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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY


(From the Times Recorder March
II, 1929
Judge Pilsbury returned yesterday
from Leesburg, where he has been
in attendance on Superior court. He
reports that most of the criminal
cases were of a petty character.
The board Of education of Sumter
county met yesterday, with Chairman
c. c. Sheppard, J. r. Battle, Jas. E.
Bass, Zimri Markette and John A.
Mcdonald present. W. S. Moore, the
county schoo! commissioner, was re-
elected.
j. W. Bailey, of Leslie, was an
Americus visitor yesterday Mr..
Bailey owns large sawmill interests in
and about Leslie, and is one of the
most progressive citizens of that
thriving little place.
c, 3. Wooten, a prominent law
yer of Albany, was moving around
among friends in Americas yesterday.
1t is among the probabilities that he
will represent lis district in the 53rd
congress.
Mrs. Corbin, very agreeable lady
from Macon, IS visiting Mrs. w. H.
Allen at the Allen house,
The new quarters of the Peoples
National Bank in the Windsor hotel
are about ready for occupancy, and
will be one of the handsomest bank
offices in Georgia.
| and happy if someone could teach
bell weevils to eat weeds.
When some people miss church
they have to make up the sleep at
home.
After rolled stockings get back
women viii have no trouble boarding
street cars before men.
Professor says our side of Niagara
will be dry in 2122. Why don't they
leave prohibition alone?
According to divorce figures, this
is either the land of the freed or the
home of the brave.
Only man who can say your head
needs washing is a barber.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

If the wicked turn from his wick
edness and do that which is lawful
and right. he shall live thereby
Ezekiel 1919.
say again, man cannot choose his
duties, You may choose to forsake
your duties, and choose not to have
the sorrow that they bring. But you
will go forth, and what will you
find? Sorrow without duty; bitter
herbs and no bread with them. -
George Eliot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
BERT WILLIAMS.
RERT WILLIAMS, a great artist in

RERT WILLIAMS, a great artist in
his line, is dead Stricken with
pneumonia ten days ago in Detroit,
he died at his home in New York
last Saturday night
Who was Bert Williams? Ask
any devotee of the stage. Ask any
lover of popular monograph records.
Ask Frank Lanier, who saw him a
few days ago in Chicago and got a
string Of laughs that keeps him roar
ing yet.
Bert Williams was probably the
greatest comedian the negro race
ever produced. He played only in
the North, and almost nowhere ex-
cept in the largest cities in the last
fifteen years of his life. Prior to
that time for years he was known
and his work admired across the
continent.
This little tribute to Williams is
justified because he was a negro who
sought not to initiate the white man,
who occupied his time industriously,
respected the social standards and
was always unobtrusive, and made
the most of his opportunities.
Booker T. Washington once said of
Williams stage career:
lie has done more for our race
than | have. He has smiled his way
into peoples hearts; have been OBJ
hged to fight my way"
And Bert Williams, as an enter
tanner. never failed. In roles individ-
ual, not plagiarizig any feature of
any star, his smile, voice, eccentric
mumbling and peculiar foot shift and
body sway. made him stage charac-
ter apart.
As singer and comedian Williams
was known to the millions of Ameri-
cans Only thousands, perhaps, knew
him as a scholar. He was an invet-
crate reader, and when travelling with
theatrical companies, preferred to be
alone. Fellow actors, but of differ
ent race, often said that Williams
never crossed the color line. He was
a soldier, too, having served an en-
listment in the United States army.
As scholar, he devoted much of
his time to the history of the negro
race and his library possessed many
rare books on the subject.
Bert Williams didn't merely sing
songs. He acted them and drove
them into popularity. Half numb,
ling between long pauses that seem
ed to ignore the orchestra, Williams
eyes often did as much as his voice.
His feet, too, never acutely active,
never were still.
His song. Nobody" probably was
his greatest. Then there was Gun
der the Bamboo Tree" Congo Love
Song Somebody and"When the
Moonshines on the Moonshine," one
Of his latest and funniest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
CHANCE FOR A NEW POLITICAL
ISSUE IN GEORGIA.
columbus Enquirer-Sun.

