davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1924-09-08
DAVIS IN DENVER
ASSA|LS RULE
BY BLOCS
Candidate Makes Honesty in
Government Chief Issue
Of Campaign.
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
International News Service.


DENVER, Col. Sept. 8.--John
w. Davis. Democratic presidential
nominee reached here today to
study at first hand the problems
of the mountain west before offer
ing to the nation his personal pro-
gram on conservation and reclan1a-
ton.
Davis greeted the Far West with
a demand for a "blocless" govern
ment serving all citizens equally.
and a declaration that he would
eminent" his paramount issue.
II came here more to learn than
to teach" Davis said. II want
to mingle with the people Of the
West, find out their problems and
inform myself about the things
they expect from their Government.
If it becomes the pleasure of the
people to make me their President
hope to be the servant not of any
section or class but the servant Of
all the people.
Need Honest Government.
what we need in this country
is a Government that is honest
from the ground up and that is not
directed in the interests of any part
Of the United States. This Govern
ment has been dominated for fifty
years past, with the exception of
certain Democratic administrations
by an industrial bloc that has man.
aged the policies of the nation in
its own peculiar interest. want
the day to come when no bloc will
control this Government and when
1t will be run in the interest of us
all alike.
"That is my ideal and that is the
proposal l have to make to my
fellow countrymen in this election"
A large crowd greeted the nom.
inee as his special train arrived
from Lincoln, Neb., where he spent
Sunday as the guest of Charles W.
Bryan, his running mate.
Confer With Leaders.
Davis spent the forenoon confer.
ring with Democratic leaders from
the mountain States. He was to
IeaVe this afternoon for Rocky
Mountain National Park-6O miles
north Of hereto spend two DAYS
IN seclusion, writing the set
speeches to be delivered in the Den.
yer auditorium on the night of
September IL, and at Cheyenne.
Wyo., on September IL.
1t all his remaining speeches. IL ia
said, Davis will hammer away ut
General Dawes recommc ndations
to take the farm problem out Of
politics" and to halt all work on
irrigation and reclamation projects. y"
The Dawes criticism will be re-.
peated when the Democratic nor,i.
nee speaks in Denver on the nignt
Of September II. In that speeSi,
Davis will discuss conservation
reclamation and irrigation prob.
lens.
On the following day Davis will
go to. Cheyenne, Wyo., not far dis.
tant from Teapot Dome--to Oman
an attack upon the Republican oil
scandals. He will leave chat high
September IL, for a swing throTrh
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois
and Indiana on his way back to
New York.
The Washington times., 1924-09-08
HoBoKEN POLICE SHAKEUP
CAUSED BY BOY ROBBER

NEW YORK, Sept S.-Anthony
La Guardia, thirteen, of Hoboken,
was arrested accused of series of
robberies In Washington street
stores. His loot is estimated at
81 200.
Because of his exploits, several
transfers of patrolmen on the beat
where the boy is said to have oper-
ated have been made.
The Washington times., 1924-09-08
Dad Fights Daughter
Beauto Recover Her
Engagement Ring

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 3d.
When the father of a Norfolk
girl noticed that her engage
ment ring was missing he learned
that "the whole thing was off,"
following a lovers quarrel. and
the young man demanded the
return of the solitaire.
Angered and Inundated, the
father sought the girls former
sweetheart and demanded the re-
turn Of the ring. He was met
with a refusal. A fight followed,
and in an effort to wrench the
ring from the youth, the finger,
encircled by the ring, was
broken, and the diamond, slip
ping from its setting, was lost.
Then the father had the youth
arrested. But when the girl
refused to testify the case was
dismissed.
The Washington times., 1924-09-08
HUSBAND DROPS
BIG A mist
CHARGE
Martin Carroll, of Washington,
Relents Because Of
Children

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Sept. 8.-AIrs.
Loretta Carroll, of Washington, who
Was arrested at Glen Echo, Md. on
a charge of bigamy, will not have
to stand trial on the charge and
has been allowed to go to the honee
OF q sister in Washington.
The warrant was sworn out by
Martin Luther Carroll, of Washing.
ton, who swore that when he anil
the woman were married about TWO
years ago she had a husband IiV.
ing, from whom she had not been
divorced, In the person Of John B.
Mullineaux, Of New York city. Sat.
urday afternoon Carroll said he
did not care to push the case
against the woman and asked per.
mission to withdraw the charge.
which was granted.
He did not, he explained, wish
the woman sent to prison because
OF her two little girls by the Mui.
Itneaux marriage.
Mrs. Carroll insisted that when
she married Carroll she was Ger.
tain that Mulhneaux had obtained
a divorce and had never had reason
to change her mind.
When Mrs. Carroll was arrested
she was in the house of Claude B.
Norton and he was arrested on a
statutory charge.
The annual conference of the
Washington District of the Metho-
Cist Episcopal Church, which COM
prises churches in the District of
Columbia and several of the Mary
land counties, closed yesterday
after having been in session since
last Tuesday in the church at
Colesville, this county. 1t was the
thirty-thtrd annual meeting of the
kind and was conducted by the
district superintendent, Reverend
J. F. jenkins. A Sunday school
convention and Epworth League
institute were held in conjunction
with the conference.
Under the direction of the State
Roads Commission, concrete Shout
ders will, 1t is announced, at once
be constructed on both sides of
the State highway from the Sew
enth street pike to Kensiflgton, by
way Of Forest Glen, distance of
more than two miles. The com.
mission will also construct in the
near future one mile of concrete
road from Damascus toward Brown.
ingSville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza.
beth Crowell Welsh, wife of James
B. Welsh, who died at her home
here Thursday night, were held this
morning In st. Mary's Catholic
Church, here, the Reverend r. Cool.
ahan, pastor Of the church, Off
ciating. Burial was in st. Mary's
cemetery, near Rockville. Mra.
Welsh was a sister of Mrs. Law.
renee Watson, OF Washington, ans
Mrs. Edward E. Welsh, of Rock
vile.
Bernard Shorter, the young Coles
vile district negro who was SEN
fenced by Judge Samuel Riggs in
the police court here a few days
ago to receive thirty 1ashes on his
bare back for beating his wife, may,
after all, escape the ignomy of hav-
ing to go to the whipping post. He
has noted an appeal to the circuit
court, and that court has never
been known to impose punishment
OF that kind. The case will be tried
again at the November Term Of the
circuit court.
The Washington times., 1924-09-08
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE
is 12,787,OoO BALES

!. The condition of the cotton crop
In the United States on September
i, indicated total production u
about f2,7S7 900 bales of 500 pounds
gross, the Department of Agricul.
ture announced today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
LEE COUNTY is SHORT
MANY ACRES ON BUDGET

DAWSON, May 22.-Lee county
has been $4,000 acres short-nos
actually, but in the tax returns.
This fact was discovered by Mr..
Whitchard, of Ernest Whitchard &
Company, public accountants, OF
Dawson, Ga, in making an audit of
The cOunty's tax books recently.
Mr.. Whitchard first ascertained
how many acres should be returned
for taxation, this calculation being
made on the basis of the ounty's
square mileage after deducting the
area Of incorporated towns, railroad
rights of way, public highways, etc.
The number of taxable acres was
found, in round numbers, to be-
271,000, whereas only about 221.,
600 We're given in or taxation. A
search for the missing land was be-
gun, and already enough of it has
been located to bring the county
$4,000 of additional tax money.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
LAND DONATED FOR
ALBANY GOLF LINKS

ALBANY, May 22.-Progress to-
ward a municipal golf course, which
the Albany Lions Club has been
boosting for some time and in which
it has had the support Of other
civic organizations, was made Mon
day afternoon when Cruger West
brook, chairman of the Lions coIn-
mittee on that undertaking, secured
an offer in writing of forty-fiye
acres, and assurance that forty-fivc
or fifty other acres could be secur
ed from an adjoining tract. The
offer was made by W. w. Pace, ST.
of land lying east of the paving on
the Blue Springs road, in the sec
tion Mr.. Pace calls Little Druids. .
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22

