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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
Wooden Mills Working
and the Tariff Boon

Workers in the wooden mills
of New England are threatened
with a reduction of wages rang
ing from 10 to 20 per cent.
Many thousands of these opera
tiyes - 1000 in Lawrence,
Massachusetts, alone-are in the
mills of the American Wooden
company.
When the representatives OF
the American Wooden company.
commonly known as the Wool
Trust. were in Washington de
handing high tariff on its
products, they declared that this
was necessary not only for its
own protection but to safeguard
American standards of living
for its employees. The Repub
lican Congress voted a tax av-
eraging about II per cent on
wooden fabrics and the American
Wooden company promptly in
creased its prices. Twice in
the course of the next few
months wool has made addition
al advances. President Wood
declared t h a t these increas-
es were due in part to the high
er tariff.
In April, 1923, the American
Wooden company and other
beneficiaries of the profiteers
tariff on wool rails d the
wages of their employees by
about twelve and one-half per
cent. Again prices were increas-
ed--with the explanation that
higher wages caused higher
prices. Shortly after the in
crease in prices was announced
and collected, presumably.
the wooden mills began operating
IN a oott-time basis, 50 that7 the
workers though 2oB inRlly getl
akA ailst@er rate pei aay, We're
actually receiving hardly enough
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(From The Times-Recorder. Sept.
10, 1914.)

(From The Times-Recorder. Sept.
10, 1914.)
With Americas buyers paying
$42.5O per bale for cotton, and
paying spot cash at that, Americas
people and Sumter people are all
alike feeling better Moreover, thar
is now demand for cotton, where
as, week ago the fleecy staple was
a mere drag" on the market. In
fact, there is no market, the few
bales sold were taken by the buyers
just a kind of a favor. Nobody
wanted cotton and even at Z cents,
only a few bale scould be sold.
At eleven o'clock this mornig, at
the courthouse, the farmers of
Sumter and surrounding counties
will meet en- masse for the purpose
Jun4nm doJ sued, 5uprIntuIoJ 10
aid and protection, The call for
this meeting was made at the III
stance of a half score representa-
tive farmers of Sumter, but all are
alike interested, the farmers Of
other counties are invited to attend
as well.
Mr., N. A. Ray, who quite recently
sustained very painful injuries in
having been thrown from a cotton
wagon on his farm is now GONZALES
cent, though still confined to his
home. Mr.. Ray was standing up
right in the wagon of seed cotton
when a sudden starting Of the mules
threw him backward and out of The
wagon
Mr.. Lee G Council left last night
for Washington upon receipt of a
wire from Senator Hoke Smith re-,
questing him to attend a conference
on Monday of the directors of the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. Sept.
10, 1894.)

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. Sept.
10, 1894.)
Messrs. ]. Guthrie Smith and H.
S. Ralston, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
arrived in the city yesterday, ard
will spend several days here, where
they have large interests. Mr..
Smith is president of the Scottish
American Mortgage Co., of Edln-
burgh, one of the largest and wealth.
lest corporations in the world.
Mrs. Moreland, an accomplished
and cultured lady of Mobile, is now
IN the city and comes with the in
Nention of conducting a private
school for boys and girls 10 years
old and older.
1t the Populists and Republicans
of Sumter county think that the De-
mocrats are not wide awake and
keeping squarely up with them in all
of their tricks, they are indeed bad
ly out of it. The Democratic Cam
paign Club is actively at work, and
during the past few days has gotten
squarely down to business in the
fight to be waged,
Louise, the four year old child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Argo was
painfully injured yesterday by fal;-
ing from tree. DR.. Winchester
was summoned and soon had the lit
tie one resting comfortably.
George D. Wheatley offers for
sale tomorrow new ginghams, dress
styles, yard wide bleaching, best
made, yard wide sea island, best
quality all for five cents yard. AL
so a line of boys school suits, childs
knee pants, suits, and boys and chill
drens extra pants from 4 to ID
yeals at rs cents per silt.
During the month of Septem5e,,
johnson & Harold will supply toeir
{ customers with the celebrated Gallo
way domestic coal at $500 per ton
delivered. Mr.. A. N. Niles will at
tend to the delivery of coal and all
orders will receive prompt attention,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
The STANDARD
HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOU ONE
OF THESE HATS?
.li'By Ahern

