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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
WANTED BY ELDERS.

ATLANTA, Oct. ga request
that Governor Walker amend his
call Tor an extraordinary session
so that the legislature might pass
a resolution providing for a CON
stltutional convention was made in
a statement issued here tonight by
Herschel Elders, TatnCll county
representative.
For twelve months | have stud
led the tax question in Georgia and
the other AZ states" said Mr.. Elder
When | went to the regular ses-
sion last summer l knew the tax
question was he biggest thing that
could come before us, End if right
ly solved would be the greatest
blessing that could come to our peo-
pie. l introduced bills covering
eight fundamental propositions of
tax reform. If put into law, they
would relieve the farmers and
laborers and the poor people and
the land from the great burden of
unjust taxes and place it on the
rich, and at the same time develop
this great state of ours.
"By the end of the regular ses-
sion I was convinced that there was
not the necessary numbers in the
house or senate to pass my reform
measures. know today we have
enough votes in the house to pass
hem. I regre to say l am reliab-
ly informed that two-thirds of the
senate will not pass tax reform
bills. | am trying to talk plainly
to the people of Georgia.
"a constitutional convention is
the way to settle the tax question
and the school question and the
reformation our court pro edure
and every other vital thing that
needs reforming.
Eight years ago, lost this
fight in the house and four years
ago I lost it in the senate ! have
a resolutio impending in the pres
ent house for constitutional con-
vention.
THE members Of tbs eonven-
tion would be fresh from the peo-
ple and would do what the people
want done about these reforms.
Then the new constitution would
90 back to the people for their ap-
prevail. This would end all these
questions and also end TOO much
politics in Georgia. shall keep
up a fight for a new constitutional
convention until we get it,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

/ phenomenal skill and intelligence
The best brains today are in in
dustry, not the arts or professions
An office building 80 stories
high will be erected on the site of
famous old Madison Square Gar
den in New York City.
| The WOolworth building is only
So stories. From. street level to its
very tip-top it measures 729 feet.
The new building that will eclipse
it will rise toward the sky 100
feet, which is over a fifth of II
mile.
This viii make it the highest
man-made structure in the world,
100 feet taller than the EiffeI
Tower in Paris. We wonder what
the builders of the Tower of Babel
would say of it. They'd probably
cape.
The skyscraper an American
creation, is the result of the at
tempt to escape from high land
values and the tribute or toll that
has to be paid to them.
Land being too costly, the build
ings bulge into the air instead OF
spreading out over a larger terri
tory.
All this is result of congestion
of population-the swarming IN
stlnct that began when men band
ed together for common defense
against wild beasts anc savage
rival tribes, and which has reached
its worst in our generation.
An SO-story building wonder
full? Well, it's a wonderful monu-
ment to our submission to a fright
full economic problem-land own
ership.
The airplane probably will re-
lieve the situation by enabling
men to live hundreds of miles out
in the country, quickly flying to
and from work, with cities aband-
oned except as centers of trading
and recreation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

Convention
Wanted
(Continued Fronl Page y

Continued From Page y
ure that if nothing is done, he will
be eliminated as a candidate to
succeed himself. They are eharg-
ing that the only emergency for
Ceiling the extra session was mo-
ntical emergency and, if the extra
session is failure, the Governor
Will be blamed for the expense,
1t will take a two-third vote 80
the Legislature to pass an income
tax amendment to the constitntion
NE opposition claims a majority in
one House and where the two.
thirds can be secured is said to he
a puzzle.
The polite refusal of some of the
authors of tax measures to appear
before the Commission is taken as
bad omen and is worrying the adj
mlnlstration's friends no little.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
THE JOKER IN
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE
TAX BILL

There is a joker in the cigar and
cigarette bill passed by the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, we are in
formed. How or why it was put
there, no one seems to know
In some unexplainable way the
Joker" slipped into the stamp tax
law, for after stating that the deal
ers must put q stamp on every
cigar and on each package of cigar
cites, the act says:
Nor shall any other tax be re-
quired of cigar dealers"
1t is claimed by some dealers
that if they buy stamps and put
them on cigars and cigarette pack
ages, they are exempt from taxes
ON their stores, farms, automobiles
or anything else, either to the
state, county or city tax gatherers
Tax officials viii have trouble
unless the law is clarified at tht
extra session. Should the law
stand as it is today, lots of folk
will enter the tobacco business,
No one seems to kno WHOM the
little Joker" got in. Apparently i
is an after-though, for the very las
line of the act says plain anc
square:
Nor shall any other tax be re-
quired of cigar dealers"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
NEW MANAGEMENT
OF THE CLAYTON
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE

Ihere is a little weekly paper
down at Claxton that soon will
blossom forth, taking its place
among the "best dozen weeklies'
Of the state or we miss our guess.
At it's head, as editor and man
ager, is K, +. L. Majors, for many
years, a member of the Times.
Recorder family. lie is planning
many new and interesting changes
in the Claxton Enterprise, with
new type faces, greater linotype
production.
Mr.. Majors is an able newspaper
man. He knows the news game"
from one end to the other. Frank,
honest, intelligent and with a SUI
perabundance of energy, he should
and will make a success of his new
venture.
For several years he was a resi-
dent of Americas. Most of that
time he was with The Times-Re-
corder. He is familiar with both
editorial and business depart
ments combination vitality neces-
sary on every paper.
The Times-Recorder regretted
loosing him, but he carried with
him to Claxton the goodwill and
best wishes of host of friends in
Sumter county, and every member
of The TimeSRecorder family.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
THE WORK
OF A CURIOUS
BRAIN kINK.

You will read a good many days
before you find anything stranger
than this in the news:
A. New York clerk is sent to the
penltentiary for the fourth time
and for the same old offense-
steaing dictionaries, His fourth
attempt to increase his vocabulary
TOOK place in a department store
whcfo he saw the king-pin of die
tionaries-$13.5O, which, being a
clerk of modest means, he couldn't
afford.
Three times he had stolen die
tionaries and gone to prison for it.
You'd think he had learned his les
son. Not so. Back he came a
fourth time.
Here you Sc the workings of a
curious brain kink or abnormality
that is also characteristic of the
criminal. What most of them need
is expert medical attention by brain
specialists,
Off to prison the fourth time
the old man (he's rs with white
hair) who can't resist dictionaries
boasts that his vocabulary now IN
cludes 100000 words. The report
er describes him as having 6
scholarly brow"
Too bad some rich man didn't
catch him early in the game and
cure him by giving him all new
dictionaries as fast as they came
from the presses.
Difficult to understand him and
his peculiar craving? Well after all
isnat il lust as sane as some OF the
cravings the rest of US have! v" 4.
know many a man who is 'efal'er
about golf. salted peanuts or
collection of cancelled stamps 'naL
this pitiful old character ora ors'''s
Jail in his quest for knowledge
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
By
Berton Braley

Captain john A. Cobb will 90 to
Macon this afternoon or tomorrow
at the latest, to be present at the
State Fair, which opened yesterday
under the splendid influence of
Is 1-2 cents Gotten and other en-
couraging auspices. Captain COBB
is vice president of the state agri-
culture society under the the au-
spices of which the state fair is
being conducted.
Miss Annie Bailey returned
Yesterday from Atlanta where for
some time she has been the guest
OF relatives.
Mrs. S. R. Heys is rapidly con.
yalescent from recent illness with
uiptherla at her home here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(Frcm the Times-Recorder. De-
AObo.. 90 1OnO


(Frcm the Times-Recorder. DC.
tober %, 1903.)
When the meat-saving season
ends Mr.. N. A. Ray will be among
those here wko will have = fn,l
Smokehouse. He has bunch Of
eisn'y-rlVe fattening hogs ready
Tor the slaughter and now getting
the finishing touch from a peannt
held Besides raising as mu h cot
ton and corn as any planter IN
sumter county Mr.. Ray looks af.
ter the subsistence departments as
well. =
The initiative social event of the
week was the card party given
Tuesday by Mrs. Henry Lumpki5
and Miss Lille Glover, in honor of
of the Library Club. Progressive
slX-hand euchre was played. The
parlor was deliberately decorated
with palms, ferns and cut flowers.
Mr. P. L. Holt and little daugh-
ter Ruth, went up to Macon yes
terdays to visit relatives.
Mr.. Leonard Parker, of Ander-
sonville, was in the city yesterday
en- route to Dawson on a visit.
Beginning tomorrow afternoon]
prayer services will be held every
af+eroon this week at the home of
Mrs. Elizabeth Eldridge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
TOM SIMS SAYS:

