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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
FOUR MaJoR EVILS.

The mayors of fifty OF the larger
cities in the United States have agreed
on the four major evils of today.
They are:
% Lack of parental control of
Ct lren.
Cd Wrong use of motor car.
go The modern dance.
ca, Immoral moving picture shows.
No doubt there is merit in the four
sins listed above-merit in their selec-
ton.
But after all, No. / covers the ter
ritory
1t is the parental control of chill
dren that counts.
If parents assumed proper control
there would be no dangerous motor
car parties, no ill results from the
modern dance and ne ideas from the
immoral pictures.
AS matter of fact parents are to
blame when they allow their sons and
daughters to dart out miles in the
country, away from everyone, and re-
turn at early morning hours. A motor
car ride will not result disastrously if
there is a limit on time. Parents are
too lenieht in their acceptance of tire
trouble" excuses for long night rides.
The modern dance bugaboo is rot.
Again parents may take a hand. II
they allow their daughters to attend
road house parties and too frequent
public dances, there is danger of seri-
GUS results. But the right kind of a
son and daughter will not be harmed
by modern dancing when the regula-
ton OF hours is enforced, Parents
viii remove most of the sting from
dancing if they will take a little more
care in their daughters dress. Sens
uous dress and undress is the only
danger OF dancing.
The movie question is really a ques
ton. 1t may be a problem in other
cities and states but not in Kansas.
The Kansas censorship is sufficient to
protect the youngsters-if they will
sit thruout the show. The movies that
depict illicit relationships these days
usually bring out the folly and pun
ishment and lesson that imprints it
self on the mind. Nothing improper
is approved in the Kansas pictures.
The improper acts are food for Meme
sis.
The entire control of national evils
is in the hands of the parents. There
has been such laxity and freedom in
the last few years that even the par
ents are dipping into the thrills. The
sons and daughters have not been
given ideal patterns to follow.
+ The motor car, the dance hall and
the movie can be regulated without
trouble.
If parents cannot watch their chill
dren and steer them along the proper
course, certainly they should not
choose the law to assume the respon-
sibiity. Law means trouble.
Let the law first be enforced at
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
LITTLE BENnY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE pApE

was standing Ground the lam
post with Sid-Hunt and he sed,. Hay,
G, by the way, this is Pubs Simkinses
berthday, let's go GROUND and see if
he got eny candy amung his presents
WITCH we went GROUND to do, ring
ing Pulses door bell and Pubs. opened
the door with something Suspicious
making bump in one side of his face,
and me and Sid sed, Hello Pubs. and
Pubs shook his he'd hello as if he
couldent tawk good on account of wat
he had in his mouth. and I sed, Wat
did you get for your berthday, Pubs
WITCH Jest then the bump got smaller
on account of Pubs proberiy swallow
ing part of it, and he sed. o, clothes
and books and all that junk.
WITCH jest then he gave a fearse
swallow and the bump disappeared all
the ways. and Sid sed. G. is that all.
gosh, dident you get eny candy? and
Pubs sed, Candy? No Wy? No. ]
wish I had, wy? he sed.
Holey smoaks, no candy. I sed. Watts
you know about that. Sid. wouldent
consider it was a birthday If i dident
get eny candy. would you Sid? sed-
No. Id think it was a funeral. Sid
sed, and I sed. Id consider it in
suit. that's how Id consider 1t, and
Pubs sed, Well, that's how I do con-
sidr it. but 1t amt my fault is it?
Being a pritty good of a anser, and
Sid sed, Wat was that In your mouth
jest now? and Pubs started to look as
II he felt innocent. saying. Wate Wen :?
and I sed. Next Christmas. come on
carmels home.
That's good. got pounds Of mush-
mellows. Sid sed- And we started to
wawk away Expecting Pubs to believe
it.
WITCH he proberly dident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
A MORNING PRAYER.

