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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
THINGS TO BE PROUD oE

Where is the city or town that
can furnish a more inspiring
spectacle of growth and notable
activities Of public improvement
and upbuilding than Selma shows
at the present time? Here are
some of the big things now in
process of realization constitut-
ing : program of internal de-
velopment that is splendid
uibute to the spirit Of self-help
and civic pride for which the
city is so justly famous: Street
paving contracts totaling in cost
more than a quarter of a million
dollars, new country club and
golf links nearing completion,
costing $4,000; Junior High
School with modern auditorium
costing $175,000; a big, fine new
Y. NJ c. A. contract soon be be
let for $145,000 end remod-
eled Union depot to cost S50,-
900.
All of these fine new enter
prises except the railroad station
are monuments to the progress
sive spirit and thirst for ex-
cellence Of Selma citizens and
they give assurance of finer con
quests yet to come. Selma has
caught the stride which is born
of a hlppy confidence in hey
future when her achievements
will be still more strikingly I'M
pressive. Selma believes in self
help which is the first requisite
of great OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Times,
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To Mothers !!

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your work get on your nerves ? Do
your children set your nerves on
edge Do not become discouraged,
relief is in sieht,- What YOU need
IS DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
medicine adapted to the weak
hesses Of women, containing no
alcohol, made Of herbs the Indians
knew about years ago. Thousands
Of homes for fifty wears have
known the value Of Doctor PiasGe's
PRESCRIPTION and many testimonials
10 its worth come unsolicited. Try it
now! Delays are dangerous
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08

Here's the news from Russia.
Turned the hose on women rioters,
But it was pog their hose.
Armisticc Day is coming Arm
istice begins at home. Why not
sign an armistice with your wife?
Cops stop a dance in Kansas City
because the girls from Missouri
showed them too much.
New York detective caught six
crooks at enc time Thick as they
are he should have gotten a dozen.
Charming news for the little
girls today. Modern surgery can
make all boys grow six feet tall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
SOME SUGGESTIONS
WORTHY OF YOUR
SERIOUS THOUGHT.

Dan Chapel, speaking before
the Lions Club a day or two, ago,
made suggestion that contains
vast possibilities for good to the
city Of Americas, when he said;
We have IN Americus num-
Der of splendid auditors and eff
fieiency experts working for the
different firms in he city. |
believe if we, would Jay aside pet
ty politics and if the mayor and
city council of Americas would
request several of these experts
to check over the DEPARTMENTS
of the city and see if they could
find leaks, that a great saving
could be had by the city. This
identical plan was put in opera
ten by Mavor Howard Jack
son, Of Baltim ore, and it gave
wonderful results.
There isn't the slightest reflec-
ton on the ability or integrity of
the mayor and council. They are
able. honest and loyal men, but
they nor any other six of eight
men, know all there is to be known
about city management.
The most ably managed corpor-
ations in the world make it pra:-
tice to employ experts for the
purpose Mr.. Chappell had in mind.
There ARE able auditors and
efficiency experts in the city who
we believe would gladly give the
city the benefit of their time and
ability, and we hope they will be
used
Again, Mr.. Chappell strikes an
important note when he says,
"Taxes, whether local, state
or federal, have reached a point
where they are in some cases
slowly strangling business, and
if Americas is to compete with
other Georgia cities for develop
ment, it must do all within its
power to lower the tax rate and
keep the city efficient"
The city which offers the low
est tax rate with the most eff
Gent progressive city administra-
ton will take the leadership in
the growth of American cities.
Believing this to be a fundamen
tai truth. believe conscien-
titus effort should be made to
give the citizens of Americas the
lowest tax rate possible and the
most efficient government.
Taxes can be lowered in mos
cities and one of the surest, as vel
as the best ways to lower taxes i
to secure 1.-The greatest possible eff
ficiency in all departments of tn.
government.
The tax rate in Americas is Too
HIGH and the tax valuations ar,
TOO low The scales are tipped n
the wrong end and they should b.
changed.
At another point in his address
Mr.. Chappell mentions fact tina
we should face and not hide, if W.
would overcome it. He said:
Within the last few months
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OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
NOT, ABSOLUTELY, MOI