.NiulhUuo LllQulIeG-Su0.D
a h, ha! here's material for a new
political issue in Georgia. The
Ihomasville Times-E Enterprise SAYS:
Senator Bill Harris brother got
decoration from the Italian King,
which still doesn't make him any big
ger man. than he already was.
Make political issue of that?
Why, certainly. We have seen it
done with less. And done successful
ly. Georgia is fertile soil for that
sort Of thing.
Yes, we think we can see someone
taking Senator Bill Harris to task
for this very thing. The very idea
of a Georgia senator's brother ac-
cepting a decoration from a king of
anything-much less the king of
Italy. y. TrYs
1t IS dangerous, we can tell YOU.
It's effect on Georgia politics might
be tremendous. As we have no doubt
1t would be if Brother Bill hadn't al.
ready trawled-up so close under the
cover with the very party who has
always made speciality of handling
this class of offenses against the
plain people. They may be such pc,
litical .'buddies" by now that this
King business will be purposely over.
booked. But, lawsy mercy! what g
fuss would raise about it if they
WEREN'T
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11

Quoting from the above publica-
ton, "The data presented also indi-
cate that under conditions found,
with corn at an average price of
75c per bushel, it is necessary to Sc
cure yield above 10 bushels per
acre of corn planted in rows alter
mating with peanuts or about 10
bushels of corn planted "solid' if a
profit is to be shown when figured by
cost determination methods"
The average yield of corn for
Sumter county 1919 was 11.6 bush
els according to the census of 1920.
A comparison with the above figures
reveals at glance whether this av-
erage yield is profitable.
OATS.
Again quoting from this survey,
Goats must yield about Is bushels
to show profit at an average price
of approximately SO cents; but when
the yield slightly exceeds rs bushels,
the cost is reduced to SO cents per
bushel The latter yields a good mar
gin of profit"
The average yield of oats for Sum
ter county as reported by the census
of 1920 is 1871 bushels per acre.
From the above statement is this
yield profitable?
PEANUTS.
The average cost of producing pea
nuts as determined by this survey
was 1861 per acre. The average
yield was 81 bushels per acre, with a
net cost of 80 cents per bushel.
The average yield of Sumter coun-
ty for 1919 as reported by the CEN
sus was 1919 bushels Assuming that
the average cost under Sumter coun-
ty conditions, the cost of production
per bushel would be $184.
By increasing the yield, the cost
per bushel is automatically de-
creased as in other crops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
BY DAVID D. LONG
Soil Specialist Soil Improvement Com
mittee, Atlanta, Ga.

Jun NPC~iUSA SOh >~'hA
mittee, Atlanta, Ga.
IN this time of stress when all farm
ers are trying to work out of a
depression, it is essential that farm
ing as a business should be looked
upon from a business basis.
1t is necessary to diversity, for
diversification always has been a
paying proposition even before the
boil weevil came and especially so in
relation to the production of home
supplies.
Diversification, however, is not the
whole solution unless the yields of
the crops are profitable. 1t cannot
be expected that farm operator can
just diversity and expect tor work
out of this serious situation. 1t re-
qulres more than that. 1t requires
that the yields shall be sufficiently
high to pay costs of production and
leave a profit. Low yields are very
often the cause of complaint that
prices do not pay costs of production.
Cost surveys as conducted by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture show that with increased
yields the cost of production per
bushel, or pound of product de-
creases and that the profits per acre
increase. 1t is necessary, therefore,
to look well to your yields to deter
mine whether or not they are profit
able.
Assuming that costs of production
for 1922 are about the same as for
1914, we can obtain from the farm
management survey of Brooks coun-
ty, Georgia, by the United States
Department of Agriculture, cost re-
cords which are valuable in determin-
ing whether yields are profitable.
Cotton w.
A yield under 200 lbs of lint cot
ton costs 11.6 cents a pound; from
200 to 900 lbs lint, 81 cents a pound;
from 800 to 400 lbs lint, 7.8 cents
pound; and for 400 pounds and over,
rs cents a 10. The average costs
per acre was $3451 The boil wee
vii will, of course, increase the cost,
even if the cotton is protected. The
census returns of 1920 show that the
average yield of Sumter county was
lis lbs of lint.
The same government investiga-.
ton shows that the cost of produc-
ing corn was as follows:
Yield Cost
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
CARD OF THANKS.

We are profoundly grateful for
the many expressions of love and
sympathy during the long illness and
death of our beloved wife and moth
er, Mrs, W. T. Cottrell, and for the
beautiful floral offerings contribut-
ed.
w. T. COTTRELL.
W. T. COTTRELL, JR.
MISSES ERMA and CAMILLE COT
TRELL,
MR.. and MRS. WADE MORRIS,
MR.. AND MRS. S. E. TURNER,
MR.. AND MRS. Il. |. WILLIAMS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11

The same government investiga-
ton shows that the cost of produc-
ing corn was as follows:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
THESTANDARD
LARGE NEW RUGS
AT LITTLE PRICES.

AT LITTLE PRICES.
Heavy fiber Rugs in new patterns;
plain centers with small fancy
borders; the richest looking rugs
that we have seen for the price.
Plain blue and green centers; If
we were to price them to you at
$35 you would not think them
bit too high; size 8 feet 3 inches
by 10 feet 6 inches; here Mon
day and Tuesday at ..-.........$21.75
GET YOUR RAINCOATS
HERE AT $500
Good tan rubberized Raincoats for
men and women; all sizes; here
Monday and Tuesday, at each SIS
1000 YARDS OF PLAIN
COLOR CHAMBRAY
AT 10c YARD
All standard colors; full width for
bungalow aprons, children's
dresses, summer curtains and
many other purposes; here Mon
day and Tuesday, Yard .---1Oc
SPRING DRESS BINGHAM
AT l5c YARD
Plenty of small checks and stripes;
28 inches wide and absolutely
fast colors; a chance to save
from 7 lie to 10c yard here;
Monday and Tuesday, Yard 15c
BEAUTIFUL VOILES AT
3sc, 4sc and soc YARD
The same qualities were selling all
over last year at from 69c to
$1.00 yard. Checks, stripes and
a score of other patterns; spec
ial prices for Monday and Tues
day, yard, 38c, 48c and .--...--.. soc
30 BARS OF THE BEST
LAUNDRY SOAP FOR $1.O0
Come here Monday or Tuesday and
get your years supply of Laun-
dry Soap; full size bars and sold
to customers buying other goods
here Monday and Tuesday, so
bars for 81 90
MORE MEMS SHIRTS
AT $1.OO
Hundreds were sold Saturday, but
there is still good choosing;
the lot has been replenished with
fresh new goods taken from our
stock and will continue to be sold
at $1.00 until Tuesday night.
A hundred patterns to select
from again Monday and Tues
day Choice ....-..................... $1.OO
THOUSANDS OF REMNANTS.
AT HALF PRICE.
Remnants of almost every kind of
piece usually sold in dry goods
store for sale here at about half
price. They are in desirable
lengths, too; every piece is plain
ly marked with ticket showing
exactly how many yards and the
price for the whole length. A
chance to supply your needs at
half price.
Standard Dry Goods Co.
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUS, GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-11
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

Monday morning. No paper pub
lshed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
SOURIS NEWS

Fl. !. Dorr, Alfred Eklund and Sher-
man Miller were among the Souris-
ties to visit Bottineau Thursday.
=. Al Brainard was a Bottineau Wis
itor yesterday attending a meeting oil
the Bottineau County Fair Board.
s. M. Nichol was at Bottineau last
week attending a meeting Of the coun-
ty commissioners.
Miss Clara Smulan has been a visit
or at the Lallum home for a few days
past.
Ed. Condit tranacted business ali
the county seat Monday.
Mrs. Ole Berge was a caller at Bot
tineau yesterday.
Mrs G. S. Ogren and daughter Ruth
left for Grand Forks last Saturday
where with Stella they will spend the
winter. They stopped over Sunday at
Bottineau. il
Word was received here this week
of the death on Nov. 29th last, of
A. L. Foster at his home in California.
Nh. Foster was a prominent resident
OF Souris in the early days and will be
remembered by the older citizens of
this community. ~
Several from town attended the
dance at Peabody hall last Friday eve
ming. z~N4
Several of the ladies gave a farewell
party in honor of Mrs. Ogren at her
home last Wednesday evening.
Joe Quamme was a caller in town
over Tuesday night. 4a- .
Monte Woods and Ado1ph Ertres-
vaag were Bottineau visitors here
Sunday at the Lallum home. 3
Major Boyd, representing the Fed
eralFeed and Seed Loan Association
and Miss Irene Stewart of Bottineau
were business visitors in souris the
fore part of the week. .
Clerk of Court T. D. Acheson of
Bott;neau was an over Sunday visit
or in Souris and vicinity. =
John Gaub transacted business at
Rugby Tuesday. "
. John Edgerton was a caller at the
county seat Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Llys Rogers autoed to
Bottineau Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Hanson who is working
at the Shirley Hotel in Bottineau was
a visitor at home a couple of days
this week.
Nels Magnuson returned home Sat
urday from a business trip to st.
Paul.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
HAIL WARRANTS bot at hiehes

