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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
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MURDER


For armies and navies the world
is now Spending 1900 million dol
lars a year. A century at this rate
will eat up about as much as the
World War. Even three or four
years OF it is as much as the Allies
viii ever get out Of Germany.
Thirty feet Of rope, properly APP
piled to the necks Of few hundred
politicians and bankers in Europe
and Asia, would stop this mad war
spending. Trouble is, their success
sors would soon be at it again. It
seems to be the unsolvable problem
in all generations. Its cause is in
the fetish called patriotism"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
C:AMPTIV.'5 s1F;E5o,,
~ OUT 49, 8.lz

Pad buys tent that's small be It's two feet and six
inches tall pup" tent they call it and take there's
for a pup--and that's all.
He promised the kids that he'd buy that day. they pick
spot that's rght At supper time gets husky Murray
and the pup tent is hosted that night
Nom stands, and she smiles, at the kitchen
youngsters are out in the yard There's fussin fumin
element galore, as the kids made easy job hard
little old knapsack packed full of things There's blankets
ana something to eat how little it takes yet pleasure
brings. The kids t all as a treat
block from the house there's vacant lot and that's
e ene tents been put up The tiny affair just right like
as not for the two little kids their pup
How small! Yet how big! It's knockout affair It's made So it
h9eps out the dam The finds the trio snoozn in there
and The innocent kids call it camp! " '
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
YOURS

Wall Street Journal estimates
that $4,000 million dollars are on de-
post in American banks.
That is figure almost beyond
human imagination.
And yet it's only about $3.50 for
every man, woman and child in the
United States.
None of us has more than faint
conception of the size, wealth and
potential powers of our country.
United States" represents some
thing greater than the brain can
grasp. Devoting a whole lifetime
to travel and inspection, you'd wind
up having seen only a tiny fraction
of the whole.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
ALCHEMY

Bankers are a bit worried about
The German engineer who is beiley-
ed to have discovered how to turn
quicksilver into gold. HIS process
costs over two million dollars a
pound, but it is not impossible that
the cost could be reduced to mat
ter of cents.
Gold is worth 1881 a pound quick
silver less than 81 a pound. You
picture a German chemist taking
tons Of mercury, magica!ly turning
1t INTO gold and paying the indem.
nifty in a lump. This is not as ''in-
possible" as the arplane was so
years ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
THE DAYS WORST PUN


In the good old days Of chivalry
men stood up for women, but
there were no street cars them
Oil City Derrick.
It's all work and no plav with
lots of would be dramatists.-At-
lanta Journal.
New York was founded Just
300 years ago. I'm afraid it's
too late to do anything about it
now.-The Passing Show lion
DOM
With wheat at SIPS, keeping
the disseminated farmer" discoE,
tented becomes more and more Of
a problem-New York Herald
Tribune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
DOPE

Five hundred tons CT opium.
That's what the world needs in q
year for medical purposes. But the
world is making six times as much.
80 $500 tons are being used by drug
addicts,
To curb this traffic thereTl be an
international opium conference in
November. It's generally agreed
That the only way to SHUT off the
aope supply is to stop making i.
Not an easy job.
Nearly half of the worlds opiun
is produced in India, under an abso.
lute government monopoly. Inter
ests profiting by the traffic will as
sert their power at the November
meeting. The League of Nations viii
nave one of its most crucial tests
"hen 1t tackles opium at the confer.
ence. '- o''l q r
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
THE STANDARD
GREAT AUGUST SALE
This Wonderful August Clearance
Contains all the Seasonable Goods
"A Visit Here Will Mean Big
Savings to You.
Wash Goods Worth up to a
Dollar at 25c

We advertised these Wash Fab
RIGS last Thursday and we were
busy all day Friday, and up to the
printing Of this advertisement Sat
urday, SO we know that these fab
RIGS are going to be sold complete
ly out. The earlier you get here
the better the selection
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
Best Duplex Window
Shades at $1.00

Full regular size, mounted on the
best Hartshorn rollers, guaranteed
for five years; complete with all the
necessary fixtures each 800
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
Japanese Crepe
Csc a Yard

Lovely for little girls frocks.
FTocks Of this material are both at
traetiye and durable, as they wash
beautifully; in many bright colors,
yard ----------.--..--.--. Csc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04

Made on the same model as
mems size, made of the same ma
terlal, ell sizes, at per suit. soc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
FOUR c HOICE
20 CENTS YARD

coo Normandy Voiles
SOC Floc Dot Voiles
Imported Silk Striped Madras
Imported Fancy White Goods
Printed FlaXons
Imported Dotted Swiss
Imported Batiste
Imported Embroidered Voiles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04
Ladies' $3.50 Kimonos at SOC

Cleanup sale Of Kimonos; Diff
ferent materials; none worth as lit
tie as a dollor; here now choice soc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04

