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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
Political Greed

We have seen no finer polit-
ical creed than one from the
pen of a Georgian who Is seek
ing reelection for congress. In
a statement to the voters of his
district, he says:
| attended the meetings OF
every session, whether held in the
day, at night or on Sunday.
| have. lodged not a single
vote and have played no politics
in the discharge of my duties. l
have voted in each instance as /
conscienticusly believed would
promote and serve the best inter-
est of people and district whose
interests | especially represent,
as well as the interests Of the en-
tire people of the United States,
/ stand ready to defend any vote
cast by me, and | invite criticism
of every vote.
l have represented fairly and
without discrimination all the in
terests of all the people of the dis
trict, and nothing is able to deter
me from this course so long as /
am your representative.
He attended every session,
recognizing that his people sent
him to Washington to serve them
and the nation, and not to run
about over the country lecturing
for pay,
He voted on every bill, pre-
ferring to be misunderstood at
home, rather than cowardly
dodge an issue that might lose
him a vote. When important
legislation was before the house
he voted. Convenient spells of
sickness" to him would be a
cowardly subterfuge.
He voted his beliefs and not
to please any sect or section. He
sought to represent his district
and HIS NATION as well. What
more could be acked or ex-
pectedp
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
Splitting The South

Jim Nevin, in his daily
column, Caught in the Cur
rent in the Atlanta Georgian
says:
C. w. Observation-Disclosures
generally call hin. Bull Moose
Charley"-is inclined to think
that Senator LaFollette will get a
far larger vote in Georgia than
many people suspect. Mr.. Nc
Clure in the old days was a RAM
pant and aggressive Roosevelt
Republican particularly when
Roosevelt was flocking with the
Insurgents. Mr.. Mcclure has
said for years that 'the best
thing that could happen to the
Solid South would be for it to
split two or three ways from the
Jack, and there are thousands
Of people right here in Georgia
who agree with him.
The South is a step-child in
the family of states. We eat at
the second table, making the
mcst Of the scraps that are left
BY the others. Only occasional
" do We receive much recogni-
lion and this will continue so
long as the South is the Solid
9opth, always voting a solid
Democratic ticket. regardless of
candidate or platform.
The Solid South cannot be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder. August
20, 1894.)

HIN = L 4@FAAetJ &@-NN -
(From The Times-Recorder. August
20, 1894.)
Eighteen laborers were put to
work yesterday grading and BALLAST
ing q quarter mile track for the
Americas Cycling Club. A fine site
has been secured in Lection, near
the old electric railway station, and
with fair weather the work will soon
be completed
Mr.. Paul Davis who left Amer
Gus nearly eleven years ago, to make
his home in Arkansas is expected
here today on a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Davis, whom
he has not seen during all these long
years.
Miss Carrie Speer returned home
yesterday from very pleasant visit
.if several days to relatives in
Macon.
The pretty little village of Les
lie, six miles east Of Americas, is
.agog over a first class romance that
developed there yesterday. Like al
other Fomances, however, it ended
happily and all parties concerned
are perfectly satisfied Two or
three weeks ago Miss Pauline Tan
ner, a pretty belle of the little town,
was secretly married to MIR. Frank
Minor. The secret was too good 10
keep, however, and in burst of
confidence it was told to outside
parties.
The beautiful Miss Willie Ronay,
OF Augusta, who has charmed social
~ here for the past two weeks, the
guest of her cousin, Miss Annie Bell
Roney returned home yesterday to
the great regret of her numerous
friends and admirers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
MR.. COOLIDGE IS SILENT

John w. Davis has met the Ku
Klux Khan issue squa.ely. There
is no possible room for misunder-
standing as to his position. With
out hesitation or hedging, in pre-
else and explicit terms, he has
expressed his convictions. He
has spoken in a way that the
whole country shall hear him.
Senator LaFollette has taken
his stand in the open. He has
nothing to keep back, he uses
no DISCUSSES. 81 am unalterably
opposed" he says, ''to the evi-
dent purposes of the secret or
ganization known as the Ku Klux
Khan as disclosed by its public
acts" No words could he palmer
than the words of his letter.
When will Mr.. Coolidge speak
out? When will he let the Am
erican people know what he
thinks about the Ku Klux Khan
it's practices, its purposes and its
doctrines? They have long wait
ed for word from him, and
nothing has come from the White
House.
1t is time that Mr., Coolidge
shook off the habit of reticence
and mystery and revealed wheth-
er he regards the Ku Klux Khan
with Indifference or respect, or
holds it in adherence as a Sc
cret organization making a creed
of intolerance. Why this silence?
New York World
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
THE STANDARD
SHOES AT Low PRICES, BUT
NOT 'CHEAPENED'; SOME AT
HALF PRICE. SOME AT LESS
SHOES FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN At $1.0O PAIR.

Lot No. L. Women's, Misses
and Chndren,s Low Shoes Of almost
every description, including brown
or black kid skin, patent leather,
white canvas, medium or low heels.
Choicc Of this lot, Fair ,.,-.-$1.OO'
At 1925. Infants and Children's
slack and tan cross strap Sandals;
eli sizes.
At $40. Infants and Child
ren's one-strap black or brown kid,
ratent leather.
At $3.50. Child's patent Sandals,
ight tan trimmed, flexible soles;
all sizes.
At $3.50 Child's brown Scotch
calf, lightestan trimmed, flexible
soles.
At $50. Child's brown calf Ok
fords, spring heels, stitchdown solos,
At $1,95. Rice and hutchins ia
nous $1,000 Shoes; choice of sew
eral of their best styles, closed out
by us at our own price.
At $1.60. Kiser's $500 and $3.50
Ladies' White Canvas Oxfords;
Goodyear welted soles; covered
heels; all sizes.
At $3.50. Ladies' vici kid blucher
or oxford ties, or strap sandals,
flexible soIes; medium heels for
comfort and long wear; they have
no equal.
At 1895. Mems brown and black
welted sole oxfords; rubber heels;
sizes up to ~.
At soc Boys Pajana Checked
Union Suits, made with elastic seam
back; gil sizes.
At 44c. Mems Union Suits Of
excellent paiama checks, elastic
seam back; all regular sizes.
At s100. Extra sizes and extra
grade Mems Union Suits; sizes 46,
AS and SO.
At $3.50. American-Maid Wrap
Around Corsets; elastic sides; all
sizes.
At $1.00. Famous Gem Safety
Razors, complete with fine nickel
leather or celluloid case, complete
withS5 extra blades, all for $780,
At SIC. Cotys famous Face
Powder; round, full size boxes.
At Ace. Famous Djer Kiss Face
Powder; made in France.
At Toe. Womens Patent Leather
Belts, white, black and colorS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

A gee wrecked an auto il
Jersey, the moral being: Little
things count.
A bride who shot at her husband
on their honeymoon at Niagara FaliA
probably saw him before he shaved.
Eve was the first flapper," says
a professor who may have been lock-
ing at her picture.
Our idea Of fun would be listen
ing to "HePn Maria" Daws playing
la bad game of golf in tight shoes.
Phone officials says only one in q
hundred uses~the phone correctly,
but he may mean successfully.
In Paris the fashionable girls are
going without stockings, perhaps So
they won't have to go without men.
In Oklahoma an escaped lunatie
was found making moonshine III
stead of buying it.
Winter clothes are packed away
and moths are making the fur fly.
About Soc matches are lighted
every second in the U. S., of which
about 1000 are bowed.
acts About Women," says a
ne spaper headline, but there ism.
ay such thing as, facts about
men.
Beauty is an accident" say psv-
chologis,s. And we say il often re-
suits n internal Injuries, such IS
he's trouble.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
HERCULES

Chicago needs and takes SO
much water that the Great Lakes
are being lowered to level DANCE
rous to the shipping prosperity Ct
other ports. Cities. are wrangling
about it. Montreat's consulting
engineer is enthused abuct the pro-
posal to dam Canadian rivers so as
to move watershed that drains
10000 square miles. The water
would be shifted to flow into The
Great Lakes through Lake Super
Tor, at the rate of 10000 cubic feet
a second.
Hercules was weakhng. Jus,
ponder this engineering job, show
ing what is possible by the pooling
Of mans power.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
Old Days In Americas

year ago; Z ~ cents now.
For number Of visiting girls
was the moonlight piciAc Friday
evening at Prospect Park. The
honor guests were Miss Mary Arm
old, the guest Of Mrs. Joe Bryant,
Miss Mary Sawyer, the guest of
Miss Pearl Lott, Miss Lucille Hatch
er, the guest Of Miss Lallie Carter,
and the Misses EasterIin, of Ander-
senville.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
Cotton Stalk
Destruction

