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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(trom the Times-Recorder. Feb.
A, 1894.)
The morning drill at fire depart
ment headquarters is always at
tended by goodly crowd of spec
tators, who seem never to tire of
watching the intelligent horses as
they spring to their places at the
tap of the big gong.
On the evening Of January 2Sth
at the home Of the brides parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Gardner, IN
ochlocknee~ Mr.. S. L. Stills and
Miss Minnie Gardner were united
IN marriage in the presence of a
large number of relatives and
friend The fair bride is the
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs W
l. Murray, of Americas, has nun
erous friends here, where she is
well known. Many friends in this
city will extend hearty congratula.
lions to the happy pair
Neoiee otahlleld, manager of. thu
Western Union telegraph offie,
here will try the experiment Of
talking with the Eufaula office b,
telephone today A phone will be At
teached to Western Union wire n
each office, and the two operators
VIII whisper secrets over the inter
vening space Of seventy one miles
Most elaborate preparations ar,
being made by the Americas CluI
for the brilliant german that will b.
given on Monday evening. The
dance will be led by MIR. R. S
Broadhurst with Miss Marie Nesbi;
of Macon, and Mr., Lynn Fort witt
Miss Lena Hayes, of Atlanta
Among those so fortunate as to re
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
old Days in
An1eriCuS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

(From the Times-RecorGer. Feb.
4, 1914
The dinner-dances at the Coun-
try club that have been such a sue
cess that it is hoped they may be
continued through the spring and
summer. The dancing contingent in
Americas is large one, and now
that all the world is "hesitating" and
and "tangeing". it bids fair to be
larger.
Miss Callie Bell was hostess on
Saturday afternoon at quite large
party when she entertained
the Wednesday afternoon Bridge
Club together with seven other
tables.
Mr., and Mrs. John Isaac Hudson
announce the approaching marriage
of their daughter, Daisy Claire, to
Mr.. Hugh Gerald Jackson, of Gull
oprt, Miss, the ceremony to he.
performed Saturday, February Z,
at high noon, at the home of the
brides sister, Mrs. L. 0. -Gammage
on Lee street. No cards.
Delightful affair of Monday
evening was an entertainment Civ
en- by Misses Eottrell and Winnie
Clyde Hill at their home, corner
Lee and Church streets.
Mr.. Hollis Fort sold yesterday
his handsome and desirable resi-
dence out Lee street, recently com
pleted, and altogether one of the
most modernly equipped and de-
sirable homes in that section of
Americas. Mr.. Fort and his little
family, upon giving possession a
few weeks hence, will probably take
one of the very desirable flats in
the Fort Apartments" on Lee
street now in process of erection.
Miss Mary Bell Hixon has gone to
Belle Cour+ college, near Washing
ton, where she viii finish her col
lege course. >,
Miss Stella Wade returned vest
erday to her home at Leslie after
pleasant visit here, the guest Of
Miss Mitch Payn@ on Lee street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
J from the Times-Recorder. Fec

IRON the Tlmes-Recorder. Fec.
4, 1000
Mr.. L. L. McCleskey, of Atlanta,
has been the guest of his brother.
Mr.. H. S. McCleskey, here for two
days, spending the time shooting
quail. a,,
Mr.. S. L. Stills has leased the
former Scott store and will open
another business there at an early
date.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Clarke, of
Webster county, We're in the city
yesterday, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawson Stapleton at their home on
Church street.
Elton Parker bought from Col.
Littlejohn yesterday his celebrate
mute Bzorhyikelheimer, famous as
a bird setter and non worker
Beautiful engraved weddings
cards received in Americas yester-
day bore the announcement of the
approaching nuptials of Miss Eu-
genia Jeffries Brahan and Mn
Henry johnson, Jr., which will be
solemnized on Tuesday evening.
February "a at the residence OF
Dr. and Mrs. Ira D. Isbam in Chi
cago. Miss Brahan is remembered
as a charming visitor here two
year ago, and social Americas will
etxend a cordial greeting to Mr..
johnson and his beautiful bride up-
on their return here in March.
Mr.. Hugh L. Mize will soon oc-
cupy as home one of the pret-
tlest residences on Lee street, be-
tween Taylor and Brahnon avenue
IT VIII occupy the site of the old
Smith residence, nearly opposite the
Catholic church. Mr.. Mize has prob
ably built a larger number Of
qwelllng houses than any one else
here, putting great deal of sur
plus money in real estate. and ie
now building a comfortable resi-
dence for himself and family.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
ANCIENT

