of getting Uncle Sans war
built merchant marine into private
hands and active operation. 1t must
get Uncle Sam out of the shipping
business under the policy laid out by
the administration, but must safe
guard the nations Investment in the
boats as far as possible and above
all keep them in service under the
Stars and Stripes.
TO accomplish this it may be nee
essary to shock some folks and some
interests. Live Wire Lasker" has
the VOLTAGE to do it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
Bacteriologist To
Leave For Summer

Dr. George Walter, who a few
months ago opened psychological
laboratory here, has notified the ply
sicians of the city, for whom he has
been doing work as x-ray and micro
scopic dagncstician, he will leave in
a few days for New Orleans to do
special work during the duh summer
months. He will leave his laboratory
here intact, and will return in the
early fall, he announces.
During his absence his office will
be in charge of Miss Gholson, who
will receive laboratory work and
transport it to him for hadling at
New Orleans.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
Farm Editor Comes
To Talk AT Plains

J. W. I.assitcr, Of Atlanta, editor
Of The Progressive Farmer, and
Paul Tabor. Of the State Agricultural
college. at Athens, arrived this after
noon and were taken to Plains by
County Agent Marshall, where thesr
were TO address a meeting ot the
Plains community council 81 the
county Farm Bureau at o'clock MT
Lassiter was to talk on farm bureau
work and Mr. Tabor on permanent
pastures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
Hog Sale At Americus
Pens Set For July l3

County Agent George O. Marshall
announces that a farmers co-opera-
tive hog sale will be held at the
Amcricus pens on Spring street, Cen
tral Of Georgia tracks. on Wedues-
day. July IS. He expects two or
three cars of choice fat hogs to be
ready for market at that time, with
plices as good or better than the top
for the day at the packing houses.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
CHICAGO RIOT
NEGROES HANG

CHICAGO, June 24.-Grover Red
ding and Oscar McGavic, negroes,
were hanged together this morning
for killing Robert c. Rose, sailor,
in connection with the "Abyssinian
riots last June.
Rose was shot from an automobile
when he attempted to rescue an Am
crican flag from bonfire started by
negroes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
City Equalizers To
Be Named Today

A special meeting of the city
council was called for 3 O'Clock this
afternoon by Mayor Sheppard for
the purpose of naming city tax equal
izers to serve for this year. The city
tax books close July /, after which
the equalizers will begin work
The equalizers last year were E. A.
Hines. P. B. Williford and II. O.
Jones. Mr.. Hines is now member
of the state legislature. Among the
names mentioned for the board are
Mr.. Williford and 7. F. Gatewood-
Cr
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
SILVER DOLLARS

The United States mint is coming
silver dollars for the first time in
seven years.
Silver dollars are heavy in the
pocket but cleaner than paper
money.
Some paper money is so dirty few
persons would pocket it if it were
anything but money Most persons
are too glad to get any sort Of GOOD
money to complain about It's looks,
its weight or even its smell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
JAIL ,EM.

1t would be better, if possible, to
deter an assassin than to punish him
after the crime
Reckless auto drivers are potential
assassins. A fine is a small deter
rent. There would be fewer deaths
in auto crashes if there were more
jail sentences for offenders.
Also, thre would be fewer traffic
accidents if jaywalkcrs were given
a few days in cell to study how to
cross the street
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
NEW YORK; FUTURES
Gasoline Here Hits
Bumps z Cents More

Gasoline took another drop Of two
cents gallon in Americus Friday
being quoted at the various filling
stations at "a cents, following a cut
of two cents in the wholesale price.
This follows a cut Of two cents within
the last month
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
COURAGE

Gov. Edwin P. Morrow, of Ken
lucky pardoned a prisoner, discover
ed he had made a mistake and frank
ly admitted it.
i made a mistake, and am sorry, "
he announced in statement to the
people of Kentucky. q am SO sorry
that the mistake will be to me sub
stantial and abiding lesson"
To err is human, to admit error is
maryland for public officers al
most heroic
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
Greeks Shorten Line,
Give Up Two Towns

CONSTANTINOPLE. June pa
(By Associated Press.) The Greeks
are shortening their lsmid front, as a
result of the withdrawal of the
Eleventh Greek division.
The Turkish Nationalists have cap
tured Adabazar and Sdbanja without
fighting,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
Harvard And Yale Meet
In Classic Boat Races

