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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
Old Days In Americas

| Henry w. Grady, of Atlanta have
been admitted to the bar in that
city after very fine examination
in Judge Lumpkin's court. The eX-
animation of each applicant was
far above the ordinary, and is de-
serving of more than passing
mention. Harper is a loung man,
whose home is at Americas, whore
for several years he was secretary
to the president Of the s.. A. & NJ.
railroad. Since November, 1892 he
has been in the office of the at
torney general, and during his resi-
dence in Atlanta he has made many
friends who will congratulate him
upon his successful entrance to his
profession.
Captain NJ. B. Council will har-
vest five acre field of fine oats
at his home on Rees park this
morning, using a Mccormick reap
er. Elton Parker will hold the
relns and manipulate the machine, /
an easy job or he wouldn't do it.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Hawkes.. Mrs.
7. R. Slappey, Messrs. w. E. AM
Howell Elan made up pleasant
rarty that left yesterday for Bells
mill IN Webster county, on a fish
ing excursion. They will be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs ]. w. A.
Hawkins.
Judge and Mrs. J. N. Scar
borough, Mr.. and Mrs. L. f. Daven-
port, and Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Cart
er attended the funeral of Mrs
Robert Burton, in Ellaville yester-
day morning.
Miss Ella Cameron returned
home last night from a visit to
friends in Andersonville, accompa-
MED by Miss Halle Underwood who /
will be her guests for a few days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

The Millen News, another
ably edited Georgia weekly in
reproducing the Washington
News-Reporter editorial makes
thepe pertinent comments
There may be communities
that will feel that this particular
case IS of no special interest to
them, but informed people know
that in every community there
exists an absolute disregard of
any and every form of constitut-
ed authority, and a recklessness
of conduct that is appalling. We
do not know whether it is ignor-
ance of conditions or indiffer-
ence to them, that permits the at
titude of apparent conplacency
on the part of parents as to the
conduct of their children. Let
us hope that it is ignorance, but
if it be this, it betrays an intellec
tual blindness that is almost in
conceivable in people of ordi-
nary intelligence. The bars are
down. Restraint is a forgotten
word. Self-indulgence has been
entlroned. Fanatics who have
preached the doctrine of individ-
ual sovereignty, liberty of action,
the Punishment of corporal pun
ishment in the home, schools and
convict camps, issuing warnings
to not "break the spirit of the
child" simply watch and not d.
rect his development, may now
survey the wreck and ruin
wrought by their damnable the
cries. The reaction is going to
come, but what will be required
to set it in motion is difficult to
forecast. The entire social at
mosphere is polluted. Parents,
Guard Well Your Own Homes.
We would not have you lay
the blame on teacher or faculty.
They must deal with what is
sent them from the home. Their
task is hard at best. There is
no desire to criticise the teacher
or principal or board Of man
agement.
The fault is AT HOME. and
only at home will remedy be
found.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
a Terrific Arrangement
Of Schol and Home
Discipline

Bad news scatters rapidly. 1t
was a youngster about dozen
years of age whom we first
heard discussing the conduct Of
certain high school pupils in
high school meet recently held
somewhere in the State. So far
as we know, no Sumter county
or Americas boy or girl was
present.
This youngster was sorely
troubled over the stories that
were being told him. He could
not quite understand how such
was possible among school
children as he pictured them.
Following is an editorial clip
ped from one of the strongest
and most reliable weekly papers
in the State. the Washington
(Ga.) News-Reporter. 1t is
embarrassing to reproduce it,
and yet if such conditions pre-
vail, the quickest way to meet
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. May
II, 1914.)

II, 1914.)
Mrs. A. C. Crockett was hostess
on Friday evening to the High
school set at her home on South
Lee street. The party was com
pliment to Miss Mary Hudson, vino
is one of the most attractive of
the younger girls of Americas.
Miss Bess Mcleod was hostess
at an informal tango party at her
home on Brown street last evening.
The dancers were Misses Annie
Ivey, Sara Britton, Melva Clark,
Mary Hawkins, and Besh Mcleod,
Charles Payne, Edward Mathis,
Merrill Wheatlep, Cliff Wheatley,
Dudley Gatewood, Joe Frank Reese
and Ferd Cohen
A delightful affair of Monday
evening was given bp Miss Edith
Hightower at her home on Lee
street, when she entertained five
couples at an informal dance, in
honor Of Miss Georgia Fort. Those
present were Miss Georgia Fort,
Miss Louise Rodgers, Miss Sara
Sheffield, Mr.. Harry Williams, Mr..
McCord Prather, Mr.. Thomas Har-
rold, Jr., Mr.. Furlow Rodgers and
DR.. M. H Wheeler.
Mrs. Thomas Mccarthy is at
home again after having spent sew
eral days in Macon with relatives.
Americas Pecan growers will be
represented at the meeting of the
Georgia and Florida Pecan Growers
association from those interested in
pecan growing and the indications
are. that it VIII be the most largely
attended in the history Of the or
ganization.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Ma,
II, 1904)

AOOHsI
Americas ball fans are discuss
ing the outrage" which Atlanta is
going to perpetrate in taxing base
ball. An ordinance has been intro
duced in council to make the owner
of the Atlanta franchise pay $50
license and 5 per cent on his gross
receipts.
Col. George Duncan has pulled
the rattles off his naughtymobile
and the machine runs as smoothly
now as an ordinary one-horse dray.
Within thirty days now the cong
regation of First Methodist church
will worship in their splendid new
$4,000 church building.
Mrs. A. j. Hall and Miss Stella
Fountain, of Adrian, are guests of
Mrs. J. M. Weeks and Miss Jessie
Weeks on Jackson street.
Rev. R. L. Bivins of Furlow Lawn
church, returned yesterday from
Nashville where he attended the re-
cent Southern Baptist Convention.
After a delightful visit of some
length to Mrs. Gabriel Toombs An
thony and other relatives in Wash,
ington, Miss Mary Tower has re-
turned home.
The robbery at the Stallings
home near Americas, wherein mon
ey aad valuables were stolen has
no. yet been ferreted out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
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PROSPERITY

4 NIL &~AN~
Railroads are expecting very
heavy freight traffic in the fall, and
are getting their equipment in
shape to handle it. So reports The
Wall Street Journal after a sur
vey of the leading roads.
Railroad optimism, curiously
enough, is NOSE pronounced in the
east-chronic home of pessimism
during presidential campaign years.
Heavy autumn traffic would
mean big buying by the public,
with mills and factories running at
capacity in short, general pros
perity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
Weevil Control Vital
Problem

Controlling the boil weevil
will solve the question of negro
migration. Make it possible for
the negro farmer-tenant, crop
per or owner-to raise cotton
under weevil conditions and the
negroes will remain on the
farms.
These statements have been
repeated number of times by
those authorities speaking in the
county in the past few weeks in
the weevil determination cam
paign.
"The cotton field is the
natural home of the native Geor-
gia negro" j. c. Maness repeat
ed once more. "He would rath-
er live near a field of cotton
than anywhere else on the globe.
It's his inability to cope with
the weevil that has caused thous-
ands to become discouraged and
go North.
"The Southern negro loves
cotton; he loves to work in a cot
ton field; he wants to see it
grow and develop. In those
counties where weevil control
has been accomplished, the ques-
ton Of negro labor has been
solved.
The work among the negroes
by Ebert Stallworth, negro
county demonstration agent, is
having excellent effect, bringing
results. Stallworth's messages
to the negroes, in a language
they understand. has given the
negro farmer a renewed conf
dence in his own ability.
Dr.. DeLoach and Stallworth
have assured the white farmers
that the negro WILL poison,
that they WANT to poison. To
a remarkable degree these two
speakers. with aid of George
Marshall, county agent, are re-
moving whatever suspicion or
prejudice the negro had regard
ing poison. They have shown
him the way and in so doing are
solving the farm labor prob
lem, which is another important
angle in the gigantic weevil bat
tie in Sumter county.
That the negro in many in
stances already has successfully
met the weevil is demonstrated
in two instances on the farm of
Charles Ansley. Mr.. Ansley
says
zone negor cropper on my
place last year, under conditions
which prevailed during the 1928
wet season, CLEARED more
than $400 on his crop. He lived
for the year and at the end of
the season had $500 to do with
as he desired-in CASH. That
particular negro had told me
early in the season that in the
fall he was going to Pittsburg
where wages, he said, were high.
When he looked at his savings
his profits-he decided to stay
and is on that same farm again
this year"
The weevil is one of the most
important contributing causes
toward negro migration. That's
an additional rason why the
weevil campaign now under
way, under the leadership of
Judge Hixon, should succeed;
should receive the sympathy and
help of every white citizen in the
county--be he merchant, farm
er, banker, or other profession.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
A THOUGHT

The wicked flee when no man
pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as lion.-Prov. 28:1
Wickedness may prosper for a
while.-L' Estrange.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

Chinese bandits have captured a
town. but We will worry about the
weather instead because the wealth
er Is much nearer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

1t is a fact that singing prolongs
a PERSONS life if said person is care
full where and when he sings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

The great silence you hear is the
kids kicking because vacation days
are coming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

Perhaps some people wear tight
shoes because they feel. so good
when they take them off.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
sPENDERS

American people spent more mon
ey in April than in April of any
former year except 1920.
During the month, 36,415 mil
lion dollars worth of bank checks
were written and passed through
the clearing houses.
This was two and a half times
more than in the boom years be-
fore the war. Since prices have
about doubled, on the average, peo-
pie are spending fourth more than
in 1913. measuring their purchasing
in terms of 1913 buying power of
the dollar.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

People who talk in their sleep
should tell the truth while awake.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

| The STANDARD
Our Big
May Sale
We are turning
the Bigg estStock
Of Merchandise
in Americas into
Cash. No prices
are quoted, but
you will find
prices here below
the other fellow
Not one or two
items for in
stance, but the
whole store is in
the sale. Be on
hand Monday
and Tuesday and
see how much
you can save In
this Sale.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUs, CA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
DEBT

LED
Canada estimates its national
"ealth-and the sum just about
matches the national debt of the
United States.
How much does Uncle Sam, owe?
Look at the map of Canada for the
answer It's a good thing so few
taxpayers can comprehend hon
much billion is. If they could,
mere might be a lot of fireworks,
poll1leians this year campaigning in
asbestos suits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
HOMES

HOMES
In April about $50 million dol
lars worth of new building con
struction was contracted for, the
country over.
This was fifth more than in
April 1923.
Even a pessimist will have to put
on several pairs of blue spectacles
TO find fault with that.
People don't build on big scale
unless they're betting on good times
ahead. A few business men may
be nervous, but the public isn't.
And the psychology of the public is
what counts. 1t generates pros.
pertiy or hard times. AS long as
the public spends freely, there is
nothing in the business situation 10
worry about.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
JOB

An old man, "A, walked from San
francisco to Detroit ito see Henry
Ford about a job.
He is proving quite a curiosity
TO the younger generation-which,
II 1T has a member that would walk
across the continent to find work.
mas yet to be heard from.
Work is popular, as a rule, only
when 1t has an element of sport
Keen competition, for instance. A
5hrewd refrigerator manufacturer,
sensing this. manufactures his own
competition secretly, and keeps the
TWO sales organizations fighting
each other for orders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17
FAIR

r AK
England is having a Worlds
Fair this year, costing so million
dollars. They call it the British
Empire Exhibition, but products
of other countries are represented.
Steamship companies estimate that
l out of every 400 Americans will
attend. How many are going to.
the Exhibition, how many to drink
Scotch?
The former British Exhibition of
1851 featured Yankee devices such
as chewing tobacco, parlor stoves,
bathtubs and cornhusk mattresses.
Quite a contrast, visitors will pom
der, as they view airplanes, radio.
etc, at the 1924 fair in London
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-17

Public school or high school
meets that require the absence
from home over night of the pu-
pills attending, should not be
permitted.
The public school is essential
ly democratic institution.
Among these pupils are those
from every kind of home, good
and bad. The pupils must mix
Unfortunately, the pure with
the evil-minded, if there be
such-and there usually is.
The teachings of God-fear-
ing mother may be broken down
over night. In the freedom and
excitement, the young mind can
not always function as clearly as
it should.
The place for the public
school or high school girl AT
NIGHT is under the roof Of his
parents. There lies safety.
Danger turks outside.
There's entirely too much So
called freedom today. Home
influences have been broken
down. Parental discipline is
less strict and much harder to
enforce. The child is mistaking
liberty for license. The open
saloon excluded the minor, but
the bootlegger knows neither
age. sex or color
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05

Irene chapter, o. E. s., will hold
= Dr.. D. E. Brown left yesterday by
automobile for a business visit in
Massachusetts.
y Mr.. and Mrs Martin j. Thorsen
and son Severin left Friday by auto
for a visit in Portland and Boston.
Y MIR. and Mrs. l.. C. Sturtevant of
Thomaston, were weekend guests
Of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Morrison.
y Mrs Agnes Royal, Martha and
Pittsfield spent the weekend in Ellis
worth.
P f. McKinnon of Sullivan was
called to Woodstock, N. B., last week
by the death OF his father, who was
in his eighty-tirst year.
Twenty guests were present at a
Halloween party given at the home
of Harry Peters Oct. 81. An en-
joyable evening was spent.
Clarks orchestra will play Thurs
day at North Ellsworth Friday at
Franklin, Saturday at Franklin
Road and Tuesday at North Brooklin
The young people of the Methodist
church will hold the usual social in
the vestry Friday evening. They
plan social or get-together every
Friday evening.
The w. c. T. U. will hold it's regu-
lar meeting next Tuesday evening,
with Mrs. B. B. Whitcomb A class
will be formed to study the constitu-
tion of the United States,
Owing to conditions Of the track
at North Ellsworth, the race program
announced to be given in connection
with the Nicolin grange bazaar on
Friday, Nov. Z, has been cancelled.
The Womans Alliance of the Uni
tartan church will meet with Mrs.
Ada Lord on Wednesday afternoon,
Nov, 12, to sew. Mrs. Lord and Mrs.
Fred Beal will be hostesses. Re-
freshments will be served.
Mrs John F. Knowlton is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. William E.
Whiting, while the U. S. district
court is in session in Bangor. Mr..
Knowlton, clerk of the district court,
goes to and from Bangor daily with
Judge Peters.
u Mr. and Mrs. Tullio Boyer, Mrs.
BOyers son, Andrew Luchini, and
Miss Margaret Davis, with Mrs. Rosa
Rossi of Cherryfield, left Tuesday
on two weeks auto trip through
Canada, and then to Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.
| v Miss Helen Shute left last week
| for Portland where she will spend the
winter with her brother, Major Mar
! tyn H. Shute, U. S. A. The Shute
house on State street has been rented
! by A. M. Merrill, who has rented his
house on Hancock street.
| 4 Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde l.. Ober, who
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05

have spent a month with Mrs Ober's
to their home in West Newton.
Mass, last week. They were accom-
panied by their niece, Miss Doris
Wardwell, for visit.
The children of the Junior Red
Cross in Ellsworth will have a parade
OH the morning of Armistice day,
next Tuesday. The children will
meet at Hancock hall at 1880 a. M,
to form in line. At the Main street
bridge, the parade will pause and
the children will sing America"
There will be a called conclave of
Blanquefort commandery, X. T., next
Tuesday evening, for inspection by
Grand Captain General Edwin X.
Gould. There will be work in the
orders of Red Cross and Malta at
p. m, banquet at $50, and work in
order Of the temple in the evening.
The regular meeting of the
woman's club was held Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. O. w Tapley
After the business was transacted
the meeting was in charge of the
social committee Several piano
solos by Miss Louise Collins were en-
joyed. Delicious refreshments were
served.
There will be services at the Ellis
worth Falls church next Sunday
morning and evening, conducted by
Rev. John E. Besant of Bangor semi
nary. Mr.. Besant will be assisted by
his wife, who is singer and harpist.
Hours of service, 1870 d. m. and Z
p. m. The Sunday school will follow
the morning service.
Mrs. H. l.. D. Woodruff, whose
back was injured in an automobile
accident three weeks ago, is now i'm
proving. Through The American,
she thanks the Rebekahs, Eastern
Stars and Womans Alliance for
beautiful flowers, fruit and express
sions of sympathy which have
cheered her during her illness.
Prof. James S. Stevens of the Uni
versity of Maine will occupy the pull
pit of the Unitarian church next Sun
layman's service. The subject of his
address will be THE English Bible
as Literature" Prof. Stevens is an
interesting public speaker, and this
lecture, which he has delivered sew
eral times, has received much favor
able comment
Rev. Ernest A. Lilley assumed his
duties as pastor of the Ellsworth
Congregational church Sunday. The
pastor, Rev. George S. Brookes, is on
leave of absence until June, 1925.
Mr.. Lilley is graduate student at
the Bangor theological SEMINARY, and
has charge of the physical work
there. Before coming to Bangor he
was pastor of the Union church,
Westfield, Mass, and student at
Springfield college, Next Sunday
morning Mr., Lilley will preach on
Power to Become" Commencing
with Sunday, Nov. 16, he will con-
duct series of services on Life
Principles"
Ellsworth's public water supply
has again been reported unsatis-
Continued on page 81
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05
WEATHER IN ELLSWORTH.

For Week Ending at Midnight Tuesday
November 4. 1924
station of the Bar Harbor & Union
River Power Co. in Ellsworth. Pre-
cipitation is given in inches for the
twentyfour hours ending at mid
night
Weather Precip-
Temperature conditions itation
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-11-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS
SCHEDULE OF MAILS.
Ellsworth POstOflice.

MAILS RECEIVED
Week Days.
From West-6.47 a. M; 4.31 p. M
From East-11.11 a. M; 6.27 p. m.
MAILS CLOSE AT POSTOFFICE
Week Days.
Going West-1O.40 a. m; $50 p. m.
Going East-615 a. M. 400 p. m.
Registered mail should be at post
Office half an hour before mail closes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-30
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE LYRIC

The Lyric bill for the first half of the week. which opened Monday, pre- aented patrons with five diversified acts, every one of which is unusual. 1t IS seldom that an act is presented Tn BIT mincham so we'll staged as was inc headline attraction, Miss Robbie Brew ster and company in Dancing Hon. eymoon."
 From the first tersichorian offering or a iazz wedding to the final dance by Mccormick and Martin, par0ay on the dance of the wooden soldiers rom the Chauve Souris, the act was tuneful and moved along in an entertaining manner.
 The biggest laugh on the bill was brought forth by Jed Dooley, the cameo comic. who kept the house in an up- roar with a continuous line or non, sense. His scenery" which consisted almost entirely of one comedy girl, not listed on the program, also recelVed generous applause during her brlet ap- pearance on the stage.
 Bollinger and Reynolds. the first act had asrepetoire a of some novel siacE wire and rope-walking stunts whlcnl were well received. They were followed by the Jack Hughes duo, who mixed classical and jazz music on comets banjos. saxaphones and violins, to the utmost satisfaction of the audience:
 Frank and Joe Wilson also made 6 distinct hit in their comedy skit "Tht Lieutenant and the Cop" The show opened with a new Aesop's Fable com edy dy picture and the current Patn' News reel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-30
Leading ! Tenor With Opera
 Is Fine Singer And Actor
Ludovico Tomarchio One Of Feature Artists
 With Company Coming Here

Tn Ludovico Tomarchio, leading tenor, who Is coming to Birmingham with the San Carlo Grand Opera company Thursday, January 1, and who will ap- pear in I'll Trovatore," the. evening per formance, Fortune Gallo has found tenor who can sing and act both.
 It is a noticeable fact that some sing. CTS cannot act, but Tomarchio, who has a tenor voice which, according to the New York critics is of. admirable qual- ity, is heard to excellent effect both Ill lyric and dramatic music.
 Added to this he has impressed audi ences by the sincerity and force of hts acting. Before coming to America 6 few seasons ago, Tomarchio had won for himself high position in the ranks of Italian operatic tenors, and had suna himself into favor at several of the leading opera houses of his native couri' try. He would seem to be doing the same here, for in all the American cit ies in which he has appeared with ths San Carlo company on this, their four teenth annual transcontinental tour, ht has secured hearty commendation iron the press and public.
 The repertoire for New Years day | in Birmingham is as follows: Madam,
 Butterfly" with Tamaki Miura, thu world-famous Japanese prima donna, 1T the title role, at the matinee; and "I I Trovatore," featuring the American lyric soprano, Edith de Lys, for thu
 evening performance.