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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-16
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

HtOeHITaI Ilme.I
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, 1922-01-16


Miss Gertrude. Sheppard, of Annis-
ton, Alabama, is the guest of Miss
Georgia Bena Dodson at her home on
Lee street Miss Sheppard is So
eial favorite in Americas, where she
has frequently visited, and will share
in, the Social affairs of the coming
week. arafs .a93
Mr.. and Mrs. yR. W. Snipes, of Ma
con, Were week-ends guests of rela-
tiyes in AmeEicus, returning to their
home early Monday morning.
iF1.fg ~ -E7----r--7- t,.st..g.ss.t
Nat LeMsster has returned to
Americus from Atlanta where he at
tended the meeting of the State
Board Of Enabalmers, and assisting in
conducting a large class in gradua.
tion. .5sse
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

Another version, according to which the
term has been imported traces the word to
the habits of a gang Of rowdes in the East
End of London who used to drain the empty
ale and rum kegs which they came upon in
the streets and then retire to their meeting
place and hold celebration with their dregs.
These gangs came to be known as "bucketers'
or "bucket shoppers" and because of their
illicit conduct the term was gradually extend
ed to other disreputabe groups And students
of bucketshops are confronted with the sug-
gestion that the British name for those who
drained kegs was by analogy applied to Amer
leans who instead drained purses
In its pristine days the bucketshop was
unpretentious. 1t made it's headquarters in
out of the way places, at the back doorsteps of
the great marketpaces. New Street was clut-
tered with the od-fashioned bucketshops
when they hourished in New York The Of
fees were furnished simply-oftcn with mere
y desk, telephone and ticker. BY their
appearance they automatically told the patron
what they were, and there was relatively little
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

In the new style .bucketshop orders to buy
STOCK, TOR example, are executed. The buck
eteer purchases the securities from Il firm
which is a member of stock exchange, and
is able to show his customer a confirmation of
the purchase. This stroke is designed to help
comply with the law and to give material to
answer the doubts of customers
But instead Of holding the stock for the
customers the questionable broker either i'm
mcdately or within a day reseIs it, thus
avoiding the expense of holding it, which in
wolves interest charges. Let's assume that
the customer has purchased ten shares of
Atchson, Topeka e. Santa Fc Railroad through
bucketshop and that the market worth was
exactly S ,0C0. In this hypothetical case the
customer puts up 500 as margin, and the
other 5000 IS presumably financed by the
broker who borrows at the bank. In broker
age parlance the customer has debit bal
ance OF 5000 on which he has to pay interest
The buckctshop. which buys the stock and
then sells it out gives the customer the i'm
preston that it is holding the shares for him.
and each month charges him interest on the
fictitious debit balance The interest pay
ments are pure profit for the bucketeer, who
has also appropriated the 500 margin, in
stead of keeping it buffer to represent
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYsER

reputable broker, makes all that hiscustomers
losc. And, since bucketeers arc faithless VIC
lators of the statutory laws and of the ordi
nary principles of decency, they secretly and
cunningly gear up their machinery to heightcn
the probabilities of loss to the customer They
have nothing to gain if the customer persis-
tcntly profits. and everything to gain if he
loses.
Illicit trade relations probably started
shortly after Eve succeeded in putting across
a sales talk about apples to Adam Although
there is no evidence or likelihood that Eve was
merccnary and acting as the representative of
q cooperative association of apple growers, it
is probable that soon after the time Of Crca-
ton minority of traders sacrificed ethics for
profit. The remarkable fact about the present
world Of finance and business is not that bad
practices persist, but that we have reached
stage where business and money lending have
so heightened their prestige that they can talk
unbushingy of business morality In finance
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

