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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

White House mistress can pick and
choose among a score Of such Official
establishments for her guests to this
banquet. Then, too, at this dinner 1t
is permissible to have a few outSid-
ers, persons Of distinction who do not
hold any Federal office. While this
last dinner is just as formal as any
Of the others, it has a certain color
lacked by the first three.
In the State Dining Room
All these dinners z : in the great
state dining room of the White
House. Guests are seated according
TO rank, and they do not talk shop.
The huge dining table is a-glitter with
big set pieces of silver and shower
of gorgeous flowers covers the white
napery. The food is of the most elab-
crate kind and served in gerat quaint
ty. After the meal the guests spend
an hour in polite conversation and then
go quietly home. There is no further
entertainment provided for them.
The White House receptions have
been devised to take care of the peo-
pie who must be entertained socially
and yet for whom state dinner can
not be provided.
These receptions start at about 10
o'clock at night and are over at about
in the morning. Their chief attrac-
tons are the crowds and the clothes
You pass down a receiving line. are
greeted by the President and his wife
and that's all--unless you care to
remain and hear the music by the ma
rine band. There used to be dancing
at these receptions, but since they have
grown to such great size that feature
of entertainment has been abandoned
Even food has been eliminated in late
years. lit the last levee at the White
House many persons were in great
distress because they could not pro-
cure even water to drink.
Some Of these receptions are bet.
ter than others. The two most bril-
liant are those for the diplomatic corps
and for the army and navy. The con
gressional levee il the biggest; 1t II
the only opportunity that the averag,
representative and his family hav,
to be received officially in the Whits
House.
4 About 5000 persons attend Ties,
four receptions. Mrs. Coolidge, will
the aid Of her secretary, takes direc
charge of issuing invitations,
State functions may come anexpect
eddy at the White House, dependin,
| upon occasions The President ma,
4 be called upon b give big banqu<
in honor of same distinguished for
e;gner here ~ a missis&. Mrs. Hxfd
! ng was obliged to do This sort Of en-
PERTAINING at the arms conferenc
J when the city was fd1 of high foreig
J officials But for all ordinary pun
J nuses tie Four dinners and four re
ceptsens are supposed to cover all tn
| social demands made upon she Whit
. House and its occupants.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

stranger. would you grubstake a
poor cuss who's down on his luckf
bin told they's gold stIckin out of the
ground ln--well. never mind where
and this time III shorely strike II
rich"
The renderfoot hesIfnted moment.
Certain recent events flashed through
his mind. Truly. the customs OF the
wllds were beyond his comprehension.
"AIl right" he said briefly.
The somewhat puzzled sourdough
followed his benefactor into the butcher
shop. and upon his amazed ears fell
this order:
~0ne sIrioin steak, two inches thick. =
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
ANOTHER MAN DOWN

In the integrity of President
Harding The Word has COM
plete confidence. 1t did not and
does not credit the faintest echo
of the, dirty rumors which have
been disseminated about him
Yet his administration will be his
toric for the betrayal of public
trust by men whom he put in
high places because of his admria-
ton of their personal qualities
and because he confused their
friendly service to him with adj
ministrative fitness. Repeatedly
history records this administra-
tive experience of men whose
kindness of nature renders
them unable to separate their
PERSONAL from their official fav-
or. Invariably the consequences
are disappointment and humilia-
ton for the executive. disgrace
for their aids and-worst of all
"a deadly blow to public con-
fidence in the personnel and
methods of government.-New
York World.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY

(From The Times-Recorder. Feb.
rs. 1914.)
Messrs. j. E. Sheppard. W. A.
Dodson, and L. j. Blalock, as at
torney representing W. B. Blakley.
now serving time at the state pri-
son farm. will go to Atlanta today
to urge before Gov. Slaton the
granting of the parole recently
recommended by the prison conn
mission. Blakley was given ten
years sentence for the killing Of a
Snowman in Americas less than two
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lainer will
leave tomorrow night for New
York. where they viii spend two
weeks in sightseeing as guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Grantland Rice and
friends.
Inman Griffin went to Monte
yuma yesterday, called there upon
business and pleasure.
II would not take on thousand
dollars cash down for the benefit
received by my farm as the result
Of the snow fall here" said Arthur
Rylander yesterday. "The lands
had recently been thoroughly brok-
en-, ploughed as deep as pillow
would go, and the snow now lying
upon it will pulverize every clod
as large as a marble. The snow
will enrich the land and is worth
tons of commercial fertilizer.
Is there any valid reason why
Americas should pay So more per
carload upon shipments of coal than
do other towns in this section of the
state; towns that are from thirty
to forty miles further from the
coal mines that is Americas? Yet
Americas is doing this very thing
every day, without protest-posslb-
ly without knowledge of the heavy
discrimination against US.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
A Useless Thing