Here's Minnesota news. Forrest
fires raging. SO are the farmers.
These fires are not Magnus john
|son.
When a compressed air tank
blew up at Columbia University
students thought it was a profess
sor.
Dyke broke, flooding a Florida
town, and all we can hope is that
iii got scme burglars feet wet.
Stove exploded on an Alabama
farm where all cooking is not done
on can opener.
You knew, sad thing about
cooking with can openers is you
can't sit around them to dry out.
Mcmillan is sending radio mes
sages from the arctic, where wealth
er is starting south for the winter
Good radio news today. New
generator eliminates huns. Some
new programs would eliminate no
huns"
Prince of Wales danced in a Ca
madam hotel; but not, Wen bet be-
cause he saw his bill.
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland,
may sound as foolish as it does
from shivering with cold.
Widows cannot marry in India
so bachelors here are considered
fairly safe from harm.
Siamese boy may play quarter
back for Boston University. Lucky
for him he wasn't twins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

American woman has stopped
bull fighting in Cuba. Now she can
worry about rat eating in China.
In Toledo, o., a boy Of Is
months has a six-foot pet snake,
so Dempsey may lose his title yet.
St Louis aviation searchhght
carries 20 miles and would be fine
for hunting a cola rbutton.
A successful Minneapolis bust
ness woman advises people to play
poker, but We don't.
Pittsburg Carnegie Musem has
an egg $4,000 years old, which
some cafe would buy cheap.
Kansas City objects to Sunday
circuses. Kids do too. They
won't keep you out of school.
Former prize fighter is preach
ing in St. Louis so we bet nobody
tries to sleep in his church.
They caught a one-armed ban
dit in New York Bandit work
there is becoming pretty easy.
Cleveland druggists say they
are not bootleggers. Then what
are they? Some even may be drug
gists.
You know, drug stores are fast
becoming just old-fashioned cross
roads stores moved to town.
Live fox escaped in Chicago.
While at large it did net try to sell
any strangers oil stock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
TO ENTER BEAUTY CONTEST

ATLANTA, Oct. 22.--The Min
eralava Beauty Clay compapny,
represented by Rodolph Valentino,
movie star, has asked IN tele-
gram received by Mrs, Clyde X. BY
field, of this city, that she enter
the beauty contest to be staged at
Madison Square Garden, New
YORK. Mrs. Byfield won the local
CO ntest staged here some time ago
and was invited to enter the nation
al contest at the company's ex-
pense, according to the telegram
and to have headquarters at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel. MIR. Val
entino was in Atlanta when the lc
cal contest was held and it has been
announced that he will be present
at the National event.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
S Copyright e. 4. sel lass, Daily Poem
ENOUGH

| wanted to wander ,
Way out over yOnder,"
Beyond the far rim Of the sea;
The breezes we're calling
With voices enthraling
The wide world was summoning me.
So all by my lonely,
Just me and me only
] travelled, and travelled some more.
But after season,
found, for some reason,
The wanderers trail was a bore.
Strange oceans and peoples,
Lands, temples and steeples,
/ viewed them with lack-luster eyes;
Not one of them thrilled me,
And home sickness filled me,
A sickness l couldn't disguise.
No more wander-t trailing,
Thank heaven I'm sailing
Again to my own native loan;
My roaming is over,
I'VE failed as rover,
Thank heaven I'm on my way home!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
. Three Smiles

Advertising copy writer (tossine
piece of magazine copy on boss
desk)-There's one with an un.
answerable argument.
The Chief-For heavens sake
change it. We want a lot of an.
swers to that ad.-Farm Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
THE BEST BRAINS
TO-DAY ARE IN
INDUSTRY NOT ARTS

To build an S0-story building
soHdlv and equip it with elevator
and other service, requires aimos'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
Then She tainted .

nSh ohe AIMED,
The Tinker-I've come to fix
that old tub in the kitchen.
Little girl-Oh Mammie, here's
the doctor to see the cook
Answers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22
Truth Often Hurts.

Truth Often Hurts.
Suzette-Don't you think my
new dress is exquisite
Her Friend-Oh, lovely! That
idressmaker of yours could make a
clothes prop look graceful.-Tit-
Bits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

Too Public! .-.-.... ...-
Young Dobbs--I want to try on
that suit in the window.
Salesman--Sorry sir, but you'll
have to use the dressing ROOM
Printers Ink Monthly.
Square your shoulders to the world
It's easy to give in
Lift your chin a little higher.
You We're made to win.
Grit your teeth. but smile, don't
frown,
We all must bear our bits.
It's not the load that weighs Us
down
It's the way we carry 1t.
-Tit-BitS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

Live fox escaped in Chicago.
While at large it did net try to sell
any strangers oil stock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

You know, drug stores are fast
becoming just old-fashioned cross
roads stores moved to town.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-22

It's the way we carry 1t.
-Tit-BitS.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-12
The LIGHT Of
Uestern Stars

she had saved Stewards life To be
sure. he Ind been rutlinn, but
woman could not save the life OF even
rufiian without remembering II with
giadness. Madeline at length decided
her interest In Stewart was natural.
and that her deeper feeling was pity.
Perhaps the interest had been forced
from her; however. she gave the pity
US she gave everything.
Stewart had taken up his duties as
foreman, and his activities were cease
less. He was absent most Of the time.
ranging down toward the Mexican line.
When he returned Stillwell sent for
him.
This was late In the afternoon Of
day In the middle OF April. Alfred
and Florence were with Madeline on
the porch.
Madeline saw the man she remem-
bered. but with s!ngularly different
aspect. His skin was brown: his eyes
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-12
Irish Armies Invaded Britain.

Centuries ago, Irish armies invade'
Britain and won victories there W.
Douglas Hyde. in his Literary NY
tory Of Ireland" says: "ln 3's AM
mIanus Marcell!nus mentions the if'sa
under the name OF Scots saying 'h.'
the Scott and Attacottl commit d7eau
full depredations In Britain; W,
Claudian, a few years later, speaks
the Irish invasion OF Britain ~,
Irish expeditions against GauI aul
Britain becnme more frequent 'o"a'.
the end OF the Fourth century anu
last the unfortunate Brltons' driven
despair, sooner than stand the ivy
Of the Irish and Plcts, threw u..
selves into the arms OF the saAVnI
Mall Of the Nine Hostages ascen'.s
the throne In 800. He first assls'eu W,
Dial K!ndn clans to gain supfe'".
over the Plcts OF Scotland he "s
cilessly piundered Britain ana viz. ,'m,
The Pets and Irish Gaels al o"e "" "a
penetrated MS. fur as Lohuo"
Kent" IA.
O'Clery's Book OF lnvas'ohs -.
tuins n poem descriptive Of 'rea'I,.
brought home by Crimhthan' VINO p''
dered Britain In the FIRST 'eA'
Christ.
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DON CARLOS

S.-ArrivinK At the lone
iy little railroad station OF FL Ca
Jon. New Mexico. Madeline Ham
mond. New York society girl. finds
no one to meet her. While In the
waiting room. 4 drunken cowboy
enters. asks II she II married. and
departs. leaving her terrified. He
returns with = priest, who goes
through some sort of ceremony.
and the cowboy forces her to say
81" Asking her name and learn
ing her Identity the cowboy seems
dazed. In q shooting scrape out
side the room = Mexican Is killed.
The cowboy lets = girl. Bonita.
take his horse and escape. then
conducts Madeline to Florence
Kinkaiey. friend Of her brother.
Florence welcomes her. learns her
story. and dismisses the cowboy.
9ens Stewart. Next day Alfred
Hammond. Madel.ne'a brother.
takes Stewart to task. Madeline
exonsrs,sS him OF any wrong In
tent Alfred. scion OF . wealthy
family. had been dismissed from
his home because OF his dissipa tion.
Madeline sees that the West has
redeemed him. She meets Stillweli.
AIS employer. typical western
ranchmnn. Stillwell tells her how
Stewart beat up the sheriff to save
her from arrest and then III out
for tho border. Danny Mains. ono
OF Stillwclrs cowboys. has disap-
pear.d, with som. OF Stillwelfs
money. Hts friends link his name
with the girl Bonita. Madeline gets
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were piercing and dark and steady;
he carried himself erect: he seemed
prcoccupied. and there was not trace
Of embarrassment In his manner.
"Wal. Gene. I'm sure glad to see
you." Stillwell was saying. "Wherc
do you hall from7"
Guadalupe canyon" replied the
cowboy.
Stlllwell whistled.
"'Way down there! You don't mean
you follcred them boss trucks tibet
farr
"All the way from Don Carlos
rancho across the Mexican line. l took
Nick Steele with me. Nick Is the best
,racker In the outfit. This trail we
were on led along the foothill valleys.
First we thought whoever made It was
hunting for water. But they passed
two ranches without watering. At
Sections wash they dug for water.
Here they met \ pack-trnin OF burros
that came down the mountain trail.
and burro tracks struck south from
Seaton's TO the old California cmigrant
road. We followed the trail through
Guadalupe canyon and across the Dor.
der. On the way back we stopped ut
Slnughtcr's ranch where the United
States cavalry are camping. There
We met foresters from the Pclonc!llo
forest reserve. II these fellows knew
anything they kept II to themselves.
So We hit the trail home"
"Wnl. I reckon you know cnou:hf"
inquired StIllwcll. slowly. "MISs Ham.
mond can't be kept In the dark much
| longer. Make your report 70 her"
The cowboy shifted his dark gaze
10 Madeline. "Wc'rc losing n few cat.
| tie ON the open range, Nlsht.drives
| by valurros. Some OF these cattle nre
| driven across the valley. others up In.
10 the foothills. So far MS ! can find
| on, no cattle are being driven south.
So this ruIdlng is n blind TO fool the
| cowboys. Don Carlos Is n Mexican
| rebel. lie located his rancho here n
| few years ago and pretended To raise
| cattle, All that time he has been
smuggling arms and ammunition across
the border, He was for Mntcro against
| nlaz. Now he Is against Madcro he.
! cause he and all the rebels think MA.
dcro failed to keep his promises. There
will be another revolution. And Nil
the arms go from the States across
| the border. Those burros I told about
were packed with con,rnhand goods"
what Is my-my dutyf what has
II 10 do with mc7" inquired Madeline.
somewhat pcrturhcd.
"Wnl, Miss Majesty. reckon Il
hasn't nothing 10 do with you." put IN
S,ilwcll. "Thcts my blzncss an Stew.
arts. Eu' Jest wanted you 10 know.
There might be some trouble folierln
my orders"
"Sour ordcrs7"
| II want TO send Stewart over 10 fire
Don Carlos an his vnIucros on the
range. They've got TO go. Don Carlos
II breakin' the Inv Of the United
States. nm doin' II IN our property an
with our bosses. Hev | your rerm,s.
sion. Miss liNmmondr
"why. assurcdly you have! Still.
we'll you know what TO do. Alfred,
what do you think bcst.'
"it'll make trouble. Majesty. but It's
got to be DONE" replied Alfred. .usrs
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CHAPTER TX
The New Foreman.