Linen Toweling at 1sc Yd.
Genuine Irish Linen, full toweling
width, natural color, striped bor-
der; regularly 25c; here at yd 1sc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04

It is SO hot in Africa underwear
s worn for an overcoat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04

Cool Union Suits for
Boys at $50
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-04

A lazy, impudent clerk is a conbi-
nation in restraint of trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
LET'S CLEAR THE AIR

m HREE YEARS AGO the important maritime nations of the
world agreed upon policy of naval reduction Meeting
Washington call of President Harding, the 553
men Britain the United States and Japan was
reached The people the world have benefited by that
agreement and the wishes it continued It's
cess operation of depends the good faith of the
principals and recently there have arisen in this country
certain citizens question the which the govern
of the other countries keeping the faith.
Suit enoin United States Government from carry
ing its part of the contract has resulted Specifically the
suit prevent the destruction of partly completed battle
ship Washington The Government naturally proposes to
keep word and will 60 through with the program of de
srucon But the action of the who instituted the suit is
the strust of Great Britain and Japan that
Americans and there interests which will
make their business fan this suspicion at opportunity
So it seems time to clear the air.
The naval disarmament conference of preceded
fairs Butler brought great airing of the sub
and prepared the mind advance of the confer
Now looks Chairman Butler confronted with
who and them tell just how the 553 agreement has
worked out.
belief that the evidence viii prove that the
principal nations having put themselves honor before the
world have all kept their word and living up the spirit
of the agreement.
viii be we'll worth while have this fact it is fact pub
ished to the people.
it fact if the other nations secretly building
and arming against America it time of course
known
a situation be helped by private citizens through
public lawsuits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
Science

Scientific study Of the ocean con
atanuy is showing much greater
depths than was believed possible
10 few years ago. So far. the great
est depths have been found In re-.
ginna subject to earthquakes.
Tho deepest place recently was
discovered by n Japanese warship
about fifty miles from the coast Of
Japan. The sounding wire reached
81, 64t feet. or bout six and a quarter
miles, yet fell Abort Of the bottom.
How much deeper the ocean may be
at this spot is still "A problem.
Previous 10 this discovery the
greatest known depth was Off Min
danao, Philippine Islands, whore bot
tom was reached at 32.112 feet. The
DEEPEST place in the Atlantic Ocean
that has been found Is near the
island Of Haiti. where the depth is
922 feet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

with bedbugs Flies and mosqui-
toes swarmed about. for there wasn't
a screen or a mosquito bar in sight.
Il saw right there what the pris.
ons needed was a housekeeper Men
can't keep house"
And Mother King jumped right
in.
She bought iron beds from the
Army surplus for Is cents apiece and
tore out every wooden bunk. She
got new mattresses and pillows.
/ Then she abolished the dark cell.
Locked in one, a man had no light
whatever. and no air except what
came in through a small pipe in the
/ floor.
But you can't find any dark cells
in Texas prisons now" she declares.
/ And next came the passing Of the
chains-great log chains that used
to hang from the beams in every
prison house; those chains with
which men were strung up by the
wrists until they tainted.
Now Mother" King has tackled
the whipping problem. She has de-
clared herself against the use of the
lash.
But as long as such provision
remains in the statutes, the board
cannot prevent its USE she says.
I'VE can only recommend the law
be changed"
Texas opened it's first honor farm
last September as the result of Mrs,
Kings report to Governor Neff. And
since then one for negro prisoners
also has been established.
And Mother King hopes to have
the honor system extended to every
one Of the twenty-four prison farms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
ARMY, MAJ Wy
STRIVE FOR
SIX HONORS
New Plane Metal Developed
Flights to Australia,
Hawaii Planned,
By Times Special

By times special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-Devel-
opments are coming thick and fast
in the race between the Army and
Navy for outstanding aeronautical
achievements.
Experiments, now under way at
McCooll field, Dayton, Ohio, indicate
successful production OF metal
one-third lighter than duralurnin for
use in most metal parts Of planes.
AeronauticaI men familiar with
the new metal, which is a mag
ncsium alloy. say its use viii de
crease weight of all wood planes
about one hundred pounds, and
metal planes by even a greater
amount
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