Grant unto me this day, dear Lord,
the fullest measure of service.
Cleanse me in mind and heart and
make this body of mine a servant to
carry out the wishes of your will.
Lead me into this day in the full
ness of my ability.
Make me thoughtful of others dur
ing. every hour. Allow no word or
act of mine to mar the beauty or hap
piness of single life.
AS / go out to work and to earn.
talk to me thru your spirit to be kind
and gentle. And help me to feel your
presence during every moment. that
I may solve every problem Alright and
face every new duty with renewed
courage of heart.
know how frail am-how liable
to error-that's why I need you. So
stay by all day long, won't you, God?
It's such a beautiful day. Thank
you for it! May use it as tho Iwere
to have it forever, May I live it as
tho it We're to be my last.
Help >ne to put all the usefulness
that is in me into this day, God.
Don't let me waste a minute.
Make people glad when they see
me, and make me glad after 1 have
performed some service for each one
of them-even tho that service be no
more than a happy smile, or a word
of cheer
Thank you for this body of mine. I
am favored far beyond what deserve.
I realize this when see about me SO
many others, less favored, tho far
more courageous than I. Bless them,
Lord, Love them to the full.
Warm my hoart with your love,
God. So many times 1t feels cold and
lonely.
Satisfy this spirit of mine in happy
service, unselfishly rendered, and
bring me to the close of this day glad
and, content with having done my
best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
JUST FOLKS
DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

IpON'T WANT TO GO TO BED.
World wide over this~is said:
Il don't want to go TO bed"
Dads and mothers, far and near,
Every night this chorus hear; j
Makes no difference where they are,
Here or off in Zanzibar,
In the igloos made of SLOW
OF the fur-clad Esquimax,
In the biistering torrid zone,
This one touch Of natures known;
In life's various tongues it's said:
Il don't want to go to bed!"
This has ever been the way
OF the youngsters at their play.
Laughter quickly, dries their Tears,
Trouble swiftly disappears,
Joy is everywhere about,
Here and their and in and out:
Yet when night comes on they cry
That so glad a day should die,
And they think that they will miss
Something more of precious bliss,
So shouts every curly-head:
Il don't want to go to bed :"
Age is glad to put away
All the burdens of the day,
Glad to lay the worries down,
Quit the noises of the. town,
And in slumber end the care
That has met them here and there.
But the children do not know
Life is freighted down with woe;
They would run until they drop,
Hoping day would never stop,
Calling back when it has fled:
II don't want to go to bed"
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
observation-disclosures

O. Has the term fat aecempi any
special significance in diplomatic languaeef
A. Fait accompli. an accomplished fact.
denotes in diplomacy an event that has
happened and must be accepted or recog-
nised as definite, however disaereeable
O. Is the Alaska hair seal skin ever
used for garments? w A. II.
A. Caps and slippers are often made II
this humble fur.
o. From what kind of a turtle Is tor
toise shell taken? b. G.
A Hawkbill, q marine turtle found IN
tropical seas. has the shell used for orna-
mental purposes.
O. How many children attend public
schools in New York City, i. ID. j..
A. Last September s3s,509 pupils at
tended public day schools, while this year
the Bureau of Education is preparing for
1,000, 900
(Any reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HnSktn, Director, Washington, ID, G. This
offer nppIies strictly to information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical
and financial matters. II does not atfetnIt
TO settle domestic troubles, nor 70 Under
take exhaustive research on any aub1ert.
Give full uame and address and enclose TIVE
cents In stamps for return postage. Az
Write your question plainly and briefly.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
Dorothy DIX Tails
The Value Of a wife-i.


