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New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
Thwarted Bandits Eight
 Times: Killed on 9th Visit

omaha. Neb., sg Is.-J. s. Spell ran. s5. grocer. who eight times faced the guns Of holdup men iu his shop and each time emerged victorious. once vounding his man and ro1ting his assaiiants on the other occasions. last night waeedshis last fight against robbery. He was found dead behind the counter Of his store. shot three times. His own gun. tWO chambers exploded. was af his feet. The cash dn had been emptied.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
CHINESE RADIO STATION

Shanghai. May 1s.-Regulsr radio brosdcastinr has been started by the shun Pao. the first Chinese nesspaper 70 take ID wireless. Programs gre sent four times daiiv and comprise lectures in Chinese and music.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
ts srICIpEs IN TMo naYs

Vienna. May Is.-The trade dspres- sion in Austria has brought about an- other wave Of suicides. Six were re- ported on "Wednesday night in vienna and nine last night
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
HOOVER OBJECTS ID
 OPEN TAX RETURNS
Says This Part Of Revenue Bill
 Will Hamper Business
WOULD AID BIG CONCERNS
Declares Small Business Houses Would Re Put At Mercy of Larger Competitors and Would Benefit Fraudulent Concerns.

Washington, May 16. Secretary Hoover in a formal statement today declared the provision of the new tax bill opening tax returns for inspection will jcopardize small business and place it at the mercy of larger com pctitors.
 Tho secretary recalled that public ty of tax returns during the period of 1867 10 1872 contributed to the in Iustrial and financial chaos of the time." and charged that the provision of the new tax bill opens new fields for fraudulent concerns.
 Have No Protection
 "T am advised that the provision in Inc tax bill that tax returns shall be open to inspection is SO worded that they may not even have the very in- definite protection that lies around other public documents" said Mir, Hoover. Even the protection Of public documents is insufficient guarantee of confidential character.
 We thus have serious jeopardy that a mans business may be re- Nesled 10 his competitors. Large cor porations already publish these facts through reports to stockholders, and this requirement therefore does not materially affect them. Such publi- cation would be likely to become the basis of credit rating in the smaller businesses and the vital factor of character and reputation will be un- dermined by the tax return of any bad year, thus working grave injus- ice on firms undergoing momentary losses or those that are unavailable in times of depression.
 Endangers Small Business
 "lt will enable strong competitors to take advantage of temporary weak condition of smaller concerns, and oh the other hand, fraudulent concerns would gladly pay few thousand dol- .ars a year falsely disguised as profit ia order to mislead the public. Peo- pie who wish to disguise their wealth will be stimulated to further evasion. It ran add nothing to revenue returns.
 Tt may be well recalled that pub licity of tax returns which was rec quired during the period of 1867 to 1872 contributed 10 the industrial and financial chaos of tho time. One serious effect might be 10 undermine i confidence in the whole system Of taxes on incomes, which would be l great pity"
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16
THE WEATHER

Hartford, May Is.-Torecast for New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight. possibly showers: saturday fair with rfs- ing temperature.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16

tconunuea en Tventy-Fifth Psssl
New Britain herald., 1924-05-16

To smith. he said. he also pai1 from sl,S0 10 ss.50 per case for per- mits allowing him io take whiskey rom string of distileries he had purchased just before prohibition went into cct. Az. to what Smith d with the money and whether fl
 as split" with others Remus said he ne.er Inquired.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

(ffOm the IlnleS-Kec0rdcr, NOV.
II, 1910
Saturday evening Mrs. C. O..
Niles was hostess at three tables
of bridge, a lovely compliment to
Miss Mary Fort, the guest of her
sister, MIS-. Hollis Fort. Miss Fort
has hosts of friends IN Americas
and her departure for her home in
Danville yesterday morning was a
keen source of regret to then. The
guest of honor was particularly
lovely on the occasion of Mrs
Niles party, wearing light blue
corded silk.
John Monohan and Joe Frank
Rees left this morning for Miami,
Fla, on a prospecting trip. They
will be gone several days.
The appearance in Americas last
night of three regimental officers,
Maj. Wilder, Capt. Spence and Capt
Sage was a pleasing surprise to Cap
tain James A. Fort and Lieutenants
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
EVANGELIST RAPS BOB
HAIR; GIRLS QUIT