You can get an answer to any duss-
ton Of fael or information by writing
10 Tie Indianapolis Tines Washington
Bureau 1922 %ew TGc- Ave. " as1r~
tngton- u. c. tuclos.ng . cents ia
stamps for reply. Medical legal and
marital Iavlcr cannot Re gwen nor
can extended research he undertaken.
AL other Questions VIII receive q per
solaI reply. Unsigned requests cannot
De answered Al letters aca couAdeI-
uaL.--Ed-ttG.
What is tho altitude. humidity
and rainfall Of Jndtanapolts@
Street level altitude is 740 feat;
humidity, average. rs degrees IN the
moruinG, 81 degrees about noon;
rainfall. z1.4s inches annually
We're any Of tbs twelve apostles
rnai11e6o
The Bible mentions Peters wife :
mother" therefore It IS cer1aln ne
was married It Is ukaly that
others were also
why i= the four-1esSe8 clover
supposed to bring good luck2
Ta> tradition IS That Eve upon
being elected from Paradise. took a
folr-laofed clover wt-h her Be
cause the clover wss "a hit of green
fro-1 Paradise. us presence In one s
garden came 70 be looke6 up0n as
an oman u good luck
or what are human bones con
Ftltutad?
-s 81 - .. ..--.E---. -.4-,- .,,.1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Wei. statistics show soft drink
drinking Is declining, maybe because
people are learning ID do without
chasers,
Man was beating his wife in Chi
cage. She pushed him of the porch,
three floors up. He fell hard for her.
Idle rumors cause q lot Of troub1e
and so 40 Idle roomers.
What we can't sea IS how a one-
armed man gets married, unless he
learns TO steer an auto with his
knees
Duquotn G1l couple got married.
C7urtsd twenty-five years. Imagine.
shaving every day for twenty-five
years.
Charles Dickens old hone has
the4n made into E girls school whers
they may play the dickens
St Louis man, alarmed beoanss
his wife couldn't talk, callad the
Doctor She was drunk. It's exper-~
size, but you might try #.
A woman in hand Is worth two In
a 1antrum
Ha3 a 100000 fire IN Scranton.
p home Of correspondence schools. 4
BUT none burned, darn it
South Afr3czes diamond output is
over two million karats yearly. But
that isn't 80 much We Minis mnrs
coal than that
South Dakota man claims he has
r razor that has been used stxry-fve
gears. but we don't know how often.
Even 81 It did taxa her 1ung
time to 90 Fl. 4 St Louis woman has
been going % Sunday school n1nsty
years
one overlooked blessing u those
who evt out for Sunday school Is
The trip makes them hungry for
Sunday dinner.
AT Atlantic City a sea gun dropped
a clam on a policesnan's head 1t
wasn't 8 traffic cop. because II hurt
him
Bryan Savs the Democrats vii
win next time. but they are not let
ting even this discourage them
Says Pa TO Sla
Women marry for money mora
often than mem
wen. men have money n1ors
.often. American Legion Weekly,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

pickle and ice cream taste alike
to Brooklyn girl" is headline.
Imagine being obliged to feel the
warts on Il pickle in order to dis
tinguish it from an ice cream cone.
YOUNGSTOWN Telegram.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
WOMAN rs
REFORMER
OF PRISONS
Mrs, ], t, King Known as
Mother of Texas
C0nVictS.

BIZ NEA Service
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 90.
This is the story OF the woman
who cleaned up one Of the worst
prison systems in the country.
1t is due. in great measure, to the
fact that thirty-four years ago a
Texas ranch girl wanted to be a
doctor and couldn't.
Her father did not think medicine
a modest calling for his daughter.
SO they compromised on pharmacy,
and the girl, now Mrs. J. E. King.
went to study it at the Sam
Houston Normal School in Hunts
vile.
Huntsville is the seat Of the Texas
State Penitentiary - the walls. ,"
they call it, to distinguish it from
the twenty-four prison farms
scattered over eastern and southern
Texas.
And it was there that Mrs. King.
who today is chairman OF the Texas
Prison supervisory board, got her
first glimpse if a prison and Of
prison life
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
First Glimpse OF Prison

"The first thing I saw in Hunts
vile. =" she says. was the walls. And
they are the last thing ever shall
forget
"ThensI went to Galveston to fin.
ish my course. In 1895. Governor
Tom Campbell appointed me state
pharmacist. And my life was fun
ana busy.
After a time I married. My hus-
bands chief delight was in spelling
me with attention.
For eighteen years I led a life Of
ease. But always in the back Of
my mind was that prison in Hunts.
vile and those poor men.
Governor Pat NeG was a warm
friend OF ours In September, 1921.
when he created the prison advisory
board, he put me on Il.
4 wanted to refuse. hut my hus-
hand said: The Lord hasn't given
us any children. so we ought to do
some service.
Needed a Iousekeeper
The other members named Mrs
King--she Is Mother" King to the
convicts-the boards chairman
From then on her life OF ease was
over.
II cannot cypress my feelings on
my first insf ectlon trip" she re
calls.
The men we're sleeping in wooden
bunks-there was not an iron bed in
the whole prison system. And they
had only old dirty and torn mat.
tresSes Of straw, hay and corn
shucks I believe there We're not
fifty pillows in the system.
I'm each dollhouse was an open
barrel ~ water and . common drink
ing cup. The bunk houses were fuel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
One on the Doctor

Here the doctor. dear"
Gosh And to think of all the
money I've spent for apples trying
to keep that guy away. Boston
Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
LET THE FACTS TALK

THE BIG FELLOWS have begun to howl and growl about
- income tax publicity, and in interviews and
and private conversations predicting
gress the job won't take long repeal the publicity
clause of the tax law.
Maybe it will take long
The Big Fellows would have you believe that when the
country Republican decided against income tax pub
lefty.
Well it didn't
The who did than any other individual in the
country to bring about income publicity Senator
Couens of Michigan and Couzens Congress by
large majority.
Couzens believes that income publicity makes for hon
esty in the Treasury. He rich publicity may
have embarrassed him much any man but he
thinks it is good thing for the country
Right now, Couzens is busy in Washington studying the
taxes paid by wealthy citizens and corporations to figure out
how write laws that viii lodging still more diff
fcult.
About the time the Congress gets the job Couzens
will be there with perhaps the comprehensive study Of
taxes and tax evasion that has this country
The Big Fellows in their favore organs may be able TO
make the most noise about income publicity now but it will
be worth while wait and and his committee
find out before swallowing predgesed opinions on the
subject
Then let the facts talk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

PERHAPS 'poets happy people" a magazine says
but the golden rule nothing to do with the matter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

THE ASSERTION that indigestion the only afflction Of
the Eskimo must be mistake Being Eskimo is another one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

GLAD TIDINGS for apprehensve husbands: The New
York police think they have found buet-proof vest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

AN IOWA MAN of Is is attending college and laying a
firm foundation a life career
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

St Louis man, alarmed because
his wife couldn't talk, callad the
Doctor She was drunk. It's expaE-~
slre, but you might Try L.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Has a 100000 fire IN Scranton,
p home Of correspond ence schools 4
Eut none burned. darn it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

CHARLIE DAWES cannot play his fiddle in the Senate
but there will be bloc with which while away the heavy
hours
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

MRS CHARITY THORNTON, Ft. Smith, Okla. shot up the
who made eyes her husband Charity did not begin al
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

A woman in hand 3s worth two In
-antrUu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

EFfFF- Ut Z IT nut
How IS it. young man. that l
find YOU kissing my dauehtero How
is II. / ask you?''
Great! Greatf'-Rene Hon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

What we cant sea IS how a one
armed man gets married, unless he
learns TO steer an auto with his
knees
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Duquoin Gu1 coup1e got naried.
Courted twenty-five years. Imagine
shaving every day for twenty-five
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Charles Dickens old horna has
-haan made into s girls school whers
hey may play the dickens
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

South Afrdcaes diamond output is
over two million karats yearly. But
that isn't 80 much. We mins mnrs
coal than that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

IEle rumors cause q lot Of troub1e
and SO do Idle room
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Says Pa TO 8aa
Women marry for money mora
often than men
wen. nen have money n1oTs
often. America Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Wen. statistics show soft drink
drinking IS declining, maybe because
people are learning To do without
cLaser2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Man was beating his wife IN Chi
cage She pushed him of the porch.
three floors up. He fell hard for her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

South Dakota man claims he has
r razor that has been used stxry-ffve
years. but We don't know how often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Erys7 SAYS the Democrats viii
win next time. bur they are not let
ring even This discourage them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Even Il II did take her long
time 10 90 Fl. 4 St Louis woman has
been going % Sunday school n1nsty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

AT Atlantic City a sea gun dropped
a clam on = policesnan's head 1t
wasn't 8 traffic cop. because II hurt
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-08
HORTICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS
HERE TOMORROW
Men From Eight Counties
to See Imperial
Valley

Horticultural commissioners from
eight Southern California counties
are expected to arrive in this city
before tonight, to attend "a confer
cnce at the Barbara Worth hotel
tomorrow.
The conference has been called
by Horticultural Commissioners Har-
rigan, of Imperial county, to discuss
methods of cooperation between
the various county departments,
to the end that betters enforce
ment of the state agricultural laws
may be obtained.
Following the bu&iness sessions
ut the horeI tomorrow, the visiting
commissioners will be taken for Il
trip around the valley, in order that
thev may see for themselves what
is being done in this county along
agricultural lines. Most Of the
commissioners are familiar with the
large scale on which lettuce, can
taloupe and other crops are raised
here, and are anxious to fsaIni.iarize
themselves with the way fhe crops
are handled.
Those who have signified their
intention of attending the confer
cnce are A. +. Battel, Riverside
county; a. A. Brock, Orange coun-
ty; John Coy, San BernardinC coun-
ty; A. G. Call, Ventura county;
Jean Kellogg, Santa Barbara coun-
ty; r.. NJ. Mclean, San Diego coun-
ty and II. j. Ryan, Los Angeles
county.
This is the first time the commits
siOners have met in an official con
ference in FL Centro and every eff
fort will be made to make their
visit a memorable one.