How much is q wife worth in cold,
hard cash?
Every day we read in the news.
papers about husbands who are suing
men who have Stolen their wives from
them, and who assess their losses at
Whether this II because one wife is SO
much more pulehritudinous and yir-
tuous, and amiable as u. make her
worth fancy price, while the other
wife 10 only bargain counter rem
nant. so TO speak, or whether 1t is
because wives are ike certain antiques
with no intrinsic value OF their own.
and are worth only whatever fancy
figure their owner sets upon them,
and he can induce some infatuated
sin3pleton TO pay, no one knows.
The Bible says that the price OF q.
good wife is above rubies and no
plarried man will dispute the market
quotation. The reason that most hus-
cause they are enc OF the oostliest
luxuries in which a chap can indulge
himself. for II Is only after a man
takes unto himself better three
feurths that he really comes to grips
with the high cost of living.
Nevertheless. and notwithstanding
millinery bills and dressmaking bills.
and all the ills that she carries in her
train, wife is nearly always a def
mite asset that q man can borrow
thVttcy oii az tHe bdnk, many buSl-
ness firms prefer tc hire married men.
Most employers give their employees an
advance in salary when they get mar
ried, and this is not only a recognition
that a married man needs more
money than a single man, but 1t he
speaks a conviction that he will be
more reliable and dependable and
worth more in business.
Also, it is true that few men ever
begin to save money, and get on in
the world until after they are mar
flea. and more benedicts than hache-
lors achieve fortunes.
| Likewise there are wives whose
Iobvious worth to their husbands every
body can compute. There are ann
bilious women who fairly push ordf-
nary men I'D to the top of the ladder.
for many a self-made man is wife
made. if the real truth were told about
him.
There are other wives whose thrift
| il the basis of their husbands for
tunes. They are the nickle nursers
who never waste a potato pairing, who
make every dollar do the work of five.
and who are the watch dogs of the
family treasury, who never sleep at
their posts.
| And there are other wives who are
superlative housekeepers, who lap
their husbands in supreme physical
/ comfort, who feed them on perfect
food, who see that their every ma
teriai want is supplied as If by magic.
who fuss over them when they are
sick. and eoddie and pet them as, il
they were babies, who are worth the
wages of retinues of servants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

town effiee-why. we'll call 1t a day.
My lunch is getting eold."
No one in the busy place enjoying
the good eatin" saw Bob Dacre's
swift downward swoop as he dropped
a kiss on Jeanie's bright hair.
Copyright. 1879. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

The Nonpartisan league is attempt
ing to revive interest in central Kan
sas and a picnic has been advertised
in Salina with A. c. Townley as the
speaker. Is it possible that Kansans
are still easy pluclSing for such an
Organization or is it the Clyde Reed
state ownership of elevators that is
attracting the leaguersE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

Barter is taking the place Of the
deprec.ating marks in Germany. One
college has fixed the tuition in terms
OF rye instead of money. There are
rye terms used frequently in Kansas,
too federal officers say,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

have been ceffee, topers five or ax
cups a day are all we care Tor. nus
we smoke all the tobacco we can con.
sumo. The result Is. that II we oon
get to bed by 5 o'clock in the morning
we have to sleep till nearly noon the
next day to make up the rest we iost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

HE Who Gets Slapped is pop
ular play in New York. From the
Gays news it is evident that He Who
Gets Shot" is more of a modern
Il rama
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

1t has been decided that the Kan
sas prisons are too small. This has
been known ever since the parole sys-
tenn was adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25

We were also fully advised as to the
curse of coffee and tobacco. We never
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
Jacksonville Only Six Hours
From Americusby Automobile

weeks, with already spotted fields
now showing white. The crops taken
as a whole are fine considering the
continued wet spell of the past two
months, and in the main work has
progressed rapidly, blowing has been
done and the crops show the added
cultivation.
"Out of Waycross I found 200
acres of land being dynamited for
clearing, and about 40 people working
daily to exterminate the stumps,
which later WILDE, sold for fue:, Add
ed acreage firther encourages good
road building, for the more soil in
cultivation the greater need for
transportation facilities. Optimism Is
also paramount with the harvesting
of the peach crops and the melons
which are now being shipped. Later
will come the corn and cotton har-
e5ting,s and after that the fine pecan
crops. Georgia is a great state and
its crops are noteworthy, even in
adverse weather conditions"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
SCIENTISTS AT WAYCROSS
MAKING OBSERVATIONS