WASHINGTON, Nov, 15.-Bob-
bed-haired girls in the choir of
Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal
church have quit because Burke
Culpepper, an evangelist, denounc-
ed bobbed hair and said it was
against the Seacangs Of the Bible.
"Tha girls are little peeved. /"
Choirmaster Deane ShGre admitted,
"but they are not going TO quit the
church" Meanwhile Reverend
Culpepper is going to fgh. bbobe /
hair to the finish, choir or no choir.
81 don't say you will 90 to hell
if you bob your ka;r,"e Reverend
Culpepper said in his lasgl sermon,
"but l DC say it's unscriptural. You
old married women who take up
the fad ought to beashamed of
yourselves. It's not so bad for a
16-year-old, but it's disgrace foi,
your older women"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(trom the Times Recorder, Nov.
II, 1924
Judge 7. NJ. Allen received a
telegram yesterday conveying the
pleasing Information that his SON
in-law, DR.. Shelton Howell, had
successfully passed the board of
pharmacy in Atlanta and granted
license. DR.. Howell is a sterling
young citizen and druggist of Ly-
ons and has friends in Americas
who are pleased at his success.
The two beautiful vacant lots on
Church street, opposite the Coker
residence and belonging to the
Bank of Southwest Georgia, were
purchased by Mr.. r. ]. Perry yes
terday. They front 100 feet on
Church street, with a depth Of 1870
feet and is really the only vacant
CLOSE in" residence property on
that street.
AS Thanksgiving and Christmas
approach, the matrimonial market
looks up little. Many here are
going to be thankful for matrimony
land others sad.)
Justice Jere B. Ansley who is
"a candidate to succeed himself in
the office of justice of the peace
for the 789th district, is receiving
every assurance of support at the
hands of his many friends. Justice
Ansley is an old Mexican War vet
eran, and one of Sumtel's oldest
and most esteemed citizens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

variou scauses, Ais Nof these were
for violation of the 1roh .bition law,
with distllllng, publ e drunkenness
and gaming next in order
The amount of property conf
seated and the amoi int of materia!
seized and destroyed IAN slightly
less than in previous months, it IS
shown.
Cash fines for the month We're
listed as $23,452.19, while expenses
amounted to $9,G4G53. the report
shows. There were 337 convictions
with "a cases mol pressed and six
acuuittals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
Old Days In Americas

J. E. 3. McLendon and B. c..
Hogue of the Light infantry.
The dear old steam heater, the
very dependable por2urer, came
again to the relief Of he Ameri-
Gus qrcain this NJ, ming with the
first cold snap & the season and
seven hundred merry kiddics sailed
forth to enjoy the cold outside and
enjoy the ozone.
Little MisS Alice Rarrold on the
OCCASION o. her eighth birthday en-
tertained yesterday at an enjoy
able little neighborhood party. Only
few little girls were invited and
the affair was very informal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
frame of find.

frame of find.
Unfortunate for all of us, if This
conservatism asserts Itself in money
matters.
Spending is what makes prosperi-
ty-keeps factories and stores busy,
81 *
DANGEROUS
The most dangerous place TO be
is in an auto, claims a prominent in
surance expert. Thirty per cent
of the accidents he investigates oc-
cur in autos.
Almost as many accidents Us
per cent of totaD happen in homes.
Commonest home accidents are cuts,
falling down stairs, slipping from
ladders.
However, regardless of where you
are, safety is largely mater Of
personal caution. Develop the safe
ty-first habit in your children.
Worth more than a large cash leg
acy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

