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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
The Quaker Is a Good
Citizen

The Quakers have been cele-
brating the Booth anniversary
of the birth of George Fox,
founder of their belief. There
are 10000 of them in the
United States. Though known
as the Quakers their real name
is the Society of Friends.
Here is a powerful and unique
organization. For nearly three
centuries it has fought war and
championed simplicity, truth,
honesty and democracy.
Among the great men they
have produced were Benjamin
Franklin, William Penn and
John Greenleaf Whittier. And
the longer we study them and
watch their record and way Of
living, the more we're inclined
to believe that every Quaker is
a great man.
You meyer knew Quaker
that waaa,ta. eaod citizen
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
WANTED-A GOOD sPELLER.

WANTED-A GOOD SPELLER.
eff you know of anyone who
boasts of being a good speller,
try him out on these words:
Rarely, villify, embarrass, harass'
inoculate, innuendo, repellent,
picnicking, supercede, plague.
The average person will miss six
out Of the ten" Are you dead
sure you spelled all these words
right? Honestly we do not know.
We have just received a new
Websters Dictionary and we have
been thinking of swallowing the
thing.-Commerce News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
ROTARY WIVES DO GOOD
WORK

The Rotary AIMS did sucn
splendid work with our city parks
last year that it would be a great
pity to have them go out Of bust
ness. The condition of the parks
now show an exceeding lack OF
care at the hands of some one.
Where the blame lies we are not
prepared to say just at this time
but we feel if the Rotary AIMS
viii again get busy that a Won
derkl change will have been
WI Eht.-ElAadla Citizen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
ON GOVERNMENT EXPENSE
NO NEED TO RUSH

REPRESENTATIVES, Of twenty
Latin American countries have
come to the United States to in
spect the roads. If they drive
like some of our motorists, they
won't see much of the roads,
Lumpkin Independent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
iFrom The Times Recorder. June
80, 19O4.)

30, 1000
Miss Cailie Bell and Miss Mamie
Sue Bell, the charming daughters Of
Mr.. and Mrss E. 1. Bell entertained
delightfully."- with a lawn party Mon
day evening in honor Of their fair
guests, Miss Claire Simpson, and
Miss Minnie Battle, of Omaha, Ga.
DR., H, H. Mcclellan, and family
leave today for Macon, where they
win reside during the time tha3
Miss Mcclellan attends Wesleyan
College. Americas regrets to give
up this family of well known peo-
pie even for 9 few years, and wla
gladly welcome their return here at
a later date,
The marriage last evening Of
Miss Addie Tarver and Mr.. Linton
L. Lester was one of the pretti Il
June time weddings here, and rarely
does a popular young couple begin
the voyage of life to gether under
happier auspices. The bride is the
eldest daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tarver and a young lady of rare
beauty and refinement and popular
among a host of friends. Mr.. Lest
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
LAND

Out of every 81 invested in their
business by farmers, 85 cents is
tied up in real estate. This is large
ly responsible for the slowness with
which agriculture has been read
justing itself to after-the-war CON
ditions. SO says DR.. L. C. Gray,
economist of Department of Agri-
culture.
In many sections of the country,
land speculation has played greater
havoc with farm prosperity than
mas overproduction Of crops. An
other thing, farming is tie only re-
naming basic industry that oper-
ates under almost Unrestricted com
petition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

(From The Times-Recorder. June
80, 1910
Glorious % June time, when
steps down ard out today. has made
a record of being the hottest ever
.unreeled here, and if July has any
thing more fervent in the way of
weather Americas will enter a pro
test in advance. The weather of
1.-THE past week was the hottest ever
recorded here in June with high
maximum of los degrees on Thurs
day last, and 104 degrees the day
following
Misses Cortez Whitsett, Effie vii
son, Beulah Bivins, Mary George
Frizzell, and Ruth Edwar s of Cac.
dele, are the at, u rs oSASsAslr7
Miss Mary Hawkins. &c - =
Mrs. Merritt and Miss Lota
Merritt returned yesterday from a
pleasant visit to friends in Macon
General Manager Ernest TulIis,
of the Americas exchange Of The
Bell Telephone Co., was in Cuth-
bert yesterday ON business.
Mrs. Lon Gammage left yester
day for Montgomery where during
several days she viii be the guest of
her sister, Mrs. II. C. Jackson.
Miss Helen Maffett Of Montezu-
ma, will arrive upon visit to Miss
Rouss Hamilton, at her home on Lee
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
Old Days In AmericuS

CIR is a wen known young man and
popular here as well.
The three commodious stores in
the new Perry & Brown building
are now being occupied Melton's
cafe is in the first secuon, and viii
be opened Saturday. Gums
grocery store is in the middle see
ton, while Eugene Williams, has
the store next the McMath building.
The Elks viii occupy the entire sec.
ond floor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
THOUGHT

Faith, without works, Is dead
Jas. 2.2O.
Faith is the continuation of rea-
on.-William Adams.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
WORDS

The new Oxford dictionary, 40
years in the making, defines 425,-
.000 different words.
It's estimated that the average
person In Dis daily conversatiof
uses only several hundred of these
words.
People often are advised to look
up every strange word they en-
counter in their reading. If they
did, they'd go to the dictionary some
100000 and more times. The
wouldn't have time to do anything
else, With a good stock of slang,
highly impressive, most people can
express all that's in them, Slang S
shorthand talk.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30

There is no demand in Georgia
for opposition to Senator Harris,
and in entering the race against
him Mr.. Hardwick has rendered
much more difficult his own res
toration to favor in his state. The
people Of Georgia have repeated
" demonstrated their ability to
forget and forgive-and reward!
But thew like to see a candidate
for restoration to favor show
tai,e Of that same spirit OF lot
ness before they kill the fat
- slf and bring out n new gold
ring.
MIR. Hardwick is making a MIS-
take, and he seems to be the only
man in the state who does not
realize the fact.-Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

dtt~ e--e5ar leit yesterday for 49, ~ ~ s}'t9
mons Island, whese they will ( Coy
the sea breezes for a few days, the
guest Of relatives there.
Americas and her sister city, All
bany, are 70 be linked together by
yet another tie. Railroads and tele.
graph lines they long have had, and
now that most useful Of modern in
ventions--the telephone, is to draw
them closer stiIl
Hon. Alien Fort chairman of the
state democratic committee to meet
in Atlanta, July 10h. Hon. Charles
Northen, chairman of the campaign
committee, and Chairman, Fort, de-
cided upon the meeting in order to
prepare for perfect party organize
ton.
Mr.. Charles Hand of Buena Vista
is contemplating purchasing the
Schley County News and we arc
reliably informed is only waiting
now for Mr.. Ed Hornady to put in.
his appearance at Ellaville, when it
is almost certainty the deal viii be-
ecnsummated.
Cantaloupes in large quantities
are being Slipped here from the
farmers about Leesburg. The fruit
is of good quality and sells readily
ut fifty cents per dozen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
MERcER UNIvERsITY,s RADIO

The opening of the Mercer IA
do broadcasting station was an
event of interest to all Georgia
especially to the radio fans there
of, and their number is rapidly
becoming legion. The Mercer
broadcasting station will be an
especially good advertisement for
the University, and will add con-
siderably to the pleasure as\ well
as edifieation Of those wholown
radio outfits in this seeti3 ~ -
= lfras-r L.a,.a NF.... fr-r4 l y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
FORTUNES HIDDEN IN OLD
TRUNKS.

Delegates to one Of Che manu-
featuring jewellers meetings in
the East have disclosed that old
American trunks conceal untold
riches in old rings, pins, neck
laces and plate. Some of these
gems were brought over from
Europe by previous generations
and their present owners do not
realize their value. These jew'4-
ers urge that the old pieces be
resurrected and refashioned into
styles of the day.-Waycross
Journal-Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
DOLLARS

The so union labor banks IN our
country nov have resources which,
totaled, amount to almost 100 nil
lion dc .ars, says Warren S. Stone
~tocrats point to these millions
and ask where Lahore ends and
capital begins. The answer is that
these loo millions do not belong TO
labor. They belong to the deposit
tors Of labor banks Stone predicts
that mary Of us viii live to see
100 powerful labor hanks in oper-
alton We hope his esta. te is far
too conservative Powerful labor
banks viii help balance the scales
against Wall street and in favor Of
he public,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-30
ITALY