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 81.
Harvard and Yale on the river
rowing off their ancient rivalry,
brought a gay spectator crowd here
today The freshmen were TO row
their two-mile race first, followed by
the second varsity eights over the
same course. The four-mile varsity
race viii be late in the afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
S. o. S.

ssgtf Bacon knew how dangerous
i VIZ m his century to think. Scien-
tt'sts were burnt as sorcercrs. SO he
wrote the record Of his scientific OBJ
servations and experiments in cipher.
He died in 1894, but his CIPHER re-
NAMED unsolved until 1920.
Prof. William r. Newbold, of the
University of Pennsylvania, has be-
DECIDING it at the rate of one page a
month Slow work,
He might get some help from the
young men in the railroad ticket of
fees who seem able to even deciphcr
their own time tables.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
ACE

At "a, Col. Washington Roebling.
builder of the Brooklyn bridge, has
been elected president of a wire con
Germ, succeeding his nephew, who
died in middle age.
You can't desert you responsible
ity," says the colonel. "You can't
stink out of life or out of the work
life lays on you"
It's what every old man knows.
Quit and you die, Keep wound up
and you live longer 1t was Cicero
who said keep thou thy mnd at
full stretch like bow, and never
give in to old age by growing
slack"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
PUEBLO'S Loss
Is $l6,784,638
Huge Financial Blow AS
Result Of Recent
Flood

PUEBLO. June 24.-The financial
loss resulting from the recent flood
amounts to $16,784,G38, according to
a report today by a committee named
to supply data to the United States
reclamation service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
IT WASN'T VERY HOT.

The government thermometer IN
Americus registered a maximum Of
g6 degrees Thursday and minimum
of "A degrees last night There was
enough humidity in the air to make
it feel much higher
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
WORTH

The marriage of Miss Lolita Ar
mour and John J. Mitchell, Jr., unit
ed family fortunes Of $130,0000O0.
If child is born, many will say of
him He is worth $130,0O0,00O."
Using "worth" in its true sense
was there ever a child born who
relatively, anything like that sum?
II SO. who?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
PITY KIDSl

Social pressure many nov
les, too many parties, late hours,
nervous excitement generalIy-are
chief causes of fatigue and maInutri-
ton among children, Dr.\ Vecder, of
st. Louis, tells the American Medi-
cal association.
City conditions are a strain on chill
dren It's the lucky youth . whose
parents were wise and firm enough
to send him to bed early and regu-
IarlV when he was a child.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
MARKETS

AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling -..--..---.----.-.-10c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-24
WEATHER

Forecast For Georgia. Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday; con.
tinued warm,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE HIS SON
Father Reaches River Bank Win
Drowning Boy, Then Sinks
From View.

Philadelphia.-S Stanley Shirery OF
Westinghouse Village was drowned
IN saving the life of his l2-year-oId
son. The man sank in view of sew
era' persons along the river bank, who
were powerless to aid him. His body
was recovered.
Shirery and his son. with John Ball
ey of the same village, went fishing
While leaning over, the son evidently
became dizzv and fell into the stream
The elder Shirery plunged into the
stream and reached for the boy as he
was disappearing beneath the surface.
With his arm around the neck of
his son, Shirery managed to reach the
bank. Bailey, leaning far over the
stream; took the limp form from the
father Bailey then reached for Shir.
cry. 'but his last vestige of strength
had gone. With safety only a few
inches from him he sank from view
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24

