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The Washington times., 1923-04-03

Jealousy Is when Cupid has the
measles.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

In justice to the long skirts we
might say Justice is blind.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

"Furrier Crosses Ocean in Steer.
age with Zoo'-headline. Prob
ably passed as a fur-bearing
animal.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

- PPORTUNITY no longer
knocks at the door. 1t puts
" a banana peel in front OF
= ooal hole
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

The Golden Rule and A Tin
Horn Sport contain two differ.
emit metals.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

II seeing was believing bill
collectors would be out Of job.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

Ancient Egyptians were for
hidden to eat onions. Petting
Parties must have been ma
tional pastime.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

American language translated:
Race suicide is betting on a 100-
toll shot.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

Eddy Kett says that q good
hostess supplies the same size
napkins as the guests wear col
lars.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

The noise from the cricket on
the hearth these nights comes
from its shivering.
The Washington times., 1923-04-03

More strange stories are told in
marriage than in fiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
Sir Norman Resumes

(kN you seem to have done every
thing possible, Huntington. .
said at last, but 1 think.
as my Norway trip has fallen fiat, I
shall go up to Scotland for a fortnight
Would you like me to call over at
Leeds and see If I can pick up any
thing?"
Exactly what I hoped you would
suggest" he confessed eagerly. II
have brooded over the affair so long
that can think Of nothing but the
obvious side The chief will give you
a letter to the Leeds people. Would
you Ike me to come with you?"
shook my head.
That night I travelled down to
Leeds
There was nothing about the neigh
borhood which differed materially from
Rimmington's description. I paid a
visit to the place at exactly the hour
the robbery had been committed,
walked from the grocery store to the
bank. carefully timing myself, and
made some tr1fing purchases inside
the shop. The neighborhood seemed to
be thickly built over and populated in
patches, but here and there were va
cant lots. The land opposite the gro
Gerry was marked out for building, but
operations as yet had not been begun
Later in the day I tracked Robertson
to ground in his favorite pubHc-h house
Choosing my opportunity, I addressed
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02

man." she declared. Your compn
ments and the perfume OF those roses
and the flavor of the Benedictine are
getting into my head. / begin to
picture you rs the serpent who has
crawled into this Utopian paradise"
Talking about golf,' her husband
interviewed in a harsh tone, what
about game. Sir Norman? VIII
you play me tomorrow morning2"
Continued in Our Next Issue)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02

Are you the man whom the police
made such idiots of themselves about
in this bank robbery I asked.
What the hells that to do with
your he answered.
His tone was truculent, but he OBJ
viously only needed a little humor-
ing.
"Just this much" I replied. Il am
a journalist representing one of the
picture papers. It would be worth a
flyer to you II you would let me do
a sketch of you"
His manner changed at once
You don't want an interview"
mot likely" I assured him, com
meneing rough sketch in a note
book which I had put into my pocket
for that purpose. Il read the case
myself A fool could see that you
had nothing to do with it"
He stopped drinking and looked at
me curiously.
IF were the police" I went on,
Il should want to know little more
about the two tourists on their way
to Scotland"
Then you're as big a fool a. the
police" he retorted gruffly. They
hadn't nothing to do with it. They
were filing up with petrol and neither
of them budged from the car"
smiled in a superior way and went
on sketching. He watched me with
thinly yelled anxiety.
''Toffs they were" he went on, ION
their way up for a bit of sport"
Maybe" I commented. They
didn't seem in any hurry about it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
poned until May 10. the board of park

poned until May 10. the board of park
commissioners announced today.
The hearing began at the last
meeting of the board. At that time
more than 100 of the 800 property
owners affected demonstrated against
damages allowed. Appraisers, have
been working on a reappraisement in
an effort to make adjustments.
Hearing on the benefit rol lon the
extension will be held before the
boar dThursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
ALTMAN

city. The civic clubs are encourag &c
ing the tour because they believe 1t
will make better citizens and create
within them a real civic pride.
Every member of the civic clubs Of
the city will receive free a year book
which the Federation of Civic Clubs
is printing. rhe book will contain
the purposes of the federation, it's
accomplishments and aims for the
future
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
BEGIN HERE TODAY

SIR NORMAN GREYEs, formerly of Scot
land Yard. Is devotlng his time to track
ing down
MICHAEL SAVERS, arch criminal. Sayers
Is known to Greyes under the alias of
Stanfield. Michael drives in a small car
to Browns bank in the suburb of Leeds,
shoots the manager through the shoulder,
strikes the clerk senseless and robs the
bank of over 1000 pounds. Stepping
from the bank into a touring car in
which
JANET SCALE. his confederate. awaits him.
Sayers races for Scotland. A confederate
named Robertson takes charge of the
small car and is arrested but freed Tor
want of evidence. Michael passes the
stolen notes to men in two motor cars
and a motorcycle. leaving no evidence of
theft on Savers person.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
CHILDREN WILL MAKE
AUTO TOUR OF CITY

Another children's tour of the city,
similar to the one conducted by the
Indianapolis Federation of Civic Clubs
last year. is planned the latter part
CT June. Pupils in the fifth and sixth
grades will be given a chance 70 be-
come better acquainted with their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02

THAT is true" 1 admitted care
lessly. could never absolutelys dis.
like man who played such good golf
as your husband"
And what about me?" she de
manded.
You drive me to be obvious" I
replied. No one could possibly dis
like person who contributed to the
beauty of the world"
She laughed softly.
Why, you are a co1rtier. Sir Nor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02

XXX you seem to have done every
thing possible, Huntington. -
I said at last "hut I think
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-02
HEARING ON DAMAGE
ROLL IS POSTPONED
Boulevard Adjustments to BE Consid.
cred May 10.

Continued hearing on the damage
roll on property for an extension of
Pleasant Run Blvd between Shelby
and PROSPECT SITS. has been post
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17

Save civilization from DOOM
doom-doom," says David Lloyd
George, instead Of Edgar Allan
Poe.
Well, civilization progresses
Every nation has has bullet-proof ar
NOR and armor-piercing bullets.
If Europe isn't really bad off,
she thinks she is, end that amounts
to about the same thing.
Germany, poor Germany her
lowest marks are her Bismarks.
News from the Argentine. Edi-
tor struck a writer with q sword.
That's one Of the periIs Of writ
ing.
Department o. Justice IS out to
get all the glafte]s, but our jails
are not quite big enough.
While a movie comedians wife Is
suing for a divorce it is not be-
cause he throws her pies around.
-
News frof far-off British In
dia. The Sikh zealots are fighting.
May just be Sikh OF something.
In southern Oregon a mail car
was dynamited in a tunnel. Well,
wen say the mail went off.
San Francisco woman asks di-
vorce. he turned the auto over OF
her SO she turns the tables on him.
Big dog scandal in New York
Pedigreed pups had cur tails so
the sales have been curtained.
California professor says girls
are lopsided. Please don't worry
much. They may have bustles.
1t makes a girl mad when her
fellow steals a kiss and madder
still if ne doesn't steal 1t from her.
Learning to fight is easy. All
you have to do is go ,rounG say
Ing exactly what you think.
Being a movie star is like being
member Of the human race. Some
make a million and some nothing
There would be more perfect
gentlemen in the world if they
were not considered pertecy 3ores.
The modern girl is perfectly
shocking because men are 50 an
.ious to become shock disorders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
CONCRETE ROADS.

Concrete roads are going to
work wonderful transforma-
ton in this country within the
next few years.
Today our freight is being
handled by the railroads at an
exorbitant cost. We are at the
mercy of the roads, and there.
fore we are forced to pay the
high rates they charge. 1t is a
big item in our heavy burden Of
daily expense.
But some day, when the higl-
ways of the country have been
generally concreted, great truck
caravans will be passing over
them daily, moving our freight NJ
greatly reduced rates.
A freight train can oply go
where its tracks are laid. A mo-
tor truck can 90 to any place
where the roads are in suitable
condition
Today the farmer or town citi-
zen must go to the railway sta
ton for his freight charge he
fore he receives his goods.
A few years hence the motor
truck will roll Up to his door anC
unload his freight at his feet.
It's on the cards for the mot
distant future. We hope you live
to enjoy its benefits. Griffin
News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
At 100 and ZOO

Tomorrow Sunday every door
in every House of God in Americas
will be thrown wide for YOU.
Minister and laynren are endeav-
oring during this month Of Noyem-
ter to fill the churches Of the city
mot for their gain, but yours.
For few hours on the morrow
let's forget business worries and
pleasure; let's make an effort to.
repay by our presence in church,
the efforts of the minister to make
of this greater and better home
city.
The church and the minister are
always in the Vanguard, fighting
for that which is best-not only
religiousIy, but from civic and
commercial standpoints.
At eleven and at seven, smile
and a welcoming hand awaits you
in every church in Americas.
Obey that impulse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
OLD DAYS IN AMERTCUS

preparing to lay a substantial blicl;
pavement on the north side Of the
vacant lot on Forsyth street, from
the Wheatley building to the court
house. The walk is very much
needed, end work upon it will begin
today.
Mrs. NJ. B. Council ard daughter,
Miss Emma, returned home yester-
day from Fort Valley, wh3re they
have been the guests Of relatives
Tor the past several days.
The New York Herald o. last
Sunday contains a handsome pi.-
ture Of Miss Julia Crowell, a young
lady who has many admirers N
Amelicus. Mis- Crowell is aa art
student at Cooper Institute and is
put down by the Herald as one of
the prettiest and most popular and
most successful art queens at the in
stitute. ae9 ssrHa
a little daughter of Mr.. Lin Bell
was painfully hurt yesterday by be
ing kicked in the face BY a horse.
Drs, Darby and Mckee were sent
Tor to attend the little one, whose
injuries, while verey painful, are IN
no wise serious.
DR. and Mrs. Evan T. Mathis Il e
yesterday fon Atlanta, where Mrs.
Mathis will remain several weeks
with relatives hoping that the
change will prove beneficial.
The cotton market continues to
drag with no immediate advance.
Futures went even+a little lower
yesterday closing at 8.04 fer Jan
uary. Receipts at the warehouses
here are very light. Good mid
dliag yesterday brought Z ia to 7
3-8 cents.
Miss Emmie Wilson, who has
been the charming guest of Mrs. G.
A: Huntington, and Mrs. D. r.
Wilson for the past several DAYS,
returning to her home in Quincy
Fla, yesterday
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
MORE WORKERS NEEDED

This country could get along
famously with a third as many
statesmen and journalists and
Slawyers and stomach specialists;
but unless the young men who
are flooding through our col
lagos today show some inclina-
ton soon to do more necessary
work of the world we shall be
forced to importing hunkies
again to do it for us. Why
don't our distraught pedagogues
instead of seeking with feeble
protest to stem the the enormous
tide of American youth that
has set toward college try guild
ing their growing output Of
graduates into more useful, the
more adventurous channel indi-
Gated. Such course, if success
full, would add immensely to the
dignity of labor, it would miti-
gate our labor shortage and it
would greatly increase the pro-
portion of men in our population
to white-collar slaves. Let the
girls have the polite Jobs; they
seem bound to get them anyway.
brunswick News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
ttrom the Times-Recorder. Nov.


(trom the Tifnes-Recorder Nov.
II, 1900
The second gun to boom in the
aldermanic race is Mr.. w. j. Gum,
whose announcement appears this
morning, Gr Gum is popular
young man and well known among
a host Of friends who will support
his candidacy in the democratic prj-
mary on De-" End
Miss Maggie Worthy again greets
her friends at the store of the A.
W. Smith furniture Co., where she
will remain through the holiday
season.
s Announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Kate Stevens
and Mr.. J. E. Bernhart the mar
riage to occur early in December .H
the brides home near Americas.
The series of special meeting
started yesterday at the Presbyter-
ian church promise to be of a ma
ture highly interesting and benefit
cial. Rev. Leroy G. Henderson, OF
Griffin, occupied the pulpit at the
Monday morning service and will
assist the pastor, Rev. Logan Irwin
throughout the week.
A deal III residence property re-
ported yesterday was the purchase
bv Mr. ]. o. Arthur of the Nav
nard home on Barlow street near
College, and one of the contest in
the city. Mr. Macarthur ond family
will no doubt occupy it as a home
shortly. Judge Maynard will build
another home shortly.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times Recorder. Nov.
II, 1889
The Windsor Hotel company is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
TAKE TINE TO READ

The man who wrote this had
nothing else to dot wasn't
woman, because her work is new
er donea But you may have =
moment to spend with the fell
low, The newspaper fraternity
swiped it from the Omaha World
Herald.
Never dispute the right Of
way with a railroad trains
Don't drink bootleg whiskey
before or after meals.
Pay attention when you hear
fore
Don't get into ring with
Dempsey or Firpo.
Never pull a live wire.
Don't mistake the gas accel-
orator for the brake.
Cut down on cigars when
filling up your gas tank.
Don't stop to count ten
when somebody says stick EN-
up
Avoid reading newspapers
while walking across downtown
streets.
Don't assume that the other
driver is going to observe the
rules of the road.
keep your eyes on the seis-
mograph." Cordele Dispatch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
ON SIMS SAYS:

Women take better caro-of then
hands than men. This, however, Is
not trte Of their pokcy hands.
The girl who knows the men
come to see her not to hear her
never dies an OLD maid.
Another flivver airplaue has
been Invented. 1t is almost as safe
as drinking carbojic acid.
1t mast 70 live by the
sea where you can't tell if it is sea
foam or beer sudo coming iii.
These big cloaks The women are
wearing fit like pAlaehutes.
Movies are popular because ac-
lions speak louder than words.
Watch the autos. You can't tell
what they are driying at.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
HIDING BEHIND GOD

When Emperor" Simmons
launched the notorious Ku Klux
Klan he said that he did so be-
cause God seat him vision
which forced him to organize the
masked gang.
Now comes Klansmen Fox,
who, according to Simmons, as
sassinated Klansman Coburn;
and asserts that the Lord told
him to kill the Khan lawyer. At
first Fox told another story, but
now he hides behind God.
Perhaps we shall later learn
that the blasphemous fiery cross
is the result of an inspired mo-
ment. However, we are not
likely to be told that the mes
sage came from the Son of God
for according to the tenets of the
Khan, all foreigners and Jews
are anathema; and Christ was not
only a foreigner but also Jew.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
Copyright, 1929 No1Ix1 DO0ro By
N e. A. Service D0AAy OCA1 Berton Braey
THE SAME OLD MOON

lHE SAME OLD MOON
The moon looks down on you and me
And we look upward at the moon;
1t is the same old moon we see
Beneath which lovers used to spoon,
With silly words and tender kisses,
In days Of Gree and Ulysses.
The same old moon is looking down,
But all those lovers, where are they?
Princess and Prince, milkmaid and Glow
"The wind has blown them all away"
They lived and loved, knew woe and laug
debut more lovers followed after!
ss's~ vs. p4~
The same moon looks down from above,
But it is up so high and far
1t sees the lovers making love,
Yet can't distinguish who they are,
And thinks that still, the ages through
The same old lovers bill and coo.
And if the moon, by chance, could hear,
1t still would hold the same opinion;
For age by age and year by year,
In all loves magical dominion.
The words and kisses are the same
As when the first pair felt the flame.
The same old moon is in the sky,
The same thrill in each lovers breast.
Except, of course, that you and r
Are different from all the rest!-
was 1t my fancy made me think
l saw the old moon slyly wink?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
PARADISE

Australian newspaper reports
that Tonga, in the South Pacific, 5
the clly country in the world with
out national debt. All schools are
free, and the governmtnt also pays
the doctors, medical service being
without charge to The people. Tho
only taxes are low tariffs and
about IS 4 year paid by all males
over 16, Tonga has $4,000 inhabit-
ants, all kinds OF sports, telephones
and radio. Boy, bring the timetable,
Tonga people apparently aren'
paying for a lot of former wars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
THE REFEREE