A Texas farmer recently, adj
vertised that he would give a
drink of whiskey as a reward to
any one who returned lost
heifer to him, and when he rose
very early next morning he
found that nine men had already
arrived, each with a heifer and
eager for the promised reward,
Fortunately it is not necessary
for a Story to be true in order
to be good. The Valdosta Tires.
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q S9' S' e. s.l l9ss, Daily Poem

A little hut in the wilderness
Is something I'd like to own.
A shelter from worry and toll and
stress
Where fellow could be alone,
Except, perhaps, for a cook and
maid
And butler and chauffeur too,
To keep the house and to give
some aid
In doing the things to do.
A little hut in the wilderness,
Though not out there so far
That you couldn't drive in an hour
on less
To town in a motor car;
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OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS|

to get into Albany, where the Bell
company has tho field as mere.
Dir. c. w. Parrot, whose barn
and contents OF hay, corn, cotton
seed, wagons etc. was destroyed
farm hands, Jim Reddick, perish
ing in the building, was in the city
by fire Friday morning, one Of his
yesterday but could give no partic-
ulars beyond the facts already pub-
ished in the Times-Recorder.
Away above the eleven cents
notch the cotton contract market
scared yesterday, the advance eX-
ceeding the expectations of the
most snortful "bulI' and there IS
mot bear with claws sufficiently
strong to pull il down. Several
sales were made at yesterdays
good prices Of 10 IL to 10 Sd
cents, though a numoer of holders
of cotton will wait for even BET
ter prices which are sure 20 come,
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THE STANDARD
GOOD NEWS FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY

SAL URDAY
At 25c Boys Windsor Ties Of
fine quality messaline, black and
colors, full length.
At csc. Over three hundred
pairs Ladies Kid Gloves; values in
the lot up to SO.
At 95c. Ladies Suede Gloves,
including elbow length and gaunt-
lets; values up to 81.
AZ 98c. New assortment of
Hand Bags; new styles; all sizes,
values up to $3.50.
At 90c. Genuine Duplex Win
dow Shades, white on one side
trec1~ on other.
At SC. Mems sheer hemstitched
Handkerchicfs, full regular Ice
size, v =
At 28e. o4e rack Of Fancy
Beads, every color, many in the
lot are SOC values.
At soc. Novelty Ear-rings. jet
effect, pearl top effect, colored
stone effect.
At soc. Mems Novelty Link
Cuff Button, heavy plate, guaran-
teed to wear.
At Csc. Seconds Of the regu-
lar soc SILK Stockings, black, gray,
brown.
At $500. Regular 81 Novelty !,
indian Design Blankets. full Size.
heavy weight.
AT soc. Small! size C1inkle
Spreads for baby beds and single
beds.
At 25c. Small quantity Of our
famous CASTLE Soap, 112 pound
bars, for 25c.
At IS. Boys Chinchilla effect
Oyercoats, warm and serviceable;
all sizes.
AT CSC. Boys Odd Trousers Of
excellent haf-wool cheviots; sizes
to IS. s
At Use. Boys natural Uhbleach-
ed Union Suits, extra good quality;
sizes s to 16 years.
At 98c. Haynes Boys Union
Suits, extra good quality; sizes 6
to IA years.
At $3.50. Meas Union Suits Of
extra good quality; regular and
extra sizes.
At $3,95. Women's Dresses of
fine imitation Jersey all coIors;
new styles
At $3.50. Fine Velvet Rugs in
twelve patterns, all coIors; sizes
30X60.
At $1.98, Mems extra quality
Outing Pajamas, all colors and
sizes.
At $3.50. Mems Night Shirts Of
extra quality outing; neat pretty
stripes.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth Street, Next TO Bank Of
Commerce, Americas. Ga.
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HaIl's Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down" condi-
ton win notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, it Is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists Of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
internal Medicine, Tonic, which assists
n improving the General Health
SOLD by druggists for over 10 Years.
U. Z Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From the Times-Recorder Nov
8, 1899
Mr.. Thomas Guicc has disposed
Of the opera house saloon to Messrs
Chas Underwood, of this city, and
F. D. Sanders, late of Eugaula,
who will continue the business at
the same stand under the firm
name of Underwood and Sanders.
The Times-Recorder, its aoot
will business mechanical outfit
We're sold yesterday at II O'CLOCK
by the receiver Tor $7,696 at pub
lie sale M. r. D. Mcleod bic
for the receiver, to fix a minimum
bid and Messrs. T. Y. Brent, E. l.
Merchant, and J., B. Hayward biz
for claims represented by them and
about up to the full value thereof.
A day or two ago Mr.. James B.
Dunn treasure of Sumter Council.
Royal A1oanum, forwarded to Mrs
NJ, Ullman, of Brunswick; q check
for $4,000 sthis being the amount
Of a policy carried by Mr.. Nlman
in this order
Col. Wheatley of this city, has
been appointed Commissary on the
staff Of the second regiment, Geor-
gia Volunteers with the rank Of
first Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant
Shelby Compton, resigned. The
appointment was made by Col. c.
NJ. Wylie, Colonel Compton is ap-
preciated by the friends of the gal
liant young colonel.
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Rec order. Nov
& 1qI2A