About $500 years ago, dynas-
ty of mighty kings ruled in Meso-
potamia, Scientists, digging in ruins
dnder the sands, find traces of the
former mighty, including the oldest
dated document ever discovered any
where on earth. This documents
some pieces. Of clay pottery, brh !,
and a few crude art objects faf D
Toned from copper-these are al
that remain of those ancient kings
and their millions of ,toiling subjects,
The time will come when the
World War will be entirely forgot
ten, or at best, only myth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
4 t9 q s:g 72ss DAILY POEM n.,., s,..,
DWELLING, PLACES

The Palaces of Ilium, Nneveh a NJ Tyre
Were doubtless very wonderful gorgeous to behold
Upholstered in magnificence to please kings desire
With heavy sken ~rappings and with jewels gold
aa8mA2 a. saxnk
The Castles of King Arthur of Russian Katherine
And other famous palaces where
Were mighty rich and sumptuous exactly clean
rao o,4.n+., a.4.a4.... 49,. a3a@.A4M6EgMH
Who dwet in edifices of imperial design,
With many slaves and servitors their behe
Did not possess a palace with the luxury of mine
=, au.5r ,.s seaanaG n ga Il h@%g
l dwell in lofty eminenee above city street, &
speak the distance upon throbbina wire
For light, 1 push button, radiators heat
- Has got it over anything King Arthur acquire
Tasre Z ,rsyn IN, aina.,su IA MNj
ana Wnen II comes to comfort pretty certain
Those emperors and potenates marvel to behold
The clean and cozy snugne OF my little CITY flat SRI
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
NOT MOST PROFITABLE CROP

Figures compiled by the Unit
ed States department of agri-
culture show that cotton lacks
lot of being the most profit
able crop grown in Georgia.
The per acre return from cot
ton in 1923 was given at $26.24.
Compare this with some other
crops:
Irish potatoes show a per acre
return of $1,000; sweet pota-
toes, $63.84; tobacco, $193.30;
sorghum, 1921; sugar cane,
$500; peanuts. 1888; water
melons,. $40<57; cantaloupes,
1896; cucunbers $4,000.
Yet there are plenty of farm
ers and plenty of business
men too, and r1ore's the pity
who will tell you that if they
cannot grow cotton they are ruin
ed. 1t is time to bare the facts.
Let the figures quoted above
speak for themselves. They are
Uncle Sans figures, not ours.
If ever a state needed vision
Georgia needs it now. The far
mers need it and the business
men need it. The man who goes
along in the old nut is lost, lost
beyond recall. We need more
food and feed in Georgia, and
above all We need more good
dairy cows and chickens to keep
the cash rolling in. 1t is these
things we need infinitely more
than we need bumper cotton
crQps.-Jackson Argus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
ATHLETIC

At Princeton University, nine:
tenths of the students are taking
Part in some form of competitive
athletic. An unusually big figure.
While the thing can be overdone,
it's decidedly true that brain func-
tons better when the physical body
is healthy. There is such a decided
connection between the two that one
is forced to wonder whether intel
lect, after all, may not 1be a ma.
teria' or physical phenomenon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
Where Words Were
Unnecessary

In the quiet, soft-shaded IL
brary in his Washington home,
where he spent the last days of
his invalidism Woodrow Will
son, few days ago, held the
nearest approach to a reception
that he had engaged in since
leaving the White House.
His visitors were the men and
women of the Democratic ma
tional committee and their
friends. who an hour before had
concluded an historical meeting
by adpoting a resolution assur-
ing Mr.. Wilson that the Demo
Gratis go into the approaching
presidential campaign stanchly
resolved to uphold the political
principles and idealstsfor which
he had commended.
A staff writer of one of the
news agencies described that
conference in the following
beautiful language drawing a
word picture full of pathos and
kindess: {.
He had no words for his Wis
itors-ner they for him. It was a
silent, rain-soaked pilgrimage of
reverential regard for a one-time
leader Some Of those who grip
ped his hand Mr.. Wilson knew.
Others he had never seen be-
fore. They came by, one by one,
through his library, pressed his
hand and went away as silently
as they came. There were no
speeches, no laughter, no words
of greeting or of departure.
ut was a strange reception,
not unmixed with pathos.
"The gain was falling in tor
rents when the callers arrived.
when the guests reached the
library they formed in single file
and continued the slow shuttle Of
muddied feet towards the oppo-
site Side of the room where Mr..
Wilson sat. The callers whis-
pered their names to Cordell
Hull, and he leaned over and re-
peated them to the former presi-
dent, The library was set for
the occasion. The darkness of
the day necessitated a light and
it was placed above him, so that
its radiance fell around his head
and shoulders, accentuating the
extreme pallor of his face.
his chair was placed at an
angle on She right of the fireplace,
and his visitors approached from
the left. His figure, even in the
chair, was bowed, and his left
arm hung uselessly across his lap,
so bent was he. His right hand
was lifted no more than six
inches to. grasp the hands thrust
out to him one by one. His lips
moved in response to each hand
clasp, and there was an almost
imperceptible nod of the head,
but if he spoke his words were
indistinguishable in the soft rus
tie of moving feet and the swish
Of wet garments -
When detractors have long
been forgotten, the name of
Woodrow Wilson will still live
in the hearts of this nation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
Pacific Coast

Will the Pacific Coast even
tually have city larger than
New York? Some economists
think so.
They believe our real for
eign trade future will be in Asia
instead of Europe. This view
comedies with the suggestion,
occasionally put forth, that Eu-
rope-as a result of the World
Warts doomed to join the lost
civilizations of Babylon, Egypt,
etc.
/ fasteners in the United
cgates have a tendency to look
on the Pacific Coast primarily
as a winter resort and moving
picture headquarters.
They do not realize the in
dustsial future of the district
west of the Rocky mountains,
nor do they comprehend the
tremendous industrial position
already attained by the Pacific
Coast.
Back in 1860, the Pacific
Coast produced only 80 million
dollars worth of manufactured
goods year. Multiply this by
100 and you fall scant of the
yearly value of Pacific Coast
manufacturing now.
Time was when the growth o
industry on the Pacific Coast wa
dependent on the east. That
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
LIVE MEE4B

Telephone. If he had been a price
fighter or j movie actor he'd have
had considerable fame.
Stevens, however, will be remem-
bered among the intellectuals and in
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the only ones
whose opihion he really cared about,
Quickly forgotten in the huge mob
of humanity, yes. But his work
will live bn. Fame, after all, is the
most futile pursuit.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
PoKERs PokEpN
Eleven Detectives get detected.

Eleven Detectives get detected.
The first poker game, was played
when a woman chased her husband
with poker. But in Cleveland three
cops arrested II detectives for shut
fling the pasteboards. That made a
full house Instead of seven come
eleven it was just come eleven. .
and the eleven came.
Set thief to catch a thief is an
old suggestion. 1t should be changed
to set cop to catch cop.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
A THOUGHT

Even a fool, when he holdeth his
peace, is considered wise; and ne
that shutteth his lips esteemed a
man of understanding.-Prov 17:2S
Silence is one of the hardest kind
of arguments to refute. There is no
good substitute for wisdom; but
silence is the best that has yet been
discovered.-H. w. Shaw.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04

;7''5Aiea1aI:g
Ike
a. byAlbert Apple
DEATH

We come and go like swarming
flies. About 100000 Americans
die in a year, according to the gov
eminent figures just announced.
That's a number of. funerals almost
inconceivable. The procession is
endless, constant parade of hears.
es.
Heart diseases head the list of
death causes, Next come flu and
pnueumonia, then in order named,
tuberculosis, nephritis and cancer.
Take care of your lungs and heart,
and you have good chances of liv-
ing to a ripe old age.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
FATAL

Most of us die peacefully Out 81
r, 100000 deaths in America in a
year the government estimates that
fewer than 10000 are killed by ac-
cidents.
Thirteen thousand a year commit
suicide. Murders number at least
5000 in year, some police experts
placing the, figure 500 higher.
Accidental falls kill nearly as
many as autos. Kismet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
= Accommodating Youth

Il should have to pay double the
price of this paper if l were over in
America" said an American visi-
tor as he bought a paper from a
London newsboy.
We'll" replied the urchin, Eyer
can pay me double, gunner, if it'll
make you feel at 'ome. Pearson
Weekly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
WILL THERE BE A SCARCITY?

One of the financial writer's in
a New York paper states that
there are only 100000 bales of
cotton now at the beginning of
the year 1924 and consumption
IS going on at the rate of 1,0O0,-
600 bales a month. 1t will be
nine and a half months before
sufficient new cotton can be
counted on to supply the requir-
ments of the mills. In other
words, there will be a demand
for 100000 bales more cotton
than there is in sight, so that
there is an exceptional field for
speculation. In other words, the
mills of the world will take much
more cotton than is offering to
fulfill the actual spinning re-
qulrements. That would indi-
cate a very much higher price
than 35-cent cotton.
Frequently there is talk of
cotton scarcity, but some way
or somehow there always turns
up a supply every year. Still
1t seems now that there is an
insufficient supply to go round,
unless there is an unprecedented
stacking of demand. In Liver
pool the mills have on hand less
cotton than they ever had before.
In Europe and in the East the
shelves of the cotton merchants
are barer than they have ever
been before.
How can one therefore.
prophesy slackened demand I'M
less he says that buyers will not
pay the price? One hardly
thinks he can say they will not
pay the present price because at
these prices hundreds of thous-
ands of bales of cotton have been
sold and as the passing days
bring acuter shortage, how can
he prophesy that they will not
pay the present and higher
prices?
10 our mind there is only one
question: Where will the made
quate supply reach its limit of
price in the presence of a SUI
perior demand? We do not pre-
tend TO know.
1t looks like the price is 60
ing to be fixed by bidders and
holders in the open market gov
erned by the law of supply and
demand. The prices madt 10y
this law are prices which will
prevail. In the meantime, boil
weevil conditions and Southern
diversification do not seem to be
favorable to a big crop even
should there be an increased
acreage.-Savannah Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
Dam E)obD)SIlailv
TEAPOT is POLITICAL, POT =

arguments. But Just as in gain
ing weight at weighty argument
makes one short of breath. Every
congressman should take a course
under Jack Dempsey before going TO
work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
ADVERTISING

New York girl got on her ear be-
cause man stepped on her toes.
Glrls, We are putting out ladies'
brass knucks to be used on men who
nave too much brass. Buy now and
avoid the rush.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
OPINIONS OF
OTHER EDITORS

Mr.. McAdoo, in the matter Of
homes, reminds US of some can
didates We have had in Georgia.
He is running as a Tennessean,
a Georgian, a New, Yorkst and
a Californian.-Dawson News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
THREE SMILES
Education First Hand

Where do your children learn
ell their bad language?"
1--WE live near the income-tax COLI
lector's office. "-Jugend (Munich).
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
GONE

Alton Emerson Stevens died re-
Gently. Ever hear of him? He was
the inventor of more than 700 use
full devices, including the automatic
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
MARKETS

lit SpliHS bIiANlilS NNSilt PAe''i1
are under way. A building boom
sounds 'like prosperity.
OIL BoILS OVER IN OILY SCAN
DIAL
The political pot right now is 4
teapot. The kind of tea made in this
teapot is, T. N. T. Instead of serv-
ing this T. N. T at four O'clock in
the afternoon they are serving it
at all hours.
LAS could be expected, many Off
Gals are being blown up in the T.
N. T. trouble.
They claim some body's palm was
creased with oil. Now they want to
use this same oil to put skids un4
der the creased.
We have a slick bunch in Wash
lhgloh.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
SOCIETY

A doctor wants to take an X-ray
of Bryan to prove his ancestors
were monkeys. The doctor says this
will give us some inside informa-
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04

eeive invitations were Misses Elm
Princes Flora Wheatley, Sarah Cobb
Mamie Lou Hawkins, Callie Wind
sor, Gertrude White, Chole Bel
White, Hattie Windsor, We've Nor
gan, Caro- Adams, Annie Belle
Roney, Mervin Galloway, Jennie
Galloway, Amos Schumpert Jennie
Stapleton, Laura Matthews. Bessie
De Jarnette. Messrs. Antilotti, G. Y.
bacot, H. NJ. Brown, R, S. Broad
hurst, W. G. Turpin, C. 0. Niles. Fl.
II. Glover, w. A. Nesbit, W. G.
Glover, John Hudson, w. A. Hawkins
Z. W. Oliver, w. H. Donaldson. J.
c. Mitchell, w. K. Wheatley, H. C.
| Wheatley, w. H. McAllister, J. W.
HightPwer, NJ. S. Harper, C. NJ.
Council, Dana Stevens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04

