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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
- Id Time1-Recorder. Anri

From the Time3-RecOrder. April
4, 1880
The shoot at Lection park yester-
day afternoon by local gunners was
witnessed by quite a crowd of spec
tators. Each gunner fred thirty-fve
rounds at the birds as they sailed
from the trap, scoring as follows:
Mr.. Smithwick, 80, Mr.. W. A. Vivian,
30; George. D. Wheatley, %; Oscar
Loving, %; Crawford Wheatley, "a;
H. T. Davenport, p; T. N. Hawkes.,
8; Bugg Chapman came in little
late and Just to show the boys a
thing or two about shooting smashed
nine out Of ten Of the birds thrown
for him.
Col. J. E. D. Ship received telc-
gram yesterday from Cusseta, his
old home, announcing the destruction
of his mothers residence by fire to-
gether with the entire contents, the
loss is estimated at $4,000 complete
the insurance Of the property having
expired a few days since.
Beautiful flowers are now plenti-
full in Americas and the visitor is
.astonished to see them at this time
of year in such profusion.
A crowd Of young people went out
to one of the neighboring mill ponds
yesterday where the afternoon was
spent in fishing. An open carriage
drawn by four iron greys carried the
young folks to the country where the
day was very much enjoyed.
At the conclusion of the morning
service at Calvary Episcopal church
on Sunday last, a collection was TAX
en- up for the building Of a new rec
tory. A very liberal response was
made, something over $4O0 being
raised, in a short while. A very
pretty and desirable lot on Lee street
has been generously donated by one
Of the lady members Of the church
and upon it is proposd to erect the
pretty dwelling,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
GLOOM BUCKETS
ROAM The EARTH.

The New York Times records
with JOY the coming of a new
Western phrase, "Gloom Buckets"
for all the army of pessimists from
the eastern part of this county
and from Europe who, ever since
the war, have gone up and down
the earth prophesying calamities
and crises. Sustained and soothed
by an unfaltering trust in the fun
damental soundness of the world
and of the U. S. A. in PARTICULAR
the westerners and middle-west-
erners let the Gloom Buckets rave,
but refuse to be alarmed by them.
The Times takes up the cause for
the West after this fashion:
Such extremes of pessimtsm
defeat their own end. They (the
Gloom Buckets surely are over
staying their time, as well as exag-
gerating their role, when signs Of
Improvement are written large on
the sky. Judged by any sane meas
urement, the recovery since the
war has been astonishingly great.
Nearly all the prophecies of disas-
ter have failed almost as soon as
they were uttered The prospects
are Frightening every day, in spite
of the blind who will NOT SCI"
The best Of it is that this is all
true. Perhaps the reason the West
as a whole discovered it little
sooner than some other regions is
that it is further away from the
immediate centers of disturbance
and so has a better general per-
spective. But in any case gloom
will not help matters Pessimism al
way defeats it own end # is well
that the unscared West has vision
to see this and sufficient faith in its
own luck and that of the world to
laugh the Gloom Buckets out Of
countenance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
ny YEARS 20 TODAY.

Of general interest in railway
circles in Americus is the report
current TO the effect that Mr.. A. J.
Poole, general superintendent of
motive power for the Seaboard Air
Line with headquarters at ,Portsr
mouth, Va, mas been rendered a
similar position with another railway
system and that he has the PROPOSE
ton under consideration. Mr.. Poole
is native Of Americas, having
been here the first years Of service
Of his connection with Seaboard
system.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Tyson will
leave Saturday for Montgomery,
where they VIII reside for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Stathar IF
Cobb, are the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
N. B. Council at their home on Rees
Park
Emmett B. Clements, Of Beuna
Vista, was in the city, joining Mrs.
Clements, in a visit here to her
mother, Mrs. P. G. Clegg.
AS was predicted By the layers Of
the wooden block pavement the tar
from them is being brought out again
this season, though not as noticably
as last season.
Had census of Americas been
taken yesterday the count would
have been incomplete, unless the
enumerators had included the Wells
Mill preinct where, it seems, a large
percentage Of the city's population
sat at the end Of a pole and angled
for the elusive perch. 1t was an
ideal day for fishing and as business
in the city was not Of pressing ma
ture not few business and pro-
fessional men joined in the hegira
=, the pond.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
THIS RULE DISTINGUISHES
THE MAN OF VISION.

The man Of vision is distinguish
ed from other toilers in a business
or profession, by one faculty: he
is never in doubt as to results. He
is never forced to improvise ways
and means to meet unexpected re-
suits; the results and effects of his
every thought, word, and act are
always foreseen. He visions the
finished work, and each step Of
the way is unfolded as he be-
comes ready for it.
The man of vision is a man Of
principle, and man Of principle
knows that the law of life, the law
Of living, is as infaIlible in It's
effects and results as the law of
numbers, or the law Of chemistry,
or the law of physics He reasons
from cause to effect, and he knows
that if his thoughts and words and
deeds are inspired by love and good
will for his fellow man, by a spirit
of giving and of serviceG they
will invariably produce effects
filled with JOY, happiness, and
prosperity In turn, these effects
become causes which bring forth
greater realizations and achieve
ments.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

a large delegation, while other
citizens will go as we'll to witness
this, the greatest of reunions.
Capt. w. W, Dews, manager here
for the High Point Buggy Co. sold
yesterday one of the handsomest
turnouts seen in Americas in many
days.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry NJ. Stokes
have returned from Union Springs
to Americas, and will again reside
here.
The local cotton market was steady
today, quoting good middling at 9
So cents.
Senator T. G. Hudson and Rep
resentative Baldwin were two prom
meHt citizens Of Schlcy county in
Americus yesterday morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
EAlLRoADS BLAMELEss
TUX MOST ACCIDENTS

some days ago there anno.
IN IN the n Townsville paper the storr
0. the finding by a jury a verdict
Of $500 against the A+Ia p.t'
Coast Line, and ACCORDING 70 +bo
newspaper story the. aep7,ioved,
man ran his car into the 49,
ant engine at crossing in the
Guy OF Townsville. If the storv
is correct, seems to us there sbo,,,l
nave been no damage verdict At al
a coast Line engineer. RELATING
the incident to the Wavcr ,,,,s
Journal-Herald commends tbo
Townsville paper for placing the
Diane on the other side of the
mouse, not on the railroad. Then
ne tells the story Of another man
who was racing with him few
days ago trying to make a crossing
winch was only a quarter of a mile
ahead and doubtless would have
made it had not the gearing on his
car got out of order and the oc-
cupants We're dumped headlong in
TO ditch and thus Providence in
tervened to save a fool from a bor-
rible death.
The Coast Line has used every
device known to science to pre-
vent accidents at crossings. but it
does not stop autoists taking need
less risks, and yet many Of them
rush to sue the road.
Hrere is where the Georgia leg
islature should go on record TO
pass a law making it imperative
for speed fiends to stop, look and
listen. Then and not until then will
we have fewer crossing accidents.
Of all the safety devices ever in
vented none equals this way, say
old engineers who have for years
who have studied the crossing
problem as few others have. It
seems to us time for railroads to
receive some form of protection
its engineers to gea protection
from the legislative body.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
HARDSHIPS FROM
NESS.

Through thoughtlessness, we too
often work hardshfps on others. ii
most Of us would occasionally re
peat the Golden Rule, what a
change there would be.
Did you ever imagine yourself
in the shoes Of your grocer and
his clerks?
Hastily, rolling out of bed in the
morning, just before the sun be-
gins to gray the Eeastern skies,
he must leave home with wife and
Riddles asleep. Later he rushes
back for bite of breakfast, often
after the kiddies have gone to
school. A snack in the middle Ct
the day, or an other hasty meal,
then back for the afternoon and
EVENING grind.
He must be con the job" from
daylight until after bedtime.
q I seldom see my children, ex-
cept on Sunday" a grocer said to
us yesterday. eve are supposed
to close at 6 in the evening, but
50 many housewives wait until
AFTER 6 to come in or to place
their orders. that it is 8 or 9
o'clock before l get home. Then
the children are sleep, | am worn
out, too tired after - to Is
hours, to think or eat.
IF the good women would think
would only place their husbands
in our shoes, how quickly would
this be changed. They would shop
earlier, giving US a chance to en-
JOY the same measure Of home
lie that most others enjoy.
IL Is JUST IHOUGHTLESS-
NESS. We grocers possibly should
close at definite hour, but if we
dld, some of our friends would
go supperless."
The women's clubs of Ameri-
Gus could do no better work than
conduct, conduct a campaign for EARLY
SHoPPlNG-not only for the gro
Ger, but for every merchant. Such
a campaign would bring happiness
TO many a chiId's heart in that #
would restory Daddy to the
home for an hour or two in the
evening.
10 our minds, the greatest harm
IS not in the number of hours tbe
grocer and his clerks must worl,
out 1t IS that these lopp bo,n,s
take a the father and husband y o ~ =
OF the home, where his Iono ~,
influence are needed and ,rert alIp
and 0iI rule,
SHOP EARLIER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
Ed T O RIAL
co NJ M EN- T..

Increasing wages is something
new in the South, but this is what
has happened in North Carolina,
according to the Savannah Press:
North Carolina this year sets
in motion $4,000 new cotton spin
dies. The wages of the mill work
ers are being increased in manu-
featuring towns. Last year North
Carolina led the States, except
Pennsylvania, in highway building.
In that year the new wealth Gre
ted, worth billion and a third
dollars, was an increase of three
times the amount created in 1915.
In 1922 the state was fifth in the
value of agricultural products.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

DOWN TO WHERE OUR VIC
TIN WAS LYING AND DREW A
PLEASING PURSE.
above or below; sometimes drivers
were too careful. On the fourth day,
however, success rewarded our per.
severance. A small automobile
which l had spotted from a distance
came round the corner where we
We're, so to speak, anchored, driven
with that full measure of reckless.
ness which only a Frenchman,
anxious to have his engine, can Oh.
tain. There was a wild cry from the
driver, a crash into our wagon, and
over went the automobile and man
down the side Of the precipice.
1t was / who clambered down to
where our victim was lying, and
drew a pleasing-looking black pocket.
book from the inside of his coat.
AfterWard felt his heart, and dis.
covered that he was alive. l ordered
Pierre to move the wagons over to
our own side of the road, and we
secreted the 'pocketbook among the
logs We were carrying. Presently a
public touring car from Cannes, on
its way to Hyeres, arrived. The &C.
cident was explained; room was
made for the Injured man; and a
liberal pourboire was given us, col
lected among the passengers. We
then made our way home, and later
on, when we had lighted our eve
ming fire, We opened the pocketbook.
l divided the money into three Dor.
tons, but spoke to them as a mas.
ter.
Listen, Jacques, and you. Pierre.
l said. II am a man of justice, but
although I am one Of you. 1 have
Travelled beyond these forests, and |
know the world. If you take this
money with you to the village to.
night, you will be drunk, the truth
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
(From the Times-Recorder. April
4, 1908.

4, 1903.
The week did not pass without
the contamination Of real estate
deal. Yesterday Buchanan Bros.
bought from Mrs. Mary Adkins a
house and lot on Elm avenue, be-
yond the railroad shops. The pur.
chase was made as an investment
and a good price was paid for the
property.
by an accidental discharge Of a
gun in the hands of Mr.. Bradley
yesterday, his hunting companion,
Mr.. Poole was instantly killed. The
distressing tragedy occurred on the
plantation of John T. Fugerson, just
over the county line in Lee and a
dozen miles south Of Americas.
The great annual reunion Of Con-
federate veterans at New Orleans,
to occur shortly, IS now subject
Of big interest among old soldiers.
Camp Sumter, of Americas viii send
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

March had five Fridays. That
was very hard on the fish.
His presidential boom is anoth-
er Ford coupe.
Marriage doesn't reform movie
stars. They get married again.
One sign of spring is coal deal
er frowning.
Men drown their sorrow. A wo-
man shoots him.
Rouge changes the complexion
Of things.
A bad prophet is loss.
It's an i'll wind that blows
mans own horn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

