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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
Chasing Thrill"
Up in Crane. Rapids a WON.

Up in Grand. Rapids a woms-
ana wife and mother--is UNI
der arrest because she stole
dresses from a department store,
not because her circumstances
influenced her to do so, but be-
cause she wanted the thrill of
il"
In Maine fine young boy was
caught while driving a bootleg
gers automobile. No, he WASH
member of the gang He
cared nothing about liquor and
did not drink himself, or sell
drink to others. He liked the
thrill Of being chased by the
prohibition officers and just
stepping on err"
In little town Of the Middle
West, a boy of | 4 is in the hands
of the constable because he has
been scattering tacks and screws
along much-traveled highway
adjacent to town. much to the
damage of automobile tires and
otherwise comparatively good
dispositions.
He had no feeling Of ill-will
against machine or driver, just
liked to hear the hiss and pop Of
air-hlled tires and the vocal out
bursts Of outraged autoists. He
liked the thrill" of it.
A young man in New York
has been caught by the police,
after long quest. He had set
fire to some 20-odd empty
houses. He was possessed by an
irresistible desire to hear the
clatter of the fire apparatus, the
shouts and screams of men and
women and to see the rush of
crowds and the roll of the omin-
Gus smoke, He liked the thrill
of it.
The thrill business seems to
be on the increase, but. even
at that, it stands out distinctive
ly and repulsively because it is
exceptional. Reaction from it
will come in due time, as always
is the case, and law and good
order will prevail.
AS a matter of fact, people
everywhere, in a vast majority.
are now going about their usual
affairs sobeyly and sedately,
and their influence for even and
level living cannot be neutraliz-
ed by tangents in crime or other
wise.
Common decency never will
be and never has been entirely
out of fashion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
I I7,,,,o Tho Tiyoac PacOrdar Sent

1 w EN- GANS ELO
(From The Times-Recorder. Sept.
8, 1904.)
The announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Kate Poole and
MIR. Fred Morgan will be a subjccG
of interest to their many friends,
and the happy event will be pleas
antly anticipated. The rites win
be solemnized on Wednesday eve
ming, Sept. 18th at the residence
Of the brides brother, Mr.. A. j.
Pool, on Lee street and will be an
occasion of much social interest IN
Americas, the home of both bride
and groom-prospective.
Miss Halle Allen returned yester~
day from a visit to her sister, MIS-.
K. M. Mcdonald, at her beautiful
nome near Sumter.
Misses Louise and Ruth Hamilton
returned home yesterday from vi
sit of some length to relatives in
Newberne N. G..
MIR. Frank Harold and family are
now at home at the former Pinkston
residence, a beautiful place, present
ed them by his father, Mr.. U. B.
Harold.
1t has for a long while been a we'll
established fact that Americas pays
more for cotton than any other in
terror market. The proof-here it
is; one case of many. A farmer
carried four bales to a nearby town
few days ago, and was offered
9 Sd cents for it. He brought it
to Americas where he was paid
10 Ia cents, or $3.50 bale moro
than he was offered elsewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson Staplcton
and three young sons will return
Saturday from st. Louis, where
they have been seeing the fair.
The sale of the Hudson property
yesterday morning attracted large
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
PERSISTENT MEASURES
REDUCE T. B. DEATHS

NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-The city
Of birmingham, Mass, after seven
years of effort, has reduced the tu-
berculosis death rate among its peo-
pie by 68 per cent, as contrasted
with a reduction of SO per cent in
nearby towns where no such in
tensive campaign was conducted.
The death rate among infants
under one year of age was reduced
40 per cent.
The demonstration at Farming
ham was conducted by the National
tuberculosis Association.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
PERFECT HOUSEWIVES
is GOAL OF SCHOOL

