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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
JUDGES REBUKE
WET BANQUETERS.

1t has come to De so common
for some of our "best citizens" to
belittle and ridicule the prohibi>
ton amendment that it is not sur
prising if the new law by many
is regarded as a joke. This was il
Illustrated at the national capital
when the Phi Delta Phi, frater-
nifty of young lawyers, sent out
invitations to a dinner to be given
in honor Of Justice George Suther-
land, the new supreme court judge,
Some smart aleck prepared the
invitation to be very funny; they
spoke Of the dry law in the usual
fippant and maudlin way and they
indicated that liquor would flow
freely at the banquet, which was to
be held at the heightened Univer-
sity Club. The invitation, aling
with a lot Of other rubbish, includ-
ed an inquiry as to whether the
.person who was invited believed
in the 18th amendment and the
Volstead law; inquired if he had a
cellar or could get it somewhere
else, and wanted to know how
much he would bring to the ban
quet Justice Sutherland, on re-
ceiving this insulting invitation,
rejected it, and Judge W. P. Stat
ford, Of the District of Columbia
supreme court who was scheduled
as postmaster, took similar action.
So much indignation was aroused
that the affair had to be called off.
Judges and lawyers are not only
supposed to live a dignifed life
themselves and set an example to
the people in obeying the law but
they are bound by sacred oath to
uphold the constitution and laws.
This episode would be trivial in
itself but it has importance be-
cause it reveals what a contempt
for the dry law exists and it shows
to what extremes the enemies of
decency will go if they are not
rebuked. 1t is explained that the
references to liquor were in
tended only as a joke-but even
the Washington Post, which is
openly wet, says that IF any sub
iect should be immune from i'll
judged 'humor,' which is really
scurrility, it is the law of the
land"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY,

(From the Tin es-Recorder, April
90, 1879
Miss Mamie Brown was chosen
sponsor, and Miss Sallie Estele Car
ter, was chosen maid of honor, hay-
ing been selected at a meeting of the
camp, to attend the reunion at Chat
tanooga. Miss Ruby Zimmerman of
Plains, was elec5ed alternate to maid
or honor.
The Americas residents injured in
the wreck on the Central yesterday
were Miss Maybolle Hawkins, Mrs.
Leroy Henderson, and two children,
Mrs. Lila Brooks and Miss Lula
Brooks, who have been visiting Mrs.
w. H. C. Dudley, and Mrs Henry j.
Fits, Of Birmingham, the guest re-
Gently Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. l. Bell.
With record of first places that
was most encouraging in addition to
the second and third places won, the
representatives of the local high
school took high rank at the recent
Third district school meet in Monte
yuma.
Master Ernest Tullis Davis enter
tanned about thirty-fve Of his little
friends on last Saturday afternoon
in celebration of his sixth birthday.
Miss Elizabeth Harris the young
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Harris on Bungalow Row, celebrated
her twelfth birthday on Tuesday, en-
tertaining about forty boys and girls
at a most enjoyable party. In
contest of riddles, Miss Isabel Wheat
ley won the prize, a box of candy
while the consolation went to Henry
Stephens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder, April
20, 1899
The forty-fourth annual session of
the State Medical Association con-
vened in the city hall yesterday
morning and was called to order by
Pres. A. A. Smith of Hawkinsville. Be
tween seventy-five and one hundred
members were in attendance, besides
larg number of citizens.
large number of citizens,
Mr.. Will c. Wright, who for the
past nine years has held response
BILE position with the hardware house
of J. w. Sheffield & Co, has tender
ed his resignation to take effect June
LIST. He has two or three flattering
offers under consideration, one of
which he will accept when his present
term of service expires. Mr.. Wright's
friends join in the hope that he will
remain in Americus where he is SO
well known and liked by every one.
The body of w. H. Tilton, who
died a few weeks since in Thomas
Vile and which was temporarily
buried there, was disintered day
or two since and taken to his former
home in Massachusetts, for burial.
The Tiltons formerly resided in
Americas and many friends here
sympathize with the ladies in their
great bereavement.
Messrs. R. NJ. Stewart, 7. N.
Hawkes., and Capt. 7. j. Brannin
came in last night from two days
camping expedition to the Flint river.
Wealthy Americas people are now
enjoying the delicious tomatoes, fresh
from the tropical cline of the land
of flowers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
ASPARAGUS COMING CROP
IN THIS SECTION