HAIL WARRANTS bot at highest
market prices. Slope Loan & Invest
nient Co, Minot, n. p. Jan. 26
ROSWELL 7. MERRITT. Optical
Specialist, of Kenmare, will personally
visit The following towns professional
~ Oh the following dates.
Westhope, Tuesday, Jan.24th. OF.
flee ut Planters Hotel.
Souriss Wednesday, Jan. 25th. OF.
flee at Gladys Hotel.
Omemee, Thursday, Jan.26. Office
at Dixon Residence.
All persons having defective eve
sight. headaches, oil who need their
glasses changed OF renewed should call
andtsee him. JIG
Three rooms for rent, heated and
lighted, enquire Mrs. s. E. Amsbaugh,
City If
We pay three cents per lb. CASH
for hides and furs. Bring them in
Chas. Beeyers. tf
FOR SALE-Economy King No. ID
cream separator. First $500 takes
machine. +. w. Lonsbrough, Bottineau
City. tt
We i in the market to buy all
furs, at highest market prices. Hon
est grading. McDougall & Nord-
strom. tt.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
BENTINCK TOWNSHIP

Saturday night d dance was given
AT Richard Steinhaus, in honor Of his
fifty-first birthday. Al large crowd
gathered III spite Of The threatening
weather and a most enjoyable time
was reported.
The Dennis Lambe family are re-
covering from the scarlet fever. Their
little girl lis able to be up and around
again. We trust they will soon be out
of quarantine.
Asfew of the young folks visited at
the Fred Bakhaus home Sunday eve
ming. The evening was spent in play
ing cards. A lunch was served at mid
night.
Jack Norman and James Stead took
in the dance at Floyd Howery's Fri
day night.
Miss Hope Talcott returned to
school at Westhope Sunday after
spending two weeks vacation at her
home. %@
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Benson and Mae
and Cecil Spafford visited at the Got
lieb Norman home Sunday.
A number of folks from Bentinck
township attended the literary at the
Sherman school Friday night. There
was a large crowd present and a nice
program was givfn.
Gertrude Norman is visiting at the
Bakhaus home this week.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
TOWNSHIP

We're Trimb1e and Robert Trotter
were week end guets of Donovan and
Keith Thompson.
Ted White, Tom Cooper, William
Lackey, Fred Page from Westhope,
attended the Literary last Friday eve
ming. a. .%f .5-..
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thompson spent
last Sunday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams.
Mr.. Romine mad Mr.. Jensen of Max
bass were Westhope visitors last Mon
day.
Alice Wilcox was the guest of Eliz-
abeth Martin last Sunday.
Helen McHaney who was absent
from school the past week has re-
turned. y .~,..
The program given at the Literary
last Friday evening, though short was
enjoyed by a well filled house. The
basket social which followed was Q
decided success, socially as well as fl
nancially. s .o1r. x-
C. w. Bush made a record trip to
Ed Edwards near Newburg, Sunday
attire his canine property. which had
strayed away.
James McHaney spent last Sunday
evening at MI. Sausker's.
Mrs. S. r. Kelly spent last Sunday
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Stan.
ley Kelly, who is at Westhope.
Last Saturday, while Mr.. and Mrs
Bryant Wilcox. were at Westhope
julius Martinson, a young man from
Northwood who was visiting there,
took the gun and went rabbit hunting,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox thought nothing
in particular about it, as he had been
in the habit of hunting for pass time.
Toward evening when he did not re-
turn they became alarmed and told the
neighbors where upon they turned out
and began hunting for him about mid
night he was found some eighty rods
from the house dead. At first it was
thought he. died from heart trouble but
later developments proved he was ac-
cidentally shot. The body was taken
to Bottineau by Mr.. Wilcox, H. d.
Wyman and Bert Henry where it will
be kept until relatives are heard from,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
WHEATON

