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Milford chronicle., 1923-11-09

FOR SALE-1O acre farm within town
limits, with 8 room, two story dwelling;
also g porches, barn and other outbuild-
ings Five minutes walk from church,
post office and school, Asher w. Evans,
Jr., Ocean View, Del. n9-St
Milford chronicle., 1923-11-09
PUBLIC SALE

farm, 1 will offer for sale the following
personal property, at my home, on the
George H. Draper farm, in Cedar Neck,
Wednesday, November Fl, 1928
sale commencing at 10 a. m, rain or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-16
l,5OO Pairs ChiIdren'S Hose
800,
Long Hose
81 Sport Hose
u Socks

Long Hose KO~
81 Sport Hose WV
Il Socks } Four pairs, $l.5O
Buy them for gifts, for future needs
and for the present. Prices like these
are,rare. Any size, any length and any
color.
Long hose Heavy mercerized rib.
Reinforced heel and toe. English sport
hose, plaid tops and solid colors. Socks
of pure silk, art silk and mercerized silk.
Infants and children's sizes,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
I h & One-Mdn Woman
copyright 1922, NEA Service7

the last analysis, critized her. He
felt she wasn't doing the fair thing
in trying to prove something she
should not have been impelled to
prove.
But she brushed the thought aside.
She knew she never could be quite
at peace until she was sure she had
been the one woman in Dams life
after their marriage, or that she had
not been. And what if she found
that she had not? What then? After
all, she had never thought of that
as possibility. 1t is better to be
IN doubt about a loved one than
to know an unpleasant truth, she
wondered.
Kate looked at her watch. 1t was
nearly train time.
(To be continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
(From the Times-Recorder Feb. 3,
1889

| (From the TimeS-RecOrder rep. 8,
1889
For some time quiet negotiations
have been going on between parties
here and the Thomas Houston COM
pany with reference to starting the
cars again. The street cars must
be started up, as Americas cannot
afford to do without this great con-
yenience any longer, and every pub
lie spirited citizen should resolve to
do his utmost toward starting up the
line once more.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Hawkins have
given up housekeeping, and are now
boarding at the home of Col. E. A.
Hawkins, on East Church street. Mr..
j. G. Faux and family, who have
recently removed from Forsyth, will
occupy the residence on Brown
street vacated by Mr.. Hawkins.
Mrs. d. F. Davenport left yester-
day for Washington, where she will
be the guest of her parents, Speak
er and Mrs. Crisp, until after the
inaugural ceremonies a month hence
Will Harper came down from At
lanta yesterday and proposes spend
ing few days among his numerous
friends in this city.
Miss Matte Tharpe, a charming
young lady of Perry, is a guest for
a few days of her sister, Mrs. J. A.
Ansley at her home on Lee street. |
Mrs. W. W. Poole and daughter,
Miss Kate, left yesterday on a short |
visit to friends near Smithville.
Mrs. W. R. Cox, of Macon, is |
the guest for few days of her niece, |
Mrs, CT. Miller, at her home on Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING
THE EST

he P4O
An early mail, afew days later,
brought Kate a sfawly note. She
opened it eargerly 1t was in answer
to her own.
Alice was comlg!
"T'm Answering your letter right
away" she wrte, because l think
it is so kind ofyou to ask Dorothy
and me to visi you"
They were t arrive, Kate read,
Saturday morrhg and could remain
until Sunday dening. Alice ran on
about the treakuch a visit would be
for Dorothy. The letter impressed
Kate as genuiely happy. Whatever
her own shortcomings, Kate decided,
Alice was god mother. She had
been deceptig about Dorothy's i'll
ness, but undoubtedly the thing had
not hurt Dorthy and Kate believed
that there INST be some real reason
other than 9desire for money for
herself, bacH of the deception.
When diminishing touch hat been
put on the pom Alice and Dorothy
were to odpy during their visit,
Kate lookeabout the place. Every
thing was i perfect order; even the
little trunbHas there, just where it
should be tcatch the eye of anyone
entering.
Kate loked at the trunk. She
wondered Alice would betray any
thing whl she entered the room
and saw Would she recognize it?
Had it iver meant anything to
her?
Kate Rrd's hand trembled slight
ly as shAdjusted the frilled dimity
curtainst the window of her guest
chambej Then she went down
stairs ID attempted to still the
flutteriy within her by talking to
Justin md the dog, Monk, until
train t il neared.
AMI foolish, father" she asked
of Jush, ito want to clear up some
thing mcerning one who is already
e9One of whom l can ask no
apolol and expect no retribution.
no inter what | must find is the
TRUTH
Jul IN Parsons smiled.
"Yl wouldn't be human, my dear,
if VI did not try to understand the
claimed.
IT." he continued, regardless
of Pat you find at length is true.
yoFould ask no apology, not even
II were living. Don't you know,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
HOW TO WASTE YOUR
VALUABLE TIME.