a new money crop has been found
Tor this section, The soil in this
immediate vicinity is fine for as
paragus, and we know of several
growers who are making a sue
cess growing this delicious table
food. The Dawson News reports
that" Asparagus is being shipped
from Terrell dounty every day.
but The supply up to date is not
nearly so large as it was last wear
the crop having been retarded bv
the recent cold weather. Prices
are not as good as they were last
season, as the lateness of the crop
put the Terrell county shipments
on the market to compete with
California asparagus. Last wear
the Terrell county growers were
the early birds and got fancy
plces before this vegetable was on
the market from other states
While the crop is late it is expect
ed that the yield win possibly be
larger than it was last season"
Only yesterday DR.. T. C. JEFF
fords, of Sylvester, was in Ameri-
Gus on his way to MarshallviIIe.
where he inspected the asparagus
field around that section with a
view Of putting in a large acreage
IN worth county. DR.. Jeffords is a
man Of large interests, and what
ever he undertakes, he sees it
through.
Sumter county /, truckers will
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

4 GOOD THING-DON'T MISS IT.
Send your name and address plain
y written together with 5cents(and
this Slip to Chamberlain Medicine
Co., Des Moines, Iowa, and receive IN
return a trial package containing
Chamberlain Cough Remedy for
coughs, colds, Group, bronchial, flu
and whooping coughs, and ticking
throat; Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets for stomach troubles,
Indigestion, gassy .pains that crowd
the heart, biIiousness and constlpa-
zion; Chamberlain's Salve, needed IN
every family for burns, sealds,
wounds, piles, and skin affections;
these valued family medicines for
only 5 cents. Don't miss it. (-adVl
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

Whispering sweet nothings into
her ear is better than poking sweet
something's into her mouth.
People without enough sense to
come in out of the rain have a
chance to learn during April.
Reason women don't dress sensi-
bly, is perfectly obvious. 1t would
make them look so foolish.
Friends con be very annoying,
but if it were not for them you
would be a total stranger.
The difference between bow tie
and the regular kind Of tie is
about Is minutes.
Never doing things by halves is
fine, unless you eat grapefruit.
About the only way some people
can make both ends meet is by
putting their toes in their mouth.
The happiest ones are those who
are busiest, SO this may be why the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
ONE IRA VELER
By erton BraIey

I speak to nobody, nobody, nobody,
And nobody speaks to me;
For how can you know what kind of folks
These travelling folks may be?
They might be BARRIERS, Of thievet and crooks
Whose business is burgalaree
So l speak to nobobdy, nobody, nobody,
And nobody speaks to me!
The socable people I always snub
Whenever they speak to me,
So I sit and read and smoke and yawn
In my own society;
A bally nuisance, to run about
On trains or on ships at sea,
For 1 speak to. nobody nobody, nobody,
And nobody speaks to me.
Ho hum, I'm fearfully tired of myself
And the scenery that see,
But one must maintain ones proper place
In human society.
One can't take chances of meeting those
OF humble or low degree
So l speak to nobody, nobody, nobody,
And nobody speaks to me-
Copyright, 1929
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
TOM SIMS SA VS.:

Heaven is place where man
is fired for getting to work on
time.
A street car is what there is al
ways seats in when it is csming
back from where you are going.
A fat man is one who wishes he
could be weighed and found want
ing.
Tobacco smoke kills INSECTS.
But you can't get them to smoke.
Skin of the human palm is rs
times as thick as the eyelid, so why
keep your hands in your pockets?
Harding got sunburned in Flori-
da, where he had a hot time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
Joints Would Swell Up
She Couldn't Sleep
Tanlac Proves Merits in
Macon Residents Case