Italy is one country in Europe
that's getting back to normal steadi-
ly. Her imports have been exceed
ing exports by around 800 million
lire a month. But Ayear ago the
excess was nearly ,'-"9 $ big.
This recoVpryf ror Tt.i,r
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IA hqAIbert AulIs
HARDEST ZOE O ELL

Years ago the slogan of business
was, "Let the buyer beware"
There were few exceptions. The
general attitude was that business
was battle of wits, cunning
against cunning, and that profit
could only be made at someone
else's loss.
Travelling salesman in those days
were concerned only with getting q
buyers name on the dotted lire,
Once they had his signature, he had
to accept the shipment or get sued.
That time is gone. For it's now
realized that dissatisfied customer
doesn't come back second time.
Business used to exist mainly for
the first order. Now it's out for
repeat orders-to build up a lasting
patronage. And its policy accord
ingly is based on giving full salts
faction. Concerns frequently ac-
cept a loss rather than displeasc q
customer.
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faction. Concerns frequently ac-
cept a loss rather than displease a
customer.
The Chesapeake & Ohio sends
this slogan to its railroad employees:
''The customer is always right
The idea is that a railroad sells
service and that the buyer of SCI
vice is entitled to the same court
eous and satisfactory treatmentI
that he would get in store. That
correct.
The customer, Of course, is notI
always right-not by a long shot.
But the general attitude, that he isl
always right, assures him of al
square deal in cases where he isl
right and the seller wrong.
The hardest job in me world is
handling the public-seIling goods
or service. The average person isl
never quite as unreasonable asi
when he is spending his money, par.
ticularly for necessities. The in
dustries that sell him his amusa-
ment have him pretty we'll cowed.
The way courteous and oblig-
ing clerk is imposed on and barkcd
at by some customers is enough to,
make the blood Of any fair-minded
person boil.
These human beings who sell usI
store goods, railroad tickets and
the like-let US keep in mind thatI
they are human, not just business!
automatons, and that the sharp and
unreasonable word stings them as
much as it would us.
The campaign for courtesy mi
handling the public is fine enough.
But it's about time we had some
campaigns for courtesy by the pub
lie in its dealings with clerks ana
other agents of business. Most
modern business transactions are
mutually profitable Both sides
should be fair and kind.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
DR.. LASkER is PICKED
TO WIN CHESS CROWN

NEW YORK, April 2.-Dr Eman-
ueI Lasker o. Germany, leader and
only undefeated player. is favored
by experts for Enal honors in the in
ternationaI chess masters tourna-
ment which today begins its second
and final period Of eleven rounds
Alexander AIckhine Of Russia. fol
lows the leader by one fun game.
Richard Reti OF Czschoslovahia. whose
consistent playing after q bad start
has featured the tournament IS tied
for third with the worlds cha mpion.
Jose r. Capablanca Of Cuba. whose
play in the first half was mediocre.
Four men are tied for fifth place, two
and one-half games behind DR..
I4asker The: are Eldfn Bogoljubow
of I4atvia- Geza Maroczy of Hungary.
Frank Marshall Of New York and DR..
Savielly Tartakower of Austria.
David Janowski of France, Edward
Lasker of Chicago and +. u. Yates Of
England are considered out OF the
race.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
EXHIBITION BASE BALL

At Clearwat T. Fla
B95asiSa s95l1dsPhts 5s..Hons9' tEas,9''H .
Ring. Carlson, MitcheI and Henlne. Wilson
Dickerman, Decatur. hcPhee and Taylor,
Gonzales.
At Orlando, TIA
Cincinnati National ........,...... Ii 2
Palmero. Luther and Hartley: Benton
Harris, PrieSmuth and Wingo. ssnbers.
At Jacksonville. Fla
G GSw York National -.........-.-. 10 /
McQuillan, Maun Gearin and Snyder: Rob.
ertson, Connolly and Grouse.
At Pensacola. Fla
New York American ..............
Rochester Interna tionalJ ..........- 2
Hcyt, Shawkey and Hoffman. Bengough; ;
Beall. Crowder anG Lake.
At Fort Worth. Tex
Boston (American) ............... 13 0
Fort Worth Texas )................ 3
Fuhr. Picin ch; Johns, Head and Moore.
At Birmingham. Ala
St. Paul American Association. 10 8
Birming ham Southern .............. IL IL D
Holtzhauser. Merritt and Allen; Hymsn.
Gray and Robertson, Brandon.
Evening star., 1924-04-02