Wm.E. Nelson made a business trir
to Bottineau Thursday.
An epidemic of colds has been go.
ing around, and nearly every family
has been afflicted.
Miss Myrtle Nelson left Thursday
for Cokato, and other Minnesota
points, where she will visit friends
and relatives. Her place OF the Sher-
wood telephone switch is occupied by
her sister Pearl, during her absence.
Gordon and Harvey Young and some
Antler young people attended the
dance, at what was formerly the
Stanton farm, Friday noght. George
Berglof took the party in his al
Some more Mother Goose Rhyme:
Good Farmer Hubbard, he went to the
cupboard,
To get himself q meat bone;
But when he'got there the cupboard
was bare,
And SO Farmer Hubbard had none.
II will kill the red steer" said good
Farmer. Hubbard,
"'Twill furnish my family with meat;
When the price is so low it is better,
you know
To kill all your cattle to eat.
"I1l ship the steers hide" said good
Farmer Hubbard,
"And buy for myeslf some foot wear;
The price of the hide and a little be-
side
Will make up the difference square,
Good Farmer Hubbard, he event to the
store,
And asked them the price of their
shoes;
And it reused up his ire, for there was
but one thing higher,
And that was Canadian booze.
He went to the office to call for his
mail,
And learn what he'd received for the
hide. E5% . ~
And he found that the freight all the
TIA p1OIiGS Ildu dtG, sa&E 80 =
And he was owing the company be.
sides.
Nov don't this beat alp cried good
Farmer Hubbard,
"As he sorrowfully went on his way
At this rate of gain, it is poor, I'll re-
main
From now on to the end Of my days"
A light fall of snow Saturday and
a heavy wind following it drifted the
roads but did not prevent the running
of cars.
Some handy shelves have been con-
structed at the Wheaton school design
ed to hold the pupils lunch boxes.
Our teachers, the Misses Stoleson
and Townsend, are putting the five
upper grades thru a strenuous review
preparatory to the February examina-
tions.
Up to date this has bken one of the
finest winters on record.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
KRAMER AND N

Miss Claudia Rubbert returned tt
Minot Monday to attend the Normal
school. arg
r. A. FL. Smith Of Bottineau was a
visitor in Kramer one day last week.
= Miss Martha Neumann left Satur-
day for Bottineau.
Rev. Rubbert autoed to Gardena
Saturday.
Willie Neumann broke the real axle
of his car while returning from Max
bass Monday night.
= Miss Hangar left for Willow City
Saturday morning.
The Kramer basket ball team went
over to Maxbass and trimmed up That
team by a score of 16 to Ii.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
WHITE spI1R AND VICINITY

School began at the Spur Monday
with Miss Alice Arnold of Gardena as
teacher.
Herbert Mengh of Russell visited
from Friday to Monday with the Glen
ger boys.
Most of the young folks attended
the basket ball gate at Kramer Satur-
day evening.
Julius Heb has been helping S.
Cooper with his work for several days.
Mr.. McClafifn and three children
are reported on the sick list.
DR.. j. C. Jirikowic of Souris was
doing veterinary work at the A. Ell.
White farm last week.
Mrs. C. r. Giffen and children Wis
tied Sunday with friends near the
Spur.
A party was held at the Otto Volker
home last Friday night and it is need
less to say everybody had a good time
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
REPORT FROM CLUB $50

The N. p. Il. Club No. 336 held its
regular meeting Wednesday Jan. 4 at
John Magnuson's. There were Is pres
emit and after dinner a fine program
of readings and recitations was given.
The next meeting will be held at VIII
liam Douglass Feb. /. Tt was decided
to have the men take part.
Friday night Jan. Is a supper and
an old fashioned spelling match viii
be given Ia the Kjonaas school. Dave
Hamilton will also give an address
Everyone cordially invited.
Club Re oorteT.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
ANTLER SCHOOL NOTES

School opened on January 4th after
ten days of vacation.
Evidently New Years resolutions
were plentiful for even the habitual
~loiterers have been Industrious lately.
We are glad TO welcome Mary Bren-
nan back to school again, after a
weeks absence. We missed your
cherry scmile, Mary.
The basket ball team lost their game
with Omemee on January 9Th. Never
mind thatl They are out To win the
next III played with Westhope at
Antler on January 18th that is West
hops's unlucky day.. Men of Antler.
be Oh hand, one hundred strong.
Miss Helen Dregge visited with her
sister, Miss Olga, during the past
week She returned 70 her home at
Moha1 On Saturday as her school.
opened the next Monday.
Members of Kuroh School visited
Antler School on Friday afternoon
Supt. Waiver accompanied the bas-
ket ball team To Ornemee last Friday.
Parent-Teachery Association INST
Friday evening at the School house.
The followingf program wa given:
Song-Audience.
Deadine-nDont You! b Hiss
Olga Dregge.
Instrunental Solo--MrS. NeNAonss.
Piano DnetMisses Helen OH
and Blanche McEraw.
r.,r-.nA rr.AnAu NM nuZ
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-12
WHITTERON-TRE

Last Thursday evening at six o'clock
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Start,
occurred the marriage Of Gladys Mar
ion Whitteron, daughter Of MI. Chas
Whitter,on, and Leonard Earl Trent OF
Albany, ILL.,, son of Mrs. Maude Trent,
former Bottineau residents. Miss Mar
iorie Whitteron, cousin of the bride,
acted as maid of honor, and Mr.. Keith