"Tanlac is certainly wonderful
medicine for building people up and
keeping them in good health, at least,
that is the way it has acted with
me-" said Mrs. C. W. Jones, highly
esteemed resident of 200 Voolfolk
St., Macon, Ga, in telling of the
benefits she has derived from the use
of the medicine, the other day,
Il am never without Tanlac in the
house," she continued, ..and take
some occasionally just to keep me in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
"PIGGLY WIGGLY" HEAr
MULCTS WALL STREET

Editor Brown of the Cordele
Dispatch makes this interesting
comment anent some recent devel-
opments in Wall street:
THAT Saunders man who beat
Wall street on Piggy Wiggly stock
deals isn't safe at all. That crowd
stays on a mans trail. None ever
escaped Wall street with anything
more than he carried there. And
this is a nightly late day for Mr..
Saunders to be breaking preced-
ents-in Wall street"
Everybody is tickled when the
Wall street gamblers are beaten
at their own game. Their game is
to fleece others, but sometimes
they themselves get fleeced. This
was the case recently when the
stock of the Piggly Wiggly stores
suddenly took a skyrocket jump
from Y to 1874, leaving a large
number Of gamblers trapped and
short Most Of the Wall street
gambling is done without any ac-
tual delivery Of the stock shares,
and so sometimes when a stock is
"cornered" by some sharp raider
and he calls for a showdown
those who have contracted to sell
the stock are unable to deliver it
that is, they are "short"-and they
have to pay whatever price the
raider says.
The Piggly Wiggly system of
store service is more or less pro-
teeted by patents; it is in a board
sense OF Cafeteria system applied
to a grocery store-+nai41ely the
customer helps heimself and the
clerk notes what he has in his bas-
ket and charges accordingly,
Such a system as this is operated
right here in Americas, being a
branch of headquarters at Mem
phis, Tenn, started by Clarence
Saunders beginning as a $4
week store clerk. It is claimed
that there are now over 1900
stores IN operation with trade Of
$9o,OOo.00 q year.
Mr. Saunders said he wanted to
keep his enterprise out Of the
hands Of the Wall street crowd,
and SO he advertised and canyassed
and sold stock shares to numerous
small buyers Strange to say,
while the stock was quoted on the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
A THOUGHT

Open thy mouth, Judge right
eously and plead the cause of the
poor and needy.-Prov. 31:9.
There is in the soul a taste for
the good, just as there is in the
body an appetite for enjoyment
-Joubert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

watch with interest the experiment
down in Worth, and likely as not
cause many to 20 into the bust
ness on considerable scale here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
Aren't Men Funny?

They wear clothes that cover them
from ankle bone to Adams Apple!
They smoke-because they LIKE
it! They tie knots that win unite.
They know what's trumps and WHY
they played the Joker; They wear B.
". D.'s and don't roll their socks!
Aren't men funny.
They're SO different from women.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
She Does Not Repeat

Little Mrs. Newife-What would
you think Of man who let his wife
get up on bitterly cold morning
to light the fires?
Mrs. Wise-That's something I've
never told anyone but my husband
and I'd only to tell him once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

The Blackshear Times editor has
certainly been bitten by the red
splitting tobacco bug. He fills his
paper with articles like this:
Listen! Burlington, N. c.,
tobacco town, not much larger than
Blackshear is building a new $780,
600 Baptist church. Fairmont, N.
c., another tobacco town, no larg-
er than Blackshear, is building a
new $4,000 Methodist church.
1t is the tobacco industry that
makes it possible. Do you see any
thing in the future?"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
Three
Smiles
3een There Before

3een Ihefe beIore
College Senior would give SIS
for just one kiss from nice little
innocent girl like you.
Innocent Freshman-Oh, how ter
rible.
did I offend you?"
mo; I was just thinking about
the fortune | gave away last night.
-Malteaser.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

THE ALBANY HERALD has
lust unearthed a clever bit of legal
action. 1t says:
This is what we call neat: Mrs.
O. Roberts was hurt in an automo-
bile accident at Asheville, N, c.
She sued the driver of the car in
which she was riding, and a jury
awarded her $4,000. 1t happened
that the driver-defendant was her
husband, but he carried liability
insurance, and the company hat
wrote the policy must pay, not
hubby. That keeps the money in
the family, and there's nothing in
the case that the Insurance com
pany or anybody else can rea-
sonably complain about
This from the Brunswick News
meets with approval. We may say
some condition prevails here, Mr..
Hoover to the contrary, notwith-
standing:
"After studious investigation
Secretary Hoover appears to have
concluded that there is too much
nrosperity. While admitting that
there may be too much Of it IN
spots, a good many Of US are likely
to cling to the opinion that there
Is hardly enough Of it where we
do business."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