'How-many will your car hold?''
"All the neighbors-and once in
while my wife and myself. -
Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
HOME. HELPS

u. S. Loses Fight on Sugar
Prices" headline. That isn't very
sweet for the housewife.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
SCHOOL NOTES

Teacher married the superintend-
ent of schools in GAINESVILLE, o.
Only II more months of leap year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04

1t is true, as has been said,
that 100000 carloads of food
S tufts are shipped into Georgia
every year, it is no wonder that
the people are poor and unable to
pay their taxes. The freight
alone is enough to bankrupt the
state. With soil as fertile as
that with which God has blessei
Georgia, We should be exporting
instead of importing foodstuffs.
Triton Gazett
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
EDITORIAL

Figures show very few congress
men gain weight during a session.
This may be because they had rath-
er talk than eat While very few
gam weight, many gain weighty
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
FOREIGN NEWS

They claim Mexican plot is be-
ing Matched in the U. S. That's the
trouble with plots, they will hatch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-04
MEDICAL NOTES

Many quack doctors are ducking
for cover.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Meets Needed in This Section Olympic Yacht Course Criticized
INTERNATIONAL SKI
HONORS TO HAUGEN

CHICAGO. January q: - Lars
Haugen of st. Paul. with long
standing jump Of 15o feet. won first
place in class a in the international
tournament of the Norge Ski Club
at Cary, Ill. Haugen was closely
pressed by Hans Hansen Of Min
neapolis. whose jump was 14S feet.
Tarrald Hoidalen Of Norway won
the class championship. with two
excellent jumps OF 131 and 1874 feet,
The cold. which was urofiicially reg
istered as twenty-five degrees below
zero. was TOO much for many OF the
entries, and only four of fifty-nine
actual entries showed up for the final
long standing jump trials.
a strong wind made jumping
perilous and many of the jumpers
fell out after the first trials. Karl
Nilsen. captain OF the Norge Ski Club.
fell during his first jump, overturned
by the high wind. and was unable to
continue in the competition.
One of the chief features Of the day
was the jumping Of the Mansaeth
boys of Coleraine. Mfnn.--Rolf. thir-
teen; Otto. eleven, and Ronald, O..
Rolf made 1l2 and 115 feet in two
jumps. Otto and Ronald both made
two jumps. but the high wind over
turned them and they fell escaping
injury only through remarkable con-
troll Of their skis.
Haugen's jumps. which won him
first place. Were 1ts and 142 feet,
wftha long standing jump Of $50 feet.
Hansen jumped 13S and 162 feet, with
Il long standing jump Of 14S feet. ALI
Bakken Of the Norge Club was third
with 139 and 147 feet.
Ingvald Anderson Of Berlin. v. H..
made $50 feet, but fell on his second
jump Of 142 feet. Barney Reilly of
Coleraine, Mimi, finished sixth with
jumps of 1874 and 137 feet.
knut OrShal of Norway finished sec
ond in class Il with jumps of l25 and
1874 feet. John Waugen of Chicago.
who a, year ago set a record of is2
feet on the Norge slide. was third,
with 125 and I24 feet.
Arne Steiner. veteran of the Norge
Club, won the special Gilda Gray
trophy given by the actress to the
chicago jumper. making the longest
standing jump. The winning jump
was 12S feet
Evening star., 1924-01-21
MICHIGAN five TIES
WISCONSIN FOR TOP

By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 21-Micfigan
took its place beside Wisconsin in
the leadership this week of the big
ten basket ball race, replacing Iowa
and retaining with the Badgers the
two perfect records of the season
thus far.
Iowa. looked upon as one Of tho
conferences strongest contenders
after the decisive defeat il handed
Purdue, could not stand the pace
set by the Wolverines Saturday night
and lost, IS to %.
This gave Michigan its second vic
tory of the season having defeated
Illinois. Wisconsin played no games
after its victory over Indiana last
Monday which gave 1t three victories
with no defeats.
Purdue remains in third place by
its victory over Minnesota SATURDAY.
Chicago is close behind with two
victories and one defeat, having lost
only to Purdue.
Illinois, with two victories and two
defeats. is paired with Iowa, having
one victory and one defeat. Minne-
sofa averages slightly ahead of In
diana and Ohio State and Northwest
so far.
Games this week are Iowa at Ohio
and Indiana at Northwestern Mon
day night, Ohio at Indiana Friday
night, and Wisconsin at Chicago and
Minnesota at Michigan Saturday
night.
Standing: