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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
THEY WANT AGAIN
TO ROLL THE
OLD PORK BARREL.

Republican politicians ARE lay
ing their wires for a resumption of
the old pork barrel system-a
system that made it possible for
every politician standing close to
the trough, to hand out just as
many jobs as he had friends to fill
them.
One of the many splendid acts
of President Harding was his max
ing possible the budget system. that
almost Immediately cut off the
government pay-rolls 10000 gov
eminent employees holding down
political" jobs that were entirely
unnecessary to the conduct of the
affairs Of the people.
The budget system should be
strengthened-not weakened or
abolished. The American people
are already burdened almost be-
You'd tolerance with taxes.
Some one must pay every use
less employee. Government is ex-
pensive at best, but when govern
ment is conducted for political
purposes, it becomes unbearable.
No private business could exist
day under the pork barrel sys.
tenn Why should eve tolerate it
IN national, state OF county govern
ment?
Ihe taxes paid by the people of
'he. State Of Georgia-state, fed
eral and countyzr1amount to more
1han the value Of Georgia's cotton
crop.
It's the peoples business. Not
that of the politician, and the peo-
PIE nave no use for pork barrel
methods, federal or state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
CANNED FOOD
CANNED MUSIC
CANNED DRAMA.

We're well on our way to a civ
llizatlon of canned food, canned
music, canned drama, and canned
thought, This idea is set forward
by Count IIyse Tolstoy, son of the
Russian writer.
Wen, yes. We buy food canned
IN a tin, music canned in the pho.
nograph and radio, and drama can.
ned in movie form so half dozen
SHOWS can be carried around in a
suitcase full of film reels.
The idea, that our thoughts also
are reaching US in canned form. is
true though few Of US ever sized il
up that way. Propagandists, Of
. course, are the chief Gamers. One
consolation is that variety of
cans of thought are handed to us,
and We can take our pick.
Is it a good thing that our
thoughts are reaching us in canned
form? Why not? It's merely a pr,-
cess of delegating our thinking to
an endless procession of experts.
The man who thinks entirely for
himself is a mental Jack-of--all
observation-disclosures. Each
question that comes up, he concen-
trates On as if it were the most
important things in the universe.
Waste of time.
Say there's going to be an
eclipse of the sun. Do you waste
time trying to figure out why? Ger
tainly, not. You want an astrono-
mer to do this bit of thinking Tor
you. He does. Newspaper is your
agent or medium of exchange.
When the astronomers auto
breaks down, he turns it over to a
garage mechanic instead of trying
to figure it out himself.
Billions Of different things to
think about in our world. Tendency
is for each person to single out the
line Of thinking that interests MIN
most-and concentrate on it, be-
come an expert for others.
Printing press cans thoughts for
future, fast rs discovered
High choker collars are being
well received by fashionably gown
ed women, and sometimes have
neat little turnovers Of white satir
or linen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
TOM SIMS SAYS:

Well, St. Louis woman did keep
cool during a robbery, because she
was locked in the ice box.
Here's the news from Denver.
Plumber shot two people. Try to
imagine a plumber moving so fast
A prizefighter was barred for
roughness in st. Paul, Mimi, and
should have his wrist slapped.
Man in St. Cloud, Mimi, finds he
has two wives Well, even that IS
better than double pneumonia
News from Paris. Big balloon
stolen. Bet the thieves think 1t is
a rich American tourist.
Health officials want to stop
shaking hands in Kansas, but Kan
sans are shaking their heads.
Doctors removed a needle from
Minnesota woman, Been there II
years, like a needle in a haystcak.
Back from America the Prince of
Wales will go TO Africa That boy
must ride on passes.
Europeans act like people with
out a country, America being the
country they are without.
News from Washington. A squir-
rel put out the capitol lights, but
the politicians escaped.
While Chicago cops are hunting
a man named Appel, an Appel ev.
cry day keeps the cops away.
Scientists think they have found
white Indians in Panama. We
think the Indians were just scared.
Hunters climbing fences with
loaded guns are hunting accidents
The race horse Nv Own will race
| The horse My Dear. my goodness
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(trom the Times-Recorder Novem.
Der 2, 1912

(tFom the Times-Recorder Novem.
Der 2, 1879
The fact that the force of ma
chInists and boiler makers and 9th.
en- artisans at the Americas shops
p1 the Seaboard Railway is to re
increased considerably this week is
SUBJECT OF genera congtatulat,on
IN Americus and while the number.
cl new men viii lot be as great
as might be desired, the facr points
re coubt, % atill further in
creaee later. Nearly {; dozen new
men will go to work at the slors
Monday morning.
Receipts of nearly nine hundred
bales OF cotton at Americas ware
houses yesterday served to give Il
WCaCerful impetus to business in
all lines, and the first day of the
new month WIS Of the carmine-
hued variety in busy, hustIing,
Americas.
A pretty party of last week was
the one given by Mrs. A. G. Dun
can on Friday morning in compli-
ment to Mrs. R. G. Christian, who
leaves with Mr.. Christian on Tues
day for Texas, where they viii
make their home in the future.
Saturday deal was closed by Dr
NJ. X. Ford, for seevral years one
of the most prominent dentists OF
Americas with DR.. Wheeler, an ex-
perienced graduate dentist, where
by DR.. Ford retires from she pro
fession to take up work along other
lines and DR.. Wheeler succeeds him
in Americas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nat LeMaster have
taken apartments in the residence
Of Col. James r. Williams on lay
lor street where they will be at
home after Monday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
A CHANGE NEEDED

If the Georgia department Of
agriculture could be made to
bring up the loose ends and the
losing ends in farming in this
state. If the political wires could
be cut and the Georgia tax pay
ers could have an opportunity of
putting two big pistols in the
face of Old Man j. J. while they
told him they did not mean to
pay any more of the expenses
Of his machine, there might be
a change. 1t may take stroke
Of lightning or some thing of that
kind to change the program-but
we're for changing it. Cor
dele Disnatch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

1t really did rain frogs in Charley
Vile, France, so now it may even
rain charlie horses.
A phone girl in Convent, N. j.,
has been on the Job as years, which
is plenty of wrong numbers.
In Rome, a man who. stole a kiss
was given castor oil, which is moth
ing to smack his lips over.
American jokes are being used on
the London stage and our army is
too small for another war.
Thousands, probably in hopes OF
seeing player piano burn, rushed
to st. Louis warehouse fire.
Sleep is q great thing. Creates
on earth. Keeps some people from
arguing "a hours day.
No matter how catty a woman
gets she may be afraid of a rat.
There is no such thing as a bat
tub shortage in winter.
The price of hogs has dropped
but pork comes from packers.
Looks as if the backbone G
summer is about broken.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
THE WORLD MUST HAVE
COTTON

1t is to be hoped that the farm
ers of Georgia never return to
the old system of making cotton
their one crop, or even their main
crop. But, as we have pointed
out time and again, the world
must have cotton and it cannot be
grown so successfully anywherel
in the world as it can in the
South, The farmer himself is a
large consumer of cotton, and he
would be standing in his own light
if he did not produce a reason
able amount of cotton. The boll
weevil can be beaten and one Of
the most effective steps is the
early destruction of the cotton
stalks.-Macon News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

consumers at great transportation
cost and effort-will be converted
into electricity at the mines.
The coal would run big engines,
which in turn would operate gen
orators of current to be sent over
high-tension wires to a country on
an electrical basis. :
That woulG make life easier -
simply turning the switch for cook
ing and heating. Not SO easy, real.
ly to get such a system into opera
ton at price that would put the
coal dealer oat of business.
A different solution Of the coal |
problem was predicted recently by /
Floyd W. Parsons, making a speech |
to gas manufacturers. Parsons |
thinks this: Eventually every tor
of coal mined in the United States
will have all heat units converted
into gas, which will be distributed
pipes to homes, mills and
factories"
We may pass through a Gas Age
before we reach tie Electric Age.
tte:e are more than nne
million gas reters (perpetua! mo-
ton machines, according to Rodger
Dolan) is America. IN the last ~
months, gas companies added AGO.
300 customers to their books.
There is difference of opinion, as
o whether coal at the mines should
)e converted into gas or electricity.
But it's almost unanimously
greed by economists and other ex-
'erts, that shipment of coal to con
umers is too costly A startling
hange is coming here Our gem 1
ration may live to see it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From The Tlmes-RecoTdtF NOFVIII-
Der 2, 1903)
Mrs. l.. D. Lockhart will return
TODAY after having spent the past
summer at Tate Springs and IN che
Carolina mountains. :,
Capt. and Mrs. John A. Cobb WI
return home tomorrow from Ma
con-, where they spent the past
week very pleasantly at the Ialr.
Mrs. ]. n. Scarborough received
2 letter yesterday from her SON. Nj. MI:
Robert H. Scarborough, stating thae
he would arrive at home today d
Wednesday. This was very pleas
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Delightful Taste, I'm
mediate Relief, Quick
Warm-Up.

The sentation of the drug trade
is Aspironal, the two-minute cold
and cough reliever, authoritatively
Guaranteed by the laboratories;
tested, approved and most enthus-
astically endorsed by the highest
authorities, and proclaimed by the
oeople as ten times as quick and
Effective as whiskey, rock and rye,
II any cold and sough remedy they
lave ever tried.
All drug stores are supplied with
The wonderful elixir, so all you have
do to get relief from that cold
is to step into the nearest drug
store, hand the clerk half a dollar
for q bottle Of Aspironal and tell
him to serve you two teaspoonfuls.
With your watch in your hand,
take the drink at one swallow and
call for your money back in two
| minutes if you cannot feel the dis
nessing symptoms in your cold fad
ing away like a dream within the
ime limit, Don't be bashful, for all
/ druggists invite you and expect you
20 try it. Egerybodys doing it.
orbottleafiocshrd emf en- vbgk vbb
When your cold or cough is re-
Heved, take the remainder of the
bottle home to your wife and chill
dren, for Aspironal is by far the
safest and most effective, the aes
lest to take and the most agreeable
cold and cough rmedy for children
as we'll as adults. Quickest relief
for catarrhal Group and children's
choking up at night. -(adv)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
G. SoR y A' s.1 19ss, Daily Poem
LOVE OR LIVER

(The seat of the emotions is in the
liver"-Some doctor or other.)
Gee whizz, how science does adj
vance!
Today, it seems, by diagnosis
Our fever from lady's glance
May be, incipient cirrhosis.
The chills and thrills that we re-
ceive,
The doubts and qualms that make
US culver,
Our doctors teach us to believe
They may be love-they may be
Iiverl
When Dante, lone ago, was led
To sing to Beatrice his lyrics
(Which are much praised but sell
dom ready
Perhaps some medical empires
Would so have altered Dante's
mood
That he'd have ceased to shake
and SILVER
When the lovely Beatrice he view
What was his ailment, love or
Helen and Paris, Guinevere
And Launcelot, and all great
lovers
May have been merely on Of gear
ns!de-as science now discovers!
Well maybe SO, but we don't care
Not one scintilla. not a silver,
Romance remains a sweet affair
Whether it's due to love-oy
liyel.i
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
CoNFIDENCEsbF BOYs

Judge Ben B. Lindsay, judge
of the Denver juvenile court, re-
CARDS the condolences of boys
and of women as sacred. He pre-
fers the payment of fines, and
we do not doubt would be COM
mitted to Jail for contempt, in
lieu Of breaking faith with those
who trust him, and in dealing
with whom he has accomplished
a great work for boys who start
ed wrong" in life.-Albany Her
aid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
THE STANDARD

Friday and Saturdays Bargains.
Just Glance Through This Space
Win Give, You Brief Idea of the
Extraordinary Economies Availa-
bic Hese This Week.
98c for Boys and Youths
Winter Union Suits; extra well
made; ribbed or fleeced.
$l'25 for Mems Ribbed Union
SUITS; medium weight; very elastic:
sizes SO to 46.
csc for Ladies' Bleached. Ribbed
vests; tape neck; regular sizes:
value CSC.
SOC For Boys understandable nosa
sizes; 9~to II IL double knee, heel
and toes. =
35c For Ladies block and brown
six stockings seam back; regularly
75c For Ladies Pure thread silk
stockings seconds" but better than
lots of Firsts.
$1.98 For Misses & Children's
School shoes many worth up 20 IS;
on center table.
3ac For Ladies regular soc Gold
Seal pillow cases bleached snow
white.
$168 For regular $2.25 Glendora
& Victoria ble&ched seamless sheets
full size.
$500 For regular $500 Bright
jacquard Indian design blankets
full size.
$3.50 For regular So crochet
ood spreads; large size size for large
beds.
$2.25 For Crinkle bed spreads;
size 81x9O inches extra good quail
ty.
$3.50 For Crinkle bed spreads
ICES 90x90 inches of extra good
quality,
csc For Boys extra strong school
trousers knickerbocker style; al
Sizes.
$1.98 For Mems silk striped
shirts new patterns values up 70 So.
25c For mems Topsy Lisle half
hose double heel; zoe and sole all
colors
Csc For a / 1-2 pound bar Of pure
castle soap none better made.
Csc For 10 bars of good laundry
SOAP regular sc size bars.
Csc For 10 Cakes Floating toilet
pure white regular sc size cakes,
SOC For(69c table damask bleach
ed snow white ga inches wide.
csc For $1.5a table damask two
wards vide; beautiful patterns SATIN
finish.
75c yard For 81 White broeaded
satins the newest fabric out for un-
derweGr. M.
SOC ward For regular 75c silk
crepe for fine underwear all c9lors:
SOC For your choice Of table Of
odds, ends; many articles worth
$3.50.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth Street, Next to Bank Of
Commerce, Americas. Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Three Smiles
Ed.th KnesN "a Well

Ethel-Miss Older says Mr.. Got
ich proposed to her Wednesday
night, but she didn't give her an
swer until Thursday.
Edith-If that's true, iii wager
ne popped the question at 1859 ..
n. and was accepted at 1901 a.
m.-Tit- Bits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
An Active Boy, Indeed.

London-A l0-year-old-lad adj
mitted in Willesden court that he
has run away from home just nine
times in the last year. His most
recent trip consumed three weeks.
Bread lifted from bakers courts
was his only food.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Past Has Taught Him.

Visitor--now Go you do, Willie?
I've come to stay at your house for
a week, but Pm sure you can't
even guess who [ am.
Willie-Pn bet one thing. And
5hat's you're no relation Of fathers
Selected
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Dumb Luck.

Professor-What is ordinarily
used as a conductor Of electricity?
Student-(all at ea)-hy-er-
Professor-Wire. Correct! Now
tell me, what is the unit Of electric
power?
student-(still at sea) - The
what, sir?
Protessor-Exact lily, the watt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Movies For Convicts

London-Inmates of Britain.
penal institutions are "kinema"
deVotees now. The Home Of
flee mas just permitted the intro.
ductlon OF movies in the prisons
Many OF the films are from Amer
ica
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
Sometime Thsv' Forget

: The peevcd London financier
who says that America fiddles
while Europe burns might at least
have mentioned that Europe start
ed the fre.-Macon (Ga) Tele-
graph.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
SHALL. WE TURN
COAL INTO GAS
OR ELECTRICITY?

Edison backs steinmetz, who
died the other day, in predicting
that we are close to the day when
coal-instead of being shipped to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
That Settled IT.

What does she want a divorce
for? Isn't Billy good to her?
Oh, yes, h"+ her cook doesn't
like him.-S5aa,. FIN.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

ant news to Mrs. Scarborough, as
the young man has been absent
over two years. he is assistant to
the captain Of the steamship st.
Beda and has touched at ports in
South Africa and othere foreign
countries.
W. T. Lockett left yesterday fog
Leesburg, where he will at once
erect a pretty home and reside per
manently. Quite recently he resign
ed the position Of manager Of the
Hugenin plantation in Sumter anu
will become a citizen of Lee.
Snap beans are being enjoyed ii
Americas in November and frost
has fallen. Clerk T. N. Hawke
brought in a level half bushel yes
terday.
Mr. J. Epps Brown, who for
several years was a citizen Of Amer
icus, passed through here yesterday
returning to Atlanta from Lump
kin, where he has been to'acaompa-
ny Mrs. Brown and young son,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
THIRTY YEARS ACC. TO-DAY

1
her 2, 1889
A blind mule, the property OF
Mr. Duckworth, deliberately com
mitted suicide yesterday morning
by plunging through the trestle ov-
er Town creek, just above the Cen
trail depot.
The many friends Of Mrs. Evan
r. Mathis, whose protracted illness
has been a matter Of much con-
Germ to them, will be pleased to
learn that she is improving rapidly
and will soon be able to leave hel
room for the first time IN many
weeks.
George Dudley created some sur
prise among a few Of his trlends
Yesterday by the statement that ne
hsd recently declined an offer o.
$4,000 per month as general man
ager of an ice manufacturing com,
panv in Brazil. 81 Hawkins |ep'
when he heard it.
Will Glover served "cold baked
notatoes and possum" at the Wnd
sor cafe last night, and those Sc
fortunate as to be there. went a"a3
satisfied with the world and VII
| bright hopes Of the hereafter Fos
sum and potatoes-but hush.
George Graham left yesterda!
for Macon where he will accept
commission in 2 commission house
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

Very good. That viii do.-0hio
Utility News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

Every Druggist in u. S.
Instructed to Refund
Price While You Wait
At Counter if You
Don't Feel Relief
Coming in Two Min
utes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02
BETTER THAN
WHISKEy FOR
COLDS AND FLU

Delightful Elixir, Called
Aspironal, Medicated
With Latest Scientific
Remedies That Are
Endorsed by Medical
Authorities TO Cut
Short a Cold or Cough
Due to Cold and Pre-
vent Complications.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-02

(The seat of the emotions is in the
liver"-Some doctor or other)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28

may solicit funds from the public
in the name of the legion or before
tickets, chances, or other means
Of obtaining money for benefit pur,
poses shall be offered for sale.
The Costello Post controversy
over the raising of funds for a
memorial to the first District en-.
ploye killed in action and to the
District heroes Of the world war
was brought to close by q de.
cision Of the committee that ain
the collection of funds for
memorials no commission shall be
paid to outside solicitors and no
solicitors shall be employed who
are not under direct control Of the
posts or department"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
EIGHT INJURED
IS TRAFFIC
TOLL
Operators of Two Cars Are Ar
rested-One Accused OF
Drunken Driving.

Eight persons were injured in MI
nor automobile accidents during the
past twenty.four hours. Drivers OF
two cars were arrested by the police.
Hannah Weber. nineteen years old,
of 81 K street northeast, was treated
at the Soldiers Home dispensary
last night for injuries she received
when an automobile, driven by
Charles r. Alley, of S217 Eleventh
street northwest, in which she was
riding, struck a pole on Hardwood
road just north of Rock Creek
Church road.
Miss Weber was thrown from
the machine and injured about her
face and head. Mr.. Alley sustain.
ed a cut over his eye when he was
thrown against the windshield.
Arrested After Accident.
After being treated at the Elmer
gency Hospital for cuts on his
forehead and chin. Edward P. Cal:
nan, thirty-two years old, Of 212s
Third street northeast, was arrest.
ed, and taken to the Second pre-
cinct on a charge of reckless driv-
ing. Calnan, the police say, was
driving his machine near Four.
teenth street and Rhode Island
avenue when it collided with q
machine belonging to Paul j. Muir
ply. which was parked in front of
1465 Rhode Island avenue north.
west. An electric light pole in front
of 1441 Rhode Island avenue north
west also was knocked down.
Seventeen.year-old Margaret Bur-
CESS, of 1889 E street southeast,
was. knocked down by an auto
mobile while skating on Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets southeast. last
night. She said that she would not
go to q hospital. the police say.
Francis M. Johnston. 1905 Sixth
street southwest. was the driver
Of the car, the police charge.
Auto CoIlides With Tree.
When the automobile driven. the
police say. by John F. Rowland. OF
458 K street northwest. collided
with a tree at 1647 Lamont street
northwest, Mrs. Lillian Kelly. 1921
Mt. Pleasant street northwest. a
passenger, was cut and bruised. She
refused hospital treatment and went
to her home. Police arrested Row
land on charge of operating a
machine while drunk.
An automobile operated by Com
mander j. c. Cunningham, of the
Benedict apartments, 1903 I street
northwest, struck Mary Jones,
colored, OF 1914 Twentieth street
northwest, at Nineteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, and
slightly injured her, the police say.
Mabel Love, colored, Lakeland,
Md, sustained two fractured ribs,
end Edna Browb, also colored, was
badly brushed last night when their
automobile collided with another
machine at Second street and Rhode
Island avenue northwest. Both
were taken to the Freedman's hos
pital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
PAID SOLICITORS
FOR LEGION
BANNED
District Posts Forbidden to
Employ Outsiders in Drives
For Funds.

Collection of funds for American
Legion posts in the District by out
side paid solicitors is forbidden in
the future as the result of action
by the executive committee of the
District department at a meeting
last night at 1929 New York avenue
northwest.
The committee absolved Thacker
V. Walker, ousted commander of
George Washington Post. No. /,
of bad faith in connection with the
charter of an auxiliary to that
post. but found him guilty of mis-
taken judgment and sustained his
discharge as post commander, with
the recommendation that 1.-The
matter be dropped and no further
action of any kind hereafter taken"
The committee ruled that in the
future written approval Of either
the department commander or the
executive committee must be Sc
cured before any post or individual
member of the District department