They have been buying them all
the week, and every one went away
satisfied, feeling that they had
made big saving. These hats were
closed from a West 23rd Street
New York hat manufac turer at an
average of so cents on the dollar.
In some lots there are as many as
one dozen o. a kind; other lots
have one, two or three of kind,
but complete run of sizes can be
found in some of the lots. See
the window display, also the large
display in our store. Hats for men,
boys and children, CSC to $495.
Rice & Hutchins Ladies' Patent
Colt Low Shoes at $4.95.
Unexcelled workmanship and up.
to-the-minute style and high quail
ty workmanship will make these
Shoes popular with well-dresScd W q
men; just from the factory; con-
plete run of sizes ..-.-,.,...-.,~$495
Rice & Hutchins SIS Patent Colt or
Brown Low Shoes at $685..
One and two-strap Fatent Colt
and Brown Calf Low Shoes, with
Goodyear weltad soIes, new; just re-
ceived; all sizes, pair --.-$3,95
$3.50 Thread Silk Chiffon
Hose at $10O
Here is something worth talking
about; in black and co!ors; pure
thread Silk Fine Chiffon, Stockings;
all sizes at pair ,,,.-..-,.--....,-~$l'OC
School Girls Dresses Are
Here 59c to $3.50.
A host of new Bingham Dresses,
in all colors and all size cheeks, IN
Guiding every size from 6 to IA
years, at soc, 75e, s5c, 81, $l.25
and $3.50.
Charming little Serge Dresses
navy blue, hand-stitched, in bright
colors; ideal for colder days aheaa'
all sizes -.............---.. --.....,S5'o9
Boys Best Quality Denim
OveraIIs at $1.00.
These are made just like DaddyS'
of the best 220 white back Indigo
Blue Denim, with all the extra peck
cts and suspenders. he will be de-
lighted with them, and they will last
him about three times as long a.
voorg At noir $1.OO
Women's New Fall Hats $4'SO
to SIS Values at $298.
Every new trend of fashion, III
rich glorious new colors in beau'l-
full materials, in dashing style va,
riety; about one hundred to crooSs
from; each ,.....-..--.-....--------.-.-.S]''0
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth ST. Next Bank of Coniin''''
AMERICUS. GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
A THOUGHT
Put Your Shoulder to
the Wheel


Complying with the insistent
demand of large and repre-
!ssentative number of Americas
citizens, the Mayor and Council
have issued a bond election call
for the purpose of raising sutti-
cient money to permanently
pave those streets now paved
with wood blocks; to reconstruct
s4he building housing the water
works machinery and to extend
certain sewers and fire mains. t
: The success or failure of carr
rying the bonds is now up to the
people. 1t is out of the hands
.of. the Mayor and his board of
Councilmen. They have gone
as far as they can go until the
electorate has ratified their ac-
ton.
The responsibility rests on the
shoulders of the men and wom-
en- of the city. The bonds will
be issued if they will tor if
IA they fail, the bonds will not be
III issued and the streets will con-
A tinue to grow worse from day to
ts day. adding greatly to the over
M head of the city and retarding
just that far the cancellation of
II the present large floating debt.
Bond elections are never easy
sIltc, put over. The State laws reg
S ulating the issuance of bonds
have Intentionally made it diff
f4fcult to pass bonds. The law
proVides that there must be a
Especial registration for the par
ticular bonds under considera-
ton. Following the closing of
the registration books and on
the day set aside to vote on the
bonds, two-thirds of all those
registered MUST vote for bonds.
Since this all-important mat
ter is now up to the electorate
s-4. of the city, all should get busy.
6vThe Chamber of Commerce, the
oao various women's civic clubs, K
the labor organizations. Ro-
maasa tarians and Kiwanians. working
fnsnla members of their clubs should
put their shoulders to the wheel.
There may be other organiza-
tions which should help.
This matter of bonds is the
/, .,o, business of all the people, not
y @thatsof any one organization or
- az clique. 1t effects every Preside,
- 81 every taxpayer. The response
49, -e@2ability rests equally on the shout
of every one.
q: $50 far as the Times-Recorder
, ~ knows, or has heard, there has
-a.ls-pnt been any opposition, implied
vvStnr expressed, and we hope
will not be, but there
MAY BE. Usually there is.
g 9l. Sometimes opposition comes
aTo'from transformation, or preju-
'h72 dice, or from ignorance of some
'li'' provision in the bond election
'D3 call.
''''fn. The Mayor and Council have
, laid all their cards on the table.
,,i,s. There is nothing hidden, moth
iyt Ing that will not bear the light
al of day.
-is,s,a IF there is any question relat-
q ing to this subject that you do
ad' not understand, write the Times,
+ 80. Recorder and we will endeavor
eso Ito answer the question for you,
= first submitting your question to
ti'q City Attorney Lane and getting
his ruling on it, if the question
be legal one.
There is no reason why there,
as"' should not be full and free
CO discussion of this important mat
ter and every voter made thor
oughly familiar with everything
relating thereto
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
HE DID HIS DUTY AS HE
SAW 1T"

Judge Caverly's decision SEN
fencing Leopold and Loeb to life
imprisonment instead of inflict-
ing upon them the extreme pen
atty of the law for a most afro
cous murder comes as a great
surprise, not because of its SUI
stance but because of the reascn
given for it. 1t was the youth of
the murderers that influenced the
Judge. But this had not been
prominently urged in the appeals
to him to show mercy. Counsel
for the criminals had introduced
a vast array of testimony and by
potheses going to show that they
were mentally diseased. But
all this is swept aside by the
Court. The Judge declares that
the analysis of the life history Of
the defendants may be an in
teresting contribution 70 the the
cries of human responsibility fo.'
crime, may deserve consideration
by law makers, but cannot al
feet the decision of the Court in
the present case. Having thus
disregarded the whole elaborate
structure built up by the defen-
sc in plea of mitigation, Judge
Caverly bases his decision chief
ly on the fact that the murderers
are not Of full age. He states
that only two minors have been
put to death by legal process in
Illinois; and concluding that the
sparing of life under such cir
cumstances appears to be the poll.
CIV of the law, as well as in line
with humane principleh, he is con-
WINGED that he ought not to add
to that number.
Let it be said at once that such
a decision for such a reason viii
break the charge that LeOpold and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
old Days In Americas

Reserve Banks. The purpose of the
conference, it is understood, is to
discuss financial assistance relative
to the marketing of cotton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

ands of dollars go to the mai
order houses from every count!
in the State every year.
In a recent editorial the Ath
ems Banner-Herald has this tc
say regarding the mail orde
houses:
Many of our people without
ever stopping to think whether
the goods advertised by these peo-
pie are poor in quality are caught
by the advertising and their mon
ey forwarded regardless. If our
hone merchants would conduct
judicious campaign of advertis-
ing our people would soon become
educated to the belief and know
ledge that goods can be bought
at home Just as cheap as they can
be bought through these foreign
mail orders houses who have no
interest in our people nor in our
section of the country. Every
dollar kept at home will help one
another and help to develop and
build a greater and better com
munity.
The success of these houses is
due entirely to their advertising.
If our merchants would spend in
proportion to their business the
amount spend by these foreign
houses, the local merchant woul'
soon become Independent md
take from these ouG-oi-CUwn hous-
es the patronage from which they
are growing rich. 1t is purely a
business proposition for our mer-
chants; no business can grow and
prosper without being properly
advertised. 1t is just as impor-
tant to have judicious advertis-
ing as it is to have a substantial
stock of goods. The buyer is
guided in a great measure by the
advertisements in the newspapers
aud the merchant who fails to
advertise his goods is usually
the merchant who fails in bust
ness.
A certain amount should be in
vested in advertising annually
by merchants in all lines of bust
ness. The advertising budget of
a concern is the most important
department of the business. 1t is
advertising that brings the Gus
toner to the store; without adj
Vertising the store does not sue
coed. In order to break the hold
the foreign mail order house has
secured on the buying public our
merchants must awaken to the
Importance of advertising. OF
course money can be wasted in
advertising Just as it can be
wasted in many other ways in the
conduct Of a business, but news
paper advertising properly dis
tributed in the daily issue is
bouhd to bring results for any
line, of commerce.
The advertising budget of ev-
cry business Is the most impor-
tant item in the whole budget.
There is a certain percentage
that every business can safely
put into advertising, and those
concerns which have put their
advertising on a monthly per
centage basis have made adver-
Using pay and pay we'll.
Every dollar that goes out of
the county is a dollar lost for
ever. The money spent with To-
cal merchants remain in the com
munity to he spent and respent.
We must keep our money at
home if we would prosper.
Judicious advertising will
keep the money at home. The
average buyer much prefers tc
spend his money at home and
only buys from the mail order
houses because he THINKS he
is saving money.
1t is up to the local merchants,
through their daily newspapers,
to PROVE to the buying public
that. it does pay to trade al
home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
Mail Order Houses Are
am,t7 Busy

4he fact that good crops have
1een produced in the South is
known by the mail order houses
Last year the Times-Record-
er, made a somewhat casual
Of the North and they are not
- losing any time in flooding the
mails with the literature and
catalogs, announcing their wares
and offering the thousands of
so-called bargains.
comparison of prices asked by
local merchants with those list
ed in certain mail order cat
alog' We discussed the subject
with a few merchants and the
S7l&2 information we gained was that
the mail order prices SH9R$EEooNS39'
c6saSeatHah aBG9 o6tkMs6 bC
,sa lecal merchants, and yet thous-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

We have looked everywhere and
can't find single war veteran buy
Ing bootlek and airplanes with his
federal bonus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
LEADERS THAT WILL LEAD

LLADERo MA WILL LEAD
Our Democratic nominee, John
w. Davis, speaking Monday at an
open-air meeting of the largest
group that ever met in the open
in governmental affairs" closed
his remarkable address with the
statement that once more ne
heard his fellow citizens calling
for the Democratic Party to give
them equal rights for all, com
mon honesty, common courage,
and a government that will fun
ction under leaders that will lead.
This is the Democratic plan and
program in nutshell, and goes
to the heart of the weakness of
the Harding and Coolidge Admin
istrations.-Macon Telegraph.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
GAS"

GAS"
The country at large has been
working part-time for months, but
it certainly must have had a fat roll
hidden behind the clock. There has
been plenty of money to spend on
motoring.
In the first seven months this
year the public used 116 gallons Of
gasoline for every 100 used in the
corresponding months of 1928.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
THE WORST PUNISHMENT

THE WORST PUNISHMENT
Under the laws of Illinois d
99-year sentence which the judge
awarded the young murderers de-
MES the right of parole until they
have served 81 years. and this
effectually quiets the fear that
the punishment for one Of tile.
most abhorent crimes of the age
would Returned ultinhate1S into d
farce. Judge Caverly expressed
the view that the long years of I'M
generation within prison walls,
would prove a seyerer punish
ment than death itself.
No other agency can now be
expected to intervene in their be-
half and the possibilities are that
long after the public has forget
ten the crime and the existanca
OF the heartless youths who per
petrated it. these boys, grown III
to men, will be living out what
will seem a never-ending life IF
torture. The details of the crime
might have indicated that they
were without conscience, but dur
ing the course of their slow dea'l
in prison, conscience will deve-
Top, and it is conscience that is
going to punish them unto the
death.-Selma Times Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

pay to maintain themselves and
their families. That condition
has continued until the present
and even now there is no pros
pect of an Improvement.
And President Coolidge, in
his speech on Labor Day, boast
ed What a boon the Republican
tariff had been to American in
dustry and American workers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

NI&; made on Improved
AN>EAA NHfarm lands at cheap
est rates for terms of 5, z 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 leud.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.,
in Sumter. Lee, Terrell, Schley
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 81 Planters Bank
Building, kmericus, Ga. Phone So
on aA4s A-a----.,..-.,-.--
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
FIGHTING TIE BOIL wEEvlL

FIGHTING TIE BOIL WEEVlL
The farmers of Georgia and
throughout the South have made
a splendid fight against the boil
weevil this year, and the result
is that they have made crops Of
cotton; much better than they
hoped they would in the beginn-
ing of the year, when it was wet
for so long time, to say nothing
of the cold weather, they wore
greatly delayed in planting.
And now, that they have won
the fight, the thing for them to
do is to keep it won.
To this end cotton stalks
should be destroyed by FIRE IA
rapidly as possible after they
have been picked free Of cotton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
EARNINGS

Seventy-one leading corporations
representing eight different classe.
of stocks, report they made net
earnings averaging nearly 6 PEI
cent in the first six months thi
year.
During which time, mind you
business conditions were going OF
the rocks, If the farmer made a
much, he'd call it a boom, not de
preston. Remen boring war tim
prosperity, industr- is inclined t,
wear a long face unless it's raining
gold watches.
Get some old-timm to tell 70;
about the Panic of '73-and leari
what hard times are.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

Reports from various sections ia
dictate heavy winds are damaging the
crop of political plums.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

Chang Lin wants to be the head of
China. We don't. The head Of
Chine is 50 liable to be cut off.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

Situation in Chile is said to &c
chaotic. ] cts hope it won't be that
way here when we are chilly.
Well, the women in Deauville are
wearing nose rings. Not led aronud
by them though. They are led by
pocketbooks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

They say a man recently made
two millions in Wall Street. Even
if he didn't make it, he got it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

The annual baseball big league
race to see which team will come
next to New York is dong nicely.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
Gi57& I.
X hsNbcTt Apole
PROSPERITY

FROSf EN-
Production of the leading basic
industries dropped off more than =
fifth between February and June,
according to the Federal Reserve
Boards estimates, The decline con
.tinues. Later-when we get the
perspective of time we'll look
back and realize that sharp turn
upward started in August.
During August, steel ingot pro-
duction Increased Sc per cent over
the July output. SO goes general
business and national prosperity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
JOBS.

j IOBSaq
putting on more men," The tide
has turned, economists announce.
Men had been laid off steadily since
March Employment swung up
ward in August.
This information is of natior al
Importance, for the employment
condition of New York factories has
been found to be a barometer of
general employment nationally.
The weathervanes all point to bet
ter times. Once election is over and
out of the way, things should go
ahead faster.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
WEALTHY

Ever hear of Emily A. Watson?
She died at White Plains, N. Y,
some months ago, Appraisal of her
estate reveals that she left a for
tune of more than II million dol
lars.
It's an interesting sideTght on
our times" that persons can be
worth II millions without the pubic
at large ever hearing of them. Yet
such cases are becoming quite com
mon. The millionaire used to he
spectacular in his rarity. Not now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
<10I1l571mg
Saws
Defense Day has to Be defended

Chasing something is always moro
exciting than catching it.
Isn't it about time the two Chica-
go murders were asking for a par
don?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19
MILLIONAIRE

How many millionaires have wa
in America? One estimate was that
the war created over $4,000 new
millionaires and multis.
People you never heard of die
worth fabulous sums-one woman
- millions, a man 40 millions.
How many will we have event.
ually? The entire national wealth
of America is enough to make only
about 100000 millionalres. That
isn't many in a population of ia
million people or more,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-19

ands of dollars go to the mail
order houses from every county
in the State every year.
In a recent editorial the Ath-
ems Banner-Herald has this to
say regarding the mail order
houses: