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Popularity of Golf.

ENTHUSIASTS will be interested to learn that
William Flynn, the great golf player of Penn
sylvania believes that the game to which they are
SO ardently attached will within the ensuing ten
years become the national game and ~supplant
baseball
Mr.. Flynn declares that golf is going right ahead
in all parts of the country. 1t is becoming more
and more popular everywhere. Links are being con-
structed constantly and the number of persons In
terested in the game is increasing daily
There are many reasons for the spread of the
popularity of golf. It is a game for all. The
game has opportunities in it for nearly every one.
To play golf one need not fulfill the more difficult
requirements for other sports. 1t does not re-
quire organization. Baseball requires at least
eighteen men, and it is difficult very often to get
that many together if a few want to engage in
the game. The same is true of football and the
other games which have become well established In
public popularity. Another argument in favor of
golf over other sports is that it does not require
the training or physical condition which is neces.
sary for other sports, and practice does not de.
pend on getting eighteen or twenty-five men to-
gether.
Golf is a game where the personal element is
always dominant. The individual is always in the
foreground, in the sense that he must depend on
his own prowess in playing the game. There are
scarcely any exceptions to this, with the possible
exception of ice skating or track events. Billiards
might be termed an individual game, but the next
play depends greatly ON where the last man leaves
the balls.
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he dance The ancient Jews may
have employed a sort OF square dance
In their ceremonials. as intlmated in
canticles viii. Certain It is that they
had religious professions with dane
ng TO the music OF flutes. trumpets.
timbrels, cymbals and drums which
disappeared only after. the Greeks
hal introduced the 'phaliic element
md had theoretically associated II
with all dancing. At least this is
the view OF Jewish t~heologians.
DIR. Guthrie - sure that some
thing wonderful could be done with
the civilized population of American
II that population We're as sound
and in as perfec. possession OF the
body as is the barbarian or the a
age We do not know. Everyday
Americans have to work so hard to
pay the piper that they have neither
tine nor epSEy left for dancing.
That is the efpwning anomaly Of our
civilization"
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Dancing Before the Lord

Everywhere religion began with
the dance" says Rev. DR.. william
Norman Guthrie of ST. M~ark'sin-the
-Bouwerie. and I'VE cannot have a
genuine religious revival unless we
restore the primitive art to its dig.
nifty and turn to !. for assistance"
notes a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle.
"a revivaliA like Dwight L. Moody
or he Rev. Billy Sunday, might pro.
test this view. But Dr.. Guthrie is
probably right In saying that 'prim.
1.-Two man was not much interested in
sexc so far as dancing goes and 1T
is only we who get excited about SCI
That control of the body, poise of the
BODY. grace in the movemen of the
body mean much to spiritual grace
and poise may not be disputed.
W are informed IN Second Sam
uei. via. that David danced before
the Lord with all his might, n
David was girded with a linen ephod.'
How long the ephod was even the
rabbits are uncertain. But it had
mere shoulder,straps. was made of
threats of blue and purple and scar
let, n fine twined linen. embroid.
cred in gold. That was primitive
art David, ina Psalms cix:3. imposed
his dancing views on the people;
Lei them praise Him. (yehoyah) in
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Boosting Home Town

