Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-28
EDITO ORAL.

sentative CdllGu OIl az A'Ai~i'
Gus professional man few days
ago. Il was early in the morning,
and Immediately after the appear
ancc of one of the first page ad-
vertisements in the paper urging
the prompt payment Of bills. He
found the professional man, one
who has long string of accounts
owing him among the citizens OF
this community, busy writing
checks.
Tread that page on Pay Up,
said he, and made up my mind
that'that meant me as well as the
fellows who owe me, so | am let
ting the suggestion begin at home
and | am now sending out checks
to everybody owe ! suppose |
have done what a great many
others have done, and what has
helped to block the flow of
money. | have been afraid to
let my bank account run down, SO
have been depositihg every dol
lar | could get and letting it re-
main, paying only those bills |
was forced to pay, and making
wait every other creditor.
i was afraid business would 20
to nothing this summer, that |
might have sickness in the family,
or that other calamities might
happen, and | wanted 10 play
safe, But | see where was
wrong, Business hasn't been so
bad, but | have held my money,
refusing to pay my own bills, and
doing the thing that helps make
my own collections bad | see
now how foolish it is and | am
starting out now to clean up what
owe first. The money will be
back in payment of accounts ow-
ing me, and then well all be
Strengthened out and feeling bet
ter and in position to 90
ahead.
lhio man is not the only one
on whom the Pay Up" campaign
has made an impression. The
tight money is beginning to come
IN, some of the merchants tell us
there are other pages coming.
THE Georgia Legislature has
given the state a good omen
OF intention, after a bit of dis
concertlng action at the start, of
really accomplishing something
at this session. Instead of getting
on its ear when the new governor
assumed to suggest in special
message Monday that it combine
Its money-raising and money
spending committees into one, so
that ends might be made to meet
IN a different manner than here
totore under the old plan, the
house without much ado and with
good sense decided to do that
very thing and a rule to that eff
feet was passed.
The new governor knew he
was treadcg dangerous ground
when he dared even to suggest to
the house rule of procedure
Tor the making of its own rules is
a prerogative of which the house
is exceedingly jealous. But he
saw the importance of the accom-
phshment of his suggestion as a
start toward the whole program of
bringing the state out of its fnan.
cal tangle, and assumed the risk
as worth the end sought,
he~governor was right. and
The house, unlike on other occae-
ions OF history. was willing to ac-
cePt the suggestion for the GOOD
OF the state because it was f;obt
rather than assert its traditionarv
exclusive privilege.
he house record on this occas-
ION augurs well for Georgia. Tean
work will get any Organization ~
most anywhere. Georeia nesd,
team work now worse than anv
thing else. Let's have it.
y i: =
ROYCE FICKLEN.. Of Wasb.rg.
W., ton "a, representative from
wilkes county in the Georo;a
house Is veteran in many WAYS
re IS a hoaryhaired. vet sturdy
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