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Evening star., 1924-05-25
CARELESS REMARKS
CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS
Step on II" That Gums Safe,
Among Last Words" Cited by
Insurance Official
ANNUAL TOLL is HEAVY
Education and Reminders of Cau-
ton Needed for Remedy.

CHICAGO. May 24.-"Step on it.
That freight train is a mile long
I'm sure those are headache tab
lets. They come in that kind of a
box"
Never drove before? Why. it's as
easy as pushing a wheelbarrow.'
That guns safe. unloaded it the
last time | used it.
It's TOO shallow here. Let's swim
beyond the life lines"
These apparently innocent words
cost the lives of tens of thousands OF
Americans annually, Richard Il.
kropf supreme regent of the Royal
Arcanum, asserted in safety address
here. Americas tragic toll from ac-
cidents each year depends upon such
careIcsSnesS as shown in this partial
list of last words" Mr.. kropf de-
clared.
Remarks Breed Accidents.
The greater part OF the accidents
which are daily described in the
newspapers all over this nation mlght
he averted if people would not MAKE
remarks such as these, SAID MT.
kropf who is engaged in preaching
the doctrine of accident prevention
among the 1900 councils of the Royai
Arcanum in the United States and
Canada. The delay of q moment or
two at u grade crossing, stopping Tor
an instant to make sure that a fire
arm is unloaded, tamiliarizing one
self with driving an automobile be-
fore attempting to drive IN traflc are
really little things, which the average
citizen considers too trivial to bother
about.
THE accidents which come from
casual. everyday causes like tripping
and falling down stairs. slipping on
lev payemeutS, falling from ladders
and in scores of other ways far out
number great group tragedies like
the Iroquois fire and the Eastland
nature the average American never
thinks of them happening to him.
statistics in automobile accidents
show that less than per cent OF
drivers are careless. Yet the fatalltles
from these last year numbered lb,0Go
Education and constant reminders OF
caution are necessary To reduce the
gruesome toll from all causes
Evening star., 1924-05-25

crete: New Carlisle to La Porte, II
miles, asphalt; La Porte to Westville,
IL miles, good detour marked; West
vile to Valparaiso. 10 miles, asphalt:
Valparaiso to Chicago Heights, con-
crete.
Division 9--Chicago Heights, ILL.,, to
Clinton Iowa. $50 miles. Chicago
Heights to Planfield. 81 miles. good
concrete except 1.5 miles, old macadam
west Of New Lenox: Plainf1eld to
aurora 10 miles, gravel detour marked;
Aurora to Clinton, 115 miles, concrete.
Division 10-Clinton, Iowa. to Mar
shalltown, Iowa, 153 miles. Clinton to
Lowden, 80 miles. concrete paving:
Lowden to Cedar Rapids. IL miles.
good, last : miles paved: Cedar Rap
dirt road fair 10 good: Belle Plaine
TO Marshalltown. - miles. fair. All
dirt roads reported rough.
Division 11-Marsflalltown, Iowa. to
Denison. Iowa, 132 miles. About 80
miles of gravel road in this division,
balance dirt roads in good condition af-
fected for few hour; after rain. Short
marked detours in Grand Junction
and Scranton.
Division 12-Denison. Iowa. to Coun
ell Bluffs, Iowa, 6S miles. All dirt roads,
but well graded and dragged and IN
Division 13.-Omaha, Ncbr. TO kear-
ney. Nebr.. 1S9 miles. Omaha to
Ames, So miles, paved except . miles
under construction. good detour:
Ames to Richland, 81 miles, well
graded dirt; Richland to kearney, 1l3
miles, well graded dirt and gravel.
Division 14-kearney, Nebr., to" Sid
ney. Nebr.. ZIG miles. All graded and
mostly graveled: in excellent condi-
tion.
Good Graded Gravel.
Division 15-Sidney, Nebr.. to Lara
mic Wyo.. $50 miles. Sidney to Pine
Bluffs, 81 miles, good graded gravel;
Pine Bluffs to Cheyenne, 43 miles,
well graded but slippery: Cheyenne to
Laramie, 80 miles. excellent gravel.
Division 16--Laramie, Wyo.. to
Rock Springs, Wyo.. 219 miles. Lara
mie to Bosler. 10 miles. fair: Bosler
to Rawlins. 81 miles, excellent; Raw
Inns to Rock Springs, 103 miles, good
to excellent.
Division 17-Rock Springs. ,Wyo.. to
Echo. Utah. l45 miles. Rock Springs
to Green River, 15. miles excellent:
Green River to Fort Bridger 63 miles
fair to good; Fort Bridgcr to Echo, 81
miles, poor and rough but paSsable.
Division 1S-Echo, Utah. to Gold
Hill, Utah. 1856 miles. Echo to Salt
Lake City, A. miles. fair. Note: In
quiry shoulG be made from ]. Ii. Wa
ters, Lincoln highway state consul,
who is manager of the Newhouse IIo-
tel. before starting for Ely on the
Lincoln highway. Salt Lake to Bush S
ranch to Gold Hill. S5 miles, barely
ranch to Gold Hill. 81 miles. barely
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Things to attend to
When MOtOrist Has
His Crank Case DOun

When the crankcase is down, as
when tightening bearings or inserting
new piston rings, the following things
should be attended to:
See that the float of the oil level in
dicator is firmly attached to the indi-
Gator shaft or wire. If the car has
been in service for several years, and
il the float is cork, better clean and
paint it with shellac so that it will
not become oil logged.
See that the oil leads are not
clogged. In the case of a splash sys-
tenn of fabrication see that the oil
troughs are thoroughly cleaned out.
See that the crankcase is not
cracked. slight crack will some
times result in leakage of oil with
the possibility of a breakdown when
1t splits apart.
If nothing but bearing work is con-
templated grasp each connecting rod
by turn and attempt to shake it If
the pistons are loose this test will re-
veal ii, though allowance must be
made for the fact that the engine is
stone cold while the work is being
done. thus occasioning more clearance
between pistonS and cylinders.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

miles. Fallon to Carson, 60 miles,
fair to good; Carson City to Meyers,
80 miles, good. Echo summit open
but muddy; fair to Placerville.
Division 22-Placerville. Calf, to
San Francisco 166 miles. All paved.
Highway under construction south of
Sacramento: use following route:
South on 18th street to Franklin
boulevard and lower Stockton road,
about miles on paved country road.
Detour marked. This construction
shuts off Florin cutoff.
Division 23-FalIon, New, to Sacra-
Evening star., 1924-05-25
TEST IN CAR BUYING.
Good Plan to Rap Lamps and
Tenders,

Here is a. new test in car buying.
When all other points have been con-
sfdered it is d good plan to rap the
tenders and lamps of the car under
consideration. The results are sur
prising. Some tenders are tinny
while others sound heavy and dura-
BILE. The same with lamps. though
they may look to be the same from
appearances. buyer would be no
more justified in selecting his car
on this basis alone than to choose
car primarily because it is n little
more generous in wheel base. But
the "rapping test has its place, and
is often an eye-Opener.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

passable. Advise detouring at fork
165 miles west of Orr's, via Fish
Springs. to Gold Hill.
Division 19-Ciold Hill, Utah, to Eu-
reka, New, 1874 miles. Gold Hill to
Ibapah, 12.5 miles. fair; Ibapah to
Pancake summit. las miles, excellent,
graveled road; Pancake to Eureka,
fair.
Division 20-Eureka, New, to Fall
lon. New. 1SS miles. This entire di-
vision reported fair to good.
Division 21--F'allon. New, to Placer
vile, Calf, via Carson City, 1i9
Evening star., 1924-05-25

mento, Calf, via Reno, 210 miles.
Fallon to Reno, sc miles, fair (5-mile
detour west to Wadsworth). Reno
TO Colfax, 81 miles, open but rough.
Colfax to Sacramento. paved.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
VICTIM LOCATES HURT.

Doctor (examininE disheveled pa
tient who has just been knocked
down by an automobile)-Just where
were you struck?
Patient-Half way between Glow
ersville and Stanton. sir.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
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~ = D,4IkY POEM
BUBBLES

When you were a kid (Pll admit
that l did) you used to blow bub-
bles in air. There once was the day
when you'd stop in your play to
watch them go floating up there.
Each bubble a dream and bright
color scheme as it floated quite
gently away. And now the thought
cheers as you've grown up in years,
for still, you blow bubbles today.
The plans that you make, even
though they may break, are bubbles
that grow in your mind. Your
thoughts blow them up out of Gre
atoms cup, and then many burst,
you will find.
Mans prowess and thought, as in
life's march he's caught, is what
takes him up to the top. 1t keeps
you a-going, when always you're
knowing that failure will come if
you stop.
So keep blowing bubbles and
make it your play; you're only as
old as you feel. And one of these
days you'll admit that it pays-somc
bubble will last and real.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service
Inc.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

