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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
WOULD SHUT DOWN GAS
WORKS

MY stomach has been so filled
with gas for the last three years
that I felt I could pretty nearly
supply our town. T also had fire.
quent pains in right side in region
of the appendix. poctors didn't
help much. One day my neighbor
told me about what Mayr's Won
derful Remedy had done for him
and l got a bottle of our druggist.
I can say that it will do all and
more than you claim for it" It is
a simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the
inflammation which causes practi-
cally all stomach, liver and intesti-
nal ain ents, including appendi-
citis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. For sale by How
ellis Pharmacy and druggists every
where'-(adYl .-...-,..-. zss...s.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

experience of all writers, in
Guiding newspapermen.
The typewriter, for all prac-
teal purposes, has become
definite and indispensable part
of their bodies.
Some writers sit down at the
typewriter and rattle off several
hundred words that go prompt
ly into the wastebasket, just to
start their brains functioning.
What would Babe Ruth be
in baseball if he didn't have
bat? He is not Babe Ruth, the
popular idol. until he gets his
fingers wrapped around a bat.
The bat has become a definite
part of his physical expression
of himself.
The greatest violinist is an
ordinary man unless he has. a
violin in his hands. He cannot
express himself without his vio-
lin, any more than a bricklayer
can express himself without
bricks or trowel and mortar.
The gold beater is a man of
phenomenal skill-but the skill
is absent unless he has his beat
ers and other Instruments.
The famous creative architect,
Louis II. Sullivan, once com
mented that all inventions are
merely an extension of mans
fingers. The shovel, for in
stance, is simply an extension or
elaboration of the cupped hng-
ers and palm. A pair of ice
tongs is an extension of lifting
human arms.
The body of man is a ma
chine for expressing himself and
his function or purpose in this
life. SO are shovels, typewriters
and other inventions which man
has added to assist his body.
1t makes us wonder whether,
when death comes, the Real Self
is affected any more than when
a shoveler breaks his shovel.
The force that handles the show
ell continues. That force is man
spirit or soul. The same force
uses the physical body as its
machine or tool. Death elimi-
mates the worn out or damaged
machine. The guiding force
lives on.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
A THREE DAYS
s.sCOUCHIIS YOUR,
DANGER SIGNAL

Chronic coughs and persistent
colds lead to serious lung trouble.
You can stop them now with Greco
mulsion, an emulsified creosote that
is pleasant to take. Creomulsion
is new medical discovery with
twofold action; it soothes and heals
the inflamcd membranes and kills
the germ.
OF all known drugs, creosote is
recognized by the medical fraternity
as the greatest healing agency for
the treatment of chronic coughs and
colds and other forms of throat and
lung troubles. Creomulsion con-
tains, in addition to creosote, 9th.
er healing elements which soothe
and heal the inflamed membrane
and stop the irritation and inflam-
nation, whiic the cc40sote goes on
tc the stomach, is absorbed into
tie blood, attacks the seat of the
trouble and destroys the germs that
lead to consumption.
Creomulsion is guaranteed salts
factory in the treatment of chronic
coughs and colds, bronchial asthma,
catarrhal bronchitis and other forms
of throat and lung diseases, and is
excellent for building up the sys-
tenn after colds or the flu. Money
refunded if any cough or cold, no
matter of how long standing, is not
relieved after taking according TO
directions. Ask your druggist.
CreomuIsion Co., Atlanta, Ga. (ady}
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
From The Times-Recorder. Oct.
1914.)

(From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 8,
1914.)
While there may be continued
unexpected delay in the completion
of the new Furlow Grammar school
building, due largely to the very in
clement weather prevailing recently,
the new school will be soon complete
and modern in all of its appoint
ments that the city can well afford
the added time bestowed upon it.
This building will take care OF 600
to 700 pupils and will be a valued
additio nto the Americas public
school system, which now possesses
four entirely new commodious build
ings, capable of taking care of p
600 pupils easily.
The first meeting of the Woman's
Literary Club was held Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. G.
M. Williams of College street. Two
new members, Mrs. C. O. Niles and
Miss Mary Mathis, were elected to
fill the vacancies on the club roll.
Mrs. J, f. Hightowcr and little
daughter, Ruth, will go to Atlanta
on Monday to spend some time
pleasantly with friends.
Mr.. Frank Lanier will go early
in the week to Battle Creek, Mich,
to join Mrs. Lanier, vino has been
there for some time, Her many
friends here will join in the wish
for early restoration to health and
return to Americas.
A bale of Americas cotton is
ready for shipment to Terre Haute
Indiana, if the purchaser desires,
or it will be held in an Americas
warehouse subject to his order, as
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
1T WAS GOVERNOR WALKER

In its news columns this morn
ing the Enquirer-Sun completes
the unmasking of Georgia's Khan
GoverEcr-a man who is supposed
to tie the chief executive of all
the people of Georgia. and who
is controlled by a masked minor
ity.
Never before has the Enquirer
Sun heard of governor who had
to sneak out of his state, leaving
no official address, in order that
he might deliver a talk TO an order
which is undermining the harmony
and happiness of a nation.
The Enquirer-Sun finds no
words in which to express it's con-
tempt for "the governor of a
great state" who lacks the cour.
age of his convictions, and when
confronted with a request for a
statement resorts to a cowardly
refusal to say either yes or no.
In view of his lodging methods. it
is clear that Governor Walker
found himself where he belonged
when he bagan to participate in
the gatherings of the Khan. For
it was a typical Khan act when
the governor concealed his move
ments, and masked his identity
when he went to Kansas City.
The Enquirer-Sun cares little
what Governor Walker said-nis
attacks on the Catholics and Jews
were for private Khan consunp-
ton. The governor knows that
the Catholics, Jews are so much
in the minority that their voting
power is less than negligible; and
to ALLEVIATE them will do little
when the Klansnan who is being
groomed to succeed him makes
the race two years hence.
What Governor Walker said Is,
therefore, of little interest; and
since he was speaking under The
seal of hooded secrecy, he can
deny any report, however accu
rate. But it is of the utmost inn
portance that "the governor of
a great state" not only sympathiz-
es with the vicious, un-American
aims of the masked gang, but
lowers himself to the point of
sneaking to Klan meet and then
refusing to admit his act
There is still another Infamous
feature connected with the Gov
ernor's hooded trip, which is.
that by affiliation with the khan
and his use of their methods, ne
gives to that order a glamor which
makes the unintelligent regard the
Khan as something of worth. The
average man, when approached
by Klan organizer and told that
the Governor of Georgia indorses
its principles, must feel that If
ethe chief executive of "a great
state" is a Klansman, that the
masked gang is a beneficient or
ganization.
If Governor Walker were a pri.
vate citizen as are f. Y. Clarke
and VIM Simmons. with whom
he consorted intimately for so
long, then the Enquirer-Sup
would not beuneasy over the sit.
uation. But Clifford Walker
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
NOTICEl


Pursuant to a resolution and ordi-
nance passed by the Mayor and City
Council of Americas on the second
day of October, instant, calling
bond election to determine whether
street Improvement bonds in the
sum of sixty thousand dollars should
be issued and fixing the date of
said election as the fifth day of No
vember, 1924, notice is therefore
hereby given that an election will
be held at the usual voting place in
the City Hall in the City of Amer
icus, on the fifth day of November,
1924, to determine whether an is
sue of serial bonds in the amount
of sixty thousand dollars shall be
issued by the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of Americas for the purpose of
street improvement within the city.
The polls will be open at 9 O'clock
a, m. and close at. 6 O'Clock b. M,
for the purpose of holding this cleo
lion on November fifth, proximo.
Said bonds shall be issued January
l, 1925, shall bear interest at A
1-2%o per annum, which interest
shall be paid semi-annpally on the
first day of January and the first
day of July of each year, after
their issuance. Said bonds shall be
issued in denominations of one
thousand dollars each, two of which
bonds shall be retired on the first
day of January of each year after
their issuance, for period of
thirty years. The amount of mon
ey necessary to be collected an
nually by a special levy for this
purpose to pay the annual interest
on this entire issue of said bonds
and to retire two of said bonds an
nually will be two thousand dollars
for the purpose Of retiring two of
said bonds each year and $2700.00
for the purpose of paying interest
on the entire amount for 1925, the
first year after issuance, and the
amount levied and collected to pay
interest on the unpaid bonds of this
issue will be decreased each year
for the entire period of thirty
years by the sum of ninety dollars,
so that the last year of said period
of thirty years, to-wit, 1854, a suf-
ficient sum to retire the last two
outstanding bonds of this issue
amounting to two thousand dollars
and the interest on sane, amount
ing to ninety dollars, must be levied
and collected for this purpose.
The registration boo,,7 for this cleo
ton are now open ard will be kept
open until the last Saturday i'm
mediately preceding the date for
which the election is herein called
and will be closed at 5 O'CLOCK p.
m. on said last Saturday before the
date of said election.
A. D. GATEWOOD, JR.,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Oct. 3,
1884,

(From The Times-Recorder. Oct. 8,
1894
Mr.. Samuel Scrutchens, for many
years a resident of this county, Iiv-
ing in the 18th district, but who for
a long while past has been living in
Texas, is again among the scenes Of
other days. He has wisely come to
the conclusion that there is no bet
ter place under the sun than old
Sumter, and will again become
resident of this county.
To the surprise of all the amour
cement was made Monday that tire
use of the sprinkler cart had been
discontinued for the season. This is
to be regretted if truesas at no time
of the year is the thorough sprinkl-
ing so necessary as at present. Mr..
Frak Sheffield expresses willing
ness to continue the sprinkling if the
people will pay for it as heretofore.
Several members of the Americas
Cycling Club will go to Atlanta to-
day for the purpose of entering the
ten mile race in the bicycle tourna-
ment there tomorrow. VIII Dudley
is counting heavy on pulling frs
prize.
Among the recent arrivals on
Brooklyn Heights is young Mr.. Muir
phey, a lusty lunged youngster, who
has invaded the home circle of Col
w. E. Murphey. Like all others.
he is pleased with Americas, and will
become a permanent resident.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
Take 1t Out of Politics

Sumter county is making rapid
strides in schools and the educat-
ing of her children, the future
I rulers of the community. Who
knows but what one of these
boys may be future president
of the United StatesI
The County Board of Edu-
o'cation IS appointed by the grand
jury and the county superintend-
ent is elected by popular vote,
the same as a candidate for sher-
tiff or other political office.
This condition should not be;
the office of county school
superintendent should be deler-
mined by the popularity of the
candidatel The holder of this,
d one of the most important off
ces within the gift of the people
g should be determined SOLELY
BY HIS QUALIFICATIONS.
80 Give the county board the job
of selecting the RIGHT, man
for the position; place it upon
a high plane. The children will
Z benefit by such change, which
b should be permanent.
And this, in no wise, is re-
Election or criticism of the pres
. ent holder of the office of coun-
ty superintendent nor his sue
.t cessor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
G2t2hhp84:573gIEIi;iE55'9.)>,

the chill days always bring, or the
slush upon the sidewalks that is due
to winters's sting. All the mud ana
water puddles that now are, or will
be here, can be walked through with
goloshes on without the slightest
fear.
Yep, I'm for the old goloshes, if
the wearer wears them right. AS a
favor fair young ladies' keep tho
dern things fastened tight, cause
the sound of your goloshes sends
the looks of them kerfop wnen yo4
leave the buckles tapping from tire
bottom to the top.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

Have you heard that tramp of rub
Der feet that winters brought
about? Have you heard the slo5h-
ing down the street? It's here,
without a doubt!
From early in the morning till
the wee hours of the night, the
march and scuff approaches and
then marches out of sight. the
sweet and sixteen lassies are the
ones upon parade. You can hear
a funny tapping as a fiapper's foot
is laid.
It's the sloshing of goloshes that
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
s. Suicides a Day

Hesitate, you who are so
melancholy and depressed that
you are on the borderline of
mental instability. Tomorrow
viii be brighter day. Sunshine
a8' follows every storm. And the
~ commandment, Thou shalt not
kill, applies as much to self-de-
struction as to the killing of 9TH
ers.e
IA Every day at least IS Ameri-
ea5 cans commit suicide. Last year
TN, I'M. there were l2,948 who killed
themselves, reports the Save-a-
Life7League after a check-up.
bloa These are the known cases.
Many others-probably thous-
@ ands-did away with themselves
. never to be discovered.
n losa5Ihe league estimates that
third of the suicides are due to
insanity AS matter of fact,
all suicides are temporarily un-
balanced mentally. That is why
the person, depressed and tempt
ed to take his own life, should
-,-i wait at least "a hours.
se9T "A delay almost always
sga changes the decision from self
o&os5 destruction to the normal desire
~ ~ for ,self-preservation.
Poverty, remorse, sickness
eaj and, loneliness are the principal
fsa reasons for suicide. At least
,o., two of them can be mastered
poverty and loneliness. Sickness,
aaa too usually is not hopeless Re-
So morse, of course, cannot be es-
ara capped except by atonement.
49,. twenty per cent of last year
= t7s..suicides, it's estimated, were
due to business failures. De-
SPAR is better way of express
,.~ W., ing it-or lack of courage to
Z hight for comeback.
Sex complications are believ-
sh- ed to cause a third of all suicides.
~ Rejected lover. deserted wife,
Il loss Of a mate by death. A
70 cataclysmic emotion is love.
ss Without it, most people do not
consider life worth living.
~ But the most pathetic among
the suicides are the children.
p -Four thousand between ages of
3 and 8 killed themselves in
H. 1923. Generally they were the
victims of unhappy homes, I'M
c'@ pleasant school experiences,
80 youthful marriages or jazz life
-f-- = omorrow may bring better
ID things, It's always blacklist just
L.. before the dawn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
The Thing That Never
Dies

Peculiar experience of GER
tain fiction writer; He had a
rush order from a magazine, so
he went far into the Canadian
woods to write the story - a
novelet Out in the woods, two
days trip from a village, his
typewriter broke down.
The fiction writer tried writ
ing with pen and ink. Then he
made the curious discovery that
he couldn't get his brain func-
tioning q write unless his hng-
q ers weTe touching . typewriter
keys. This is a not tuneommon
- s a rs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
Eft&ia1p6
AA> hJubcyt Apple I
CLIMATE

Queer weather probably means
that the climate is changing faster
than usual. Such change is gong
on constantly, though in the past it
has been so slowly that enc genera
ton could scarcely notice any diff
ference
Scientific diggers find animal and
vegetable fossils proving that Eng
land 100000 years ago had a tropic-
al climate, in which savage men
hunted elephants. Our country, fur
Their back, had the ocean extend
ing up over most of the Misslppi
Valley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
IA THOUGHT

All the ways of a man are clean
in his own eyes; but the Lord weigh
eth the spirits.-Prov. 1862.
- =
Beware what spirit RACES in your
breast; for one inspired, ten thou
sand are possessed.-Roscommon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
old Days In An1ericuS

the bale has been bought and paid
for. The local market quoted good
middling 7 IL cents this morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published,

EOA NIS made on Improved
GN%TAA N@farm lands at cheap.
est rates for terms of 5, or 10
years with prepayment option given
Money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over 81, 100000 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more to lerd.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 81 Planters Bank
Building, bmericus. Ga. Phone SO
~ Oil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
The STANDARD
FACTORY SHORT LENGTHS Ol
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Short lengths of good qualit.
Khaki Cloth, suitable for pants AM
heavy shirts; regularly 39c off til
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Short lengths of Mercerized Uli
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

'-~iA - t'ih S'"ANA PAHNC 1uI any liz
tie boy who likes to eat.
London's match-tester is dead
He struck 40 matches minute dur
ing working hours. Many pipe
smokers beat that record.
Robbers entered two help-yourself
stores in New York and helped
themselves to the safes.
A senator says one vice presidcn-
tial candidate is common liar
That will make any politician mad,
calling him common.
What's in a name? In Selma.
Ala, Mr.. and Mrs. Luckie. after
being married rove from the churcn
into an auto wreck.
Don't blame a man for hanging
around downtown until YOU learn if
he is getting out of working his
sons arithmetic.
There is hardly a barber chair
foot-rest in the country now that
hasn't had woman's feet on it.
Scientists in Europe find ants ex-
listed sixty million years ago, prob
ably starting with the first picnic.
us have a cinch. What we call ''high
cost oil living" and "battle to make
both ends meet" are not unusual Ia
that form of life know as mar.
They exist all through nature-tho
struggle to survive. The strength
that maintains life is generated by
Life of ease is life decay
and early extinction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
l0lIl}7mg
Saws

JdVkIU OOOgdH mas gone 70 Russia
which is an awful place for any lit
tie boy who likes to eat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
HA! HA!

Afer 46 years of steady work. ex-
perts of the French Academy finish
revising the dictionary from A to H
Just as they get ready to start on
|, it's discovered that the French laa-
guage has changed so much in 16
years they have to do their work all
over again.
Observe, here, basic principle Of
life. BY the time we "solve" a So
cial o1N economic problem, we find
another problem has arisen. So
goes the merry-go-round.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

London's manchester is dead
He struck 40 matches minute dur
ing working hours. Many pine
smokers beat that record
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

Robbers entered two help-yourself
stores in New York and helped
themselves to the safes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
FORD
FIGHTING

In his cellar, Bill Dougherty finds
a potato which, fighting to live and
reproduce. had sent out roots nine
feet long over the concrete floor.
These roots were manufactured out
Of air, dust and dampness,
Compared to this potato, most Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
SHORT

Average American is two inches
shorten than in Civil War DAYS.
claims DR.. John Harvey Kellogg He
blames it on the "eat and run" habit.
That's medically plausible.
But more probable reason is
that evolution is responsible. We
don't need to be as tall, so we aren't
sitting in street cars and autos, in
stead of walking, is going to cause
interesting changes in the human
race within a few generations. I'm
exercised limbs after generations
will become shriveled and weak,
just as most of us have lost our an
cestors' power to wag the ears. The
muscles are there, but dormant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
More Bingham on the
IS Cent Table

We have sold more Bingham
the yard off this table during t
past. week than we have ever ST
before in same length of time.
secured two or tire cases of
best Bingham and have been Sc
ing for the past two weeks for mu
less than the wholesale cost, /
we bought these at a bargain a
are glad to pass them on to
at the same rates; all at yard
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03
HIDDEN

big Business" was the chief viz,
tim of defatiton in 1920 and Ia:er,
an eastern bank claims, It goes on
to demonstrate its case by shrinkage
on income, as reported to tax collec-
tors.
While it's true that many large
businesses lost money, consider
able part juggled their books 50
much, to dodge taxes, that their
reported income doesn't mean any
thing. An unscrupulos lawyer
with a staff of cunning accountants,
can find more sinkholes for income
tax report than there are in a sieve.
FORD
Henry Ford now has over $4,000
dealers throughout the world. sell
ing his cars. Almost 10000 of them
are in America.
This certainly is a stupendous or
ganization, and some may consider
it the eighth wonder of the modern
world. But you don't know any
thing about Real Organization I'M
til you get behind the scenes with
Standard Oil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

A senator says one vice presiden.
tial candidate is a common liar.
That will make any politician mad
calling him common.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-03

Short lengths of Fancy Dire
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