A MONUMENT TO NATURE

~ iFlO4N OMGANA ~ INA ONE
An old oak tree in a front yard
stands; it's a stately sight to see.
Just one of natures great expands
that they labeled cold oak tree"
A century old is this growth OF
gold" and it towers, as leader
should. The other trees call the oak
tree bold, respect for age in the
wood.
When the sun Of summer blazes
trail, the old oak shows in green
The sturdy trunk leads to branches
frail and to twigs that are long and
lean.
When an acorn, many years, ago.
sprouted forth up through the
ground, little, then, did folks who
saw it know what a treasure they
had found.
AS an ancient landmark stands
the tree that has seen the years roll
by. Father Time but knows how
long twill be till the oak win face
and die.
Just monument to nature and a
tip to you, as such. Twas in the
open air the old oak grew, and the
man who really gets his share a
Mother Natures touch has a better
chance to live his full life through
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service
Inc)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22

intended to do-our mission on
earth. If we stick to our plain
duty, we'll be reasonably pros
peBous.
You probably have read
Twenty Years of Hustling,
the book that used to have such
a big sale in auction rooms. 1t
is a history of its authors life.
For 20 years he roamed, trying
all sorts of schemes, mostly
street selling. Every time he'd
go broke, he'd get out an old
formula he had, and mix up
batch of polish. 1t was fine pol
ish, sold like hot-cakes. always
pulled him out of the hole.
1t took him 20 years to wax
en- to the fact taht his fortune
was in this polish.IAen he set
tied down, built factory, man
ufactured polish on big scale,
became very successful.
Making and selling polish
was what he was intended to do.
The thing we do best and
most easily is the thing we are
intended to do. Yes, even
though it isn't what we want to
do.
AS the vaudeville booking
agents say; When they can
sing they want to dance. And
when they can dance, they want
to sing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Ma.
%, 1914.)

Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Perry, Mrs.
Ira Lowe and Miss Ira Gatewood re-
turned to Americas after a pleasant
visit of several weeks at Hampton
Springs, Florida.
Mrs. T. F. Galloway and several
children have come from Macon to
spend some time at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Brown,
where Mr.. Galloway will join them
later.
Miss Mary Ella Davenport is ut
home after having spent two weeks
in Macon the guest of relatives,
where many delightful entertain
ments in her honor were arranged.
Miss Julia Gordon has gone to
Gordon, near Macon, where she will
spend some time pleasantly with
relatives.
Miss Edith Thomas, of Fitzgerald.
is again an attractive visitor here
for some time, the guest of Mrs.
3. o. Easterlin, on Horne street.
Miss Kitty Hudson is at home
again after an extended visit to her
sister, Miss Irene Hudson, in Hell
ena, Ark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Newton,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Will
ford upon returning to their home
in Fort Valley, will carry a pretty
baby daughter as new addition 20
the family circle.
Miss Eva Culpepper will leave
Friday for Americas to be the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Culpepper
during the neutrality-suspicious.
News
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
Square Pegs in Round
Holes

Did you ever try to do some
thing that you simply could not
accomplish, no matter how
much effort you put into it9
We are not referring to inn
possible tasks, but to cases
where a sort of invisible pres
ence seems to Illustrate us, as if
we were on the wrong track
and being warned away.
You've heard people say:
I've been trying to do that
thing for months. But some
thing always goes wrong when
ever | get busy on it.
The element of luck or fate
intervenes.
We know man who is a star
travelling salesman. 1t is quite
plainly his intended work, but
he dislikes it. Time after time,
having saved up a grubstake. "
he has quit craftsmanship and
tried farming in various forms
from truck gardens to chick
en- ranches.
He puts his last ounce of eff
fort into these excursions into
farming. But somehow he is
never able to make a go of it.
Always he fails and is driven
back to the selling game. This
salesman says:
II have decided that every one
is put on earth for some definite
purpose. We succeed if we do
what we were intended to do in
this life, even though it is not
what we want to do. Nature en-
dows us with certain gifts or
abilities for doing what we were
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
MISDEMEANOR CONVICTS
ESCAPE AT SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH, May 22.-W. F..
Gugel, 35 sentenced to sixty days
Imprisonment on March 81, and r
ID. Walker, 33 sentenced on May
16 to sixty days Imprisonment
escaped from the Brown Farm yes
terday afternoon.
The prisoners were araigned in
Recorder Schwarz's court on the
days named for being drunk and die
orderly on the streets. They had
until yesterday performed duties in
the fields. Their escape was made
before the prisoners were locked in
cells for the night, ,..
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
Furnishing Children

Never punish child when
you are in anger Think it over.
No matter how a parent punish
es, he should chastise or pen
alize only when in complete
control of his temper.
The ineffectiveness of pun
ishing youngsters is frequently
due to the punishment being adj
ministered when the parent is in
a rage. For instance, many a
father gives his son trouncing
that pa regrets when he cools
off. His natural reaction is to
atone-to make up" by gifts
such as candy or coins. This
naturally neutralizes the correc-
tive effect (if any, of a whip
ping.
"A shrewd mother writes:
THE best way to punish chill
dren is to make them punish
themselves. MY little boy, in a
rage, grabbed a dish from the
table and shattered it to frag-
ments on the floor. Instead of
spanking him, I made him smash
the toy he loves best-~a little
horse that he hauled with a
string"
This mother cruelp By no
means. In making her child take
his own medicine, she probably
effected a permanent cure.
"A lad in a western town had
a perfect mania for throw
ing stones through windows.
His mother spanked him. His
father thrashed him. 1t did no
good. He continued his ston-
ing. Finally he landed in juve-
nile court. The judge heard the
case and sentenced him to
throw 1000 stones, under the
eye Of a policeman.
AT last report, the lad would
not throw stone for pay.
We know another little boy
who simply would not behave
at the table. Delighting in mis-
chief and having cruel streak
in his makeup, he deliberately
tormented his mother whom he
knew to be nervous. One trick
in his repertoire was tapping
water glass with a spoon.
Punishment seemed only to
make him worse.
He was cured by making him
eat his meals alone until he was
willing to behave.
More effective than any beat
ing is to say to boy: IF you
do so-and-so. you cannot 90 to
the movies for a month. Now,
it's up to you. If you want to
punish yourself, go ahead and
be bad. But be very sure to
carry out your end of the bar
gain if the boy diaobeys. Don
lie to him if you would have
him be truthful with you.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. May
%, 1904.)

l WEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. May
%, 1904.)
Rev. Leroy G. Henderson, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Grit
fin and for so many years pastor in
Americas, is spending today here.
joining Mrs. Henderson in a visit TO
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Dudley and is extended a welcome
here. ri
Mrs. C. C. Hawkins and little
daughter, have gone to Atlanta to
spend today very delightfully."- there.
Miss Joe Mckay left yesterday
for St. Louis, to spend some tins
in the exposition city.
A new wagon has just arrived in
Americas, that is without doubt the
handsomest wagon that has ever
been seen on the streets of Amori-
Gus or in fact any place in the
South. The proud owner is Will
c. Carter, proprietor New Americas
Steam Laundry.
Among THE local enterprises TO
be established hcre is that of the
Patterson Auction Co, which will
conduct auction sale at intervals.
They hete rented the storeroom on
Lama street, in the Fort & Watson
buili.ng.
The several hundred employees at
le railway shops here had a lay off
/ yesterday, and expenses. were THUS
reduced to that extent without de-
triment to 1.-THE company's interest
or the work in hand. The shops are
still working full time, though the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22

want well equipped, fertile, going
farms. What business man is
there that imagines he could sell
a rundown, bankrupt business?
1t can't be done that way. If Geor
gia wants settlers from other
states the thing to do is to get
busy and build up the waste
places, plant trees, enrich the soil,
erect better buildings and give a
practical demonstration that the
land can be made to yield fair
return.-Jackson Progress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
POISON

Carbon monoxide, the poison gas
in auto exhaust, can be made almost
harmless by using a small amount
of an inexpensive chemical COM
pound mixed with the gasoline. THIS
is the claim Of DR.. Miller Reese
Hutchinson, the prominent inventor.
He doesn't say what the compound
is. Probably soon be for sale.
If Hutchinon really has con-
quered this poison, he is giving the
world something beyond price. Thou
sands are killed yearly by carbon
monoxide while running their cars
in the garage with doors closed.
Furthermore, the poison exhaust
from millions of autos, being heavi-
er than air, clings near the ground
and attacks the health of all who
use city streets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
Why Beauty Marries
the Beast

Wedding invitations are be-
ing sent out by this years crop
of June brides. People soon will
be saying, 1 wonder what she
sees in him?" or what do you
suppose made MIN fall for herr"
Queer teams often stand up
before the clergyman, to live
happily Cor unhappily) forever
after.
Well-mated couples there
are, plenty of them. But now
and then cupid seems to have a
sense of humor.
An intelligent Americas wo-
man, discussing this phase of
the social question in our hear
ing a few days ago said that in
mating one type to another,
Nature was seeking to adjust the
next generation. That if. for
instance, the superman mated
with the superwoman, a race of
super-humans would result.
Nature is a specialist at STAN
dardization. Blades of grass
are much alike when matured.
80 are lions, camels, elephants,
violets, trees.
People seem to vary more
than any other form of life.
Out of millions upon millions,
duplicates are rare. 1t is almost
phenomenal when person
doesn't have some distinctive
marking or eccentricity or man.
ner distinguishing him from all
others.
Nature isn't very keen on this
tendency to vary from type.
She is constantly striving to re-
store the balance-to keep the
individuals of the race as much
alike as possible.
That's why Beauty maYries
the Beast. 1t also explains mar
riages of big men and little wo-
men, fat women and slender
men, intellectuals mating with
average intelligence.
There's wise old saying
about people having most
chances of being happy if they
marry oPposites. The popular
Interpretation of this is that
blends should marry brunets.
But it applies equally to 9th
er personal differences.
Take husband brainier than
his wife. He enjoys helping
her improve her mind. She
looks" up to" him with re-
spect. Other way around, too
IAN inferior husband respects
the good judgment of his brain
Ter wife.
JIG P0A y 10 the nuptldI
state may excel in one trait and
the mate in another. Each ad-
mires what he or she lacks and
the other has in character,
brains and disposition.
In the final analysis, all this
probably is natures system of
restoring glandular' balance to
the race. For instance, a per-
son with a sluggish thyroid
gland is likely to be dull and in
dolent. When this type mates
with a husband or wife possessed
OF an over-active thyroid, chill
dren are apt to have normal
thyroid. The parents compen-
senate or balance the thyroid
situation, says scientists.
So, then, never laugh at a
queer match" There's a rea-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
Eil':1Rfa,al6
a.. bgAbcrt Apple
CONFISCATED

Taxes on farm lands are rapidly
approaching the point where tl'
will absorb all profit from crops
grown on the land. So warns an ex-
pert of the Institute for Research in
Land Economics.
The condition he predicts is al
ready in effect in many parts of the
country where farmers do not e. q
break even.
But taxation is not the only form
of farm confiscation. Others are
land speculation, over-production
and unfairly low market prices. Oar
greatest and most fundamental in
dustry, agriculture, is in process of
being paralyzed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
POSSIBLE - BUT NOT
PROBABLE

1t does begin to look like that
our little governor was going
through without opposition, and
we hope he will-he's entitled to
a second term.-Swainsboro For
est Blade. Possibly. But too
many political cooks sometimes
spoil the broth. That "harmon-
ious" state convention may bring
forth most troublesome off
spring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
THE DANGER OF FACTION
ALISM

Factionalism is disrupting and
disorganizing, whether it be in
the home, in the community or in
the commonwealth at large. 1t
serves no well-being-purpose, ana
is load about the neck. It is IN
outcropping growth of selfish
ness; and when such spirit at
tacks a community it spells "good
bye" for all that is highest and
best and uppermost in attain
ment-Easttman Times Journal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
WASHOUT AT CLARK'S
MILL CAUSES DETOUR

DAWSON, May 22.-Travelers
are compelled to make a detour
around Clark's mill on account of
the washout there. The concrete
abutment on the far side of the
bridge was undermined by the
heavy rainfalls which have been so
prevalent this spring, with the re-
suit that it cracked and fell over.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
A THOUGHT

A wise son maketh a glad father:
but foolish Son is the heayiness of
his mother.-Prov. 1851.
He must be a thorough fool who
can learn nothing from his folly.
Hare.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
THE BEST So BLEACHED
SHEETS AT $1.49

Our famous Victoria Sheets,
bleached snow-whitc with broad
hens, guaranteed free from dress
ing; full size for the largest dou-
bic beds; worth So; here Friday and
Saturday S14Q
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
Palmer

The necessity Of talking plainly
and distinctly over the phone is
making American voices less mum
bling and pronunciation more cor
rect, linguists say.
They are optimistic. Average talk
still is hash; sample: "Whashu-
downright" Only by well devel-
oped sense of telepathy are Ameri-
cans able to follw each others con-
versation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-22
WCMEN'S AND MISSES
PATENT SANDALS AT $2.98

Brand new Sandals, just received
from the makers; new style, patent
Sandals, flexible COLES, rubber heels,
sizes 2 1-2 to 8: Friday and Sat-
urday, pair ..........-..-..-....-..-...$2.98