Central, has evolved plan for
advertising these farms over the
West and he and his associates
will use their influence in bring
ing these white families into our
county. The service is FREE.
the advertising cost being borne
by the railroad. In a letter to
the Times-Recorder, Mr.. Downs
says;
81 am deeply interested in the
success of this plan because I
feel that it will result in son
real constructive work.
Sumter county is one of those
sections which, as you say,
would benefit wonderfully by the
coming of desirable new people.
| hope your citizens will take adj
vantage of this opportunity ard
I believe they will, because |
know some of the influence thai
your paper has"
MIR. Downs wants IS or 20
Sumter county farms, of from
40 to 200 acres. listed. Secre-
tary Everett, of the Chamber of
Commerce, has the information
that is needed to comply with
the conditions named by Mr..
Downs. If YOU have one farm
or more, see MIR. Everett at once
and get your farm on the list.
Only a limited number of farms
can we'll be taken. There is
absolutely no fee or other ex-
pense.
1t occurs to us that here is
an opportunity for Americas
real estate men to aid in slim
ulating farm land sales. The
advertising of our farm lands by
the Central Of Georgia will turn
many eyes toward this section
and will cause additional in
quiries to be made of the pos
sibilities in this section. Should
the Central's plan prove sue
cessful, it will greatly stimulate
the farm land sales in this sec
ton and the real estate men will
benefit thereby,
Tn Times-Recordcr h
great faith in the proposed plan
of the Central of Georgia and
again urges the owners of farm
lands in the county to coop
crate with Mr.. Downs and his
road in this splendid proposal.
Sumter county has idle farm
lands. There are smart. indus
trious farmers who want to come
to this section. The Central of
Geor@a's plan will bring these
two together. Let's get up our
list at once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
Sell Those Idle Farms

The world has a way of
helping the fellow who helps
himself and of passing by those
who refuse or fail to make an
effort to better their material
conditions.
If we would prosper in Sum-
Ter county, we who live in the
county must exert some initia-
I tive and effort to bring about
that desired prosperity.
In the county today are many
acres that have laid out for one
or more years. They are de-
decorating in productivity and in
value, and are drain on the
resources of the county. If we
could place an industrious fam
lily on each of these idle farms
we would add just that much
to the county income and pros
perity.
The Central of Georgia rail
way has offered 10 aid us in
placing smart, Woodworking, in
telligent men on these idle
farms President Downs of the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
FLORADORA

Alloy, old-times! It's lust "a years
since the first performance Of
"Floradora" and its famous double
sextet. Tell me, pretty maiden,
are there any more as home like
your" All, if they sang it now, the
answer would be, GA few. kind sir
hut they're not at home a the
movies, dancing and necking."
The theater has changed, hasn't
it? But not any more 30 than the
public. The stage is a pretty re-
liable mirror of the audiences,
especially their morals faiths and
cTeduhty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
Laugh and the World
Laughs, Too

A dreary future in which no
one will ever laugh, is predict
ed by DR.. Charles Gray Shaw,
who teaches philosophy at New
York University Many sign
boards point that way.
People certainly do not laugh
as much as they used to.
Comedians in recent years have
been complaining that audi
ences are becoming more sol
emn, with the Dare you to
make me smile altitude.
This may be due partly to
the war, which took most of the
joy out Of life and shocked peo-
pie into serious attitude. But,
even more, it's a result of pub
licity. In former generations,
jokes travelled slowly. were car
ried about by theatrical troupers
and drummers. Today the new
Joke on Broadway is carried by
newspapers, vaudeville and
radio all over the country, and
quickly.
Naturally, with such fast cir
culation, tibet life of a joke is
shorter.
Then, too, humor has become
a scientific business, Hundreds
of clever comic artists and col
umn conductors are on the alert
for new gags" The old ones
have been classified, rehashed.
disguised, served time and
again. Every one knows them
except the rising generation.
But scientific distribution of
available humor is not what
Shaw has in mind when he pre-
diets a future without laughs.
Primitive man, he says, didn't
know enough to laugh, since wit
involves a certain amount of in
telligence, and
"The men of the future will
know too much to laugh at any
thing. We laugh at what we do
not understand, or at what seems
inferior to US. In both cases,
our pride induces us to assume an
exalted position and naughty air.
Men used to laugh at Columbus
and Calico. Now they try to
joke about Einstein and Freud.
"On the social side we are
prone to laugh at people who APP
pear inferior or who are forced
to assume degrading positions.
The prince laughs at the pauper.
The city person smokers al the
I rustic. The native citizen smiles
a at the immigrant. But these are
only the signs of incongruities
and inequalities which the future
will remove
Laughter, as Shaw views it,
is "a characteristic of man in his
present stage of mental develop
ment. When men become more
intelligent, he expects, they will
laugh less. How often do you
see a scientist or hishbrow
laugh9
However, if the. future has
nothing in its existence to grin
about, it can always look back
and laugh at us.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
PROSPERITY

Steel industry, barometer of gen
eral business condition sand indi-
vidual prosperity, is swiftly climb
ing back toward full-time opera
tions. Output of pig iron in Octo-
Der was nearly a fifth more than
in the month before.
A gigantic boom is apparently APP
preaching, with nothing on the hori-
zon that might stave it off. Rail
roads, for instance, are handline
enormous tonnages of freight. in
one recent week breakja % all form,
err records.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
E,jfI1'Hfa7p
n Ok, tgNb<yt Amae
CRUELTY

The first American society sor
prevention of cruelt 20 animals
was started in 1928. 1t was exactly
so years late@ when the first so
ciety for prevention OF cruelty to
children was founded.
We still have campaigns for kind
ness to dumb brutes. How about a
few campaigns for kindness to
Youngsters? A lot of them need it -
are neglected far more than the
parents would neglect a horse or
flivver.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
"A THOUGHT

Who maIxeth his angels spirits,
and his ministers flame of fire. Il
Heb. III.
The angels may have wider
spheres of action, may nave nobler
forms Of duty; but right with them
and with us is one ard the same
thing Chaplin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
TAXED

Motorcars in our country last
year paid nearly 472 million dollars
in taxes, or an average of ST.
apiece.
This total includes everything
from licenses, gasoline taxes to
federal excise taxes.
Combined, these taxes amounted
to not much more taan half of
what was spent on che nations
roads. Directly or Indirectly, you
are helping pay for the roads wheth
er you drive car not. Since near
ly every family has car, very few
have an unfair burden.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
THIRTY WARS AGo TODAY

ttrom the Times-Kecorder Nov.
II, 1894)
Cotton Receipts here, as in 9TH
er interior marktes, have fallen
off very perceptibly since the late
freeze. The great bulk Of the cot
ton is marketed and sod, and re-
ceipts from this tine ca will be
comparatively light.
The residence Of GIr. j. w.
Clopton, in the Fifteenth district,
formerly known as the Dempsey
Hooks place, was destroyed by fire
early yesterday morning. The
house was valued at about $4,000
and was partially insured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
ALA. MAKES RECORD
IN LIQUOR ARRESTS

MONTGOMERY, Nov. 17.-Ar-
rests for violation Of the prohifi-
ton la win Alabama during the
month of October were in excess
of the number recorded IN any 9th
er similar period of tiL1c.
Of the total of STA arrests for
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
Georgia People Eating
More Butter

4tAOAC A1OlbCl
Georgia is making exception
al progress as dairying State.
Crearneries have sprung up in
many sections and none have
failed to make good. A very
large percentage of the butter
made in. the States creameries
is sold in the State. stopping one
Of the serious financial drains on
the State. Every pound of but
ter made and sold in Georgia
means that much money kept at
home.
And while we are producing
more butter and buying our own
butter, we are enriching our
soils, giving our farmers anoth-
= er source of income and slim
ulating hog and poultry produc-
ton. All from the little COW.
There is no danger of over
production. The market will
sag occasionally. but butter is
one Of the staples of our diet
and its use increases, rather
than decreases.
5 Butter consumption in Geor-
gia increased about one million
pounds during the first nine
months of 1924, as compared
with the same period of 1923,
according to dairy specialists of
the, State College of Agricul-
ture, who give us the follow
ing statistics;
Figures for United States show
the Increase over the whole coun-
try to- be about fifty million
pounds9 The total consumption
for this country during the first
nine months of the year was L.
516,690000 pounds as compar-
ed with ,4O7043,000 pounds last
year.
Of the increased quantity of
butter consumed approximately
18,000,000 pounds is accounted
for by the normal increase in
population. An additional 9,000,-
600 pounds has been required
through the decrease of that
much in the production of farm
butter which must be replaced by
creamery butter.
Ier capita consumption of
whole milk has increased more
than 23 per cent in the past three
&c
son on the average in 1920 con-
sumed AZ gallons of milk, where
as per capita production in 1928
was 53 gallons. n
Butter consumption during the
same period has gone up from
lat pounds per person to II
pounds, and consumption of con
depsed milk increased from six
pounds 1918 Id pounds. Only
slight Increases are show in the
consumption of cheese and ice
cream during the neriod covered.
Sumter county farmers are
realizing more and more that
they must have a year-around
income and they are turning to
poultry, cows and other things
! to supply that income. The day
is past when a farmer can pros
per on one crop alone.
More cows are being added
to Sumter farms and in anoth-
er year the dairy industry will
be greatly stimulated by cheap
er foodstuffs Arrangements
will be perfected soon to place
a large feed mill in Americas SO
that the farmer may produce to
a large extent his own cattle
feed. This will make dairying
more profitable than heretofore.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17


snake, SO next time you see one
it is safer to run than sing.
The handles on aluminium frying
pans don't get so hot but the pans
are too light for spanking children.
They seldom have lightning in
the polar regions, SO that would be
a dandy place to go to tell lie,
We can all be thankful this
Thanksgiving that saxophones are
hard to learn to play.
A wise man knows he is acting
foolish to fall in love this close to
Christmas.
Women's clothes arc so funny.
they are almost as funny as the
mems.
The old-fashioned woman who
drowned her troubles poison him
now.
1t must be awful to be school
teacher and have so mnny children
wish you would break -FOUR neck.
The flea hop is the latest dance
step. 1t is quite an improvement
over the st. Vitus.
When it comes to quail hunting
most men are fine at shooting spar
rows.
1t is estimated a great many peo-
pie will get real strong exercising to
get warm this winter.
Among modern home inconven-
fences are gas heaters, ar94nd
which there is no place re chew to-
bacco.
Most men try to forget their past
instead of using it for their future
Perhaps a third of our cuss words
were discovered by men waiting for
their wives to dress for church.
Men who catch on to things too
quickly let go the same way.
The man at the bottam of most
things is usually up a tree.
The future usually becomes the
past without anything happening.
Life, at best, is a gamble. And
the man who 9ever takes long-shot
seldom shoots very far,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

More Shoes than we
have ever sold in any
two days were disposed
of here Friday and Sat
urday.
The Sale continues UNI
til further notice. The I
FIRST pair at regular price
we guarantee to be as
low as any other mer-
chant will sell them; the
second pair at 81 NAL 6
them way below any
price you have heard
on real good shoes.
his IS not a Bargain
lot Of Shoes in broken
sizes or old styles that
you usually find in a
sale,l but it includes ev..
cry pair in our stock.
1t matters not what
price shoe you buy you
get the second pair of
the same quality for
only 81.
FOR INSANCE-
Two pairs of $3.50 Shoes
will cost you $3.50.
Two pairs of $3.50 Shoes
will cost you $3.50.
Two pairs Of s. Shoes will
cost you SO.
There are no strings to the
Sale. You may buy one pair
of Ladies' Shoes and one pair
OF Mems Shoes, the purchases
mixed 10 suit the purchaser.
About fifty styles are now
displayed in our window. Come
by and see them for yourself.
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce.
AMERICUS. GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
SPENDING

Politically the nation has over
whelmingly proclaimed by its bal
lots that it is in a conservative
LOANS made on improved farm
lands at cheapest rates for terms of
5, 7 or 10 years with prepayment
option given. Money secured
promptly. We have now outstanding
over S1,1OO0OO on farms in Sum
ter county alone, with plenty more
to lend
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in
Sun ter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Ma
con, Stewart, Randolph and Web
ster counties. 81 Planters Bank
bldg, Americas, Ga. Phone 80 or
211.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
~IMll57mS
Saws

Experts lind music VII not charta
a snake, SO next time you see one
it is safer to run than sing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17
WANTED !!
All of your Frying size Chickens
hens and eggs.
Americas Hatchery
and Supply Co.

Effective with first train
southbound, passing Ameri-
Gus Monday, Nov. 18th, the
Southland. train 80 will reach
Americus at 2:06 A. NJ, in
stead of 3:45 A. M. as at
present, and northbound train
81 will reach Americus at
1883 A. NJ. instead of 1854
A. M. as at present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

They seldom have lightning in
the polar regions, so that would be
a dandy place to go to tell a lie.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

The handles on aluminium frying
pans don't get so hot but the pans
are too light for spanking children,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-17

We can all be Thankful this
Thanksgiving that saXophones are
hard to learn to play.