eft Is Characteristic OF American
populations to display loyalty TO and
confidence In their home communi-
ties. big or little" observes the Jour.
nal OF Commerce. There Is real no
biIity in this disposition TO improve
increase the prosperity of the
home town. Appe&s for investment
Of surplus funds in enterprises for
the g,od of the town seldom fail to
register approval of tho most sub
staptial KIND.
But too often well thought out
plans of local citizens for industrial
increase along conservative lines
meet with opposition, while strangers
promoting new concerns and demand
ing large concessions Of land and
stock subscriptions. while promising
large profits. are received with favor.
Too often these unstable enterprises
blow up' in a year or two. leaving
loyal citizens in possession OF worth
less stock certificates and allen pro-
!moters In possession OF rich proceeds
from stock sales. 1t is all done with
in the law. being simply an unloading
of topheavy enterprises on unwary
citizens.
'AiWAyts pftHuuIhpisf thtiC va -
gulible people with money in every
community. But It is hard to sym
pathize with losers who woulc not
trust a dollar with responsible fellow
townsmen, but turn over their casn
chcerfully 40 strangers who como 10
their towns with but n purpose
that of organizing o new industry on
q ffty-hfty basis. only to leave 1t to
Ilanguish alone after they have adroit
lly but legally disposed Of their W
linterest-and then fit to some other
town to repeat the offence.
strangers. who profess a warmer
interest In a town than even the
towns people have. may well be
viewed with suspicion. Really. there
are no people so unnatural. When a
stranger breaches love for a com
munity It is community assets he
is after, and nothing else.
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unsympathetic world TO anything owes
medium height or a al shoe.
Yes. of al feminine shapes and
sizes the tall girl has had the rough
est time OF 1t. Her fat sister. despite
her pathetic plants. always got along
very well on the whole. And. besides.
she can lay off the sundaes and
French pastry n time she wants to
with heartening results. AS for the
thin ones. their slimness In now the
admiration and envy Of their Eat
friends. They can slip into an empty
space on a subway seal that entirely
eludes a heavier weight: they can
wear the straight line costumes that
are thu despair OF the plump and
they can go as far as they rt.s with
ice cream n fudge without a
thought for the future.
And when 1t came to the advan-
tages and blessings OF the small sizes
well they've just had it all their
own way eve since the invention OF
canoes and roadsters made summe
and moonlight famous. No. five feet
e'ght is hardly In the cute" class.
Again. unusual height has hereto
fore always made its possessor 2 .ort
OF public character so to spes,,-. &c
that every Introduction to q new
acquaintance brought forth COM
ments Of the kind hat are made in
looking at a new exhibit in the zoo.
We recall one tall girl who used to
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complain bitterly about this tendency
Of n general public why is IT.
h would CRY. thai people haven't
E Fl Ehteat hesitation IN exciaIming.
How tail you are- on b+lnE intro
duced 20 anyone above ordinary height
particularly when Il happens 10 be
a girl-uhen THY wouldn't dream Of
saying How fat you arer TO n partc-
uiariy hefty person under the same
circumstances7 And they always fol-
low Il up with Just how all are
your Imagine saying. Just what do
you weighf' by way Of pleasant con
v~ersation to a fat girl you'd just met
Yet h principle Is exactly h same.
But it's all the other a now and
the tail girl Is having her innings No
longer when she goes into a shop TO
buy a suit do h sleeves OF every coat
end just an Incl or so below her ell
bow and the hem Of every skirt bare
ly cover her knees. Clothes today
are made for her. Visit n Of the
fashion shows. The models are all
OF the tall. slender type. And the
abort girl Is rushing TO high heeied
shoes IN the attempt to ADJ a cubit TO
her stature. Likewise. II Is being
found these days that Cupid WELD
a tennle racket OF n golf club Just
It Is the girl with h long reach that
goes best with thcm-
A search for the reason of all this
opens W a field for interesting dis
cuasion. for there are distinctly two
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The Food Shon.

THE Pure Food Show at the Arkeon continuing
L over today and this evening has attiaeteu
many ncople who have shown great interest in the
displays and learned May things with reference
10 the foods we eat heretofore unknown.
Housewives go home with many new ideas wnien
will come on 10 the family dinner table from time
TO time in the future.
The displays, exhibitions and demonstrations
are all worth while and serve to %acquaint many
of the unknowing with matters with which they
should be familiar.
The show is not devoted entirely TO the exhibi.
ton ari demonstration Of foods. There are social
features fully as attractive, music and dancing dur,
ing he evening hours, and the meeting of old
friends and the forming OF new acquaintance
The show is entirely worth visiting, and has
brought about a better and closer relation between
dealer and customer and done it all in a very
pleasant way.
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Should the Act Be tolerated.

MERE ARE violations of traffic regulations;
L there are ofenses against the rules laid down
5r the public safety; then there are crimes against
II Of these and against the proprieties and de-
sncies acknowledge and observed by all men who
ave but a spark or trace even of those finer feel
lgs Of consideration, that go with what we are
leased to call human civilization as distinguished
rom the brute.
Yesterday a little funeral cortege was soleinnly
rending its way from the church to the cemetery
t was the last journey of a little child, that had
cen the joy and hope in the household of young
arents. The experience of life through which they
,erc passing weighed heavily upon them. Their
vmpathetic friends who were accompanying them
n their sad journey had exhausted their powers
( consolation, and the modest little procession
loved slowly down the street enshrouded in n
loom through which no ray of brightness could
,~enetrate.
Suddenly from out the traffic came a loaded,
loisy truck, nosed itself into the line immedi--
ltely between ,the hearse and the car of the grief
tricken parents, continued on for several squares
nd dropped out at an alley to deliver its load.
There may be no special rule to govern a situa-
ion of this character and no term by which it is
described in the statute books of the city, but
I would seem that there must be some authority
he duties incumbent upon him in the use of public
itreets, the proprieties observed in Christian and
'ivilized communities and the obligations of con
liberation he owes to other users of the streets.
The load of coal or whatever 1t NAV have been
he truck driver was delivering would not have
cen DELAYED in reaching its destination more than
| few moments. Is time so precious to n truck.
lriver that he needs must crowd into other peoples
solemn grief and disturb and annoy them in this
lncouth and barbarous manner?
Are such brutes as this example, to be permitted
to enjoy the use of public property and facilities
they SO glaringly lack a sense of proper
Use and a total lack of appreciation of the com
non cecencies7
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sides to the question Ii It that con
diuons have changed TO fit the girl
or the Kiri 10 nj conditlone-
A look Al .hs other sine OF the pic
ture would make IL appear that It Is
the sirl herself who has altered TO
meet new oondft0ns- StA1sucaliy
the average girl of today Is actually
tao or three inches taller han she
vas a few yez-s ago. and the num-
Der Of girls over average height v not
only far larger than II was but Is con-
SANITY on the increase.
Tts change In thought which has
made Il possible for girls to discard
TIE needle in favor OF the tennis rae
ket and s.nl retain their ~.-feminity"
In the eyes % society Is said 10 Be
largely responsible not only for the
popularity OF the tall athletic type OF
Eiri but for the Increase IN the num-
Der OF them. by reason OF h phys
ical development which cones from
athletic pursuits. 1t is far more the
thing at the present time for a girl
TO be a good swimmer n a good
rkater than a good housewife. and the
effort TO qualify In the necessary res
poets is adding inches to h average
height.
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We Haze Drifted.

In THIS a and age we exhaust ourselves in
l. the preparation for Christmas, in efforts to
overreach ourselves in the giving Of gifts and the
making of the sacred holiday an occasion for the
exchange of merchandise
We have grown entirely away from those little
remembrances that meant SO much to friendship
and neighborly regard. Things made by our own
hands, into which were stitched and woven the real
affection of the giver.
All that has been supplanted by the things
You bny. Things that have no significance except
their value in money. Things anybody can buy and
have to their hearts content and the limit of their
purse.
The real meaning of the day should not be lost
to view. 1t should be emphasized. The spiritual
values should be brought out more forcibly.
1t should be community action in which the
church schools of all denominations should have
part. There should be pageantry, there should be
community singing, Christmas carols, and all that
revives and keeps fresh in the memory the beau
tiful traditions surrounding the birth of the
Savior.
Such an observance by the community will serve
to make the day what it really should be. A day
of joy, Of spirit of soul.
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What Further Excuse.

BEFORE the unpaved streets, leading to the va
u rious suburbs of the city, freeze up in their
did idea if the city street force would at least run
the graders over those thoroughfares and bring
down the humps and ridges and make possible to
operate the well-known Henry Ford cars over them
without the certainty of shipwreck which has at.
tended such voyages in the past several weeks.
It was bad enough that these unpaved streets
we're neglected all summer long. That residents
going back and forth we're compelled to wear down
he humps from the previous winter and the ridges
left by the laying of gas and water mains.
Dwellers in the outlying territory are entitled to
consideration. The city has procrastinated too
long, has promised too often, has deceived too con-
tinuously for patience to longer be a virtue.
These streets need attention at once and the peo-
pie residing along them and beyond them are en-
titled to storm the city hall with demands until
something is done.
1t is a shame the City of Casper should bear no
longer.
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Encourage Business and Commerce.

THE WAR had many lessons which the Ameri-
j can people should have learned, and it had, if
war can be viewed in such a way, many atvan-
tages accruing to business which should not be
lost.
Before the war American business interests had
made but a comparatively small beginning in the
foreign countries.
Then the war came along, and the very prosecu-
ton of the war itself made transoceanic transpor.
tation necessary. 1t was necessary to send sup.
plies abroad for the troops, and indirectly it CON
tanned the lesson that there should have been a
great deal of American products going overseas.
The war had also this point-that it made Am.
orleans better known outside their own country.
Before the war America was little known in some
sections of the world. People from the United
States who went outside their own country for
business purposes were NOS so very many when
economic resources. But the war brought 4 de.
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The Zero Hour

Jim was a fairly new husband,
Madge was a fairly new wife.
And they frequently Dragged to the
neighbors
That theirs wa a q~uarreIless life.
But today there's a ooolness between
them,
The Smiths came to dinner last
night.
Madge looked up their gift in the gift
To be sure salts and peppers" was
right
Then jim picked one up between
courses
And said. "GeeI He must have a
Madge. where did these dinky ones
come fron7
I never saw this bunch before"
Marjorie Diven.
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cEfed Improvement along these lines. America
became as n result: better known abroad, and II
became very strongly impressed on the other ma
tons Of the word that America was a big factor
in the worlds source Of supply.
Foreign commerce cannot be built without gov
eminent aid. So the government should give every
possible assistance TO concerns 7esirous OF invading
foreign business fields. There should be many
more ships every year flying the American flag
so that we will be able to obtain and hold a posi-
ton as a world power in IN
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The Casper Tnbune's Program

= Irritation project west o: Casper to be Auth0r'1''
nAnd completed at once. 81,
A complete and scientific EoninE system for tins
sseIty OF Casper.
Il A comprehensive municipal and school ehM
park system, including swimming pools for the ehF
'dron OF Casper.
Conplston OF the established Scenic Route ooaIe-
svard as planned By the county commissioners TO Gar
lden Creek Falls and return. -.
q Better roads sor Natrona county ana more NIX"
Iways for wyoming.
, More equitable freight rates for shippeS OF the
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train ssrT'
ice for Casper.
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How would you like to be tried by a Jury for
IL an offense, and your guilt or innocence deter.
mined by the cutting of a pack of cards by two
jurors delegated to perform this delicate act Of JUS
tice? Such was the case in South Dakota. We
have heard of pulling straws, Tipping coins and
of wretches hanging that jurymen could go to
dinner, but never before of an instance where
justice was meted out by a pack of cards.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

DR.. William A. Bryant. who was
formally with Dr. Kimbail. 1I2 Z.
SeconS. wishes to announce that he
has moved 20 tho O-S building being
= associated w4h DR.. Myers. 1s-3-7t
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SHORT time ago the daily news on one particu-
lar day contained nine outstanding cruel
murders: Since that time the a~cquittal of all but
one has been reported, but the convicted one eYened
up matters by escaping.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-22
VALLEY OF VOICES.

THE next valley that the Twins
came to on their way to the King
dom of the Korsknotts was called the
Valley Of Voices.
Everything locked all right-in-
deed it was lovely place, but the
dove told them that Halloo Halo
lived there, and that as he was an
other cousin of Twelve Toes, the
Sorcer, it was more than likely he
would cause them trouble.
"I'll fly ahead" said the dove,
land sit on the top branch of the
tallest tree in the other side of the
valley. Watch where | go and fol-
low--no matter what happens"
But no sooner had the dove dis
appeared than voice right beside
them shouted fiercly, "Sit down"
Nancy and Nick were so surprised
that they did as they were told.
Down they popped on a fallen log
and looked around wonderingly to
see who had spoken. But not a soul
appeared. Old halloo Halo lived in
a vine-covered hut in the middle of
the valley, but as he was miles off,
the Twins couldn't see him, of
course. He could throw his voice as
far as he wished, and in any direc-
ton he wished, and initiate anything
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-22
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

Messrs. d. F. = Davenport, w. T.
Lane, j. r. l.. Smith, w. p. Lewis,
G. D. Wheatley, j. w. Furlow, w.
F. Murphy, James Davenport, Mer-
rell Galloway, George Oliver, Lott
Warren, Will Wallace, Tom Stallings,
Bascom Myrick and others.
Mr.. Mark A. Irwin and Miss Leila
Maxwell were married yesterday at
the home of the brides mother, 234
Taylor street, Father Pendergrast of
ficiating
At netting of the city council
last night the question of sidewalk
in front of the residence of d. f.
Davenport and vacant lot on corner
of Brown and Taylor streets was
referred to street committee and city
engineer.
Harry Stilwell Edwards, of Macon,
will be the memorial day orator.
Mrs. r. L. Jones, of Albany, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Lott War
rem.
Petition for removal ef stock
trough from in front of the Windsor
hotel was referred to street com
mlttee at a meeting of the council
last night.
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he wished, which was likely to mix
you up. Well, the Twins sat and
sat and as they didn't see anything
and nothing more happened, they
got up. "We'll have to hurry" said
Nancy. eve must have made a
mistake. Whoever was talking
didn't mean us"
But suddenly a little, weak voice
near the bushes beside the path
called out, Help! Help!"
Something's in trouble said
Nick. "Well have to find it."
So they looked and looked and
they looked but nothing could they
see.
at must be a joke" said Nancy.
Come on We've wasted enough
time. We must follow the dove and
get out of this place"
But another voice called out" Go
back Oh, go back! If you value
your lives, go backw
Back they started, running hard.
Suddenly Nick stopped. "Old
Halloo Halo is fooling u.s." he said.
WED better stuff our ears and fol-
low the dove. There he is in that
tree"
Soon they were out of the Valley
of Voices.
(1o be continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-22
SMTTHVILLE

SMITHVILLE, April 21.-"Valley
Farm" a domestic drama in four
acts, produced under the direction of
the local chapter of the Parent
Teacher association, with talent from
the city at large, was probably the
most interesting home talenA play
ever rendered in this community. Al
though the weather was threatening,
the roomy auditorium of the new
school plant was filled to the doors.
The drama opened promptly at 8
o'clock, and, from the beginning
through, was fawlessly rendered.
Over $50 was taken in.
Advertising matter is being rushed
to Preston, where the play will be
given in the school auditorium on the
evening of April 25th. 1t will then
be produced at the new school audi
forum, Leslie, on April 28th, and at
the new school auditorium, Plains, on
May 5th. Dates are being arranged
for a showing at Dawson and She'll
man.
Numbers of Smithville people at
tended the Georgia Glee club in
Americas Saturday night
The friends of Mrs. G. D. Smell
grove will regret to hear of her i'll
ness.
Among those who attended the
High school meet at Vienna as dele
gates were Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Stan
ton, H. B. Cox, Misses Lurline Can
non, FL Dora Sims, Mary Pryor,
Helen Hays, Elizabeth Richardson,
Doris Patterson, Dora Lille Childers,
Mary Ella Jones, Christine Webb,
Vantez Phillips and Laura Edna Will
liams; Messrs. Roscoe Mathis, Roma
Phillips, Dewitt Webb, Elton and Du-
rell Virgins, Gatewood Pryor, Frank
Childers and Dan Johnson. Those
who went as visitors were Messrs.
George Clark, Earl Williams and
Frank Webb.
Miss Virginia Johnston, of Sylves-
ter, is visiting friends here.
ReupcA DdIlclS,. Vi AHleElcuS, spent
Sunday here.
Mrs. j. H. Clason, after spending
several days at Geneva, Ga, has re-
turned home.
Miss Doris Patterson spent last
weekend in Eufaula as the guest of
relatives.
Mr.. Morris, of the Georgia Glee
club, spent last weekend with Prof.
H. B. Cox.
Rev. j. w. Ham filed his regular
appointment at the Baptist church
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. jim Johnson, Of
Montezuma, and Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Johnson, of Maddox, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Johnson Sunday.
Elmer w. Gray, Jr., of Emory Uni
versity, spent Easter at home with
his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Scarborough,
Jr., Misses Thelma Clarke and Eliza
beth Richardson, and Isaac Farris
were visitors in Americas Saturday
night.