Toward the end or the week Still
well Informed Madeline that Stewart
ia" "''''e' III 'he ranc'i "hu ""u
hkeh UP quarters Win Ne's.
GENES sick. lie looks bad, said
the OLD cattlemnn. Hes so weak an
shnky he can't INT cup. Nels says
thnt Gene mas ned some bnd Spells.
Itt'e liquor would Strengthen him up
now. hut Neis cant force him to drink
drop, an mas heu TO sneak some
liquor III ms c"Hee. 'ehes iosih MS
Hihu. or mes GOT soihethih powerful
strange on H.
stewart WIS really III. IL became
necessary 10 SEND Tor physician.
iheh stewart began slowly TO mehd
anu presently was npie 10 gel UP ana
ABOUT. st''iweiI snlu the COWBOY
Ihckeu interest," anu seemed I" be
broken man. This statement, however,
the o'u chtticinhh ihodihed MS stewart
continued 10 improve. Then presently
II wns GOOD nugury or Stewards
progress 'hnt IN" cowboys once more
TOOK up the teasing relation which hni
oeeh characteristic OF them before his
Illness.
"Wnl. the boys are sure after Gene"
said Sullwell. with his huge smile.
"Josh!n' him all the time about how
he sits around an hangs around an
lonfs around Jest to get II glimpse Of
you. Miss Majesty. Sure nll the boys
hey pretty bad case over their pretty
boss, but none OF them Is n marker to
Gene. He's got II so bad. Miss Maj
esty, tibet he nctooly don't know they
nrc joshln' him. It's the amazin'es,
strange 'h'ns ! ever seen"
Madeline smiled her amusement. 1t
mad been impossible for her TO fail 10
observe Stewards singular behavior
She never went out 10 take her Gus
tomnry walks aud rides without seeing
him somewhere In the distance. She
was aware that he watched for her and
avoided meeting her. When She sat on
mo porch during the afternoon or nj
sunset Stewart could always be dcs.
cried nj som" point near He idlcd
iiS'''ssiy IN the sun, lonng"d on the
H'r'h on his hunkhouse. sat whiting
she top bar OF the corral fence, and
always II seemed 10 Madeline he was
watching her. lie was pale, hnggarh,
drawn. His eyes held shndow
through which shone soft. .suhducd
light: and, once having observed this,
Madeline fnncIcd It was like the light IN
a.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-12
uossttjno the Game.

Ny husband was expect'hs 70
pocna to be served ana "'s" ~
avoid being called had tola nv .m n
fuse the subpoena BY telling '"'
was out Of town. which J d'a' f,
At the time he was slesp wbIs
stnirs. 70 ! considered /; sa'e, s,.
I was talking TO the oi'iee' ~. ,,,u
yesr.old daughter came into ". n,
and called. "Mother papa :, rse
dowustsir, for q clean collar ~
sns nothing to say, 80
Exchange.