WAYCROSS, June 26.-Prof. ].
W. Green and w. A. Love, Of Wash
ington, D. c., of the department o.
terrestrial magnetism of Carnegie IN
stitute, have been making observa-
tons here for the past three days.
The scientists were making ar eX-
animation to determine the dip dec
lination and intensity of the earth for
the purpose of determining the circu-
lar or annual variations of the body.
They also secured over a period OF
twelve hours, twelve continuous OBJ
servations for the purpose of deter
mining the daily variations on the
same three magnetic elements.
The special feature developed dur
ing their observations here is that
the magnetic power of the earth is
decreasing. This may be due in part
to the earth's getting older, but no
one knows the exact cause to which
it may be attributed.
Waycross has the only frst-class
station this side Of Washington, the
local station being located on the
Piedmont campus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26

From the Windsor hotel in Jack
sonville, Fla, to the Windsor hotel in
Americas, Ga, in less than six hours
is a new distance record made by ].
E. McCrea, representing the Oakland
Motor Car Company, of Atlanta, who
reached here Saturday afternoon.
The mileage covered was 1851, the
speed not exceeding AZ miles at any
time during the trip. A remarkable
feature was the low gas consumption
of Is 1-2 gallons, with only one pint
of water and no oil added during the
trip.
Mr.. McCrea made the trip in his
new Oakland sport model, handsome
ly upholstered in brown Spanish
leather, long, low, dark red body,
with white wire wheels, and solid
walnut instrument board, polished
like, mirror. -
an covering the state of Florida
Is times in my trips" said Mr.. Nc
Crea, "the strip of road from Amer
lCuS W Vic llNCI 10 IlAt olAiOOSilSot anu
finest roadway have ever covered.
Coming over it Saturday afternoon
was like travelling over a plate glate
mirror, and it was a delight to feel
the motor respond to the highest
touch. Goof roads bhilding has be-
come 6ne% Of the first thoughts Of
government now, because of the in
creasing number of automobiles and
the desirability of forming a network
of highways from one city or town
to the other.
"The roads are splendid through
out this state, and especially those Of
the southeastern section leading into
Florida. That state is taking up the
building of the Central Dixie high
way, which is now completed with the
exception of 10 miles, and work is go
ing on steadily on this strip.
''The crops along the route are in
splendid condition, at least those l
could see from the roadway, and
those about Douglas are especially
good. Cotton blooms will be opening
rapidly there within the next two
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
SHILOH

The singing at jim Pitchers Sun
day week was much enjoyed by all
who attended.
Miss Ruth Still spent Saturday
night with Miss hazel Bost~ek.
Mr., and Mrs. c. Buchanan en-
tertained the young people with a
party Friday night.
Miss Dora Pitcher has as her guest
Miss Bertha Jones, Plains.
Miss Irene Deid spent the weekend
with Miss Jessie Daniel.
Deal Jordan was visiting in this
community Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Daniel spent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
KIDNAPPED PHYSICIAN
WILL LEAVE MACON

MACON, June 26.-Dr. Eugene
Schneider, who was blmdfolded, gag
ged and carried into the country by
kidnapers Saturday night, admits
that he has been ordered to leave the
city. He says he's going to comply
with the demands of his abductors
and will leave in two or three days.
d.. Schyieber hastily closed up his
residence at First and Oglethorpe
streets yesterday and took up his
residence in down town hotel until
he leaves the city. He says he will
get away just as soon as he can close
up his affairs, but where he will locate
he has not determined
Mrs. Vera Bergenheim, who has
been office assistant for DR.. Schrie-
Der and who appeared in the cos
tune of nurse when in his COM
pany, left the city early yesterday
morning for Jacksonville. She is said
to be a sister-in-law Of Dr.. Schrieber.
Mrs. Bergenheim's two daughters, 10
and Is years of age, preceded her by
about two hours.
Court records show that DR..
Schrieber brought suit for divorce
from his wife, Mrs. Katherine S.
Schrieber, here on April l of this
year, claiming chat he had been a res
ident of this state for more than one
year. He charged that his wife de-
MED him 'conjugal rights, with the
intention of casting him off as a hus-
band"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
PLEASANT GROVE
IS WINNER AGAIN
Carries of State Efficiency Ban
ner For Second
Time

For the second time in the past six
months, Pleasant Grove Junior B.
Y. P. U. has won the banner for effic-
iency in the state of Georgia. The
first one was given at the Southwest
,ern Regional convention in Moultrie
held there last fall, and the second
banner was won in the session just
closed in Athens, in which the Baptist
Young Peoples Uniops met from all
parts of the state.
With membership of 20 young
people ranging in age from 10 to 16
years, and an organization of emily
2 years, this junior union holds the
record for not having missed Sun
day evening service in the two years
since its organization. Mrs. Claude
Johnson, leader of the young people
of Pleasant Grove Union, has ar
ranged splendid programs for her
members, and assisted by an able
corps of officers, the work is pro-
crossing remarkably in that section.
The work in the organization COM
prises that Of regular attendance at
every meeting, visiting the sick and
carrying flowers and similar atten-
lions, tithing, observance of morn
ing watches, arrangement of pro-
CRANES and other routine duties con-
nected with the successful carrying
on of the work.
Pleasant Grove church is 7 miles
from Americas in the heart of Hunt
lngton community, with location OF
unusual beauty among splendid
groves, and has a membership of en-
thusiastic young people whose hearts
are centered in their duties and who
have the support of the entire COM
munitv, -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
TIT SUNDAY SCHOOL
y CONVENTION TO MEET

/! Triton, June 26.-Tift County
Sunday School convention will be
held with the Eldorado Methodist
church on Sunday, July g. Forward
in Religious Education" is the sub
ject, and Exodus 14:15 is the text.
R. D. Webb, superintendent of the
Georgia Sunday school association,
and Mrs. W. L. Blankenship, state
worker, will assist local workers in
carrying out the all-day program.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
THESTANDARD

B AbrifvL iMpoRrED WASH
GOODS AT SAVINGS OF 20 TO so
PER CENT. SPECIAL PURCHASES
AT LIBERAL PRICE CONCES-
sIoNs FROM IMPORTERS EAGER
10 GEAR OUT THEIR SUMMER
STOCKS MAKES THIS SALE POS
SIBLE HERE ON JUNE 18TH AND
27TH. ALMOST THE WHOLE
SEASON is STILL BEFORE YOU.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
FIRST VANS MARKETED.

T. CDRDELE, June ga. H. Ayers,
progressive Crisp county farmer, sold
the first sweet potatoes in the local
market Saturday. The largest was a
Porto Rico weighing a pound a quar-
ter. He has sufficient quantity to
bring handsome amount of cash
in the new market @7'&
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
The Wise Shall Understand.
|. EzekiePs Call wv. l, y.

Many shall be purified and made
white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly; and none of the wicked
shall understand; but the wise shall
UNDERSTANDABLE u 10.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26

Saturday night and Sunday With rel- :
ativcs at Plains. z-.
Miss Jewell has left fors Asssss7
where she viii attend summer school.
Wallis Cheek and Hilda Pitcher
spent Sunday with Terrell BostwieE.
The 3. Y. P. IT, social was gNrn
at the home of B. +. Daniel on last
Thursday night
Miss Jessie Daniel spent Wednes-'
day with Miss Irene Reid. '.,s~ .ss
Miss Mildred Daniel is visiting rel
atives in Concord community.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
LAST TAX NOTICE.

City tax books for making returns
close July ,st. Those who fail tc
make r3tuTrs are subject to siouble
tax. Z. J. ETDRlDGE
20-I0 Clerk and Treasurer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
Beino Wise.

1t is better to be wise and not te
seem So than to seem wise and not tt
be so.---Plato.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-26
Honest Error.

Honest error is to be pitied, no
ridiculed.- Chesterfield.