What is the most USELESS
thing in the world was asked OF
the guests at recent banquet in
Americus. There were many
answers to this question, one of
which was
"A clock that fails to keep
right time.
We suspect that answer
came from some one who has
endeavored to keep dates by
the time found on the face of
our city clock on the court
house.
Until recently, this old serv-
ant has been most faithful and
efficient, always within a second
or two of correct, but for the
past few months our old and
tried friend has been rather lax
in its service.
When Western Union clocks
signaled the noon hour, the city
clock was some PAGES behind,
or ahead, depending on the day
of the week.
One citizen claims that its
tendency is to run slow, show
ing that as the years go by its
limbs are becoming weak and
palsied. Another suggests that
its pace is too fast, that the old
time-piece is ahead of the COM
munity. But that statement was
emphatically denied.
However, clock that fails to
keep accurate time, is about the
most useless thing in all the
world. 1t should get on the
job or cover its face.
Maybe, the board of county
commissioners could remedy
this rather embarrassing situa-
tionJ There are many COM
plants being heard about the
service rendered these, days by
our old friend the clock atop
the county courthouse tower.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
NATURAL BORN FOOLS

A very charming woman said
to me one day, Men are just
natural born foolsr' She was
right. The reply | might have
made-and did. mentally was
that. while men are fools and
have been these thousands OF
years. women have been su-
premely foolish, which is even
worse.
If women had not for CEN
turtles permitted men to make all
the laws-and they need not have
permitted it-set up all the NOR
al standards and lay down ell
the rules generally, world affairs
might not have been messed Up
$50; but she permitted it-with
amazing folly. She has more
sense than men about lot of
things, but she has been too
easily bluffed.
If the women during the past
thousand years had exercised all
the influence and power they
might have, but foolishly didn't
war amoung men - Individually
and collectively-long ago would
have been abolished.
Here's hoping she's coming to
her senses Jim Nevin In At
lanta Georgian,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
A Spender

News dispatches credit MIR.
McAdoo with saying that it is
impossible to reduce taxes and
pay a soldiers bonus. In 9TH
er words to add not less than six
billions of dollars to the national
budget and reduce taxes at the
same time.
Georgians~have not yet for
gotten Mr.. Walkers platform of
two years ago. when HE prom
ised to spend more and collect
less. for that is what his declara-
ton really meant. He promis-
ed FREE SCHOOL books and
a REDUCTION of taxes.
Has any one been embarrass-
ed by a radical reduction of
state taxes2 1t is the other way
around. Increased gas tax and
a 10 per cent tax on tobacco is
what happened since Mr.. Walk
er's campaign. Had he been
able to jam through the leeisla-
ture his free school box propo-
sition, another tax would have
been levied to meet this ex.
penditure.
A news dispatch states that
while addressing 500 people in
the Union Depot at Kansas CITY,
the following colloquy took
place between MIR. McAdoo and
one of his hearers:
us it possible, Mac, that the
government can pay us the
bonus and at the same time re-
duce taxes?" was the question of
the crowd
1T certainly is was the re-
ply, land if permitted, / am go
ing to see to it that the bonus is
paid"
The shoulders of the nation
are bent with the tremendou;
load of state and federal taxes
and yet. right off the bat, MIR
McAdoo says Il am going tt
see to it that the bonus is paid
OF course, he will IF permit
ted" MIR. McAdoo is ;
SPENDER. His record during
the war shows how little he care
for a few billions. more or less
But Mr.. McAdoo will not b,
permitted" What the backbon,
of this country is demanding to
day is LESS spending lower tax
es. more efficiency.
A halt must be called and
will be. The Democrats haven
a chance in the world to bea
Coolidge with man like VII
liam Gibbs McAdoo.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
DIRTY POLITICS

Some years ago Woodow Will
son said: "Some men say that
politics is a dirty business. 1t is
your business and if it is dirty
you have no one to blame but
yourselves. When a man says to
me that politics is dirty l ask him
if he voted at the last primary
and if he says he didn't invite
him to shut up
This truth cannot be too deep
ly impressed upon the minds of
all citizens. If all the members
of the church brought to their
voting the same faithfulness to
principle which they carry to
prayer meeting there would no
longer be any dirty politics.
There are enough church mem
bers in every voting precinct in
Georgia absolutely TO control the
election, No minister of the Cos
pei would be violating any obliga-
ton of his pulpit neither would he
be taking sides in politics. were
he to urge all Of his members to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
THE PEANUT COOP /.

The peanut coop" is getting
busy early in the season. The
peanut crop in Georgia will be an
important one this year, and q
great deal depends on the man
ner of its marketing. In the
hands of the cooperative mar
keting association, which only
desires to see its members get
full value for what their labor
produces, there is reason to be-
lieve the crop will prove a pref
table one. That Georgia can
produce peanuts in large guam
titles has been demonstrated and
marketing is the only problem
with which growers need concern
themselves. A necessary part of
the solution of the marketing
problem is the question of acre
age, for large overproduction
would depress prices in spite Of
anything the cooperative associa-
ton, the growers will be able to
inform themselves fully as to
probable demand for peanuts
next fall and winter, and can
pitch their acreage accordingly.
The crop is one of the most prom
Using of the many money CROPS
of this section, and cooperation
in the appointment of acreage is
as important as cooperation in
selling the crop when it natures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From The Times-Recorder. Feb.
26, 1894.) -
There is more money invested
in bicycles in Americas, perhaps.
than in any city of like sizein the
state. Almost every young man
here is, bicyclekifer and owns a
fine wheel, many 6f them costing
$3.50 each. The ladies, too. are
fond Of the exercise and many of
them own handsome wheels and
there is no prettier sight than a
party of them riding gracefully
through the streets.
Master Charles B. Hudson. Jr., a
manly little fellow. the prototype
of his distinguished grandfather,
"The Old State" came around to
help US run the Times Recorder
yesterday. He was a welcome
visitor.
Mr.. James Fort, of this city, has
Sumter county by Commissioner
Nesbitt, and will enter upon ais
duties this week. The position Of
oil inspector here has long been
filled by Mr.. D. T. Davenport to
whom Mr.. Fort will prove a worthy
successor.
The beautiful and fascinating
Miss Mamie Sue Hill, Of Newman
decided favortie in social circles
here, passed through the city yes
terday en- route to Albany, where
she will visit Miss Ella Pope.
Mrs. w. R Walker came down
from Macon yesterday to spend a
day or two with Mr.. Walker. The
family will perhaps move here
shortly.
Eggs were never cheaper or more
plentiful in market than at pres
ent. One Americas grocer bought
800 dozen in a lot yesterday, and
every store in town is pretty well
stocked with the fruit of the barn
yardP The retail price is 10 to
IL ID cents.
Mr.. George S. Cobb was admitted
to the bar in Chambers court yes
terday morning, after passing :
very creditable examination before
attorneys here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
That Old DecovI

A clergyman who occasionally
substituted for brother preacher
in a remote country parish, was
seandalized on observing the cid
deacon. who had been collecting the
offering. quietly abstract a coin be
fore presenting the plate at the al,
tar rail.
After service he called the old
man into the yestry and told him,
with some emotion. that his crime
had ben discovered.
The deacon looked puzzled for q
moment. AThen a sudden light
dawned on him.
why, sir. you don't mean that
old dollar Of mine? Why, I've LED
off with that for the last 5 years.
Peoples Home Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
Copyright, 1923, DAB " RfAEM By
N. E. A. Service ~ 1A@A OA-AA Berton Braley
TIME CHANGES.

TIME CHANGES.
Old days, old ways, @eR
They had their charm,
Wrapped in haze
Gold-hued and warm,
They drift across our memory
AS "those good times that used to be-"
Old days, old ways,
We sometimes sigh
A wistful wish r.
For days gone by;
Yet, were they subject to recall, =
Perhaps we'd like them not at ALL
Old days, old ways,
They change and go,
And we change with them
And we know
How different they would appear
Old days, old way--if they were here ~~
Old days, old ways,
Posterity
VIII envy you
And envy me,
And say of times we live in now
old ways and day were best, somehow"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
1t Will Be Plenty Hot

A chap was arrested for assault
and battery and brought before
the judge.
"Wrat is your name, occupation
and what are you charged within
asked the judge.
To which the prisoner replied,
"My name is@Sparks. am an
electrician and ] am charged with
battery"
The judge, turning to a bailiff,
said, "Put this man in dry cell. /"
Inland Merchant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
= OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS =

but 10 1-2 cents yesterdays best
offering-will never touch 'it.
That five connered race for the
office of solicitor of the city court
causes about as much interest just
now as any feature in the list.
The final rehearsal this evening
for the amateur play "The Sleeping
Beauty and the Best" will take
place at the opera house, and the
public is assured a fine production
tomorrow night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26

Thomas county is fast beconl-
ing the producer of the best hogs
in the state. The monthly CO.
operative hog sales have proven
a material stimulant to the in
dustry and the prices have been
very satisfactory in every way
The low price of hogs at the pres
ent time is a condition that
cannot be locally remedied but
the Thomas county hog has been
brought out by breeding methods
and proper and scientific feeding
to a point where it is worth more
than the average hog on the mar
ket by half cent per pound.
The Moultrie Packing Company
received the January sale of hogs
at a fair amount over the market
price for the sale day and re-
ported that it was graded the best
lot of hogs that had ever been
received there in the general run
of its business. This is the sort
of stuff that will count materially
in the hog raising business.
There are two essentials, good
breeding stock and careful AMI
intensive attention. With our
abnormal natural advantages and
the accessibility of fine brood
sows and bears it is no wonde.
that the Thomas county hog has
been boosted to the highest PIN
nacle of the type. This is but a
start. We have been in the bust
ness for many years but not in
the cooperative marketing plan
but one year. There is already a
very material change in plans.
for many farmers have seen the
light and are going to have their
hogs ready each month so as to
get cash payments therefor to
make their farm operations more
profitable.
With the dairy proposition
going strong and creamery pro-
duction increasing weekly, with
plenty of hogs for sale each
month and with the hatchery in
full swing and many more chick
ems raised than ever before,
Thomas county is adding to its
material wealth in many ways
Ihomasyille Times-Enterprise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. Feb
26, 1904.)

" VIII / III 1sNNOA0SAs w.
26, 1904.)
Miss Martha Cobb returned home
yesterday from Milledgeville. where
she have been visiting relatives for
two weeks.
Miss Bella Hill returned home
last night from Atlanta, where she
attended this week the national
convention of educators.
The Public schools of Sumter are
all provided with text books pre-
scribed under the uniform book
law, and will be put into use in the
schools next Tuesday.
Like the cork of an idle fisher
man bobbing upon a placid stream,
the cotton market hobs up and
down still. There were no violent
fluctuations yesterday, though May
did fall some forty points from the
highest but regained back half the
ISIS ere the close Something like
700 bales are still here. unsold.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
CAN HE?

The appointment of \ special
counsel for the prosecution of the
oil cases can mean but one thing
that that department of the
government whose dnty it is to
represent the public interest in
all such proceedings is not, as at
present constituted, to be trust
ed with the business which the
oil scandals have created The
Department of Justice is so dis
credited in the eyes of the people,
and of the court that it cannot
represent the government in its
fight@to cancel the graft-reeking
oil leases and prosecution of the
men believed to be guilty. How
Daugherty can hang on after
President Coolidge has signed the
commissions of Pomerene and
Roberts passeth understanding.
Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26

soc 6ANGAtN0 TIN W. DAI
ONLY. THE SALE BEGINS
WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9
O'CLOCK, CLOSES THURSDAY
AT P. M.
95c for 5 yards best standard 80
inch Dress Bingham; value 25c to
E29c yard.
95c for 10 yards SO inch Cur
tain jScrim. So inches wide, double
border.
95c for 5 yards best standard
Bleaching, full yard wide.
95c for A pairs Ladies Genuine
Buster Brown Isle Stockings, all
sizes. i f
csc for 4 pairs Mems Buster
Brown Socks, black, brown, gray
and navy.
95c for 8 yards good quality
| Apron Bingham, fast colors.
Csc for yards SO inch Cretonne,
great variety of pretty patterns.
95c for 3 pairs Ladies best soc
Silk Stockings, black, brown an
gray.
95c for 8 Mems Four-in-Hand
Ties, plain silks or knitted silks.
95c for 4 yards best linen finish
ed Indian Head Cloth. '4"
95c for yards highly merceriz-
ed Table Damask, 81 inches wide.
Csc for Turkish Towels, ac-
tual size 22x44 inches.
95c for Huck Towels, plain or
blue borders, size 1896 inches.
95c for bleached ready made
Sheets, size 1890 inches.
csc for 4 Gold Seal Pillow Cases,
full size, best quality.
95c for 10 pairs Children's Socks,
black and brown, all sizes.
csc for Mems Umbrellas 20
inch size, fast black American taf-
! feta covers.
95c for Boys Union Suits, rib
bed or fleeeced lined, all sizes
Csc for 3 yards Shifting Madras,
SO inches wide, new patterns.
95c for 4 yards genuine japanese
| Crepe, colors warranted.
95c for A bars of our famous
CASTLE Soap, 1-2 pound cakes.
95c for 20 cans Lighthouse
Cleanser, regularly SC can.
Csc for one lot of Ladies Cling
ham Dress of best quality gingham.
Csc for Ladies' Bedroom Slip
pefs. all colors and sizes.
95c for 2 Boys Blue Chambry
Work Shirts, all sizes.
95c for 2 Rag Rugs, medium
sizes, well made, all colors.
95c for 5 yards guaranteed Lin
en- Towel Crash, full width.
95c for Linen Huck Towels,
full regular size, blue or white
borders.
| 95c for S yards Turkish Towel
ling, full width, heavy quality
NONE SOLD TO MERCHANTS.
All the Above Advertised Bargains
Win Be Ready Wednesday Morn
ing at 8 O'clock,
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank Of Commerce
AMERICUS. CA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
poC

A shortage of young doctors, to
serve as internes at hospitals, is
becoming acute. This didn't strike
us as startling until We read that
there are $3.50 hospitals in the
country with 10000 beds.
Including people who stage their
illness at home, at least half a
million Americans must be paid
up all the time with various NAL
aides. Probably three-mourths of
this illness is due to incorrect Iiv-
ing-lack of exercise and fresh
air. and improper diet,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
THREE SMILES
out-Bunking ]. B.

Londoner-What do you think
of that tower for height?
New Yorker (abroad(-Do you
call that high Say, in our 91st
floor bed rooms we have to close all
the windows at night to keep the
clouds from rolling Unsolicited.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS
ON THE FENCE

This newspaper is not going to
get all excited about politics.
Dalton Citizen. the same here.
We are going to stay on friendly
terms with the various candidates,
and we trust the candidates will
be friendly to each other. Muca
better to have campaign OF
friendliness and good feeling than
to get excited and wrought up
jackson Progress-Argus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26

vote.
The essential need of any
democracy is to keep its citizens
actively interested in govern
mental affairs, There are more
good people than bad pc .'eI in
this world. The world is getting,
better rather than worse. But
many church members. with the
open consent of their church and
minister, draw aloof in a proud
self-righteousness from participa-
ton in politics.-Waycross
Journal-Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
RADIO

Song and music writer's royalties
have been cut in half by radio com
petition, their organization claims
1t continues its wrangle with bread
casting stations about payments for
music sent by radio.
Eventually radio will have to be
endowed, to provide suitable enter
tainment, unless broadcasting sta
tions are reduced to half dozen or
$50. Step forward, miflionaires, who
want to- do some real good.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-26
A THOUGHT

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is
vain.-Prov. 1880.
If thou marry beauty, thou bind
est theyself all thy life for that
which. prechance, will neither last
nor please thee Sne year.-Sir Wal
ter Releigh.