1t is early, Of course, to be-
gin talking about next years cot
ton crop and the things we
should do to make it the great
est success, and yet Sumter's
1926 crop must be begun in
1924 by the destruction of cot
ton stalks. In fact, we should
not consider this years crop as
complete until We have destroy
ed the stalks from this years
plants.
AS part of its 1924 cotton
production campaign, the Agri-
cultural Bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United
States has recommended to its
member organizations in che
cotton belt that they use their
influence in bringing about the
fall destruction of cotton stalks
as a cheap and efficient measure
of aiding in the control of the
boil weevil.
OF results secured from the
destruction Of cotton stalks, the
bulletin gives the following:
''By the destruction of stalks and
a general cleanup of fields and
ditch banks to reduce the cover
the weevil might find as protec-
ton during the winter months,
Bexar county, Texas, increased
its cotton production ga per cent
above the average for the preced-
ing three years, a record which
was 80 per cent better than the
average of the four adjacent
counties.
''Inasmuch as the stalks must
be removed in the spring before
cotton is planted on the same
land, it would be double bene-
fit to destroy these stalks in the
fall, no matter if the weevil is
present in relatively weak num-
bers. 1t will come much easier
to carry on an aggressive stalk
destruction campaign in the near
future when the weevils have be-
come abundant, if the practice is
popularized now
"F'aH destruction of stalks
whenever and wherever possible
should be practiced Immediately
after the picking of cotton. Let
stalk destruction follow in the
wake Of picking mot waiting UNI
til after the harvest is over.
In many sections cotton pick
ing is carried on well beyond
the frost period for the purpose
of salvaging one hundred per
cent of the matured fibre. Such
a practice precludes the POSSIBLE
lty of stalk destruction in the
fall. In the opinion of many who
have studied this matter it would
be better to let much Of this
belly and weather. stained cotton
go and destroy stalks from two to
three weeks in advance of the
first frost. Results which would
accrue the following spring in all
PROBABILITY would more than COM
pensate for the small amount Of
late cotton which had been sacri-
feed. Fall destruction of green
cotton stalks is most profita-
BILE companion measure to poison
ing during the next growing sea-
SON.
It, as a county, we are to get
all there is in cotton production,
then we must do everything that
IS necessary to aid in the control
OF the weevil. Stalk destruction
IS the first step in the 1925 cam
Paign-or rather it is the last
step in the 1924 crop season.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
GUNS

Over three and a half times as
many rifles were manufactured in
our country last year as in 1921.
This isn't alarming, for crooks can
not easily tote rifles without being
detected.
But the increasing sale Of pistols
j sdangerous-about four million
dollars worth last year. Wen never
get crime any way near control I'M
til the sale of ''gats" is curbed,
especially by mail order. Life i'm
.prisonmentT for owning or carrying
a concealed or concealab!e weapon,
with no mush-hearted paroles would
prevent lot of murders. Disarm
CAe criminals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
A THOUGHT

A merry heart maketh cheerful
countenance.-Prov. 1913.
Nature designed US to be of good
cheer.-Douglas Jerrold.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
,Aba7dddoda5,'''gElEiIi'E66E'.>>

It sure is riddle that the middle of most home in
the land For always SUMMER the hummer and that's
what l understand.
The dining room square affair when the hot
months around well worth study why most everybody
would rather cat on the ground
1t seems in the kitchen instead the din
ing in the yard with shout with
suppers, and what we're able.
Perhaps stealing that pency feeling that calls for the
open air We're taking chance that well nbbe ants but it's
don't to
dining like chair" seems
hear no hum With time hesan guess it's just waitin for
cold days of winter to
Copyright 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
PANAMA

In year seas ooea4-going ships
passed through the fanama Canal
says official report. Without
the canal, they'd have had to make
me long trip around the southern
most tip of South America.
Uncle Sam has been collcctin :
almost 70 million dollars Il year in
tolls from these ships. Our national
investment in the canal is payin.
around 4 per cent interest. Or
nally there was no hope of rluch
profit, for the canal is primarily
for increased navy efficiency. Be-
coming more valuable for enabling
ships to keep railroads on their toe
by competition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
PRICES
ABREAST