the bucketecr and the sv1ndlef hurt the honest
broker and reputable bond houses because they
tend TO weaken public confidence in the whole
inarcial machinery of the country.
Buckctjng is American institution and,
like the pork barrel, ono Of the few Of which
patriots cannot be proud. The practice is a
reflex of the ticker system, by which prices
quoted at the principal exchanges arc in
stantly revealed throughout the nation.
Bucketshops deal in quotations, rather than
in commodities and securities, and their birth
came shortly after the Chicago Board of Trade
began publicly to disseminate it's quotations
some fifty years ago Soon after the New
York Stock Exchange developed a system for
giving free and open publicity to the prices at
which all transactions the floor arc made
in its pure form. the original buckctshop
was betting place, where the keeper matched
his judgment of future prices against that of
his customers. The system applied to
grain cotton and securities.
The name bucketshop crept into the Ian
suage without formal BAPTISM and its true
origin is still in dispute. Some energetic can
didate for the degree Of doctor Of philosophy
might we'll delve into the subject to dissipatc
doubts and to still controversy. Perhaps the
most widely-hed version is that the as
we'll as the system was invented in Chicago,
which H. G.. Wells once called that singular
relapse into barbarisln.'
When the Chicago Board Of Trade years
ago forbade dealings in "options' Of less
than 5000 bushels, "Open Board CT
Trade" was established to meet the needs Of
small gamblers bent operating, despite the
ATTEMPT to cut them off The open board brok-
err, functioned below the rooms of the Board
of Trade and, according to tradition, when
business on the Board Of Trade slack, the
elevator used by members would be sent down
to bring up from the open board what was
known as "bucketful" of the smaller specu
lators 1t has been suggested that this ex-
nress;on was borrowed from the Technology
of mining, for miners 60 up and down the
shafts in ore buckets.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

confusion about them. For The most part Gus
toners went to them for The conscious purpose
Of betting as to whether prices would rise or
fall. They dirty, unattractvc gambling
places for Office boys, clerks, racctrack touts
and whole miscellany Of humanity who had
rcd-hot tips on the market without the lnan-
cia means Of specializing. The buckctshop
would accept accounts on oncpoint margin,
whereas the legitimate broker required at least
10 per cent. Buckctshops made speculation
easy and cheap for those least able to afford
and banks, who arc not permitted to Spccu-
late. often tempted TO cvadc the rules
by operating through buckctshops Ia the
financial underworld bucketshop keepers have
long capitalized the fears Of customers who
were afraid to have it known they were trad
ing, and hence perpetualy lacked the courage
to bring action against those guilty of the
most irregular and dishonest of practices.
The old-fashioned bucketshop has waned,
and has tended to become obsolete. In its
present investigation, however, the New York
County District Attorneys Office has encoun-
tered several instances Of the primitive form
of bucketing.
The crude, elementary bucketshop, which
obviously violates state laws designed to check
it, has been suppanted by subter organ-
zaton, which operates differently but achieves
the same purpose of enabling the keeper to
make all his customers lose. Nineteen twenty
tvo bucketshops actually buy and sell stocks
for their customers and pretend i4every way
to be legitimate brokers. Physically, their
appearance suggests elegance and great re-
sources. Through experience the unfortunate
customers have learned that there is no cor.
relation between the exquisite character of
the rugs and mahogany furniture and the
ethics Of the broker. The bucketshops of to-
day are luxuriously fitted Offices not situate
on the doorsteps Of Wall Street, but on the
main highways of finance. Recently, as the
city has moved up town, New Wall Street
has grown up in the shopping district around
Forty-second Street, and, whereas some of the
most reputable houses have opened branches
in that district, scores of questionable brok-
ers have gone up town to get the new trade
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

uCKET shops are another device which
II man has invented to Illustrate the will
l. of man.
G.idcd by simple hope and tugged
s., rild desires. folks pour endlessly into those
Tango bazaars Of finance which trade on
.,,ular decisions. Bucketeers. who falsely
.,rresent themselves as brokers, extract their
..ost out Of the science of deceit and by
n.osns Of their expert knowledge of human
frailties.
bucket shop-and the subject is on every
,ne's tongue these days, since the law-en-
forcing agents, led by the District Attorney Of
New York County, have begun campaign
against bucket shops-has the outward physi-
al setting of brokerage office where securi-
New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

they would often find
that the so-callcd broker
did not have the securi-
ties ON hand to deliver.
Where the buckctcers
were caught without Il
supply Of securities pre-
viously purchased they
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

Pes County Judssl
P. +. BROWN. Lubbock,
b. W. PUCKETT, Lubbock
GEORGE w. FOSTER.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
BIDS SOLICITED FOR CON-
STRUCTION OF CLUB HOUSE

The Commissioners Court Of Lub-
book County hereby solicits bids for
contract 70 furnish labor and ma
terial for the construction OF club
house on the county park ground
near the City Of Idalou In said coun-
ty according 10 the plans and speci-
fications of such structure now on
file in the County Judges office Of
said county The said plans and
specifications are here referred %
for all information necessary IN de
termining and ascertaining the terms.
conditions, class and kind of mater
ial TO be used in the construction Of
said building, mechanical skill, char
acte rof labor, ard other matters
and things pertaining thereto,
that will be incorpated IN
such contract. The person TO whom
such contract may be let will be re
quired 20 make and enter into a
good and sufficient bond binding and
obligating himself 10 carry out and
perform every duty and obligation
imposed upon him by the recitals and
terms Of such contract. Every bid
der is required TO deposit with his
bid certified check for the sum of
five hundred dollars payable 70 Lub-
book county, as an evidence OF his
good faith in the matter and with
the understanding and agreement
that II the said contract shall be let
TO him and he shall fail TO accept
same and enter into such contract and
carry out same as above specified,
the said five hundred dollars will be
forfeited 10 Lubbock County as liqui-
dated damages for such failure on his
part. The proposition Is TO let the
said contract TO the lowest and best
bidder, the said Commissioners Court
reserving the right TO exercise its
own judgment and discretion in all
such matters, and also reserving the
right to reject any and all bids sub
mitted All such bids and certified
checks must be enclosed in an enve-
lope, sealed, addressed TO the Coun-
ty Judge of said County, and deliver
ed TO said County Judge on or be-
fore ten o'clock a. M, on July the
18th, A. d. 1922. The said envelope |
should be marked so as TO indicate |
its contents. Said sealed bids will
be opened and duly considered by the
Commissioners Court as soon after
the time above stated as may be con-
venient.
p. F. BROWN,
County Judge Of Lubbock County.
35-2t |
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
Some Women Value Social
Positions Above Their Husbands

No woman wants 90 support an
able-bodicd man; no real man wants
her 90 do u; but there was never a
woman who lost thing by turning
a hand 10 help her husband when he
was in hard luck. There was never
a woman who lost friend worth
having by doing such a thing. They
really have contempt for a wife
who does keep on dressing and en-
tertaining and acting a part that
she honestly can not maintain.
By so doing she shows them she
cares more for their approval than
her husbands, and by so doing she
loses both. This world Is not wholly
foolish after all. II all man lacks
Is a knack for making money. and
a wife makes il hard for him along
that line. then the world will make
It hard for the wife.
The world believes she is fortu-
nate in the husband she has, and her
complaining and comparisons make
everybody turn against her and
want 10 tell her to get out and do
something herself
Our feelings come from within
ourselves; we know just what We
are and where we are. Does II mat
ter so much that others should
think we are something that we
know we are not, or that they
should think we are able 70 do
something that we know we are
not?
Isn't it strange that we call this
pride and get happiness mingled
with our misery by the thought
that we are fooling somebody?
If good husband is not worth
all the friends a woman loses when
She goes TO work to help him over
a hard place, she doesn't deserve
one. II he were sick would il hurt
a wife's pride TO nurse him, wait
on him, lift him up?
When he is financially III is it
any less womanly TO help?
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
By Nora Cole skinner

II struck me as queer sort Of
pride the other day when ! heard
OF woman who wouldn't work,
even though she was capable, and
even though her husband needed
her help desperately.
hadn't known before there were
such women and | cant understand
such pride.
II she wouldn't rather have the
love and respect Of her husband
than all the rest of humanity be-
sides she isn't much Of wife, and
she surely wouldn't run any risk OF
losing that love and respect by
working day and night II necessary
10 help him over n hard place.
What is there anyway about work
that II is so degrading in a woman's
eyes? Why does she consider. It
such a pride killer TO do little bit,
or even big bit, toward the upkeep
of the home? Pride should have
nothing to do with it. II she has
the time, IL she has the ability, these
should be the only questions asked,
and il she has these, all the more
should she be thankful IL her hus-
band happens to need her help.
And yet that needing the help IS
what seems to hurt her pride and
makes her close up all her power
for helping.
It is all right for the husband 70
double his efforts, let everybody
know he'll do anything TO make a
little more money, and stay awake
nights wondering what he can do
next Her pride is not humbled as
long as she can keep on going TO
her little clubs and letting people
see she can stil be society
lady"
Should she work and help her
husband, she says she could not
maintain her social position.
Many a social position is bought
at the loss of a good husband and
many divorce is gotten on nom
support and the wife goes to work
Immediately afterward, miserable,
and alone.
Does she think of her social po-
sition then? Do her friends stand
by her then? Is her pride not hum
bled then?
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

Sheriff Stroud Of Hockey county,
was in Lubbock Monday transacting
business. Criminally inclined citi-
zens are exceptionally scarce in that
section, and we believe the strong
hand Of the law guided by Sheriff
Stroud is one of the reasons, while
the genuineness Of the citizenship
is another reason for that very
favorable condition.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

The following parties authcrizs the
placing Of their names In this column
Tor the various offices, subject 70
the Democratic Primary, In July, aid
ssk q favorable consideration Of their
claims.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
|, POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

80 .
The following parties authorirs the
placing Of their names In this colums
Cor the various offices, subject te
the Democratic Primary, In July, and
ssk favorable consideration Of their
claims.
For Representative iI9 Disti
CHAS. W. ROBERTS.
Seagraves.
r. A. BALDWIN. slaton.
For County Judssi
P. +. BROWN, Lubbock,
(Re-election)
b. W. PUCKETT. Lubbock
GEORGE w. FOSTER.
For County Attorneys
JOHN r. MCGEE, Lubbock
OWEN ". McwHoRTER
c. W. BEENE, Lubbock.
For Clerk Of The District Courts
LOUIE F. MOORE.
For County Clerk;
HERBERT STUBBS.
G.. T. CRAWFORD
For County Treasurer
j. S. SLOWER.
WILL MCKINLEY
CHRIS HARWEIL.
LESTER l.. MILLER.
For Sheriff,
C. A. HOLCOMB, Lubbock.
Reelection.
JOE W. PERKINS, Lubbock
r. /. TUBBS, Lubbock.
/. j. OSBORNE.
H. l.. (BUD) JOHNSTON.
For Tax Collectors
SAM SPIKES, Lubbock
(Ke-election)
TONY Q. DYESs, Lubbock
A. ]. CLARK, Lubbock.
ANSEL HINES Lubbock
For Tax Assessor;
r. C. BURNS, Lubbock.
(Re-election.)
A. IS. JONESs LUBBOCK
For County Superintendent
E. R. HAYNES, Reelection
lubbock
For County Commissioner, Pre-.
NJ. NJ. CRAWFORD, Lubboci
Reelection.
j. H. BURROUGHS
MARVIN T. WARLlCR
County commi,sioner, Pre-. No. ;;
B. N. WHEELER, Idalou,
Reelection.
For Com missioner, Pre-. No. 4,
J. c. SHAW.
L. G. DENTON
For Justice of the Peace, Pre-. No. /.
]. WESLEY SMITH
(Re-election)
j. II. RICHARDSON
GEO. B. MULLINS.
COL. W. f.. JOHNSON
(Auctioneer)
j. ID. CALDWELL.
For Constable, Precinct No. /;
J. L. McCULLOCH.
For Public Weigher, Pre-. No. I.
c. T. JACKSON, Lubbock.
(Re-election).
J. F. BUMPASS, Lubbock.
T. W. McNEELY, Lubbock
J. p. NELSON.
jim SCOTT, Lubbock.
For Public Weisher, Pre-. 3,
(ldslou)
]. ID. FUGITT.
Hockey and Cochran CountieE
For County Judge:
c. X. LEAGUE
For Tax ASSESSOR
W. G. FRAZIER
LEONARD c. TOW.
For Sheriff and Tax Collectors
]. A. STROUD. tre-electionl
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

For County Attorney
JOHN r. MCGEE, Lubbock
OWEN W. McwHoRTER
c. W. BEENE, Lubbock.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
NOTICE

DR.. Ferguson says he never heard
a child fret to go to a Dentist, but
he has heard many one cry be-
cause his parents had neglected that
important duty. He cleans chill
drens' teeth for 500. Put in
simple small Amalgam Filings for
$1.00 each. extracts ordinary tooth
for $i.00. II you want a first class
rubber plate, aluminium or gold plate,
see him for pre-war priccs All
work guaranteed Security State
Bank Building. 35-2
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

Il lad al Mr. s.,oa will A
Lindsey o q
andF Baker suu while the show chi i~n wi
forget
81 an you had early a
Adults sss chads iss tes~ as
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

-Well-It's been awful hot, the flies have
been annoyins-Sled Allen hurt his hand
and the ball team has lost lot of games
but!
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
FIFTY DOLLAR REWARD

will pay $1,000 reward Cor The
return 10 poeket-hook. lnsi be-.
tween Lnhbofk and lltilrfeId. of
on the iliilcfleld-Ollnn road Book
contained some Insurance receipts
and other papers, alau several han.
bred dollars in Caah OTIS I Wll.
llama. Amarillo, Teaas 1854
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

Gus Brackney and Herman Flan-
nlgan, special agents fur the Aetna
Life Insurance Compay, werc here
the first Of the week looking after
hnaInaaa mAllera.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

This picture was made for Pc, Ma. In
Gle, Aunt, Grandpa, Grandma. Great Grand
pa, Great Grandma, and all the children.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

Yves Sea d 70 sum pitehw-~nd folks.
we back Il up-Ws'll refund your money
you aren't pleased.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

NJ and Mrs. n W Sims uanf
tao days III Nsu Aralf0 laH Nool
Waiting relatives and fr|ends
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30
SE72

We had a rain-A lot Of new business
buildings-big crop prospects--more peo-
pie moving to Lubbock-ball team going
to win the second half pennant--
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-30

rsks LAXATIVE nRQ.o oplNlrE 4 rss.s,s1 y, "
ceid. Y ". CROWS signature % each boa va
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-30
Slightly Mixed.

The late Dean Stanley tells of a
clergyman in the north of England
who was extremely deaf, but made ev-
cry effort to disguise his affection
from his parishioners by pretending
to hear everything that went on a.
round him. One Sunday he directed
the clerk to make the announcement
in church that (a) anybody who had
a baby to baptize might bring it to
the vestry after the service and CD
that the new hymn books would be
used the following Sunday.
The clerk inadvertently reversed
the order of the announcements and
ended by saying that anybody who
had baby to baptize might bring it
to the vestry after service, whereupon
the vicar added, to the astonishment
of the congregation: "And may
say for the benefit of those who have
not got them, that they may be OBJ
tanned at the vestry after the service,
plain black ones for a shilling apiece,
and extra ones with red backs for two
and sixpence."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-30

The bonus bill as passed by the
house carries with it an expenditure
of four billion dollars. We are not
qualified to discuss such stupendous
figures. AS a general proposition we
have not favored the bonus, not be-
cause of any lack of desire to do all
that is possible for the men who did
the fighting, but on the broad prin-
eiple that mans value on the field
of battle cannot be guaged by dollars
and cents and that it is not possible
to pay anyone for risking his life
and body in the face of the enemy's
bullets. It appears to us as a tre-
mendous thing to burden the country
with a four billion dollar obligation
right at time when the country is
making a desperate struggle to re-
gain its equilibrium from the expen-
diture of billions during the war.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-30
Didn't Like His Looks.

Ernest Lawford, the English com
edian, who used to be lawyer, sale
that while in the English crimina
courts every effort is made to assign
competent counsel to all pauper Grim
inals it does not always follow thai
these legal, practitioners are of the
same appearance as their more sue
cessful brethren.
A bookmaker's clerk was recently
on trial for murder, and after he was
placed in the dock, he turned to the
policeman beside him and said, 81
say, who's the Johnny in the wig over
there?"
"That's the barrister who's going
to defend you," the policeman re-
piled.
The defendant gazed long and crit
ically at his newly appointed defen.
der.
Dismal looking beggar, isn't he?'
he said.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-30

ported membership of 5000, shows
an increase of only 65 persons over
five years ago.
The combined Baptist bodies show
a gain of 681,937 persons over the
figures of 1915.
Each of the major Baptist denom-
nations shows an increase for that
period. The northern Baptist con-
vention, with a membership of l.
253,S7S, apparently shows gain of
only 2,173 but the explanation must
be made that during this period 1885,
S67 Missouri Baptists, formerly af-
fliated with the Northern Baptist
convention, transferred their align
ment to the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, which now has 3,199,005 mem
bers. This was the largest gain made
by any single communion. The Ma
tional Baptists (colored) show an in
crease of 177,746. Fourteen other
Baptist bodies show loss of 1857.
The Latter Day Saints, or Mormons
as they are generally known, report a
membership of 5S7,91S, an increase
of 10000 over the 1916 census fig
ures.