L0ANS-made on improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of 5, z OF
10 years with. prepayment. option
given. Money secured promptly. We
have now outstanding over $1,100,-
100000 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 o.
oil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

The Douglas Enterprise in'l-
mates that "life on the farm, IS
not as pleasant as it might be-
1t says;
"The county commissioners have
decided to buy poor farm for the
county. We belive this is the thing
to do, and that it viii save the
county many dollars in the run of
3 wear. There are a great num-
Der Of so-called paupers who will
withdraw from the list when it is
put up to them to move to this
farm"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
EDIT ORAL
CO NJ NJ E N T

The Valdosta Times: is against
the obliteration Of the 81 bill. 1t
says
THE 50 bill is a good useful
and desirable thing, poker players
and superstitious persons to the
contrary. Many will hope that the
Treasury will see cause to recon
slider its reported decision in this
particular"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
sEABOARD AIR LINE
Central Time.

Central Time,
Arrive Departs
1905 am Cordele-Helena Sis pm
1926 pm Cols-Montg'y. $40 pm
$40 pm Cordele-Savh. 1926 pm
b:1bpm 1ichk.nd-Cols 1905 am
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20
RAILROAD SCHEDULE

AraInss AmerIcus, IA.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leave
II :55 pm Columbus-Chgo 3:45 am
1926 pm Albany-Montg'y STA am
1921 pm Macon-Atlanta 6:37 am
1855 pm Albany-Montg'y 2:14 pm
2:14 pm Macon-Atlanta 1856 pm
1915 am Columbus 3:15 pm
6:37 am Albany 1921 pm
STA am Maeon-Atlanta 1926 pm
3:45 am Albany-JaXville 11:55 pm
2:58 am Albany-Jaxyille 1921 am
1887 am Chgo,St. L. Alta 1858 am
2:06 am Chit & Atlanta 1850 am
FLORIDAN
ALL-PULLMAN, Tri-Weekly
!1:10 pm Coils & Chicago !2:40 pm
!2:40 pm Albany & Jax lilo pm
North Bound Tuesday, Thur, Sat.
South Bound Wed, Fri, Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

The honeymoon is what ends
when he S9rns she can cuss,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

A crouch is a mon who finds
quarter and cusses his luck be-
cause it was not dollar.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-20

Reason women don't dress sensi-
bly, is perfectly obvious. 1t would
make them look SO foolish.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29

FOR sALE-BRuNswiCK CABINET
 photograph with 100 records. Call i80-4 rings. 9-tf.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
MEXICAN MONK SEES
 END OF THE WORLD

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 29.-Consider- able anxiety is being shown by the Indian population of the village of MiXcoaX, near Mexico City, follow ing the recent declarations of Father Genaro Rivera, a Carcelite monk re- siding there, that the end of the world will come on December l2. 1874.
 The monk bases his prediction on highly complex astronomical obser- vations he has been conducting for years, and he says the millennium is a certainty on the date mentioned. Inasmuch as he is highly respected man of the village, his assertions have caused great excitement among the credulous Indians Local news papers have given much prominence to the predictions.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
DANISH PRINCE MUST
 EARN HIS OWN LIVING

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 29.--Prince Aage of Denmark, whose fortune was wiped out in a recent bank failure, has gone to Morocco to earn a living as a major in the French colonial forces. Just before he departed, dur ing the Christmas holidays, he said he was genuinely sorry that he could not take up an. active business car ger in his own country. He had never enjoyed more, he added, than the job he once held for several months in a foreign branch of a weliknown American firm, neither his employers nor the other employees knowing his real indentity.
 In Denmark Prince Aage was called the American prince. His habits and tastes were similar to those characterizing the. citizen of the United States. Most of his in- innate friends were Americans, and their mode of life was his.. Soon Q
 after the war the Prince visited the United States, plunged into society end adopted many American ways.
 Recently it was thought desirable to use the Prince in an ambassadorial capacity, but with his fortune gone, he was unable to accept a post pay ing only small income So he has entered military life, having the "enutation of being one ct the finest soldiers in Denmark. The Prlncess Aage and their five year-old son have gone to live in Italy at the home of the Princesss father, Count Calvi di Bergolo.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29

kept it up regularly while in prison. They also discussed Bible themes, characters and principles.
 Months went by. Winter had come again with its endless, empty, gray days, for there is much fog and srain in France in winter. Some got III and one died but they redoubled their ef- forts to keep themselves and the place clean and sanitary and their minds and hearts busy and happy. Every day was filled with work and play and lessons" Bitterness, despair, hatred, home sickness, anxiety, loneliness, were all daily pouring poison into their bodies and hearts and tending to per sonal degeneration, but they were res olute and counteracted these tenden- cies bya determined, cheerfulness and intelligent occupation. |: < ..{g .. <, n. Finally, without the last intimation of what was coming, one day they were herded into closed box cars of which they could see, thsl doors were locked and they were hauled off, they knew not where. Afatr long jour ney, the doors were opened and they were let out in their home town. D.
 Instead of returning filthy, vermin' laden, half imhecile, diseased and de generate as so many prisoners had returned, in spite of ill-treatment and poor food, they were cleaner, health fer, finer, better women than some who had remained at home - all be cause they had made the best of a situation inexpressibly bad.
 Character, conscience, courage and intelligence may be overpowered fol a while, they cannot be conquered. "Our lives are songs, God wrote the
 words,
 We set them to music at pleasure, And the song grows glad, or sweet, ol
 sad
 As we choose to fashion the measure Pittsburgh Welfare.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
"SOUSE" IS HAULED TO
 JAIL IN WHEElBARROW

VENICE, Jan. 29. - Special officers Davis and Lambert furnished Vene- tians with a new laugh recently when, to expedite the transportation Of one Dan McGraw to jail, they pressed wheelbarrow into service from near by construction job.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
McGraw had imbibed too freely of 

Let the Daily Times figure on your Job work.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29

Patronize home merchants.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29

wANTED-THREE TIE MAKERS;
 will pay 40 and 50 cents. [ will
 furnish tents. Good timber. Apply. Harry Christie, Mile919. @I.% &24tE
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29

LOST-BOB-SLED, STAINED DARK
 color, stamped with letter D.. Finder return to Cordova Dry Goods Co. ..
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-24

turns out to be a singer as well as
q comedienne. 1t is in the last role
that she stops" the show The ap-
plause at the close Of the act was
more than generous. They appeared
time and again to the ovation Of the
audience
The Mckay sisters are three dan
GERS. Most of their dances are Scot
fish. The Equili Brothers open the
show with an athletic offering. Irv-
ing and Elwood, man and woman,
also found the going mighty easy
with their songs and conversation.
Evans and Wilson have a clever
song about ''Supposin'" Ty Ling Foo
Four is magic act. The man makes
up like a Chinese and does many
stunts with pigeons.
Movies of the winners of the Indi-
annapolis Times and Lyric Baby Peggy
contest are on the bill. These movies
were made by Rhodes & Chouinard.
Indianapolis.
At the Lyric all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-24
M'KAY MORRIS

call this inspired acting II such a
thing exists.
George Somnes is cast as Colonel
Ibbetson. an old, lettering, foolish,
sensual fop. who never knew the
meaning of the word dreams. Here
is powerful, dynamic, dramatic act
ing. A complete Characterization.
Somnes also reaches peaks of fine act
ing. 1 am not afraid to use superla-
tives as often as I like when 1 feel
that 1 am right in my judgment.
Julia Hoyt as Mary, Duchess OF
Towers. Is making her first appear
ance of the season. I will make a
confession-was a little afraid when
Walker chose her for this role that
he had made a mistake Miss Hoyt
shows marked advancement since she
was last seen here She is putting
life into her work and learning TO
fit the voice TO the spirit Of the scene.
She was a great surprise to me last