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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
The FARMERS TROUBLES

Forty-tWo per cent Of the farm
ers covered in a recent survey
feel that their finallcial diff
culties are due to low prices of
farm products. Seventeen uec
cent attribute their condition to
high taxes, IL per cent to high
cost of farm labor, 10 per cent to
high freight rates, 10 per cent
to high interest rates, 6 per cent
to reckless eXper ditures during
the boom period, and 4 per cent
TO too much credit.-Selma Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
A THOUGHT

A wholesome tongue is tree of
life: but perverseness therein is
breach in the spirit.-Prov. 1874.
While thou livest, keep a good
tongue in thy head.-Shakespeare.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26

The bank cashier worries us. tie
sits in a cage behind bars and every
time he takes our money the cage
looks like a cell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26

Canada imported 100000 worth
of radio apparatus from the United
States during January.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26

Wonder what has become Of the
old-fashioued congressman who was
going to reduce our taXes2 1a,p
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26

Maybe the recent earthquake left
the Japs' heads muddled.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
THE STANDARD
A SALE OF ODDS AND ENDS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY AT
Csc FOR YOUR CHOICE.

One big table filled with odds
and ends of every description, and
every article on the table is use
full and many are worth five times
the price we are asking. In the lot
will be found Mems Nainsook I'm
dershirts, Children's White Dress
es (soiled), Ladies Shirt Waists
(soiled) Children's Seal Pax Union
Suits (soiled), Children's Dresses
(soiled), Ladies and Children's
Aprons (soiled), Underskirts for
Ladies and children (soiled) All
on big table and offered for your
choice at each --,-.-,-....,,---25 c
SALE OF BEST SHEETING
AT 49c
Pequot Shooting, absolutely the
best made; unbleached, 81 inches
wide; mill end lengths, from 2 to
no yards; here Monday and Tues
day, yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXTRA SIZE CRINKLE BED
SPREADS. AT $1.98
In the natural colors; guaran-
teed to measure 81x9O inches;
large enough for the largest bed;
Monday and Tuesday ,.-.,-,-,,-,$I.9s
BEST SHEETS MADE
AT $1.49.
Victoria, Pepperel, full bIeached
Sheets with broad hens guaranteed
to be free from dressing; our reg
ular 81 numbers; here Monday
and Tuesday .----.------.--------,---.$ l.A9
MISSES AND CHILDREN'S
SERVICEABLE BROWN
SANDALS
Stitched down soles, Of excellent
quality brown leather, flexible and
comfortable; sizes 5 to 8, s1.25;
8 IL to II, $1.35; 111-2 to
$3.50
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
MASTERS

The horse and COW have evisted
on earth 10 times as long as man,
according to DR.. Mather of Denison
University.
1t makes us wonder why horses
and cows aren't ruling US instead
of vice versa, provided the sciore
lists are correct in.their claim that
man in his original state mad nc
more intelligence than other beasts.
But man had CURIOSITY, the
force that develops the mind. An
swer Willie's questions patiently.
The more questions he asks, the
more potential intelligence he has,
waiting to be developed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
Old Days In Americas

Tower, who will attend the marri-
age tonight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
MISSES AND CHELDREN'S
SERVICEABLE BROWN
SANDALS
PRETTY SILK CREPE DE
CHINE AT SI.69

40 inches wide and guaranteed
all silk, in every good shade; equal
to some grades now selling at
$3.50; Here Monday and Tuesday,
yard ...--.--. .....-.----. ..-......---. .S1.69
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
OUT

OUT
Exports of leading farm products
in the eight months that preceded
March 1 were valued at 1903 million
dollars. This was 6 per cent more
than the corresponding eight
months a year before, but the gain
may represent price changes in
stead of Increased sales.
A larger handicap for the farmers
is that the 1903 million dollars rep
resented what EXPORTERS GOT.
The price received at the farms was
away below this figure. The farmer
doesn't get the profits-piled-on-
profits that are added as food
moves to market.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
BEST YARD WIDE
PERCALE At I21-2c

For Monday and Tuesday we will
sell our best Gold Seal, yard-wido
Percales at IL 1-2c; every colors is
guaranteed; none better sold in
Americas at any price; Monday
nd tuesday, yard .-..............12 1-2c
NEW soc COLORED
VCILEs AT SEC
Forty inches wide, in a great va
riety of new pretty patterns, med
ium and dark patterns, beautiful
quality at yard -......-.....----.,.,.-.39 c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
FREE

FREE
Only IS American cities are
known to have municipal golf
courses, though this sport claim
10 million followers.
Membership and fees in most
golf clubs are so high that us still
a rich mans game. The poor or
even people of average means can
not afford it. r. Canada philan-
thropists are building golf courses
and throwing them open to the pub
lie. Good tip for Americans who
want to return some Of the money
the public created for them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
CAPITAL

In four years % labor banks have
been organized. Their combined re
sources total more than so million
dollars.
And this is only the beginning.
If labor saved its money and or
ganized solidly, it would not be
many generations until it could buy
all the giant industries now known
as "capitalistic."
The middle classes" comprising
by far the vast majority of the pop
ulation, are in greater need of or
ganization. But selecting white
collar jobs and other easier tasks
has weakened them, paralyzed the
fighting instinct that results in or
ganized, United effort.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-26
GOLF

Ter million Americans now play
golf, according to the Playground
and Recreation Association. It's
the second national sport, and gain
ing followers. So rapidly that it may
soon imperil the leadership of base
ball. Remarkable for a sport that
only a few years ago was the laugh
ing stock Of the whole country.
One thing about golf, its devotees
have to work at it. They get exer-
else. That's more than can be said
Of baseball fans - who, sitting
watching others play, are really Wit
Messing a form of theatricals rather
than d national sport" A real
sport is something in which it fol-
lowers participate.
, 1924-03-12
UPPER SAGE CREEK

Mrs. Edith Niece spent the week
end at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Schultz and
family and Fritz Schultz visited Sun
day at the E. M. Coe home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Pearson and
family, Mr. and Mrs.'J. E. Cooper and
Emily and Miss Eel spent Sunday
at the Lou Pearson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ebert spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. w. Schultz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Donavan spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
at the w. A. RAIDER ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Peery and
Ruth McKain are now at home on the
Houston ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Freeborg are
now living on the ]. Lindholm ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hutchinson
are at home on the d. Mcdonald
ranch.
Seth Fritzler spent Sunday with
Leonard Stewardson.
Joe Isham left for Thermopolis
tuesday morning. He received a
message that his sister, Mrs. Nan
Winchester, was very low and he will
probably remain for some time as his
mother is very poorly also.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Freeborg, Law
renee and Douglas Freebork, Enoch
Peery and Clifton Fritzler took din
ner Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Peery.
The S. F. Peterson, family we're
Sunday callers at the T. j. Walters
home.
Miss Mildred Freeborg was a Satur-
day passenger for Powell.
Ernest Schultz, Fritz Schultz and
I'd Magnus were callers at the Fritz
Ter ranch Sunday.
Mrs. Andy Martin, Mrs. Mike DON
avian, Miss Mildred Freeborg, Mrs. c..
freeborg. Mrs. VIM. English, Mrs. f.
y. Dunn and Mrs. IL. c. Fritzler at
tended the shorthofn sale on Tuesday
at the RAIDER ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Gawthrop and
sons were Sunday visitors at the Gus
Hoglund home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. J. Lowe spent
sunday afternoon and evening at the
W. A. RAIDER home.
eth Fritzier spent Monday night
with Richard Larson.
, 1924-03-12
Arctic Explorers
Chat BY Wireless

Captain Mcmillan and his crew of
explorers on the steamer Bowdoin,
snugly frozen in for the winter on the
shores of Greenland, chat by wireless
every day with neighbors under palm
and pine.
1--WE have heard" says Mcmillan,
stations in England, Germany, Hol-
land, Mexico, France, Norway, Italy,
Japan and Spain" One night weekly
the Bowdoin's crew enjoys a concert
played for their benefit at a Chicago
hotel. They have talked with Haiwwi,
owe 5000 miles.
So geographical loneliness becomes
obsolete. What the radio leaves I'M
penetrated is that isolation which
makes it possible for two persons to
live in the same household for 60
years without e really understand
ing what the other is driving at.
, 1924-03-12
future WEALTH
N CATTLE AYSA
CHICAGO PACKER
Depleted Herds Mean
Big Demand Even
tually, Declares
Authority

