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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
CRIME AND NEWSPAPERS.

HoW do you read your daily news
papers? What makes the great
est impressions upon you? What do
you really read, what skim over hur-
riedly, and what pass by without no.
tice? Every paper has plenty of
material treated in each of these three
ways by all of its readers. However,
no tall of it is treated the same way
or viewed with the same interest by
all of it's readers. The prevalent be-
lief that newspapers print great
quantity of crime items is due to the
way in which the average newspaper
reader reads a newspaper, Lee A.
White, editorial executive of the De-
troit News, said the other night in an
address before the Medill School of
Journalism. This is the way, accord
ing to Mr.. White, the reader goes
through the evening paper:
"Column l., disarmament confer
ence. The reader ON the disarma-
ment conference: "Um, UNI, um.
Japan, um." Finished.
"Column two, Stillman case. No
ums. Close attention. Occasional
murmur of Can you beat that?" One
reader says he must scan the column
because the case is "a sociological
column Another reader says it is
hot stuff Both skip nary word.
"Column three, the farmer bloc
in congress. The reader: I'm, UNI.
Well, ] know what | think Of farm
ers.' Finished.
Column four: Murder. The read
err: Say, here's mystery in real life.
Why, it's as good as a novel; No
further sound from him for twelve
minutes. Finished.
Column five, Orchestra deficit:
Orchestra must be saved. The read
err: is that so? Well, let somebody
save it then Finished
BY that time, Mr. White said the
reader turns hurriedly to the sport
page. and after having earned his
rest, sleeps his slumbers disturbed,
however, by the thought of the crime
the newspapers print.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
COSTS YOU $50.
VOU and all other Americans con-

NUU ana all other Americans con-
tribute an average of about $50
a year apiece to the railroads.
Error sharps who want to check
this figure, can get it by dividing the
population into the railroads total re-
ceipts during 1921.
While some of US may think we
never use the railroads at all, for
freight or passenger service, railroad
transportation charges appear in ev-
erything we buy.
The figure of $50 year apiece
probably is nearly accurate aver
age, for such things as railroad tolls
have way of slowly buttering out
evenly over the country.
They are passed on and on until
the burden is fairly well divided on
the shoulders of the weary army
known as Ultimate Consumers.
Multiply the $50 by the number in
your family and you know how much
of your yearly cost of living is due
to railroad service.
One. trouble with "the railroad
problem" is that it has been present
ed mostly in terms ofRbillions-fig-
ures SO big that even the. average
adding machine cannot handle them
let alone family that is thinking
in terms Of two cents a pound saved
on butter.
Having got the railroad problem
down to levy figure of $50 a yeal
apiece, the question naturally rises
"Wlat do we get for it,"
In return for the $50, the railroads
perform service equivalent to haul
ing each American 336 miles a yeal
on passenger trains and carrying fol
MIN, one ton Of freight 2817 miles
almost across the continent.
Back in. 1913, a normal year, tn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

icine and arm now new woman.i
have had three children. and they are all
Lydia E. Pinkham babies. | have rec
commended your medicine to several
friends and they speak highly of it. You
are certainly doing good work in this
world. - Mrs. ADRITH ToMsHECK, 10557
Wabash Ave-, Chicago, Illinois.
There is nothing very strange about
the doctor directing Mrs. Tomsheck to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. There are many physicians
who dorecommend it and highly appreci-
ate its value.
Women who are nervous, run down,
and suffering from women's ailments
should give this well-known root and
herb medicine trial. Mrs. Tomshecks
experience should guide you towards
health. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
From the Times-Recorder February
8, 1929