al the rate of expenditures in 1919
would be paid for all education-eIe-
ihentary' secondary, higher, technical
ana professional, that is, how much
would De spent on the average for all
,he school education oil all the chill
ureh ID public elementary schools and
high schools and in colleges. uniyersj-
ues' technical and professional schoolsI
ol al kinds. The range would be from
sili In Mississippi to $1,274 in Mon
.aia' again somewhat too high. and
tue average for the United States
"ouid be $40. Illinois, in this third
'uDie' is put down at $431.
Grand Average Is $5f5.
To this $440 should he added shou,
S'o-probably not quite so much-for
| expenditures of private schools of all
hihds, elementary and secondary. pri-
Nate commercial schools, snd schools
ior 'he deaf, blind, the feebe-minded
anu other special classes of children.
The grand total of S5l5 represents
what at the 1918 rate the neonla of
the United States would pay on an av-
eraee Tor all the opportunities of edu.
catiol' public and private, higher and
lower; for all the difference which
schooling makes between a generation
OF total illiterates lacking In all tn.
training of the schools, and the condi-
'ion we would have as the result of
continuation Of the 1918 rate of ex-
pehdlture for education and training
In the schools.
since In the figures for the United
States as whole and those for zach
OF the states are included the OK.
penditures for many who will On
through college, for many more who
VIII go through the high school and
ior sun more who will get more than
,heir share of the average In CITY
SCHOOLS and country schools having Y
comparatively long terms, the actual
amount paid for the education of the
large number of children whose school
ing Is confined to the elementary
grades OF the city schools and of the
Slort-term country schools must he
pltifully small.
Does II Pay?
AS matter of investment and busi-
ness economy alone. the thoughtful
man Will ask: Does it pay to spepd
an average of $515 on the education
OF the children of the nation, or would
II De better to save this money close
all our public schools, and let the
next generation Of men and women
depend wholly on their unspoilcd ana
unih'roved native ability? Is II prob
able '''t on the average these men and
women will because of the education
which they receive from the scboo,s
ana colleges, universities. technical
and professional schools, produce S51.
more during their lives than they
would II nothing were spent on their
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24
You're Charlett. Aint You :"
(TO BE CONTINUED.) !
To Remove Grit From ev.

Small foreign bodies which are NOT
Embedded In the eyebal may often be
removed by going into a dark room.
cooking up toward the lighting fixture,
'heh turning tine light on quickly.
writes correspondent. II the light
is strong enough, It will cause yio-
lent reaction which win cause the
particle to be washed to the corner Of
the eye. 1t is then easily removed
oy means of q clean handkerchief.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24
commissioner of Education Gives
Figures of Expenditures
in This Country.
AVERAGE IS S515 FOR PUPIL
Counting Children Of kinderqa rten
Age There Are More Than Thirty
Million Children Of School Age in
the United States.
BY p. p. CLAYTON.

BY p. p. CLAYTON.
UNITED States Commissioner Of Educa-
| tion)
Considered alone, expenditures for
public education In the United States
may seem large. Figures and CON-
PARSONS recently published in many
newspapers show how small they are
when compared with expenditures for
other purposes, public and private.
These expenditures are also small
In comparison with the number Of chi:
dren to be educated. We forget how
numerous people we have come to
be. In thinking Of hundreds of mil
lions Of dollars for public schools, we
forget that there are tens Of millions
OF boys and 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 children
In 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.
II children of kindergarten age are
counted In there are more than thirty
millions.
The Cost.
Just how much do we pay for the
education of these children?
The first of three tables giving de-
tails show how much was spent on
an average in the public schools Of
each Of the states for the education
Of each child of the generation of
children entering school in the fall
Of 1905 and reaching the normal age
Of high school graduation In 1918.
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 has
been spent to make all the difference
between total illiteracy and the lack
OF all school training of this genera
tion of boys and girls AMI that which
they did get in the public elementary
and high schools, May it therefore
fairly be taken as the measure Of the
value Of such education in tie minds
OF the people? 1t should be remem-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24

for the full extent OF the block, until
the saloon on the further corner came
Into view. Its cleaning hospitality in.
vited me, and strolled along the op-
posite walk, my coat collar turned up
to shut out the drizzle. and finally
crossed over to where ! could peer in
through the dlngy windows. The man
behind the bar was Enthusiastically Pol
ish. and Of no high type, and at first
1 saw no other occupants OF the place
except two roughly dressed men at a
table just inside. who were playing
cards silently. The room was clean
enough. and quiet, yet felt no incli-
nation to enter. Those were not fell
lows 1t would be safe to question. and
would have turned away, but at that
instant perceived the indlstinct fig
ure OF young woman In the further
corner. sitting beside table alone.
Her presence stimulated my curios-
ity. She appeared to be young, not
badly dressed, and her being In such
place unattended rendered her of
some interest. 1t surely could do no
harm II / dropped In for a sandwich
and glass Of beer. crossed to the
bar, furtively watchful, but no one
except the proprietor apparently paid
the slightest attention to my entrance.
The two men never glanced up from
their cards, and the girl--for she was
scarcely more-merely turned her head
and stared at me without interest. /
spoke to the barman In English We ex-
changed few w0rds--his own sneech