Are you getting $1.62 for every
81 you were paid in wages or salary
before the war? If not, your income
hasn't kept pace with cost of living
In England where wage-earners
are powerfully organized, wages rise
or fall with living costs. It's the
fair, scientific way. Inevitably We
II come to it in time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
EASY.MARK

Fire destroyed the Old Hickory
powder plant. Powder that Uncle
Sam paid % and a half million dol
lars for, during thte war, went up in
smoke. AT present prices this pow
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

Water wouldn't be cussed so much
IL more of it would stay out of milk
and gasoline.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
WOOLWORTH

fhe Woolworth 5 and 10 cent
stores expect to sell 220 million
dollars worth of goods this year,
according to their vice president.
That means over two billion dimes
tlnkling into the cash registers
Woolworth little dreamed of such
possibilities when he started his first
notion store" On small scale.
In the 5 and 10 cent store, mer-
chandise has reached its highest de-
Veiopment. Gradually the system
Will expand to include all forms OF
retail business. Observe the many
chain, stores already.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

wives cost eight oxen in Zululand
because they 90 the work of more.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
Editorial Opinions Cleaned
Serious and Otherwise
From Press and Magazine

der was worth only about two mil
lions.
It's a gentle reminder Of the days
when business saw Uncle Sam com
ing" Luckily, it occurred to no Of
fetal to take taxpayers money and
pour it down the sewer.
PRICES
Cost Of living is 81 per cent high
er than before the war-$1.62 need
ed to buy what cost 81 in July, 1914.
For rents The figure is IS instead OF
.62. These are latest statistics from
National Industrial Conference
Board. They cover the needs of q
wage-earner with five in family.
And they represent an average for
the whole country. In some DIS
tricts, cost of living is higher, in
others it's lower.
Only consolation is that the long
range tendency is downward.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

/ Ia INl&s made on Improved
A-@ ~' 4 "a NA@farm lands at cheap.
est rates for terms Of S, z or 10
years with prepayment option given
Money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over 81, 100, 600 on
farms in Sumter county alone, with
plenty more to lerd.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co..
N Sumter, Lee, Terrell. Schley
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and
Webster counties. 81 Planters Bank
Building, %merjcus. Ga. Phone So
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

v his fall the eveasvpnders of the.
world viii be: Monday, Tuesday,
wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Sat-
-urday and Sunday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
E3!.Ai 7!
~ bsAlbcrt Apsae
DEBT


Going into debt to make money
this is a growing practice. A
man, for example, borows $1,000 on
which he pays 6 per cent interest so
he can make an investment paying
8 per cent. This is the whole
theory of banking. So the
average man is becoming a ban
ker. Americans are getting to be
remarkably skilled in finance. This
sort Of knowledge educates people
out of poverty. Debt, renamed
Obligation" is losing its terrors.
RICH
It's easy to become rieh-if you
know how. This is proved by the
large number of men who start with
shoestring and become indepeud-
emily wealthy in a few years.
Outsiders say: HE has the money
making gift" In other words, she"
knows the ropes. Finance has been
kept mysterious and exclusive. Yet
it's an exact science. Why not teach
it in the schools, beginning with the
first grade? Alas, though, the men
who know the most about theories
and practices Of finance are rarely
able to make much money from their
knowledge,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29
(I0nl}7mS
" Saws

Due TO Inc WofId peace shortage
Mexico is having trouble again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

A gee wrecked an auto il
Jersey, the moral being: Listl.
things count.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

A bride who shot at her husband
on their honeymoon at Niagara FaliA
probably saw him before he shaved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

Eve was the first flapper," says
q professor who may have been lock-
ing at her picture.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

Our idea of fun would be listen
ing to "HePn Maria" DaNgs playing
a bad game of golf in tight shoes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

Phone officials says only one in q
hundred uses~the phone correctly,
but he may mean successfully.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-29

Beauty is an accident" say psy-
chologis,s. And we say it often re-
suits n internal Injuries, such IS
he's trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
INSURANCE FIRMS
PAY IN 100000
TO BELL ESTATE
Five Companies Have Settled
Accident Policies, At
+orpo,tC AppounNn
tOrn0yS Announce,

The estate Of the late Joseph F..
Bell. former mayor Of Indianapolis,
received sos 900 from five insurance
companies in settlement Of accident
policies. attorneys announced today
Mr.. Ben was killed Sept. !, 1928,
while cleaning a gun al the Indian
apolis Gun Club.
Approximately $4,000 in life in
-urance policies has already been
paid into the estate, and there IS
St2.5o0 stin I'm contest in Federal
Court unraid.
His policies totaled Sl97.5o0
Insurance companies holding acct
dent policies on Mr.. Bell filed suit
i'm Federal Court against settle
meut. alleging they had evidence
which pointed 10 suicide. When the
cases were set for trial on Nov
10. however. the companies dis
missed he suits ana agreed 10 settle.
Settlements were as follows
Standard Accident Insurance Com.
nany. Detroit. $50 600 and $4,000;
Fidelity ana Casualty Company New
York. $4,000: New Amsterdam Gas
ualty Company, $4,000: Pacific Nh
tual Life Insurance Company. 500
600 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Company. $500, and the Fidelity
and Casualty Company, $500
The money goes 70 relatives and
the Federal Discount Corporation,
IT which Mir Bell was president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

If James Whitcomb Riley couIa
have looked down today upon ING
hospital erected to his memory for
the children he loved and about
whom he wrote, he would have
seen
A place Of hope. a "land where
dreams come true
The seven children who entered
the Riley Hospital when it opened
Wednesday We're beginning to feel
at home.
Only Mark Noble, 10, Of Decatur,
Ind. the very first patient to be adj
mitted, was forlorn. Tears flowed
freely as he said goodbye to his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Noble.
who motored back to Decatur today.
They assured him, however. they
would be back soon.
Mark VIII DO under observation
for four days
"Buddies" Transferred
Nyoka Arthur, 10, of Terre HaUte,
Ind, and Earl Blankenship, s, Of
TewisWlle. Ind, "buddies" at the
Robert Long Hospital for a year,
who were transferred to the Riley
Hospital Wednesday. made their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20
RED PIMP[ES ON
FACE: AND BACK
Bothered For About a Year.
Itched Badly. Cuticura Heals.

My face and back broke out
with little, red pimples that bothered
me for about q year. My face was
very sore and my back itched 90
badly that I scratched 1t, causing
it to bleed. The pimples bothered
me so that / only got about half
my nights sleep.
/ began using Cutielra Soap
and Ointment and they helped mo.
/ continued the treatment and In
short time I was completely hea1ed. "
(Signedl Mrs. Floyd A. Davis.
Perry. Ohio, Jan. IS, 1924.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tai
cum promote and maintain skin
purity skin comfort and skin health
The Soap to cleanse, the Ointment
to heal and the Taicurn TO powdG1 !
sszaplss Proc BIZ Mail Address; "oatisurA LASsg-
Atesiss, Dept. y, Maiden SO, lzass." Sol6 every
where. Soap &c. Ointment 4 and bos. Tnleum 2@e.
sS&$ Try osr new Shaving Stick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-20

Sales Wednesday Exceed All
Previous High Marks
Prices React.
b. United Press


NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-With the
stock market apparently just reach
Ing IFS ful stride. tho Sew York
stock exchange entars& its four
tenth day Of record breaking
achievements after establishing new
records in Wednesdays hectic
session.
Sales Wednesday exceeded all
previous records in the history Of
the exchange. with a total Of 1858
ST1 shares The second record TO
be smashed Was in the number OF
issues traced in, which was 566. The
third new record was in the average,
which reached 1929 for representa-
tive industrial and railroad stocks.
Buying orders poured in from all
parts Of the country with railroad
issues the f1vorite. but with an ex-
cepdonally vide range Of other
stocks in heavy demand.
Despite this great avalanche OF
buying. proht-taking got the upper
manu- -t-A1t --A @AtH 0fef anu AdAAA tttA
stocks closed with n net loss Of II.
Industrial stocks were down -. the
entire market closing the day with
a net loss Of -.
It was during the first hours aft
er the opening that the high prices
were established when a food OF
overnight orders 10 ''buy AT The mar
ket" put the tckers hopelassIy be
hind. ~ one time falling IS minutes
behind the actual trading. making 1t
impossible for brokers 20 use the
ticlzers as their guide TO co bust
ness.