(From The Times Recorder. April
rs, 1914.)
The Americas meeting of the
Georgia Fire Prevention association
ended yesterday, the thirty or more
delegates leaving for their homes.
The May meeting of the association
will be held at Griffin about this
same date while the underwriters
will assemble in Atlanta in June.
Two of Americas well known
attorneys and graceful speakers
both will deliver Memorial Day adj
dresses. E. A. Nisbet has accept
ed an invitation to deliver the me-
mortal address at Perry, Ga, to-
morrow afternoon, while w. t. Lane
will perform a similar pleasing duty
on Monday afternoon at Monti-
cello, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harold
will go today to Atlanta, where
Mrs. Harold will remain through
the season of grand opera.
Americas kiddies will have
brand new school building waiting
for them next fall when the bell
rings on opening day. Just as soon
as commencement day is over work
men will get busy tearing down
the present FurIow school, and be-
fore the first of June work will be-
gin on this new structure.
Quite a number of Americas PEG,
pie as usual, will be in Atlanta this
week for the season of grand opera.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Harold, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Harold, Miss
Bailey, are there already, while
others going this week, including
Mr., and Mrs. VIII Dudley, Miss
Annie May Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
con Dudley, Miss Elizabeth Harold,
Miss Gertrude Davenport, Rev. J. B.
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Mash
burn, a greater number of these
going up Friday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
A GERMAN BUILDER

Hugho SHINES, great builder
of German industries, is dead.
Work and worry killed him.
Stocks tumble on the Berlin Elk
change, Enormouos brides were
offered by stock gamblers for re
liable news of his condition, just
before he died.
Now he is gone. There will be
counting and dividing of his
money. His great properties in
Russia, Austria, Mexico, South
America and all over the world
will be divided. Then he will be
heard Of no more. No great mon
uments will be built in his hon
or. Yet he is more worthy Of
them than any marauding Kaiser
SHINES was a builder of that
which war Observation-Disclosures
Georgian.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

THIRTY YEARS AGO IODA1
(From The Times Recorder. April
rs, 1894.)
Those of "the boys" Who did not
go on the fishing excursion yester-
day will open the barbecue season
at Magnolia Dell today. 1t is the
first feast of the season, and every
member of the "Cue club will be
expected"
Col. Ainey Gatewood came in
town last night in order not to be
late, and will conduct the chorus
today in place of the regular
chorister, Mr.. Stallings, that's Jes-
seq who has promised never to
sing again. Leave your vests at
home and come early.
j. w. Sheffield left yesterday for
Tennille, where he will attend a
fashionable wedding this morning.
He stated, how yer, that he would
play no more important part in the
affair than that of 2ectator.
Prof. and Mr.. Lockhart left yes
terdey for Dawson where they will
attend the marriage of Marion G.
F wards and Miss Sallie Will Pick
TT, which takes place at the Meth
odist church there this afternoon.
Americas will do honor tomorrow
to the l-eroic dead who were the
grey. cnd gave their lives in defense
of ne "Lost Cause" Business will
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
Horse Sense From
rivate Peat

The Prince of Wales is ex-
tremely popular in his country,
but he could be shot down now
in cold blood by a foreigner
without starting a war. Fifteen
years from now. the British will
fight if anybody maliciously
scratches him with a hat pin.
So says Private Peat.
You'll. recall him-Canadian
soldier who became famous
during the war as an author.
Maybe his allusion to the prince
has a touch of the exaggeration
Of satire, maybe not
But Private Peat is talking
horse sense. He has a real
message - something we all
should think about. especially
parents.
The reason the assassination
Of an archduke could rouse Is
million young men to arms, says
Peat, is that they knew too
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25

much about war heroes and too
little about other heroes. Says
Private Peat:
"Ask any boy or girl who is
the greatest hero. An English
child nay say, Wellington; an
American, Washington; a Ger
man, Bismarck; a Frenchman,
Foch. None of them will name
Christ, Pasteur, Edison or Bur-
bank.
Wars are possible only be-
cause the plain people are will
ing to be lined up and sent out
to be shot-as chessmen in a
game played by Satanic states
men,, or to pay the penalty OF
the plumbers Of diplomatic luna
tics.
And people are willing to
be cannon-fodder = w by ?
Largely because they ar e
caught young and gradually
educated to adore and thrill at
the very mention of marching
armies. Private Pete says;
We who served, know that
war has four elements; tears,
filth, wooden crosses and a de-
generating influence. The pupils
today are learning that it is
glorious, chivalrous and honor
able"
History as taught in our
schools is part of the vast or
ganization of militarism.
AS long as we glorify war and
keep the military destroyers in
the limelight, while we give only
scant attention to the great con-
structors who perform peacetime
services to humanity, just so
long shall we have generations
growing up ready and eager for
war.
1t is not fiendish that history
is at least three-fourths record
of military destruction and
wholesale murder? 1t is. Is
it not asinine that a schoolroom
is more likely to have bust of
Napoleon than statue of. for
instance, the discoverer of an
aesthetics2 1t is. And is it not
a criminal blunder to give chill
dren lead soldiers and other
toys that suggest war? The ans
wer again is, yes, and loud. But
a gullible public which could
stop such things, never learns its
lesson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
Vienna s Progressive
Program

They've caught a renewed
Community spirit over in Vi
emma, our delightful little neigh
Dor across the Flint, working
through the Vienna Kiwanis
club. Here's the program as
published recently:
A vocational education build
ing, IA by ITO, seating 1900;
costing $4,000 contract already
let.
A cotton mill, capitalized at
$350,000; half the stock already
subscribed; together with posi-
bility of hydro-electric power de-
velopment.
A new community business
enterprise, Farmers Union, Bust
ness Exchange, capitalized at
$4,000; committee now at work
locating a home for it.
Sponsored the Dooly Coop
erative Truck Growers associa-
ton, of which 200 farmer mem
bers were secured.
That's big program for
town of 2,019 people but pos
sible when the men of com
munity get together, determin-
ed to do" It's that spirit that
turns villages into cities, and is
possible for any community that
CAN and does get together.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
AN UGLY PRACTICE

Senator Borah says that the
decency Of the Government and
its power to function for the peo-
pie is seriously menaced by the
practice of both the political par.
ties in seeking and accepting
campaign contributions from men
of wealth, who make their dona-.
tions with the tacit understand
ing that they are to receive ia
vors from the government. The
practice leads inevitably to par
ty betrayal of the government
itself by those who have been
commissioned to serve it.-Selma
Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
Old Days In Americas

be entirely suspended during the
hours of the memorial exercises and
the entire people will repair to Oak
Grove cemetery, there to participate
in the interesting services.
Section Master Tom Gresham, Of
the Southwestern, is entitled to a
vote of thanks for a broad and level
walk laid off yesterday through the
oak grove near the depot. This
walk is largely used by people going
to and from the depot, and the re-
pairs were much needed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
HIGH RENTS DRIVING PEOPLE
TO THE COUNTRY

A movement which marks
notable trend in building up the
rural sections contiguous to the
cities has been given considerable
impetus recently by the climbing
costs of living in the big centres
of population. The rural sec
tons of New Jersey, Northern
Virginia and some portions OF
North Carolina are fast filling IN
with neat and well appointed
homes erected by those whose
work takes them back to the city
every morning. New houses are
being built everywhere on the
hard-surface roads within a Wild
radius of the larger towns. The
automobile is largely responsible
for this latest development in
BODYBUILDING. Ownership of a
car has made many families in
dependent of a city landlord and
rent collector. Many families
who previously stunned the coun-
try because of its isolation are
now building rural homes because
of its isolation are now building
rural homes because Of the high
cost of living in the big centres
and because they now have most
of the city cOnveninences in the
country.-Selma Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
COSTLY

A modern debutante, travelling in
the highest eastern society, cannot
dress properly" on less than $780,
1000 year. This is the estimate in
the exclusive circles of New York.
Why waste time foaming at the
mouth because a young woman with
foolishly futile ambitions wastes"
so much on clothes? The money is
not wasted, by any means. Most of
it goes for labor and profits to gar
ment makers. SO it travels, back
into circulation among the plain peo-
pie. Far better than remaining
frozen in bank accounts and securi-
ties, AS long as they have the
money, prodigal spending by the rich
should please people on the outside
looking in"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
The Child and It's
Mother

The United States, in spite of
its wealth and progress is fifth
among the countries OF the
world in the matter of saving
child health and sixteenth in
preserving the lives of mothers
in Childbirth.
The American Child Health
Association was stirred to ac-
ton by the fact that 100000
children in the United States die
before they. reach the age Of one
year, Physical examinations
given to p million school chill
dren reveal that there is some
thing wrong with over half of
them, often something prevent
able; FIVE million have defective
eyes; million have defective
hearing; million have active
tuberculosis; a quarter million
have organic heart trouble; and
three to five million are under
fed.
Surely it is time we set a day
to think about these things:
Thursday, May |, will be
bill of Rights Day" for the
American child. The American
Child Health Association, Of
which Herbert Hoover is Presi-
dent, has enlisted civic, relig-
iuos, and social service organi-
cations in a great national effort
to concentrate attention for the
one day on better health for
children.
The child of today is the faith
er of tomorrow. He and she
should be given the very best
start in life.
Ignorance and carelessness
of parents is responsible for
much Of the suffering of our
children. In this enlightened
age lheres little excuse for
many parents.
Let us as parents and citizens
give more thought and effort to
the child,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
THE STANDARD
A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
B 4 r C AIN

Ladies' Fine Kid 0ne-strap
Slippers, fine soft finished vici kid,
that will give perfect service, flex-
bile, al Heather soles, rubber heels;
new stock. Don't wait until Mon
day to come for your size for they
will have been sold before that
tine; Friday and Saturday, pr $1.9S
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~ byAlbert Apple
MERGED

MERGED
A big merger Of amusement in
terests makes Marcus Loew the head
of $50 theaters, mostly movie
houses, in all parts Of the United
States.
One of the chain systems has
over $50 stores.
We live in an age of mergers.
The period of consolidation started
about 25 years ago. How long until
there will be virtual monopoly,
by consolidation, in every important
line of business. Then, finally, a
consolidation of consultations.
That's the trend.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
A MAN OF VISION

One Houston county peach
grower is urging better port fac
ilities for Georgia so Georgia
peaches can be shipped to Eng
land. He says that with the prop
er port facilities and lefrigera-
ton, Georgia peaches can be
placed in England in as good
condition as when they reach
New York. This is only one rea-
son why Georgia needs larger
ports and more vessels loading
from them,-Tifton Gazette.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-25
Frances Reconstruction

IF our doughboys could spend
their vacations in France this
year, they certainly wouldn't
know the place. The devastat-
ed regions in the war zone have
been rebuilt to an amazing ex-
tent.
The trenches that stretched
from Switzerland to the North
Sea have been nine-tenths filled
in.
Four-fifths of the barbed
wire has been coiled and re-
moved.
Over 100000 French dwell
ing and agricultural buildings
were completely destroyed or
severely damaged during the
war. More than 100000 have
been rebuilt.
When the German invasion
started, the farms in the war
zone of northern France had
nearly two and a half million
cattle, horses. mules and donk-
eys, sheep, goats and pigs. The
same region today has over one
and one-half millions.
And more than nine-tenths
of destroyed factories have
been rebuilt. Railroad mileage
is virtually restored to normal
This reconstruction work has
taken more than FIVE years.
France is also making rapid
strides at regaining her indus
trial strength as it existed be-
fore the war.
Last year she mined almost
as much coal as in 1913, from
mines in the northern section.
This is a remarkable comeback,
for systematic devastation of
mines reduced her coal produc-
tive capacity by half. Some
experts figured it would take 20
years to pump the water out and
otherwise repair.
France in 1928 mined more
iron ore, produced about as
much pig iron and turned out
more steel than in 1918.
Her freight traffic in 1923 was
bit larger than in 1918. Sim
ilarly, her auto exports gained a
half in volume. Her general
export trade jumped about q
million metric tons in 1913 to
nearly IS millions in 1923,
though imports correspondingIy
increased from about "A million
tons to So millions.
This information a b o u t
Frances recovery as an eco
nomic machine" is furnished by
the foreign information division
OF the Bankers Trust Co.
The showing is so good Nhat
it will astonish most of us. 1t
gives the lie to the propaganda
that the Frnech people have not
been buckling down to work.
But France is still in the
swamp up to her neck-hnan-
cially. Recovery in this direc-
ton depends chiefly on the
problem of PREPARATIONS and
terms of settlement of France s
! debts to her wartime allies.