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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

HIN GF1NN5C aGO AOOEA
(From The Tires Recorder. July
28, 1894.)
The Americas Cycling Associa-
zion will have a run this afternoon
At 6:15 O'Clock, starting from their
headquarters on Jacksons street,
The ladies are especially invited to
participate.
Speaker Chas. R. Crisp, has for
mally accepted the nomination ten
Tered him by the convention of the
Third Congressional district, re-
Gently assembled at Hawkinsville,
and will again succeed himself as
he representative of the district,
The retirement of Capt. H. D.
Watts from the race for county
treasurer leaves the field clear to
Messrs. J. E. Sullivan and E. Tay-
Ior. They are putting in hard ticks
among the voters, and each is con
fident that the race is his.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Shippers Compress Associa-
ton of this city, Capt. E. w. Hit
was elected president, and will see
to it that the affairs Of the com
pany in future as in the past, are
are kept at high water mark.
Lee Allen leaves tomorrow for
New York, and other Eastern mark
cts where he will select the large
stock to be purchased by Allen,
Clegg & Co., for their new store to
be opened about August goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Fricker enter
tanned a party of young people
charmingly last evening with a
lawn party. The evening was given
complimentary to Masters Willie
and Linton Solomon, of Macon who
have charmed the handsome Fricker
home with their mirthfuI presence
the last two weeks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
No Boil Weevil Blues

Most of those farmers who
have industriously poisoned this
year have but little cause to
worry. On their farms the early
raids of the Billion Dollar Bug
were beaten off. These farm
ers aren't suffering from the
Boil Weevil Blues, as describ-
ed in the York ENQUIRER
Gawd made the bee an the bees
max de honey,
Niggah an mule max cotton
white folks git de money.
Boil Weevils a hidin' hisself in
the wood,
Tallin' things easy till de cotton's
CROWN good.
If dis summers gwine to be
mighty dry,
Ole Bole Woevil will hab to draw
up an die.
Eff it rains a heap an jest stays
wet,
De old Boil Weevil will git de
crap yet.
How it's gwine to be dere's no
way to tell,
We mought git rich an we
mought ketch hell
I'm got de blues-dem Boil
Wevvil Blues.
A few more weeks and the
battle will be won. We have
carried on since February. Let's
not slacken now, but with re-
newed energy and determine
ton complete the season. IF
we do, there'lI be but few in
Sumter cointy who will suffer
with Boil Weevil Blues when
the picking is complete.
In letter to the editor, re-
ceived Saturday, DR.. j. c. Ma
ness, Of the State Board of
Entomology, says:
The boil weevill will come
back at you if you give him a
half chance. Let me urge
that you and Judge Hixon and
others keep your eyes open, and
the eyes of the workers in the
field"
Every indication now is that
Sumter S fleecy crop will exceed
10000 bales-more than dou-
bling last years crop. At least
this is the opinion of many
growers in the county today.
The price we pay for success
is eternal vigilance everlasting
work with brain and Drawn,
and as a rule Sumter farmers
have fought every step of the
way this season and success
should come to them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
Opinions of other EditOrS--
Serious and Otherwise

kept a village store; he sat him
down and smoked a pipe, aad
watched the open door. And as
the people passed along, and did
not stop to buy, John still sat and
smoked his pipe and blinked his
eyes. And so the sheriff closed
him out, but still he fingered near,
and Mary came along To drop
sympathetic tear.
Glow is it, sister, can you tell,
why other merchants here, sell all
their goods so readily and thrive
from year to year," Remember
ing her own bad luck the maiden
then replies: "Those other fellows
get there John, because they adj
vertise. An Exchange.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF
A DOLLAR

Zone dollar spent for lunch lasts
five hours.
One dollar spent for a necktie
lasts five weeks.
One dollar spent for an automo-
bile lasts five years.
One dollar spent for a waterpoH
err or railroad grade lasts live
generations.
One dollar spent in the service of
God lasts for ETERNITY
Roger w Babson
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>l0nl57fmS'
SAYS ]

A hair on the head is worth SIN
on the comb.
What makes a woman madden
than a new dress fading?
Don't worry" makes a better
motto when you add "Others."
Entirely too many girls get mar
ried to keep from being old maids,
One corner of an eternal triangle
usually gets knocked off.
Loafing is easy but hard to sue,
coed at.
Things are so quiet over in Ire
land now many of the small chill
dren think every day is Sunday.
When a man gets disappointed In
love he goes around blaming the
world in general for it.
Now is the time to start letting
your whiskers grow as a prepared
ness against Christmas neckties.
Fire broke out in a Chicago po-
lice station, but they caught it in
time.
Only a few more months in which
to do something to be thankful for
this Thanksgiving.
Wears ago tloy got the buggy and
went sparkling; now they get the
auto and go parkirC.
Sleep is a great thing. It keeps
some people from thin6ing about
tamselves "a hours a day.
Here's a slogan some presidential
candidate can have: The dollars that
run the government run the tax
payers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
AN OLD STORY IN A NEW
DRESS

A country school board was
visiting a school and the principal
was putting his pupils through
their places.
who signed the Magma
Charta, Robert?" he asked turn
ing to one boy.
"Please sir, it wasn't me-
whimpered the youngster.
The teacher, in disgust, told
him to take his seat; but an old
tobacco chewing member of the
board was not satisfied, so, after
well-directed aim at the cuspi-
dor, he said: "Call that boy back;
/ don't like his manner; / believe
he did do it."--Greensboro
Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
DOPE-FIENDS

All evils are exaggerated in the
telling.
It has been claimed that there
are a million drug addicts in our
country.
The actual number is about no.
900, according to Klob and Du-
Mez, government experts who de-
vote their time to this sort of inves-
tigation. They base their figures
on arrests and the amount of
dope" that enters the United
States legally and Struggled.
Nothing is ever as bad as it's
made out to be.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
Giia@iazaI6
~ \ hsAbcrt Angle
PARSONAGE

The pope receives $4,000 pieces
of mail a day. Most of them are
letters.
Hugo SHINES is believed to have
ranked second among the great
personages of the world in the
amount of mail. H,t
Henry Ford, not far behind.
Secretaries who examine the mail
of the great observe that the ma
jority of the communications soil
cit aid, while only a relative few Of
fer help. 1t is a peculiar kind of
psychology that, as soon as the aver
age persons takes pen or typewriter
in hand, he begins to ask for some
thing. 1a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
THE STANDARD
THOSE WHO WISH TO SHOP
AS EASILY POSSIBLE DURING
THESE HOT DAYS COME TO
THIS STORE, FOR HERE ARE
ALWAYS NOTABLE VALUES
A MONDAY AND TUESDAY SALE
So English Long Cloth at

A MONDAY AND TUESDAY SALE.
So English Long Cloth at
$1.98 Bolt
White soft Chamois finish close
even weave, Sc inches wide, 10
yard pieces; Monday and Tuesday
bolt 10 yords --.------..--..--.--.--$1 1913
SO Canton Crpees at $1.ss
Brown, black and navy; regular
" So, 40 inches wide and one of
the best bargains you will see this
season. All We have is on sale here
Monday and Tuesday yard .--.$1.9s
72x108 Crinkle Spreads at $1.49 2
Maybe you had better get here
early if you wish one or two of
these wonderful spreads at $1.49
because they are such good values
that somebody will be liable to buy
them all; some are 72x100, others
are 72x108 inches; Monday and
Tuesday each -..---..---....-....$I.49
Regular Amoskeag Bingham
at 121- Cents
1t mas been a long time since you
have read such a statement as this
Amoskeag means standard quality.
We have this Apron Bingham, in
all size checks of blue only and will
pass it on to you in almost any
quantity Monday and Tuesday,
yard .------.-....-- .---.---...........-l2 1-2c
Cracker State Ticking
At Zoe Yard
For serviceable mattresses this
Cracker State No. 100 quality can
not to be equaled for the price; full
width and extra long quality; Mon
da yand Tuesday several good pat
terms to be sold at yard -,-.@20c
We Want You to Get Some of
This Bingham at 19c
We guarantee every yard to
equal any zoe to 35c Bingham sold
in Americas. We told you last week
how we secured this big shipment
from one of the best mills at al
most half price, Because the lengths
were from 10 yards to 20 yards in
each piece. Every piece is 80 inches
wide; on sale Monday and Tues
day, yard ----..-.-.-- -.-......-....-.Isc
soc Pillow Cases at 35c
Wide hens of the best standard
Muslin, guaranteed free from
starch; size AZ and 45x36 and the
best value for soc in Americas, Ga;
here Monday and Tuesday
$1,000 Heavy Wool Fiber Rugs
AT $3.50
Better than some we have been
selling at $1,000; beautiful Axmin-
ster patterns; size 9x12 feet: sold
on easy payments without interest.
The Rice and Hutchins So and
$40 pumps at $2.95
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce.
AMERICUS, GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
We Are Inter
Dependent

There is no independence
from our fellowmen as long as
we live among them and want
even the simplest of necessities.
We are all inter-dependent,
though usually we stupidity for
get this truth and oppose each
other.
Frank Way became a
town character IN Grand Rap
ids, Mich, and won his nick
name, Home Made" because
for years he lived up to his
boast that he could make every
article he needed except food.
AS for food, he could have
grown enough to keep alive. The
telegraph wires neglected to
say why he failed to garden.
Maybe because he was so busy
making things he needed.
He died the other day at 90.
They buried him in a coffin he
made year ago when his health
began to slip.
Here was a man with per-
sonality if there ever was one.
We don't know what prompt
ed Frank Way, % years ago,
to try to make himself entire
ly independent of the labor of
Others. Psycho-analysts proba-
bly, would say he had some sort
of self-complex."
He made his own shoes, hats,
trousers, shirts, even his own
cigars and false teeth.
Far back in the mists of time
all men did this. They had to.
Then they observed that, for in
stance one man made arrowheads
faster than any one else-and
was slow at killing wild game
for food. Another had a knack
to- erecting houses. So each
specialized at the things he could
do best-and, since he produc-
ed more than he could use, he
bartered the products of his toll
Tor the products of others.
This started commerce and
specialization. 1t made life
easier for all. Frank Way didn' t
need to prove that a man can
be self-sustaining. It's been
proven before. millions of times.
The idea, of course, fires popu-
lar imagination-this being com
Pletely independent. Witness
the popularity of the exploits
OF Robinson Crusoe. Even he,
however, had to get help-his
man Friday.
There's a bit of a Joke on
Frank Way. after all. To be
self-sustaining' over a period
OF q years, he had to work an
average of IL hours a day. And
he WASH t self-sustaining at all.
he boosted that he made his
own cigars. A lot of US roll our
own cigaretts and fill our pipes.
But we don't grow the tobacco
ourselves. We don't cure it,
blend it, haul it to us from the
source of production. Nor did
Frank Way.
1t was SO with everything he
made. Hundreds of men had
esch his little share. Of. effort
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
THOUGHT

Whosoever exalteth himself shall
be abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be 'exalted.-Luke
l4:11.
Loves humility is loves true
pride.-Bayard Taylor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
BABIES

At 81 she's mother of five chill
dren-Mrs. William Nye of Mans
field, Mass. She was a bride at Ii.
Her fifth baby was born when she
was barely 20 years old. She has
four boys and one girl and wishes
she had another daughter.
The family is extremely happy.
While the mothers tender years are
exceptional, it's apparent that the
situation is far more successful
than in the average when children
come later in life. 1t is better to
marry too young than too old, with
in reasonable bounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
CORREGIDoR

It's whispered about in the army
that American troops in the Philip
pines will be concentrated at Fort
Mckinley, Manila, and on Corregi-
dor Island-our own Gibraltar il
Manila Bay.
Corregidor constantly is provis-
Toned and munitioned for a two
years siege. Over 200 pieces of
heavy artillery are mounted there.
Gamble they could hold out until
we built big enough navy. That
our General Staff is a dumbell or
ganization, is all right for foreign
ers to believe. But wink one eye
when you tell it to another Amerl-
can.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
THE CAR DRIVER MUST
KEEP HIS EYES OPEN.

1t is the unexpected-the I'M
expected that can happen in an
instant of time-that results in
most automobile accidents.
1t is the train that reaches
the grade crossing at the unex-
pected moment of the automo-
bile's attempted crossing; it is
the pig or the calf that dashes
in front of the speeding car at
the unexpected moment, and at
a point where leaving the road
is inevitably attended with i'm
minent danger-it is Just such
things that result in distressing
accidents.
1t is a wise driver who keeps
his eye on the road, his hand on
the steering wheel and his mind
on his business when driving a
car, for, as already said, the I'M
expected can happen with dis
tressing suddenness, and eternal
vigilance is the only price of
safety.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
:,BllIid'l8{e7tMlSe3'II&|IEI||BEE59:)

"sav where in the deuce money all go? What
couples have tha The something they feel
they should they neer can tell just where they re at
IT'S the bane the dear little wife cause the wor
m money end So her fondy kisses the worrying
nssus and says Gwen mark down what we spend"
book Just for budgengs purchased that day There are
pages for every expense they've discovered neat little
way to schedule their dollars an d cents
They sit by the table, udgeng bent, till both of them
~ an seen Tbevu keen erfect figures what they have
pent and they won't have to re ad em and weep.
ooh, goy" she, chin how happy wen be- for this
budget will blot out W. The minister but he
says, you please let the budget tomorrow
Tomorrows may and tomorows may and today II
you'll take close look the only real mark that the pages WI"
show the price that they paid for the book
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, mcorporated)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
BLAH

Took quite long time for few
American planes to cross the Pa
cific," even by skirting the edges
of the ocean. Not belittling their
wonderful achievement, by any
means. But the time and distances
elements that are involved certain
ly are comforting to any hysterical-
ly imaginative Yank who fears the
arrival of Asiatics on artificial
wings.
But don't go to sleep. the trip
will be made faster later. Right
now, the odds are deciaively with
us,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
Gross Crossings CautiousIvo

Nross crossings Cautiously
The railroads in this section
have exerted every possible
means to safeguard the public
at grade crossings, and the public
should cooperate with them in
their effort to eliminate acct
dents. Thousands of lives are lost
annually by careless automobile
drivers and in almost every
case the driver failed to stop or
slow up before reaching the
crossing. Stop, Look, and Listen
before crossing the railroad and
you will always be on the safe
side.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28
HIM 10 ADYERTlSERS

Mary had a little lamb, it's
fleece was white as snow; it
strayed away one summer day
where lambs should never go.
And Mary sat her quickly down.
and tears streamed from her eyes;
she never found the lamb because
she did not advertise.
And Mary had a brother who
represented in every bit of raw
material Frank Way used-for
instance, the nails he drove in
his home made shoec
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28

Now is the time to start letting
your whiskers grow as prepared
ness against Christmas neckties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28

When a man gets disappointed in
love he goes around blaming the
world in general for it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28

Here's a slogan some presidential
candidate can have: The dollars that
run the government run the tax
payers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28

Only few more months in which
to do something to be thankful for
this Thanksgiving.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-28

Wears ago tloy got the buggy and
went sparkling; now they get the
auto and go parkir.~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
6Oc' Vent Baby
Rubber Pants
Specially Specie IQc

These Baby Pants are fash
Toned of purest quality gum
rubber-Yell made, strong and
very durable.
Special ventilating feature
which insures comfort for
b by. A super-value 400
at ................ 1ON
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Radiun1


used at least twice a day
will kill a head cold in it's in
cipiency. Buy a SOC tube of it
today, use as directed, and
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Csc.
MaUis
Tale
Special, 16c

Barnard's Complexion Cream
will quickly and surely remove
those ugly blotches. Apply
little each night before retiring
soon all your freckles will
vanish as if by magic.
Regular $1.O0 jar. Spe- Coo
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; Values Throughout the Sixteen
FANCEE

HANCEE
A group Of Toiletries
That Appeal to Those
Desiring the Utmost in
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FIANCEE PERFUME
presents the touch of sweet.
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FIANCEE FACE POWDER
has the rare virtue of promot
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effects, $1.O0.
FIANCEE COLD CREAM
-cleanses and sweetens the
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tributing to skin health and
beauty, 15c.
FIANCEE VANISHING CREAM
"a dry cream which renders
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that well-groomed finish, 15c.
FIANCEE LIP STICK
lin medium and dark flesh
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Offers a sheen and perfume
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AN unfailing help in the relief
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The bath becomes a greater
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body the alluring fragrance of
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Stop
That Cold!

Damp-cold weather, exposure,
going from a warm room into
the biting winds, all combine
to keep US with that disagree
able head cold.
If this cold is allowed to run
on and on, it gets into the
throat and chest and becomes
dangerous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-10
Alarm
Clocks
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23
From PreIudes
By T. s. ELIOT.

The morning comes to consciousness,
OF faint stale smells of beer
From sawdust-trampled street
With all its muddy feet that prem
To early coffee-stands.
With other masquerades
That time resumes,
One thinks of all the hands
That are raising dingy shades
In thousand furnished rooms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23
The First Time In History:

History. of New By
Anna Louise Strong with Introduction by Leon Trozy published
Bon & Liverght $780,
GO MANY books being written published
Tehash of old stories, the old
pleasantly
Strong. History" especially
valuable Of the authentic analyses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-23

maintains the readers interest I'M
tagging. The book is a worthwhile
contribution to the literature on So
Wet Russia. It is particularly valu-
able as bringing up to date the most
recent phases of reconstruction in the
Soviet Republic.
JAY LOvESTONE.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-06-06

Buy your shares from
any employe of the Com
pany -..they're our sales
mon. Clip and mail cou-
pom for complete in
formation.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-06-06
Public Is Robbed by
"Pittsburg Plus

Washington-The steel trusts spe-
cial privilege, known as pittsburgh
plus" was attacked in the senate by
Mr. Gooding of Idaho, who declared
that the country's natural resources
are not being developed under this
system.
Periodically pittsburgh plus" is
denounced by lawmakers, state Off
cials, government agencies and prl-
vate citizens, but the trust continues
to levy tributes on every person by
enforcing this extra charge on steel.
Under pittsburgh plus" every
steel buyer as far west as Pueblo
must pay the freight rate on steel
from Pittsburgh to the place where
he uses it.
This place the trusts mills in the
vicinity of Pittsburgh on the same
competitive basis as mills near the
raw material, which the steel trust
controls.
The purchaser may go to the steel
mills at Pueblo, Col, and buy 1000
pounds of steel of any kind, but he
pays the freight on it from Pitts
burgh.
at is said that the farmers of the
country are paying $50,000,000 yeal
of an increase in freight rates on
manufactures of iron and steel
brought about by the Pittsburgh plus
policy" said Mr.. Gooding.