Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-22
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EVERY SCHOOL CHILD has heard:
George Washington, first first and first in the
hearts of his countymen.
And they have know him a general, a statesman
and beloved by his felowman.
There were other sides of Washington In them too he was
first which is o say he in the foremost rank
He very in all business we'll shrewd
bargain Historian Henry Cabot Lodge And
his neighbos considered the general formidable
horse trade that most difficult of all transactions
their attention trading, they might ormd
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Washngtons business was farming.
He managed his plantations entirely himself says Lodge
his biography of the first president and did well He knew the
qualities OF each field and the of No improvement
in agriculture and ingenious invention escaped his
1T is PROBABI that aerc Washington alive today and on his
farm his WOULD chine farm. The would
placed the horse and scrub stock would not be tolerated
He was y on observe first in farming
But that isn't all of this many-sided first president
He first in dressing
His youthful fancy strongly leaned toward handsome dress
Senator Lodge adding He
He had the best possible and the keene
How many of good immaculate drcssers?
How of the worlds generals also formidable
horse~taders2
How many of able business men are good farmers?
How of pesdez is have been good business men?
And few of best oressers presidents generals cap
of industry leading amers9 Only American has been
That mar of many hss was born l89 years ago today at
DESPITE THE EFFORTS of certain historians to kill it. the story
like truth itself
Historian Lodge denounces as mere mytfmaker Parson
Weem who first told the cherry story which accord
ing to Lodge is 'hopelessy and ridiculousy false
Nevertheless confectionery windows booming
with canded cherries symbols of the approaching birthday
Father of His Country And the little Ratchet being sold
many varieties of carboard And not the dear old
story re-told every school in the land today?
Old Weems have been fraud and the cherry
myth, but what's the odds?
There have been folks who have bold to say
Santa Claus myth and yet Santa Claus flourish
doing his good work annually and ignoring the critics
a a
cherry and George Washington chopped down later
Tossing ttuthuy to the deed
let destructive remember Long after
their dusty books forgotten Pason Weems cherry story
still before the youth of the land Americas best example of
tuth-telng
WASHINGTONMAI SACKS loaded with the 1927 consignment
" of free government seeds speeding the rails almost
each of the remote townships in the country.
More money being spent by the government supply
year than before Seeds that nearly $4OOOOO
are being distributed for free trial
seed being besieged by an army for
The windows of the grocery blossom
ed with the big seed boxes containing their thousands Of packets
Tie low bean the packet and the
geudy green lettuce seed hts desperately with the radih
Your aims aid in making of the
spade in the loan
for information gardening asks you the
Secretary of Agriculture Washington D. c. for of these
crs bulletins which believes will help and which will be
Farmers Bulletin o44 The City Home Garden; Farmers Bull
$50 The Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies
Vegetable Garden; Farmers Bulletin 884 Saving Vegetable Seeds
for the Home and Market Garden
NEW STATE-Linconmay be placed on the y. S. A. map
Congress the Idaho disunon petition proposed
in the Idaho Legislature.
Idaho has asked the Legislature that
Congress behalf of which include
Idaho panhandle and possibly the portion of Washington
The petitioners the to be named Lincoln.
Spokane and Lewiston suggested locations for tn
capital. .....
Just recently the Pocateo chamber of gave
This the first has
with favor in southern Idaho.
The northern part of Idaho closely connected with Spokane
more closely Spokane and Washington
touch with the western part Of that
If there is to be state better could be given
than Lincoln. ...-