8, 1879
Sumter county is due the round
sum Of S116,72 in the way OF
taxes for the current year, and the
season OF hlgh priced cotton and
general prosperity is well reflect
ed by the manner in which the
opulent taxpayers are rallying 1t
the collectors office. Every day
now Collector l. B. Small is kept
busy giving out information OF
Writing tax receipts.
a well known and welcomed Wis
itor yesterday in Americas was
Rev. 7. w. Galloway, of Macon,
wh2 spent the day mingTing with
relltivfs and friends. this being
the city OF his nativity and pla =
of residence until lhe sought years
ago broader fields
Tuesday morning at 10 o'cloci,
some one is going to have chq1ce
to get some good lots in DcSoto
cheap. An auction will be conduct
ed on that day by Messrs. j. S. Will
SON Of p2soto, and w. S. lvey, OF
Americas, who viii offer for sale
206 acres Of land
The McMath plantation company
is the corporate name of "a new
land company hereupon the grant
ing Of cAartor as already ap-
piled or The incorporators are
NJ Il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
By
Berton 3raley

A nut of dozen rooms or so,
a shack that is rough and plain.
Though well equipped in a way, you
know,
= For parties I'd entertain.
A little hut in the wilderness
BY a lake that is blue and clear,
with a racing launch or two, l
guess,
And summer hotel quite near.
A hut with plumbing, electric light,
A radio, hardwood floors;
And there, simple contented
wight,
I'd dwell in the Great Outdoors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08

HEREBY ANNOUNCE my cam
didacy for Alderman, subject to
he Democratic primary November
18th. | shall appreciate your vote
md support l shall be unable to
make canvass of the voters, but
assure every voter of my apprecia
ion of his or her support. j w.
Hightower.
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THE REFEREE

der the bottom of the ocean. Tn
nearby hot lava turns this water
into steam and then absorbs it like
Nater taken into a sponge. Law
alter absorbing water, has to have
more elbow-room. SO it expands
Bottom of the ocean rears up, like
a dog under a blanket. AS the
earths crust readjusts itself, there
an earthquake.
Such is the ocean leakage" the
DRY Of quakes as advanced b.
Professor r. J. ]. See.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
CARS

A chechup shows that, for every
1000 Americans, 127 autos are
owned in cities and towns, against
70 cars for every 1000 people OIL
farms.
Motor trade experts are adyane.
ing various theories to explain this
One theory is that the farmer is
more cautious at adopting the new
and improved
The real answer, of course, is
that farmers can't afford as many
autos as city folks. Even if they
were on the same level of prosper
ity and income, the farmer ha.
quite cash investment in LAND
hive stock and equipment. The city
man, on salary, needs no capita
for conducting hi sway of making q
living.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08
JOHN D