8, 1929
once again, for the first time in
~ nearly three-quarters of CEN
fury, real Indians are encamped on
the borders of Muckalee creek, with
in the confines of the city. They be-
long to the Choctaw tribe and are
occupying a camp at the west end
of Muckalee bridge on the Plains
Smithville road, just within the city
limits.
After an absence of II years in
New York, Eugene Hinkle is well
coined back to Americas, his boyhood
home, now en- route to Florida, where
he and Mrs. Hinkle will spend some
time.
Prof. G. v. Cunningham has re-
signed his position as instructor in
science and agriculture at the Third
District Agricultural College, the
resignation going into effect yester-
day. He will enter the service of the
United States Department. of Agri-
culture as district agent for South
west Georgia in charge of the Boys
Corn club movement.
Animal stories will be told the
children of Americas at the story
telling hour at the Carnegie Library
this afternoon, the main story being
about the DOG of Flanders"
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railroads did just about the same
passenger and freight service for the
average American as in 1921.
The cost of doing this was about
$50 year for each of us.
In other words, the railroads in
1921 performed nearly the same serv-
ice as in normal times, but charged
two-thirds more. The increase just
about matched the expansion of cost
Of living.
A thousand and one morals can
be drawn from the railroad figures.
The most important is, that all eco
nomic problems at all times should
be considered in terms of actual
services rendered and bulk of com
modities changing hands, instead OF
in terms of dollars, whose buying
power changes constantly like an
eternal moving picture.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

in Macon this afternoon, where the
body was carried yesterday.
Mrs. E. r. Raiford, after an i'll
ness of some months, passed away
yesterday morning at her home i'll
Columbus, where she had resided for
the past two years. She had resided
in Americas for a long number Of
years: and has numberless friends and
relatives here. The funeral will be
held from the First Methodist church
here this afternoon at o'clock.
The Americas S. P. C. A. has
named its officers and these are as
follows: Judge r. l.. Maynard,
president; T. M. Furlow, vice presi-
dent, and T. W. Galloway, secretary.
The society will prosecute any case
of cruelty to animals reported.
The many friends of George STAN
field and Miss Stanfield will regret
to learn that they have determined to
make their home in Norfolk, Va, and
will leave Americas within the week.
c. H. Beazley, a prominent citizen
of Leesburg, was in Americas yes
terday and expressed his firm convic-
ton that petroleum has been found
on the farm of Secretary of State
Cook, in that county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

LYDIA Il. Plnkham $
We ge table Com
pound on the mar
ket. After ] had my
baby / was all run
down and so nervous
tkept me from gain
ing. My doctor did
he could
to build me up, then
heorderedme to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge t able Com
Mound with hiS mod
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time.)
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

If these new silver dollars won't
stack up keep them rolling.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
DOCTOR ORDERED.
WOMAN OBEYED.
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound and
is Now Well

Chicago, Illinois. You surely gave
women one good medicine when you put
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

(From The Times-Recorder, Febru-
airy 8, 1902.)
I The funeral of George P. Dure,
who died at his home in Americas at
late hour Friday night, will be held
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

West Virginia banker in a coma
eight weeks nearly reached a period.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From The Times-Recorder, Febru-
airy 8, 1922
a meeting of the city council was
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

restaurant steaks carefully.
West Virginia banker in a coma
eight weeks nearly reached a period.
Another chorus girl has married a
millionaire for love.
If everybody were rich how would
hound dogs get raised?
An English princess is paid $4,000
yearly; but you have to be born for
the job.
A bad man is hard to fine.
"Thief WEEDS Victims Daughter"
headline. A regular chicken thief.
Europe thinks her pow-wows will
go to the bow-wows without us.
The man who thinks twice before
he speaks usually has a wife who
speaks twice before she thinks.
You've got to look sharp to cut
much ice.
The first almanac was published
1900 B. C. It is time to revise it,.
Princeton asks parents not to give
students autos. You can't burn gas
and midnight oil at the same time.
The couple who married after
quarreling 80 years are we'll trained.
The darker things get, the more
chance there is to shine.
If there were only four autos 25
years ago where did the taxi com
panies get theirs?
Giving hospital patients confiscated
booze is one way to keep them.
When a man tells a girls her
dresses are too short Cupid moves on
to the next victim.
About time for birds to start
watching to see who buys garden
seed.
Rubber Heels Save Knocks"
reads an advertisement. Yes, people
are careful how they talk about you.
An old distillery is turning out
1000 gallons Of varnish daily On
sale at leading bootleggeries.
The most serious operation is hav-
ing your pay cut.
A grin a day keeps old age away.
Hot air and cold feet go together.
VICTORY ENDS IN DEATH.
ESSEX, Eng, Feb. 9.-After de-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-09

Another chorus girl has married {
millionaire for love.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

LIVERY organic tissue, plant
- or animal, Is made up of
cells Of infinitesimal size; and
these cells are as individual in
their way as the living crea-
lures Of which they are the
building stones.
Here, for example, on the
grocer's counter, we find bas.
kets Of potatoes, Of beans. and
of corn. No one could mistake
one for another of these famil.
lar foodstuffs. But all are
starchy foods, and we are told
that starch is a substance built
up in plant tissues by com.
pounding carbon from the air
with water-a compound of
hydrogen and oxygen-sucked
up by the plant roots. And as
starch from different plants has
the same chemical composition.
we might naturally suppose
that the starch granules would
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
re: Thine eyes are upon me, and am not."-Job

THERE is extraordinary sim
- ilarity Of chemical compo-
sition among foodstuffs. All
starchy foods and all fats are
compounded chiefly of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen. Meat
foods are of the same consti-
tuition, plus the element nitro
gen.
All substances of which the
body can make use as foods
are soluble in the various Sc
creted juices of the digestive
apparatus. When completely
dissolved, the different food
stuffs can be distinguished
one from another only by
chemical processes. But in the
forms in which they are mostly
taken into the mouth they have
differences of texture that can
be readily detected by the eye
provided vision is sharpened
with the aid Of a magnifying
lens.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
A Challenge
to Chemists

IN his recent address before the
Chemical Exposition in this
4 city, Senator Ransdell of Louisi-
ana pointed to a tempting chance
for practical conservation.
The Southern States yearly
throw away ten thousand million
feet of lumber, or twenty million
cords of wood, in the form of saw
dust and other sawmill waste
more than three times all our wood
imports.
This wastage, he said, exceeds
the total paper consumption in the
United States, including all news
print; and as much more is wasted
in the woods.
To reclaim so great a loss is
surely a stimulating challenge to
chemists.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

nR. L. A. HAUSMAN, writ.
~ ing in Science and Inven:
ton, tells of such a case with.
in his experience; also of the
detection by similar examina.
tion Of the pulp cells of the
apple in what purported to be
gooseberry jam; of the cells of
the turnip in cherry" preserves
and various marmalades; and of
crystals of cane sugar having
no legitimate place among the
crystals of honey and the pollen
Of grains that are the earmarks
Of the genuine product Of the
apiary.
In such cases as these, and
in countless others, the micro
scope is indispensable in the
detection of food adulteration.
1t is the protector of the public
and the invaluable ally OF the
honest manufacturer Of food.
stuffs.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Betsy, the Hen

VERY day for 1O7 days Betsy
a Canadian hen, laid an egg
- cackled joyously, creating a
worlds record. =.
Moralists will find much to ad-
mire in Betsy's career.
For one thing, Betsy is a pro-
ducer. In return for food, drink,
shelter and the experience called
life she gives back something
valuable. No parasite, she, but a
feminist with a mission.
Then, too, she times her cackle
rightly.
You hear many humans boast
about what they are going to do.
No prospectuses for Betsy. Her
Loth of achievement is served
after the performance.
II might be pointed out that
Betsy gets very little out Of her
ariuous vocation except the pleas
u. Of the cackle, vandal man
taking her output without much
thought as to her equities.
Being only a hen, Betsy doesn t
mind.
To insist upon sharing the prod
uct of ones toll is a prerogative
distinctly human.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Beaver and
WaIrus; TryH
THE English have new game,
an extraordinary craze, simple

THE English have a new game,
an extraordinary craze, simple
u as it is called Beaver and
Walrus." According to the game,
when two men are walking to-
gether, the one that sees man
with a beard is to shout Beaver !"
Or if he sees man with mustache
he shouts "Walrus!" The game
can be played for ten points or
more. Beaver, scoring one beard,
counts two; "Walrus," one mus
tache, counts one. Each man keeps
his own score.
1t is said that when the king
drives out in his carriage with large
glass windows on state occasions
it takes all the royalty and rever-
ence of the Briton to keep the
entire crowd from roaring "Beav-
err" He has whiskers.
That game seems silly, and it
might seem foolish, at first glance,
to import it to the United States.
But it SHOULD be brought here,
.,,I tN;s is written to start the
fr' Z ica.
nrarl.a 1aI mustaches are fool
IN. "ksy 81; microbe nests. They
T. o. -"al r0aracter, which shows
III Il, w":J.l and chin, uncovered.
They substitute foolish hair for
real expression developed by
thought.
Boards should go, mustaches
should disappear. 1t should be il
legal for a doctor to have either.
Why sterilize his hands and carry
with him an unsterilizable "Beav-
er" or "Walrus to distribute
germs among children? Buy your
Beaver" doctor a safety razor.
Public scorn causes reforms. 1t
stopped tobacco chewing and public
splitting in the United States to
large extent. Therefore, lightly
and discreetly, play the game of
Beaver" and "Walrus. As you
walk with your friend say "Beav-
or" when you see a beard and
Jalrus" when you see a mus
.&che. And keep your score. The
game can be played in theaters,
raking one row of seats at time,
or played on the street. 1t should
never be played in church. Don t
teach children to play it; it might
make them impertinent.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Something to Think Ab,ut
BY Bruno Lessing.
LONESOME PEOPLE.

TT II f Lovers Cooperative
l. Union! l came across the
name of this organization in
newspaper account of some
folks in a New Jersey town
who had undertaken to find
mates for lonely people. The
scheme may be legitimate or
it may be a fake. Il get paid
for writing for newspapers, but
not for believing everything |
read in them)
The point that interests me
is whether or not this is
good idea.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
WAYSIDE WISDOM
tCopyriEht, IssiD
by S. E. Kiser
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE

DON'T be in too great a hurry
II To decide that all Is lost;
Do not be in haste to worry
Over what your pleasures cost;
Every minute spent in glsdness
Means a pleasant minute gained;
Never 90 to meet the sadness
Circumstances have detained.
IF the lady's inclination
i Is to send you on your way,
Don't give up in desperation,
Women change their minds, they say;
She may hear that Frank or Freddy
Has a wooden leg, therefore
Stick around. old kid; be ready
When she leads him to the door.
IF the boss has put another
i In the place you hoped to fill,
Don't engage In sulking, brother,
Prove your gameness bravely still.
Next week, or the week thereafter,
You may land lucky stroke
By emitting loudest laughter
When the boss has pulled Joke.
nONT give up your hopes too quickly,
- Nor sit down In dismal doubt;
Troubles may surround you thickly,
But perhaps there's some way out;
Do not let them turn you gravely
From the triumphs you have planneo'
Every hope you cling to bravely
Is a weapon in your hand.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

"HE recent arrival in Boston
of a ship carrying the flag
L of Egypt is an interesting fact
in history.
Never before in the life of the
two American continents has a ship
waving at its foremast the red
flag with three crescents and a
white star in each crescent entered
a port of either North or South
America. We hope that it will not
be rare sight in the future.
The development of every ma
tionality is like competition in
trade. 1t is stimulating to civiliza-
ton if it is not carried too far,
especially if it is not carried to the
point of illegitimate competition
and war.
1t has been many years since
Great Britain solemnly promised
Egypt her freedom. She again
renewed this promise when she
was very, very sick, during the
great war, just as she promised
Home Rule to India. She has not
kept either promise yet.
But this is the springtime of
human liberty when all things
growing burst from their winter
shells.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

tcopyright. 1922. by Premier syndicate, 1nc)
A swollen bank account is pretty sure to
swell the head.
Time flies when your work is agreeable,
and drags when it isn't
The distinguishing feature OF big cities is
the great number Of little men in them.
It is sometimes better to do the wrong
thing than to be lazy and do nothing.
Our biggest mistake nation seems to
be that Of trying to get rich without doing
any work.
things that they don't know what they are for
The more the Government let's us alone, the
more will we be able to do for ourselves.
Hez Heck says: MY experience all shows
that old maids amt bit slow when 1t comes
to kissin'."
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

THE attention OF the Geo
= logical Survey has been
allied to a peculiar we'll In Ohio,
and has caused an investigation
to be made OF II. 1t appears that
The we'll produces both fresh
and salt water through two sep
arate pumps. The explanation
proves TO be very simple. Two
water.bearing beds, confined be-
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Waiting

NJ has been said that time decides
nothing. This is not true. Time
4 decides most things.
Few lives have been wrecked by
waiting before marrying, and hasty
marriages have wrecked many.
More business deals have been
spoiled by being in a hurry than
by thinking it over.
Hurry means worry.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

TAKE, now, the other side.
l. The young woman who is
forbidden by the laws of mod
esty and conventionality from
going out upon the highway to
corral mate. Could she profit
by going to the secretary of the
L. c. L. and saying:
Il want to meet some nice
young men. I don't know a
soul in this town. have the
mother instinct, l want a mate
and a home. Let's see your
bill-of-fare.
Is this all foolish? Is it i'm
modest?
do not know. 1t merely oc.
ours to me that it may be worth
thinking about.
What I do know, however,
is this: Life in a country Of
one hundred million inhabi-
tants is a much more compli.
Gated problem than life in q
small town. And lack Of oppor.
tunity is frequently a bar to
happiness.
II this scheme is good, the
Government should foster It.
II 1t is bad the kibosh should be
put upon 1t quickly, tout de
suite. p. d. q.
Copyright, 1922. by King Features
Service, lnc.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Fresh and Salt Water in Same Well

tween layers Of limestone, occur
at this point, one above the
other. The pipe OF the fresh.
water pump taps the upper vein
at n depth OF sixteen feet, Tho
pipe OF the salt water pump
touches the lower vein at
depth Of thirty'five feet: and the
brine, being heavier than the
fresh water, does not mix with
1t. but remains at tho bottom,
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

THE North Sea Ia green
u partly because OF its clear
ness and partly because of its
sandy bottom, The Red Sea
gets It's name from a tiny weed
like growth, dull red in color.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Stars and Stripes

GOING UP.
Owing to the late war between Ger.
many and the allies the cost Of food Is
II per cent higher than 1t was two years
after the war.
A manufacturer says that corsets are
soueezing about 80 000, ,000 but there are
probably even more than that squeezing
the corsets.
One inventor says all motorcycles are
not noisy. Perhaps not, but they might
Just as well be.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
FARTHEST AT SEA.

The optical apparatus Of the
lighthouse of Galita, an island
off Tunis, is entirely OF metal.
The great parabolic reflector,
the largest metallic mirror in
any lighthouse, is OF gilded
bronze feet, inches in
diameter, with a focal length OF
26 inches and its 202 900 candle.
power flash can usually be seen
80 miles at sea.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
WIN Seas Are "CoLored"

which seems to cover It's sur
face, The Yellow Sea Of China
was once supposed to be 20
named because Of it's mud, but
it's color Is derived from a
multitude of minute living or
ganisms,
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

DUT If we put a whiff of the
II starch powder under the
microscope, at once we see that
the granules of potato starch
are utterly unlike the granules
of corn starch. You could no
more mistake one for the other
than you could mistake a potato
for an ear Of corn.
This is fortunate for the pub
lic at large, but unfortunate
for any dishonest purveyors of
foodstuffs. For II manu-
facturer of soluble cocoa pow.
der. for example, thinks to in
crease his profit by mixing in
about one-third potato starch
with the legitimate product Of
the cocoa bean, his subterfuge
is pretty sure to be detected by
some food inspector armed with
a microscope.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05

A REALLY decent, honest.
"A wholesome man may feel
that he would like to marry Il
nice girl and yet may not be
in a position to meet one. II
he is at all intelligent, he wou Il
want, at the very least, the
privilege Of choosing among
several. But if he cannot meet
even one, what is he going 10
do? He is stranger in
town. He knows no one who
will conduct him through that
formal ceremony of "introduc.
ing him"
II he is attracted by a gill
whom he meets upon the street
and dares to address her. sha
either says, Sir" or calls for
/ cop. II he lays his case be.
ore the pastor of church.
he is restricted to meeting the
churchy girl. II he squanders
his time in Cabarets, he meets
only the cabaret variety. But
if. being intelligent. he would
like to meet all kinds before
he takes the plunge, how is
he to go about it?