AS for the pitchers: Uhlc. that kid
who is SO big that he spread- shade
around him like an oak tree seems to
be in as good form as he was last
year. Morton is coming back. He
has been reported coming back before
but this time iris Speaker says its
true. Covelcskie. having disposed Of
the ailments which disturbed his
mental poise last year. is back in
form, and Secretary McNichols is
betting he Will win as many games
as any pitcher in the league.
Edwards, the big Ieft-hander. is
pitching good enough base bali 70
justify the pains Cleveland has tax
en- with him. Shaute is better thar
he ever has been. and looks as If he
We're in the winning division at last.
If these men come through. Cleveland
has a pitching staff. all right
Then there is old sherry Smith.
who is likely to get at en- this year.
and there's Metyier and d kid named
Levsen, who are sticking around and
getting plenty of work.
First Base Is Strengthened.
George Burns is certainly an i'm
provement al first over either Giuist o
or Brewer When Burns played for
Cleveland in the world series against
Brooklyn mis- work was about as
clean cut as any first basoman ever
showed in d similar series.
No one exactly fathomed the rea-
son why Cleveland let him 20 after
Evening star., 1924-04-02

that exhibition. II may hs that
Cleveland was au-lred sorry after
it happened For the moment l..
seemed that the team needed strength
cning elsewhere. But Burns loss at
first Offset any gain the club mad"
otherwise. Anyhow. he's back and
"v'ry man "f the team is glad. in
Guiding Burns
An old sour mash man on another
major league club said Speaker
hadn any CatcherS because he let
steve o'NeilI go. Hasn't, ch2 Myatt
and SeWell seem 1" throw en- out
pretty well. and Al Walters viii tear
around behind The bat if they will
itt hlm- Muddy Ruel got away from
New York and developed into one OF
IN best GateheEs i'm base ball it
walters is given q chance. !; may be
'haj he VIII DO the same thing He
was right "n top Of Ruel las. year
, ana above Perkins Of the Athletics
Lutzkc. third baseman Burns. first
baSeman, md Stephenson. second
( bascmau. arr The biggest living
screen on the iHa~ld in base ball.
Little Joe SeweLl got 50 mad be
cause the siX-f""t athletes peeked
over his head i" fun that lie has
! threatened To buy Il pair Of high
h"t!ed Texas boots and play in them.
Stili. Joe has something coming. 20
. him because his batting average Is
higher than the siy-futtcrS
OutfrIderS Can WaIIop
The outtield Of the Cleveland lied
his nothing hut fences. Any ground
with short fences would run uD q big
lumber bill unless the spIintered
tmbers could he sold for match
sticks When all Clevelands 300 hit
ters let 20 at once down here tha
battery cRcamped at Plant City.
miles away. used to telephone around
the country asking where the enemy
had last been seen. And now that
they are gore. the Lakeland resi-
dents have ceased 10 peer into th@
heavens for signs 81 the thunder
storms the Indians bats made them
think were blowing up.
The Yanks and all the rest of them
VIII have to stay in high when the
season starts if they want TO keep
Cleveland out Of the next world
series.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-04-02

Competition has brrn keen amone g
The recruits and Wit @u"l a high
olaSS lot Of Youthful ,alcut at hand.
tHc boss took :" d.ai Il time befprc
making his Selec-i"lS From what
they have "cVca .el lu IN. training
season these four Wrn glOuld be quite
able to take car" Of "A" bulk Of the
hill toll for the Nationals.
Johnson nrobablv is nearer t. the
form that made him such a marvel
in 1913, when he burned UP the Amer
lean League, than he has been in the
past three or four Years. He is Won
drrfu.ly trim physically and appears
TO have more on the ball than he had
last season and the season before.
And Mogridge is in specially fine
shape, something heretofore unusual
for the Rochester man at this stage
Of the preparatory campaign, some
minor ailment generally has handl-
capped George at other training
camps. hu; this time his worst af-
Fiction has been Il cold and he soon
got rid Of that. Mo=ridg@'$ work
cuts in competition have been i'm
prcESivC, too. lie was fifth last year
in the list Of American League pitch
srs rated for effectiveness in the
allowed earned run averages. and
frs, of the National Sla bmcn in the
lot. In his present form he should
bc fully a effective as in 1922.
IahniScr gave a good account OF
himself last season. when he won nine
games and lost ten. hut Manager
Harris believed that Zahnny had =
few pitching faults that if eliminated
would make him much more helpful
to the club So TINS spring the mound
coaches and Iahniser have toiled to-
Eether earnestly. ana all are Of TIL"
opinion that he should appear to
greater advantage in the impending
campaign than in his performances
after coming IN to the Nationals last
Nav Harris certainly thinks highly
of Xahuiser'.; ability and is satisfied
the Pitcher will prove a valuable as
set to his club.
Sptcce already has won the praises
Evening star., 1924-04-02