It develops that the rich Rookie.
fellers are descended from Johann
Peter Rockefeller, who originally
lived near Neuwied, on the Rhine
IN Germany He came to America
in 1922 and settled'in New Jersey.
Eleven years later the RockefeI-
Iers had staked out 100000 acres
of land. Which proves that there IS
something in this theory about
heredity.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

! am a candidate for alderman Of
Americus. subject to the Democratic
primary, Nov. IS. I win appreciate
your support. j. W. HARRIS, JR.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(Frol,1 tha Tip1pe- Recordo,. Nov

(FrQm the Times Recorder. Nov.
8, 1909
MISS Florence Page entertained
the Summer Girls club very de.
lightfully at her country home Fri
day, the party returning to the
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Pickett went
down to Dawson yesterday ac-
companied by Miss Annie Miller,
who viii spend Sunday with them.
Americas telephone subscribers
who have learned pow to hel:o
and wait will watch with interest
the fight made by a new company
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ANNOUNCEMENT

l am candidate for alderman of
Americas, subject to the Democratic
primary, Nov. 10. | will appreciate
your support. c. J. CLARK. 3-tf
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ANNOUNCEMENT

hereby announce for Alderman,
subject to the primary election to
be he'd on November 18th.
R. E. ALLISON.
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TAX NOTICE

City taxes are now due. Pay
early and avoid extra cost as
fl fas will positively be issued
December 1st. 1928.
A. D. GATEWOOD, Jr.
Clerk and Treasurer
(Vf,TD 0oA
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GRANDMA

How old is Ann? Answer: She's
as old as she feels when she gets
to New York. In that city the
Travellers Aid Society in a year
round up and cares for 855 wom-
men between 70 and SO, most Of
them grandmothers and all run
always from home, lured by the
Gay White Way.
The society's secretary, Virginia
May Murray, says She has decided
that the dangerous age fo- women
is between II and 90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08

Wants awaken intellect. J To
crafty them disciplines intellect.
The keener the want the lustier the
growth.-Wendell Phillips.
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A Thought

That We may walk honestly to-
ward them that are without, and
that We may have lack Of nothing.
j Thess. 4:12.
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UNUSUAL

In Chicago they're taking a
slow moving picture of the con
struction OF the new Straus sky
scrarer. Only three feet Of film
snapped daily, Later every stage
OF rise Of the building will Ia
shown in movie performance last
ing 20 minutes.
That will be almost the same as
actually seeing the building go Up
in 20 minutes, Man finally is be-
ginning to conquer time, Just as he
for thousands of years has been
gradually conqueripg space.
%<@
CHILDREN
On American farms are 7,700,-
GOO children unler 10 years of
age, compared with 100000 in
the cities.
When it comes to grownups, the
cities hare more than the farms.
The farmer has more than mis-
share of the job of raising and edu-
eating the population. Then the
city has a way Of reaching out and
taking the finished products
manhood
.
QUAKES
A lot of water leaks down into
the caverns and rocks that are un-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08

Bicycles tor all the family
Girls, Boys and Men. VeIoci-
pedes and roller skates, Co
Carts retired while you wait.
Compton'a Bicycle Shop
205 Cotton Ave.
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Central of Georgia
Railway
The Right Way
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOTICE.

The registration books for ine
White Democratic Primary to be
ED November 18th, 1913, are row
>pen Books to close 5 O'Clock, P.
H., November 18th, 1913.
A. D. GATEWOOD, JR.,
Clerk and Treasurer City of Amer
icus. 16-tiI7
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-08

Dan Chapel, speaking before
the Lions Club a day or two ago,
made suggestion that contains
vast possibilities for good to the
city Of Americus, when he said:
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OUAKES

A lot OF water leaks down INTO
the caverns and rocks that are UNI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-13
AN ACCIDENT WITH A LESSON