OAKLAND, Calf, Sept 8.-The
board of education in Piedmont, an
exclusive residential section of g.
500 population announced that with
the opening of the new school term
girls viii be trained in the arts
and duties of the perfect house
wives. The course will include in
terror decorating, house planning.
care of furnishings and clothing,
and etiquette for all occasions.
Miss Roxana Elliott, with train
ing at Columbia and the University
OF Chicago, is to supervise this
branch of education.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
ESTABLISH RECORD
IN PHILLEBAR CASE

SAVANNAH, Sept. 81. Phil
lebar, 18, Of New Jersey, was ar
rested in Sylvania, Ga, recently FOR
the theft of an automobile said to
have been stolen from Frank Sloat,
Of this city. A remarkable speed
record was made in the arrest Of
the young man, police being liz
formed of the theft of the cara at
l215, arrested the boy ip sYlVania
1.-TWO hours later, aboutJ75 mules
away, and We're back in Savannah
at five o'clock,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
NOTED JAN SNOWMAN
DIES AT KAMAKURA

TOXIC, Sept. 8.-Yumindo Kus
hibiEi, often called the P. T. Bar
mum of Japan and we'll known
among show folk in the United
States, has died at his home in KAN
akura. Kushibiki became konwr
to thousands of the japanese con-
cessions on the Pike at the louisa
ma Purchase Exposition in St. LOUIS
in 1904. He was a pioneer in in
PRODUCING Japanese entertainment
to the United States, and also in
introducing the moving picture to
Japan.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
Cast Your Vote

Wednesday, September 10th,
is. election day. On that oc-
casion we again have the oppor-
tunity of exercising our most
cherished right as freemen.
While in many races there is
but casual interest, it still is the
duty Of every man and woman
to cast his or her vote. Let's
not forget to go to the polls on
Wednesday. We owe that to
ourselves, our Country and
State.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
MUST SAY GOOD By TO
GEORGIA

The Georgia delegates to New
York go instructed to vote for
"Wm. G. McAdoo for President
until bis nomination is accom-
plished." We hate ike the dick
ems to see Holl8ns Randolph,
Miller Bell, Tom Hamilton, and
all those other good sports leave
Georgia on such mission be-
cause of their natural lives IL
New York.-Walton Tribune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
Editorial Opinions Cleaned
Serious and Otherwise
From Press and Magazine

that the spread of heron had no
relation to prohibition of Ill
4toxicating liquor, for its action
is entirely different from that Of
alcohol. A drinker may drink
to excess and become besotted
and harmless, but a user of hero
in becomes violent and egotistic
and extremely dangerous Paul
Collins in PHILADELPHIA Record.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
SPOILED

More than 10000 seizures and
prosecutions, for adulterating and
misbranding foods and medicines,
have been made under the national
pure food law. Offenses range
oil the way from putting an olive
oil label on cottonseed oil, to mark
citing impure medicinal drugs.
This is start in the right direc
ton, but only start. Foods should
be safeguarded all the way until
they reach consumers mouths in a
pure state Cities, for instance
should have ordinances compelling
sterilization of spoons and forks
used at soda fountains and eating
places.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
ARKANSAS

Arkansas furnished better physi'
cal specimens than any other state,
reports the War Department, re-
viewing the 1923 civilian military
training camps. Kansas and Arr
IONA close behind.
The east wears tortoise-rim specs
and gradually inclines toward eff
feminacy. The virile west young
err civilization, is go-getter.
There's as much difference between
the people east and west of the Ms
sippi as at the two sides of the
Rhine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
ouARANTINEp

A victim Of a relatively mild dis.
ease, such as measles, is quaran-
tined Victims of tuberculosis,
Tirulent social diseases and so Don.
are allowed to roam at large, en-
dangering the public.
These dread diseases win sweep
the population until victims are iso-
lated. The cost of supporting them
would be terrific. But it would pay
in the long run, and part could. ba
charged to the safeguarded future
generations by bond issues. Ohta-
rio, Canada, for instance. is active
in compelling he segregation of tu-
bercular unfortunates,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
EURoPE's CHEF TROUBLE

Headlines asking queStloh
and answering it few days ago
are quoted, saying what is the
matter with Europe?" Answer;
Europe" The Marion Star
declares that while conditions in
Europe are much better than they
were a short time ago things
are not yet anywhere near nor
NAL. And the reason for the
trouble is failure to get the
people to work. A condition
such as exists in Europe is eX-
cuse enough for any emergency.
The wonder is that it has not
brought on another great war.
Probably the example set by tho
United States has had something
to do with the preservation Of
sanity among the idle nations. =
Jacksonville Time Union.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
NEWSP PAPERS

Few but better newspapers are
predicted by the head of Columbia
University School Of Journalism.
What is meant by a "bettcr" pa
per? Fifty and more years ago.
journalism was better than today
in fancy writing, looks of the print
ed product and other forms of tech
nique. But modern papers conspi-
cuously excel old-timers in telling
both sides, especially in politics. The
old-timers were usually one-sided,
unfair and unscrupulously partisan.
4 i
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

number of prospective buyers to the
courthouse, and the prices bid at
tested to the fullest extent the
value Of we'll located business and
residences what Americas realty IS
worth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
Prosperity Ahead

Prosperity Ahead
; From practically every source
commercial and financial -
comes the cheering words that
South Georgia has entered a pc
rod of prosperity as great or
greater than she has ever be-
fore enjoyed.
Her crops of cotton, corn and
tobacco. along with many other
farn products, are abundant;
prices in most instances have
been satisfactory; farmers and
others are reported to be pay
ing up long standing obligations,
and happiness is again seen on
the faces of our people.
While the price of cotton is
still foo low, there is yet
grounds to hope for a better
price. It is a long lane that has
no turning and maybe the cot
ton farmer, too, will receive his
justsreturns this year.
PROFESSIONALLY there will be
greater wealth added to Georgia
farms this year.
Georgia $ crops will bring
$I0a000,000 more this year
tharlsin 1923 and the State will
advance from 18th place, which
it held last year to fifth or sixth
in the ranking agricultural States
of the Union if recent reports
of the United States Department
of Agriculture are borne out
through the remainder Of the
season until all crops have been
marketed.
The estimated value of Geor-
gia' s..erop this year is 1897
942.B00 compared with $780,
100000 as the valuation of the
1923 production.
In addition to an estimated
yield of about 100000 bales
of cotton the State this year has
produced record crops of tobac-
CO and peaches, while the water
melon. crop has been equalIed
only once or twice previously.
the report says. In addition
monetFuck crops have been rails
ed than ever before in history,
while poultry production also
has exceeded all previous high
marks.
Production of tobacco this
year, which raised Georgia to
one'of the major weed growing
States, is estimated at 1850
600 pounds, at an average
value of Csc per pound, or a
total Of nearly $6,000,000,
Other majo crops are valued
in the estimates as follows: corn,
$75.000,000; sweet potatoes,
$43,00,000; cotton seed, $22,-
100000.
Last years composite figure
of 81 at this time for the 10
year average of all crops has
been doubled, the report CON
tinues, placing the 10 year av-
erage condition figure for 1924
at 1903.
1t is pointed out that when
crops are normal Georgia usual
ly ranks between fourth and
seventh positions of the leading
agricultural States.
Such reports as this cannot
help but put a renewed thrill in
business. restoring to a great ex-
tent confidence in the present
and the future
Fieartening signs are to be
< observed in our own midst. as
we note the number of homes
beng reprinted and repaired +;
neYs homes going up here and
there; new leases for store build
ings in the city.
General conditions in our own
and other South Georgia coun.
ties world seem to-oleariy indr
cate that once again , We may
proclaim that all's well,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
The STANDARD
MANY SPECIALS FOR MON.
DAY AND TUESDAY

DAY AND TUESDAY
These will be two days Of extra
great economy for all who shop at
this store. Read every item care
fully. In almost every Instance the
merchandise has been unpacked and
the price is absolutely The lowest
quoted this season.
HOW is THIS?
200 Safety Razors, Guaranteed to
Give Good Shave at IOc Each
For Monday and Tuesday We
have just 200 of the Imported Safe
ty Razors to dispose Of at loo each.
Only one will be sold to one buyer.
We limit the quantity to one razor
in order that everybody may share
in this wonderful bargain; only
Monday and Tuesday .............lOc
New Fall Hats $3.50 to IS
Values at $2.98
Every new trend of fashion, in
rich glorious new colors in beau
tiful materials, in dashing style va
riety; about one hundred to choose
from; each .-..,---s-,..-..--...-.-...-..Sz'SS
Fisk Model Hats
At $3.95
Model Hats from Fisk's Fifth
Avenue sampleroem, exact copies of
fine models; here now at ,..-..-$3'sS
Misses Jersey Dresses $4.s5
Tan, Henna and Blue of service
able, all wool Jersey Cloth, sizes
10 to Ia years; they would be good
values at half as much again as our
nrice .$495
New Patterns of Linoleum
At ST Square Yard
Just received from the factory
new patterns. just out, of STANDARD
quality Linoleum, for bath rooms
dining rooms and kitchens; all two
yards wide, at per square va -'Sl'"V
The Best Seamless
Sheets at $1.49
Our famous Victoria Sheets,
made of the best linen finished
Sheeting, made with broad hens
and guaranteed free from all dress
ing; here for Monday and Tuesday
each -.-----.--.--... -.-----------,---.--'-$l'4
Plenty of the Csc Gingham Left to
Sell All Day Monday and Tuesday
at 15c Yard
1 If you have not already purchas'
ed some of this Bingham, do 50
at once. We guarantee the quail,
ty to equal any 25c Bingham sold
in Americas and we will gladly re-
place any that fades or goes to the
bad in anyway; on sale here Mon
day and Tuesday at yard -.-..-.-lS'
Standard Dry Goods
| Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank Of Comms'''
AMERIcUS. GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
SAMPLE OF MODERN POLITICS

"a news dispatch says that
several Georgia Congressman
and the states two senators have
secured for Mrs. Alice Lytle and
Grover Edmondson government
jobs. Just what claim the sala-
cious Grover and Sister Lytle
have upon the government that
it must take care of them is not
known, but to us it looks like
shame that every political rake,
when down and out, can COM
mand the good offices of Con-
gressmen and senators in secur-
ing government jobs, which pay
them twice as much as they
could command in the open labor
market. That's one trouble with
this great and glorious icoun-
Washington News Reporter.
1t is a shame and it also dis
graceful. 1t is the chief reason
for inefficiency in matters of
government. Taking care Of.
lame ducks who are too no ac-.
count to earn living is not a
function Of government.-Dalton
Citizen.
At first glance, we too, were
inclined to criticise the above APP.
pointments, but upon reflection
we were more inclined to con-,
graduate our congressman for
removing these "agitators" from
Georgia to Washington, D. c.,
where they become a mere "cog"i
in a ponderous wheel of govern =
mental neutrality-suspicious. News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
COST OF MARRIAGE
IN FULTON is SAME

ATLANTA, Sept. 8.-The ex-
pense of obtaining marriage
licenses in Fulton county will not
be increased under the new law,
Judge Thomas Jefferies, ordinary
of this county has announced fol.
lowing reports that marriage
licenses will be more expensive ur-
der the new law,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
CARY WILL TAKE A CHANCE.

Though supposed to be a re-
dictionary unwilling to take
chances, Judge Gary neverthe-
less optimistically declares that
during the approaching election
a majority of the people are 60
ing to be influenced in their
opinions by what will be for the
best material as well as moral
progress of the whole country.
regardless of the question as to
which political party shall sue
coed ."-Valdosta Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
6 A THOUGHT

God be merciful to me sinner.
Luke 1918.
&a
True repentance is to cease from
sin.4St. Ambrose.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

The trouble with losing a fortune
is you can't get anybody to help
you find another one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Everybody knows exactly how to
raise children except the people who
are raising them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
Ez3n@f!s.!1gg
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bsnbc1s Apale
STOLEN

y 0AER
Financial crimes cost the public
5000 million dollars a year, reports
American Institute of Accountants.
The figure has been broadcast be-
fore. But it's worth repeating
Fake stocks take third of the
total. Credit frauds get away with
400 millions, embezzlenaen:s and
forgeries 200 millions. The rest
comes under various other closait2-
cations Of theft.
It's a big total. Such losses arc
buttercd out over the entire public
SO about 6 cents out Of every 81 az
American earns is taken from nm
as toll to erookedness. That $ one
Stem Of cost Of living,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

KOA INISs made on Improved
A~~EAA NGfarm lands at cheap
est rates for terms of 5, z or 10
years with prepayment option given
Money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over 81, 100000 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. q Planters Bank
Building, Americus. Ga. Phone SO
~ 211. ab,.S5EE d, 1dI EHA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

The harvest moon wig make
many an alleged woman hater see
things in an entirely different light.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
DERAuCHERY OF HERON.

DEBAOCHER1 Or HEKOlTN.
The, alarming spread of the
debauchery of heroin has been
apparent since 1919. In testify
ing before the Ways and Means
Committee and urging repressive
laws against heroin, DR.. Amos
o. Squire, chief surgeon of Sing
Sing prison, said that while as
late as 1919 the number OF
opium addicts among the con-
victs was only four-tenths of /
per cent, now one out of every
ii eonvicts is an addict. The
age of the victims, he said, aver
ages 23 years, with many as
young as 16. Heron especially
debauches young boys and girls.
In the st. Louis worllaouse IS
per cent of the convicts are adj
diets, and in the Atlanta peni-
tertiary IS per cent.
OF the total number of opium
addicts in Sing Sing, 96 per cent
use heroin only, l per cent CO.
came and 3 to 4 per cent use
heroin and morphine. There are
estimated to be 100000 heroin
addicts in the United States, and
the curse is spreading with most
alarming rapidity. Criminal gang
leaders seldom use it themselves.
but they make a practice of
dosing their men with it before
sending fai efioqt to eAprpit "a
crime of Violence.
All the witnesses before the
Congressional committee said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Fall and the annual yarn about
squirrels storing golf balls for nuts
are both due Sept. %.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

We would hate to be Coolidge and
have two other men trying so hard
to get the house where we live.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
l!I1,SI0m5iMg
Xd Sans

Auto Tenders don't know anything
about the law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Clothes will be back in style again
in few weeks, much to the disgust
of bathing beach queens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Dawes may never be sworn in,
but preacher in Florida has cussed
him out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

AuCO IoluSAo uoA hlOW dllyInlI.g
about the law.
The trouble with losing a fortune
is you can't get anybody to help
you find another one.
Everybody knows exactly how to
raise children except the people who
are raising them.
The harvest moon wig make
many an alleged woman hater see
things in an entirely different light.
We would hate to be Coolidge and
have two other men trying so hard
TO get the house where we live.
Dawes may never be sworn in,
but preacher in Florida has cussed
him out.
Utah grocer asks divorce because
she threw eggs at him, pleading, Of
course, that she just egged him on
Clothes will be back in style again
in few weeks, much to the disgust
of bathing beach queens.
Fall and the annual yarn about
squirrels storing golf balls for nuts
are both dino Sent %
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Utah grocer asks divorce because
she threw eggs at him, pleading, of
course, that she just egged him on.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-12-06
Want Power at Cost On Nations Farms

Atlantic City, Dec. 6.-The proposed federal public service commission for the development of super-power plants to supply electric power and light at cost to rural communities was favored by the National Grange. The plan would be in line with that now in effect in Can ada where the government has con- structed and operates electric plants, us ing water power and supplies electric light and power to citizens at cost
 The grange indorsed an extensive program of education in favor of the proposal.