race.
For every scientist who is invest
igating the ultimate destination Of
humanity, there are hundreds try.
ing to discover where mankind
started. They, can't dig UP the
Hereafter with a shovel, and any
outsider who tries is fraud and
humbug.
NOISE
Sound-proof apartment houses
are close at hand. Boston is build
ing several, walls so deadened that
a piano or fiddle cannot be heart
IN neighbor apartments. Joseph
Pulitzer had a sound-proof room in
his Bar Earbor home.
In various ways man tries to es-
cape from the prison Civilization
in which he has walled himself.
Discordant noise is part of the pl'i-
son destroying nervous systems.
Sound-Proof home would be The
next best BIT to living natural life
in the open.
: SCHOOLS
New York City has $4,000 pu-
pills in its schools, and $4,000. Of
them are on part time or double
shifts because of the shortage Of
school buildings and seats.
It's rare city that doesn't have
a similar situation.
One reason is that cities try to
build monumental school buildings
when wooden structures, such as
were used in army training camps,
would serve just as well - tern
porarily, at least-until orr civil
lzation figured out how to get as
many seats in school houses as it
provides for movie audiences with
out difficulty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
Letters From
The People

~ tIIIVo-lNGOUI UVTi NIINt
Ny Dear Mr.. Eve: Please let me
take this opportunity of expressing
to you my personal gratitude for the
generous attitude and action of
your excellent paper toward the
work of our churches in general
and our Go-To-Church campaign in
particular.
May / extend to you the offer of
my hearty co-Operation in the splen-
did service your paper is rendering
this community and county?
With continued good wishes,
am, Cordially yours,
/ RICHARD +. SIMPSON.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17
Christian Politics

There was time when many OF
our Representatives and Senators
expounded the theories Of govern
ment from the top of a barrel or
the back end of a wagon, amid to-
bacco juice and beer.
How many of our real states
men today can you name who re-
sort to such methods?
4 1t isn't an unusual thing now to
hear our representatives in state
and nation leading religious serv-
Secs.
\ Thinking men and women see =
higher stapdaYd being set- an ex-
ample that we befiege win become
more common as the days go by.
1t is with particular pride that
we Of Sumter review our very own
Charles Crisp in the vanguard of
Christian statesmen - men not
afraid to express their opinions on
Atatescraft and religion.
( Because we appreciate the corr
pliment paid usRand him, we aaote
kn full the following editorial from
The Cordele Dispatch, entitled
*'Christianity in Politics." as fol-
lows:
Congressman Charles K.
Crisp is a man who lives close to
the Christianity ideals of the
militant, moving purposes OF
good men. We have heard him
talk about men and issues in po-
litics a long time-so long thai
we had fallen into the habit of
thinking only of his services in
public office.
But Sunday morning when he
spoke for the mems class at Bap-
list Sunday school here he very
quickly made another impress
sion-a strong and lasting inn
preston - that he undertands
christian service and Cody liv-
ing. His message to the men was
so full of the unspeakable riches
Of the Bible-so Astounding in
the essentials around which
should center the practical activi-
ties of men for spiritual growth,
that a mere ordinary presenta-
ton of these facts here cannot do
him full justice,
CAS- for US, we deeply appre-
ciate such man in high office.
No ve1der he makes himself felt
in pubic life! Speaking from per-
sonal experience, we should say
with courage and interest that
Georgia has some men in the ma
tional halls of congress who base
their acts on christian principle.
This is one of them How we
should rejoice to know that all
Of them did so well!
Charles R. Crisp and those
men who serve along with him in
congress can do mankind no
greater service than to let their
public acts be guided by chris
tan principle. 1t cannot all
Never has failed--never will.
To make that the guiding prin-
ciple is to elevate politics in a
day when such elevation is a
world need as well as a commun-
ity need. Talk about the mis-
sionary - what's wrong with
carrying great purposes into the
hall of our national congress
that program of public service
which is grounded in christian
character?
"We have known him long
time-have had many instances
of public service which we could
commend in him, and here is the
secret of it all-the big reason
why Charles >R. Crisp is a big
man in congressp'
There are few-if any-in thi
entire congressional district who d
not love. revere and apprecia,
both the man and the statesman
Charles R. Crisp.
May the good God give the n;
tion more men of his type.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-17

Animal life first appeared 5n
earth in the Cobb desert of China,
according to scientific theory That
theory has been proved by the re-
cent excavations, claims the arch
aelogist, r. c. Andrews He be-
lieves that che diggers-p ail4@unearth
skeletons of prehistoric men which
would make the Cobb desert the
most probable cradle Of the human