A woman and her child while walking along the tracks of the
Central railroad yesterday afternoon were struck by a train and
instantly killed. In order to get on the tracks at that point the
woman had to descend an embankment, as the Hall avenue cross
ing is the only one in the city that is not at grade. Once down the
smbankment the view of the track is clear; it was daylight so that
the train could easily have been seen, and it must have been making
tracks at that point.
The fact remains, however, that the accident happened. Two
lives were snuffed out in a twinkling. And similar accidents are
likely to occur because of human frailtes.
Perhaps one of the greatest danger spots and one that should
receive some attention from the authorities is at Washington street
and the dead end of Broad street. 1t seems that school children
coming from the northwestern section of the city to attend gram
mar school in Barrack street, make a practice Of cutting across
from Washington street, on the west side of the tracks, to Broad
street, on the east side. To do this they leave Washington street
street at the stone yard adjoining the Lehigh Valley tracks, run
Of the Lehigh Valley railroad. Climbing the embankment on tn
other side Of the Lehigh Valley, they almost Immediately descend
tha embankment onto the Central tracks and come up opposite
BROAD street. This is a short cut to school and is becoming quite
popular. But it is a dangerous practice. Some day some of these
ehIdrenare going to get on the track in front of a train, just as the
woman with her child did yesterday, and there will be another
horror for the city.
Before this can happen would it not be we'll to stop this prac-
4ice of emitting across the tracks? An officer stationed there for a
time-one Of those. perhaps. who now spends his hours turning a
lever in a shanty in the middle of the street to tell automobiles
nee at certain spot might serve the purpose. The accident near
III avenue Yesterday certainly ought not to be without its lesson.
. primary lesson. however. is to keep off the tracks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-13
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Applej

FaI1e
The king of Italy announces that
his daughter, Princess Yolanda, will
be married In May. This gets only
a few lines in most newspapers. You
RECALL the many columns of type de-
voted to the engagement Of Charlie
Chaplin and Pola Negri. 1t occurs
to you that royalty is steadily losing
i its Importance, as Gar as the pubic
is concerned. Offer the average
American the choice of a throne In
Europe on n hand and the lob of
Chaplin or Negri on the other and
the throne would go begging.
The kings and queens Of the TWEEN
tieth century are movie stars, base
ball players and muiti-millionairss.
A few centuries ago a throne was
the pinnacle Of popular ambition.
Now we are ruled by money and ap-
plause.
Birdmen
Haig, English aviator, starts his
plane and climbs to a height OF 30
900 feet in less than 13 minutes. No
bird can do that, as you know from
| ws tching feathered iiers compelled
to make great circles as they slowly
| climb aIoft. 2
Within our generation, man !
every way will become a better fiier
than any bird. Who says we cannot
improve on nature?
II Uncanny
Radio engineers will broadcast
Niagara Falls, so that bugs all
over the country will hear the roar
of the falling waters. To furnish con
trast other scientists expect to en-
able us to hear, by wireless the
chirping Of a cricket far Off in the
Philippine Islands.
This suggests that in next war
the people at home can tune in and
hear the battles. That will make
harder work for the recruiting OIL
GERS. AS far as sound is concerned
(and later, slightly radio 10 entirely
eliminating distance on earth.
Which brings us close to the thres-
hold Of supernatural.
Melting
Clinton, Ind, finds that 81 differ
eEt languages are spoken among It's
II 900 population. Another remark
able illustration of America as the
melting pot Of nations comes from
Waterbury, Conn, where the 5000
employees of Scovil Manufacturing
Co. represents foreign countries
speaking 43 separate languages.
Put such a crowd together in
Europe and you'd have a war in a
matter of months. Over here they
get along peacefully. Why? War
plotting by European political lead
ers is the main cause. When you
talk about disarming Europe You
mean, disarming her "statemen."
Billions
France says Germany owes her
the equivalent of nearly 10 billion
American dollars, for "reconstruc-
ton and other French expenditures
recoverable under the Treaty Of
Versailles"
/ If France gets it, she can pay
England, then England pay us. BY
a roundabout process, part OF the
reparations thus r due America
from Germany though many of us
consider the matter as strictly Euro
pean . What we will get back FROM
Europe will depend largely on what
Germany pays.