Somewhere in his autobiography,
while discussing the tendency of
the human mind toward complexity
and away from simplicity, Herbert
Spencer cites the case of an ink
well of elaborate design which he
saw IN friends house, but which
was ponderous, unwieldy and alto
gether impractical for the uses for
which 1t was nodded. 1t was pref
ty and costly, but more suited to
grace some library where there
was no writing to be done.
Now there is a great waste of
time and expense in this country
through lack of Standardization, of
puttering around at one Job of one
sort and another, and then chang
lg the whole machinery for anoth-
er job that is different, whereas
during the process of this change
much valuable time is wasted
BQt many plants have changed
are .standa"dizing their work
and making It much easier for
tnelf employees and thus serving
every purpose in getting back to
simplicity, same as Spencer came
TO the sensible conclusion that the
best-and most serviceable ink-wpn
was one which contained ink and
would yield to the ready writer
who wants service without the
1rllls and adornments. This coun-
try needs more of the Herbert
Spencer kind who will get folks
back to the simple life, and useful
as well.
There are other forms of waste
of anything that has value or
substance, is not merely criminal
II Is fatal. 1t carries its own sem
tence in the habits it develops
that lead to its destruction. The
man or woman who begins to dis
regard values in anything, starts
at that time to undermine the
strength of any high purpose he
may entertain. he is guilty of
mental sabotage that sooner or
later must clog the machinery of
his ability.
Wastefulness is rust that no lub-
ricant can cure. 1t is a process of
dlsintegration and dissolution
Waste may be either a cause or
an effect or both, and the comb.
nation constitutes an evil genius
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
GOING AFTER GRAFTERS
NEED OF THE TIMES.

The ire of Uncle" john Shan
non has been q ousc!. lie is an
able writer, a good Christian, and
as docile an editor as you would
find IN day journey but when
you 2ub him the wrong way lie
speaks his mind. In his Commerce
News he does speak his mind, this
time to pay his respects to the
CRATER who posters all newspaper
offices. But let "Uncle" John
tell it:
"An income tax man, who draws
a good salary sends US a notice to
be inserted free, with the request
that we send him a copy Of the
News containing said notice. If
gall were as expensive as radium,
that fellow has enough to buy the
whole world ten times over"
And again:
we received a long letter from
a Georgian who thinks he has a
remedy for the boil weevil with re-
quest, for publication stating that
ere long he would put on an adj
vertising campaign, and editors
who published the letter without
charge would receive favorable
consideration That fellow must
take US to be a natural born fool"
Now, the Times-Recorder prides
itself on having a large waste bas-
ket. We,, like the editor of the
Commerce News are pestered day
in and day out with these propa-
gandists, or grafters, to speak
plainly. Our own mail and the
mail of other firms in Americas
are cluttered up with appeals of
one sort and another. As for our
selves, right into the waste basket
these appeals go, 1t seems to us
that sooner or later they would
learn that no attention is being
paid their literature" and they
would stop Fostering US, but not
so. We sympathize with our Com
merce friend and know how he
feels.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder Feb. 3,
1879

=
(From the Times-Recorder Feb. 3
1879
Another sale of city realty report.
ed yesterday was that of the for
mer Peter Brown property on For
rest avenue and College streets. The
property is desirably located and
the purchaser, Col. W. P. Wallis, will
make many improvements therein,
thus adding greatly to its value and
appearance.
Fisher Raiford, who as sleeping
APARTMENTS in the Thomas b eek.
received a visit from a sneak thief
night or two ago, entering during
his temporary absence from the
room. Upon hearing Mr.. Raiford
returning a few minutes later, the
robber ran away, overlooking quite
large sum of money in Mr.. Raj
ford's trunk, and which he evidently
knew was deposited there.
Mrs. John Mathis, after an i'll
ness of short duration, died yester-
day morning at her residence on
Rees Park. The body will be TAX
en- to Monticello, her former home
for burial.
That the old Confederate veteran
is rapidly passing from this scene
to that beyond the river under the
shade of the tree" evidenced that
three Of the old heroes in Sumter
have died quite recently. These
were w. j. Parker, Uriah Boyd, and
w. j. Hawkins.
That veteran railroader T. C.
Gresham, of Americas, has been Of
fered a good position with the Cen.
trail at Macon and, with his family
goes there at once to reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shiver are en-
tertaining handsome young son at
their home John pere is correspond
ingly elated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
TOM SIMS VS.:

Rumor says the ex-kaiser and
his wife are living apart-which
means he has lost another war.
Pittsburg bootlegger left only
$1,500,000, the spendthrift.
Someone stole a cannon from
the New Oxford, Pa.,) square, so
half the landlords are worried sick.
Anything can happen. Suits
will be higher.
Poland is fishing for trouble with
Russia, the fishing pole.
New York fortune teller serving
20 years is not a happy medium.
Overseas vet has been made a
big league umpire and might as
well shine up his old equipment.
Seven aviators think they can
fly around the world, but we don't.
California congressional was
elected without making a single
speech, which may be the reason.
Most of the cats have been eaten
in Russia, so the mice are tickled
to death.
Cincinnati team playing foot
ball at night will have no trouble
keeping its plays dark.
Things could be worse. Special
session of Congress is improbable.
Turkey is asking US for square
deal and has the cards stacked.
One girl learned singing by call
ing cows. Others, however, are
learning COW calling by singing.
New Jersey boy can see through
a transplanted pig eye, so any
thing probably makes him hungry.
Miners say there will be no soft
coal strike in 1928, so now we can
put all our worry on hard coal.
A new plant will make cans TO
keep food 100 years and it might
be called century plant.
First thing you know dentists
will tell US not to eat fish because
fish don't brush their teeth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
CAR OF CATTLE SHIPPED
FROM AMERICUS FRIDAY

A carload of cattle was shipped
from Americas Friday by farmers
Of Sumter county, it was announced
by County Farm Agent George 0.
Marshall.
The lot of cattle were in good con-
dltion and brought good prices, it
was said. Another car is expected to
be shipped within the next few days.
1t IS said that the hog and cattle rails
ing industry in this section is af.
tordlng a continuous source of in
come to many farmers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

The local cotton market today
quoted good middling at 8 34 cents.
DR.. H. B. Allen has returned to
Americas after pursuing a post
graduate course in special surgery
in one of the New York colleges.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
Marriages
BRIDE WEARS GARLIC.

There are many countries from
which the evil-eye superstition and
belief in mischievous spirits never
have disappeared.
In southern Arabia, for instance,
the bride wears garlic in her turban
on her wedding day, lest the evil eye
blight her hopes of married happi-
ness.
Wedding parties in Manchuria are
preceded by parties of men exploding
firecrackers, on the theory that the
racket frightens away malign spirits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

Katie girl, that love never asks an
Apology"
And" Justin spoke slowly, at
ought not to ask an explanation
Kate"
The words came to Kate with the
force of a blow, Her father had. in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
GO ON
By erton Braley.

" - ~ 81 - q 1 z
Keep on little longer,
Though the game seems gone,
1t makes your spirit stronger
If you just keep on;
What if you're sick and stale, you're
Not all gone, guess,
Keep on, it's thus that failure
Often brings success
Keep on a little longer,
Why should you admit
That anybody's stronger
Than yuorseIf-and quit?
Although your pep's diminished,
Why, the wise guy knows,
The games never finished
Till the whistle blows.
When ev'ry bone and sinew
Seem to fail you, fiat,
There's Something Else that's in you
Which is more than that:
There's a spirit that is strnoger,
With vigor strange,
Keep on a little longer,
And the luck may change!
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

AM L NlNDOlIdId
was a bachelor and
well satisfied with
his state. But one
evening when there
was a full moon
and the sprng
breeze soft, Ian
guorous, and the
very leaves whis-
pered of love, he
took a very pretty
girl for a walk
down a country
lane.
And before he
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
TAX NOTICE

My books open February 1st; q
May LIST. Come in and make u
returns, and bring your Land i
Number. Will have to have theI
Very Respectfully,
1-24t GEO. D. JONE
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
Manners
WRITE A LETTER

Within 10 days after departure
firm house party or other visit t.
the home of another, be sure to sen,
your hostess a letter expressing ap
probation of the hospitality extend
ed to you. 1t is also good form I
dispatch to her book, box of ca
dy, gift of flowers or other SIND
token of an appropriate sort. 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
DAIRY SUPPLIES

LOANS made on improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of S, 7 or
~ years with prepayment. option
given. Money secured promptly. We
nave now outstanding over $i.1OO.-
10000 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley.
ster Counties. 81 Planters Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
Bldg. Americas, Ga. Phone 80 or
211
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

worth as much as 40 million dol
lars-will go to museums, so the
looters are called Psychologists"
They would be called grave-rob-
beers, even ghouls, if old Tut-ankh-
Amen had been buried recently.
Time seems to make lot of diff
ference, black is black one year
and white another.
After a person is dead a few
thousand years, the atmosphere
of respect and reverence vanishes.
So it's considered proper to lug
forth and display the mummies
and treasure found in Tut-ankh-
Amen's tomb.
1t must please the old gentle
mans spirit at that, for he was
forgotten and his tomb buried UNI
der drifted sands until recently
discovered by excavators. His glory
lives again by reason of his grave
robbery.
His tomb had been robbed pre-
viously - about $500 years ago
and resealed by cemetery Off
cials. The robbers left behind a
treasure of antiques-beautiful
robes, gold-plated furniture, rare
vases, etc.
All this was costly in it's day
still is-but cost and genuine lux
ury are two separate things Many
prospector during the Klondike
rush would gladly rave traded gold
for flour, pound for pound. To a
starving man, flour is worth mill
lions of times its weight in gold.
From Tut-ankb-Amen's tomb,
the scientific hooters bring the
kings favorite chariot. Stripped
of its geld and jewels, it is a plain
two-wheeled cart such as the aver
age modern boy would scott at.
This chariot didn't even have
rubber wheels. 1t must have been
decidedly uncomfortable, humping
oy%r cobbled pavements or muddy
ruts. It's a safe guess that Tut
ankh-Amen would have traded half
his kingdom for one of the fliv-
vers that Henry Ford has made
available to rich and poor alike.
The kings drinking goblet is
found-carved from gorgeous ala
baster. But that didn't make the
liquor taste any better than if it
had been served in stone mug or
cheap drinking glass.
The things we consider necessi-
ties today would have been dream
land Injuries for the ancient kings.
Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb yields
gold candlestick. He had no con-
venient electric light, no movies,
no hot running water, no ice, no
fast trains, no newspaper to keep
him informed of far-off doings.
Of course, maybe he enjoyed his
life immensely, not knowing the
difference between crude services
performed by human slaves and
the instantaneous services of cleo
tricity, steam and other modern
scientific slaves.
Enjoyment is largely a mental
attitude. And, if we have proper
appreciation of our modern con-
veniences, we realize that each of
US is king, judged by ancient
standards.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
BLACK is BLACK ONE
YEAR, AND WHITE ANOTHER

Scientific grave-robbers con-
time bringing loot from the
tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen, king who
ruled Egypt thousands of years
ago. This loot-estimated to be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

Our language tickles US. A man
should keep his chin up in the air
without keeping his nose up.
Nothing seems to scare the stork
like having a flock of eagles on dol
lars around the house.
The blue laws are not the only
laws that should feel blue.
Turn to rubber on the street
and someone will bounce you one.
Second floor of one of Ger
many's leading papers fell to the
basement. Perhaps a reporter tried
to write something nice on France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

Monday morning; no paper pub
lished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
SEABOARD AIR LINE

Central Time)
Arrive Denarts
1905 AM Cordele-Helena Sis PM
1926 PM Cols.-Montg'y. $40 PM
$40 PM Cordele-Savh. 1925 Pm
6:1k Pm Richlsnd-Cols 1906 AM
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

realized it he had proposed and been
accepted!
Then he was silent as he suddenly
came to full realization Of his pre-
cipitancy But the girl seemed to
expect something more.
Sandy" said she, "hae We nothing
more to say to me-"
NO." replied Sandy, "Pm thinkin'
I haze aid more than enough all
ready"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
A THOUGHT

He maketh the storm calm, so
that the waves thereof are still
Ps. 117:29.
Peace is always beautiful
Walt Whitman,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
AFal and Departure of Passenpe,

~F~- ~~A ( VI dsSCnRGE
Trains, Americas, Ga.
he following schedule figures
plished as information and not
granted:
! CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
arrive Leave
1 ;55 pm Columbus-Chgo 3:45 am
OBS pm Albany-Montg'y STA am
VEL pm Macon-Atanta 6:37 am
! :55 PM Albany-Montg'9 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atlanta 1855 pm
p:l5 am Columbus 3:15 nm
o % am Albany 7:21 pm
5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 1895 pm
3:45 am Albany-Jaxvills II :55 pm
2:58 am Albany-Jaxville 1913 am
1887 am Chgo, st. L. Alta 2 :58 am
2:O6 am Chit & Atlanta 1850 am
FLORIDAN
ALL-PULLMAN, Tri-Weekly
10 pm Coils & Chicago !2:40 pm
2:40 pm Albany & lax !1:1O nm
North Bound Tuesday, Thur, Sat.
South Bound Wed, Fri, Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

Tomorrow - Representative Ed
ward T. Taylor, of Colorado.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

BY CHARLES r. CRISP
OF Americas, Representative in Con-
gress From Third Georgia District
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-03

ANDY Mcdonald
, 1923-09-28

Burning Sands There were no
r~ehearsais OF the scene in which
Milton Stills and Robert Cain go to
the mat" but It had to be taken
several times, as usual. Both men
were in prime training. and hard.
ened habitues OF the Legion Sta
dunn. after seeing the hlm battle.
remarked that the light was one OF
tho most realistic ever seen on the
screen.
Wanda Hawley and Mr.. Siils are
featured in Burning Sands" which
will be shown at the Iris theater to-
day and Saturday. In the story.
Miss Hawley is an English girl who
falls in love with Daniel Lane, a
hermit who lives alone on an oasis
in the desert. This is the part por-
trayed by Mr.. Stills. In the course
of the action. Northampton, a rene.
eade Englishman, plans to abduct
the girl and 10 prevented by Lane
from executing his design after a
terrible battle in which Northampton
is killed.
The picture is filled with thrills
and there Is n capable supporting
cast including Jacqdeiine Logan.
Louise Dresser. Winter Hail and
others.
, 1923-09-28
SPECIAL SESSION is
K O FARM AID

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-Re-
quest was made Of President Cool
idgo today by a delegation of a
dozen farmers and bankers from
the Minneapolis federal reserve dis
trict that a special session of con-
gress be called to enact legislation
for relief of wheat growers through
revival OF the United States Grain
Corporation.
The delegation further asked that
a reduction in freight rates on
wheat and flour be made but said
after their conference that the
president had made no promises to
them other thar hat he would con-
slider their requests.
The delegation's petition was sup
ported by Senator Norbeck and Rep
resentative johnson OF South Da-
kota and Senator Frazier and Rep
resentative Young of North Dakota.
all Republicans. At the presidents
request, Secretaries Wallace and
Hoover and Managing Director
Meyer of the war finance corpora
ton attended the conference after
which II was announced tho delega-
ton would discuss the situation
later today with Secretary Wallace
and tomorrow with Secretary
Hoover and Director Meyer.
The proposal of the delegation
submitted TO the president does not
contemplate the fixing or guaran-
feeling of prices for wheat, delega.
, 1923-09-28

We make EN- dance. Sevey's or
chestra. Phone 15l9J. Dance music a
speciality.
, 1923-09-28
Grim BATTLE FOUND
IN BURNING SANDS

One OF the best catch.as catch-can
fights TO be seen on the screen in
some time is n feature of George
Melford's Paramount production OF
, 1923-09-28

ton members explaining during the
hours conference hat they did not
favor such legislation.
I'VE are asking for price stabili-
cation" the delegation told the
president, through an organization
under governmental direction which
Will have the power through co.
operation upon the part of the farm
ers to guide them each year In de-
termining the amount of acres to
be seeded. and thus. SO far as is
possible through acreage contro,
limit the production of wheat TO
such a point that there will be n
proper domestic market for the
same. Such a movement will be in
the direction of decreased wheat
production and naturally as a re-
suit bring about an increase in
diversified farming which is SO
necessary