NOR many months after my some
Il what ingenious escape from the
cafe of Madame Ponadour in the
Maritime Quarter of Marseilles, I
lived in the Foret du Dom, on the
far side of Hyeres, the life of dog.
There were three of us woodmen in
the hut-Pierre. Jacques and myself.
Solitude more complete than that
which | shared with these two men /
have never imagined. read the
newspapers. which we obtained with
difficulty from the neiGhboring vii
lage-read of myself as the most
notorious criminal at large, read OF
all the world-famed detectives o.
London, Paris and New York who
had sworn to effect my capture, read
Of my crimes, my daring, my cum
ming, read of all these things outside
my shanty on the hillside-and
smiled. Given a certain amount of
resignation and patience, and I
knew very well that was safe as
long as I chose.
One day a chance incident set me
thinking, We had paused for a sec
ond to fill our pipes with filthy to-
bacco, barely a dozen yards round
one of the hairpin corners of the
forest ROAD, leaving our wagons, as
usual in the middle of the thorough.
fare. Suddenly a car swung round
the corner, travelling too fast for the
driver to apply his brakes with safe
ty. Wuh great skill he passed us,
grazing the long trunks of the Topped
trees ana escaping the precipice by
a matter of inches. That night I
saw that Pierre and Jacques drank
more than their usual share Of the
sour wine, and afterward ! PROFOUND
ca my scheme.
Comrades" I said. st is a dogs
life we lead"
They growIed assent.
Today" I continued, ian idea
came to me. If our wagons had
been an inch or two nearer the out
side corner of the road, or the man
in the automobile a shade less skill.
full, he could not possibly have es,
capped. His automobile would have
been smashed, and he would have
gone over the edge of the precipice."
They made strange noises in their
Threats and continued to listen.
1t is a dogs life, this" l repeat
ed. What we need, to make things
endurable. is money-money so that
you two can go down to the cafe at
the foot Of the hill and drink brandy
with the daughters of the village,
they who cave you now so unkindly
alone because you have nothing to
spend upon them"
Their pipes were out Of their
mouths now, and they were listening
"A man like that one today would
have money-a pocketbook. Whilst
he was unconscious, look you, we
would take it. One of us would
bring it up here, here where there
are 8 hundred hiding-places. in the
ground, the trees. the cracks of the
earth. A pocketbook which is lost,
is lost. What Go you say, COM
rades?"
There was no doubt about how the |
scheme appealed to them.
at would be an equal share be.
tween the three?" Pierre urged.
Between the three" I agreed. |
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

Vendetta begins betIUeen MICHAEL SAVERS, noted
criminal and SIR NORMAN GREYES. once of Scotland
Yard Uhen Sdyers beautiful housemaid, JANET, saDeS
him from Sir Norman by shooting dead officer sent to
arrest him. Janet become SdyerS tDife and accom-
plice.
Janet takes passage to Mdrsees lDhere confederate
plots against her Greyes following the trail of
Michael traces him to his place of residence in Mar
settles 1t develops that SdyerS has elded his purSuerS
at the residence GreyeS reaches Mthaers hiding place
Just in time to rescue Janet. He is lDOunded by shot
from SayerS' reDolDer SayerS escapes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
TOM SIMS VS.:

If cash was paid for all autos it
would be safe to cross the street.
It is quite possible for a thin
man to be thick headed.
It has been three years since
some girls eyebrows met.
A travelling man tells us his suit
case weighs about three gallons.
Dame Rumor seldom grows older
gracefully.
The nearest approach to perpe-
tual motion is some men loafing.
What is the dangerous age?"
asks writer. This is it.
One sign Of spring in Pittsburg
was when someone stole 225 bar
rels of beer,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

Leave the details to me-"
We went to our work the next
morning with new zest. All the
time that we were at work in the
forest we were thinking of what
fortune might have in store for US
on our homeward crawl. We crawled
round each corner. lettering at the
psychological spot always with the
same evil hope in our hearts.
The affair, however, was not so
easy. Sometimes we were seen from
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04
A THOUGHT

Take away the dross from the
silver and there shall come forth
a vessel for the 1iner.-Prov. 25:4.
The chaste mind, like a polished
plane, may admit foul thoughts
without receiving their tincture.
-Sterne.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-04

Continued in Our Next Issue)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-30

PLANS COLBY NEARLY
READY 102ND YEAR

The plans for the 102nd commence
ment at Colby College are progressing
rapidly according to a report given out
yesterday by Prof. Herbert c. Libby,
chairman CT the committee fov the
commencement. The committee is
practically ready to announce the few
remaining speakers who were not Sc
cured at the time of the announcement
Of the program.
Three prominent graduates who will
give important speeches during the
week of commencement at the Water
vile college are jeremiah f. Burke Of
the class of 1890, now superintendent
Of schools in Boston. Mr.. Burke will
give the annual commencement address
to the graduating class in the Opera
House on the morning of graduation.
The speaker for the Boardman mission
airy sermon will be the Rev. Otis w.
Foye of the class of 1898 and now To-
Gated in Boston. The committee has
also secured Prof. William O. Stevens,
who graduated from Colby with the
class of 1899 and is now an instructor
in English at the United States Naval
Academy IN Annapolis. Prof. Stevens
will deliver the college address in the
First Baptist church on the evening Of
June 10.
The guests of honor of the junior
and seniors classes have not yet been
announced, but as the classes have been
disappointed several times in their eff
forts to secure their guest, it will be
late when it is definitely known who
will fill these places. Several of the
speakers for the morning services have
yet to be announced by the committee.
The college marshal of the academic
procession Of commencement day is to
be Prof. George +. Parmenter Of the
college faculty and he will have for
his assistant Prof. Thomas B. Ashcraft
also of the faculty. The student mar
shall this year will be Joseph Coburn
Smith "a of Skowhcgan. He will have
several aides for the various divisions
Of the procession. The committee has
secured for the honorary marshal Con-
gresham John Z. Nelson of Augusta,
who graduated from the college in 1898.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-30
Returns from Red
Cross Convention

Julia Lakin. secretary of the local
chapter of the Red Cross. has recently
returned from Boston. where she was
sent as delegate to the Red Cross
conference.
She reports that Maine sent % dele
gates to this conference. 1t was re-
ported that only one chapter had
given up its charter since the close of
the war.
Perley Ford, commander. State Of
Maine Department of American Lee
gion, and DR.. Edgar o. Crossman, man.
ager of Dist. No. 1, U. S. V. B., were
among the speakers. Both of these men
said the American Red Cross helped to
bridge the gap between the ex-service
man and the government; that there
are $4,000 men in hospital suffering
from the effects of the war. besides
the men who are ill outside the hospi-
tails. and that these men need the as
sstance Of the Red Cross worker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-30

with his mother, Mrs. R. A. Sturte-
want of Oakland Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Wilcox attend
ed church in Oakland Sunday.
NYES CORNER-Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Jennings of Manchester and
son, Harold and wife of Augusta
We're guests, Sunday of their daugh-
ter and family. Mrs. Frank Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sawyer and two
sons and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard De-
vine, all Of Auburn, motored over
Saturday afternoon, all the men 60
ing to Salmon stream, West Forks,
fishing. Mrs. Sawyer was the guest
of relatives in Scion and Mrs. Devine
was the guest of Mrs. J. w. Hender-
son. The men returned Sunday aft
ernoon with their full allowance Of
trout.
Miss Grace More visited her pa
rents over Sunday from Pennington
Normal school, where she is a stud
ent.
Miss Beatrice Sargent was a guest
Sargent, Sunday returning to Angus
to Sunday evening.
Mrs. Donald Ellis was the guest Of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Moore, Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Norris and son, Carl,
motored from their home in Portland
: and are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Anderson.
Charles Lastus, who work in Wa
terville and has boarded there for the
past year. is now staying with his
son, Perley and driving to and from
his work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-30
First Unitarian,
Society Holds
Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the First
Unitarian Society was held last eve
ming at the Ware Parlors of the
Unitarian church. The members
voted to keep the church. open dur
ing the month of June and after the
summer vacation to open the church
with a permanent pastor. Reports
of the various societies and affiliated
organizations of the church showed
them all to be in excellent condition.
Resolutions were passed on the
death of Col. Frederic E. Boothby
and Hon. Frank Redington. men,
bers of the society, who died during
the past year.
The following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: Clerk and
treasurer, Edward G. Crosby: pru-
Dental committee, Charles A. Allen,
Fred J Arnold. L. Eugene Thayer,
J. Bardwell Palmer. Everett G..
Wardwell, Nathaniel E. Barrows.
Harry M. Hilton, Mrs. Mary J. Hill
and Miss Carrie E. Phillips.