If the club is larg" enough TO have
such an organization, provision
should he made not to permit the
president. vice president. secretary or
any other Official t. Interfere with
the actual work oG the nine as a
team. If this is not done the president
will begin to take it upon himself to
advise or oVerrule the manager and
captain. or some other officer VIII
arrive at the conclusion that he
knows more than the manager and
captain and attempt u change their
plans. There will be no base bali
team shortly after that begins 10
HAPPEN. The best ball players in the
world could not ISlay successfully if
they were locking to three or four
advisory heads.
Have it thoroughly understood that
the president and the executive Off
GERS who may handle the general
business of tho organization keep
their hands away from the field side
Of tho proposed sports. Now and then
the president Of a Junior athletic
club also is made the manager of the
base ball team. If he is experienced
and knows his place he may he sue
ceSSful, but even that Combinat ion
has its drawbacks. because a combin-
'd president and mana ger is likely. in
line. to begin to feel that he can lord
j. over the captain Of the team and
friction will start i'll that quarter.
Let the president Of the club take
care Of the general duties which are
prescribed for him. Probably he will
be an eX-officio member of the impor-
tant committees and he may have to
Countersign certain things and will
be the chairman 1t all meetings but
he never should have authority
greater than that of a manager and
a captain, because, If he did have it,
the players would have three men to
give them orders.
First, there would be the president
OF the club. then the manager. and,
after both of these, the captain. and
by that time the average boy would
be willing to quit the team and go to
some other. Men older in experience
than boys would be actuated to rebel
against similar conditions.
II also must be stipulated that the
manager shall not intrude upon the
duties of the president Furthermore.
there are certain limitations to be
placed upon both manager and cap
tain, but these have to do more with
the executive affairs of the club than
with the playing arrangements.
Perhaps it may be thought that all
OF this procedure is unnecessary with
boys nine, which is playing base
proved that it is more necessary ON
the average for the youngsters than
for athletes who are above twenty
years of age. Unless his rights are
pretty wen ueuneu ltleIe always Is Il
tendency on the part of an over-ag-
gressive official in a boys nine to
mix in," and when he is through
with asserting his way the nine may
be wrecked.
a successfully managed base ball
team for boys and young men up to
twenty years of age is one of the
finest athletic groups we have. 1t
teaches lessons worth while. \ non
successful nine gets little enjoyment
out of the sport and certainly none
out of its organization.
tThur~day: "Thc Captain Should
Have Final Word i'm Arranging
Matches.~)
Evening star., 1924-04-02
Rnbe Ruth Breaks Raf.

NEW YORK, April 2.-While three
Philly pitchers held Brooklyn to one
hit, Cy Williams indicated his willing
ness to again follow Babe Ruth
around the bases by hitting a home
run in the 40 Philadelphia victory
at Clearwater, Fla, yesterday.
The White Sox beat back a Giant
rally in the ninth and won. 7-6, at
Jacksonville. while the Yankees made
it two up on Rochester at Pensacola,
with Waite Hoyt and Bob Shawkey
hurting shutout ball for a 40 win.
Hugh McQuillan, Ernie Maun and
Dinty Gearin issued eight bases on
balls in the Giant defeat. Robertson
and Connally were hit hard by the
New Workers. but better control pro-
vided the onerun margin. Grouse,
SoN catcher, drove in four of his
teams runs. Claude Jonnard, Giant