Last week a well known stockman
from this section of Wyoming was
allied to Chicago on business and
met a former acquaintance, a man
of great wealth and sound business
Judgment. This Chicago man said:
AZ met a friend of mine at the lunch
the other day, Thomas Wilson, and
7 asked him in what l could invest
that would yield me a fair return
and profit." His answer was, buy
cows, and you are absolutely sure of
a profit
Thomas Wilson is one of the best
known packers in THE industry and
is a man who is probably as familiar
with the International livestock condi-
tons as any mar in the country.
The result was that this Wyoming
stockman will return to Wyoming to
purchase 5000 cows, and lease a
ranch and will start n new COW bust
ness.
Evidently Mr.. Wilson sees a big
future for the cattle business or he
would not have advised his personal
friend to become interested in a ven
ture of this sort. The breeding end
of the cattle business has been the
drag and the discouraging part has
been the cow. Nobody wanted to buy
a COW; everybody wanted to sell.
The world is beginning to realize,
particularly the United States, that at
the end of five years there is going to
be a cattle shortage which will be far
reaching in effect. This is due to the
fact that so many stockmen have gone
out of business. and also to the ire
nendous slaughter of the stock which
has been going on for the last five
years.-Casper Herald.
, 1924-03-12
Expressions of Regret
BY ]. D.

l might say now hat l regret ever
having commenced to drink whiskey.
chew tobacco or smoke cigars or
cigarettes. Il never did use snuff.)
But what could be expected in the
circumstance, probably l did not know
any better than to do so, no one told
me not to do it until it was too late.
must have been along about 60
before l ever saw or heard of a real
reformer. It's too damned bad; I
could almost cry about it. In place
of struggling along a poor weak
wreck of IT'S or $50 pounds, l might
just as well have been a real man of
300 pounds, and now as it is, after all
that have gone through, l can't rea-
sonably expect to live to be much
more than ITO years old.
When the frontier got safe enough
so that reformers could come, and did
come, and / saw and talked with some
of them, | sure was scared. They
told me where | was headed for and
that | must reform at once or be ever
lastingly lost. So as these experts
had come from Boston or other places
where they make a specially of such
things, | took their advice and quit
whiskey and tobacco for nearly three
weeks. That is the time | came awful
near getting sick, but being compar-
atively young at that time (only
about COY and being wiry and tough
as a grizzled coyote, and having a
stomach like an alligator, l finally re-
covered and came out of it.
There is no excuse whatever these
days for any young man to get start
ed wrong and have to suffer as l
have, for there are many good and
wise reformers who will willingly
guide his every step, and he must GER
tainly be a stubborn, ungrateful whelp
if he fails to appreciate and take ad-
vantage of their generous help. Of
course all young men just starting out
may not like the looks of the reform
er; neither does he like castor oil. but
sometimes it is good for him. Besides
if everything goes just right he might
get to be a reformer himself.
Personally, l got started too late
to be very chummy with reformers,
but there is no good reason, so far
as ! know, why a young man of today
should not take the reformer right
along with his high stiff collar and
his long narrow toed shoes-none of
them fit or are comfortable-but they
put the finish to him.
1t is said to be difficult to learn old
dogs new tricks, so, as l am of a hap
py and cheerful disposition, l am go
ing to try to be reconciled and not
become respondent or melancholy
over the fact that the reformer came
too late in my life to do me any good.
1t really was not my fault.
, 1924-03-12
THE MINISTER
| pity the minister.
And his family.

P'Ny ~
And his family.
If they are well dressed, they are
extravagant; if not, they are slouchy
and careless in their habits.
If the minister is humorous, he be-
longs on the stage, and if he is seri-
Gus, he is dry as dust.
If the members who call get a
square meal at the minister's, they are
living too high; if the table is not
grooming with food, the minister's
wife if a poor cook and no manager.
If the minister's son smokes, his
father ought to stop it; if not, the
boy is a sissy and should have been a
girl.
If the family are musical, they are
too hilarious; or if the children do not
play, it too bad they couldn't get a
pastor who had a little musical talent.
If the minister is home a good deal,
he puts too much time on his SER
mons; if he is out calling, he is a CAD
about.
If the family. visits the members,
they are spongers; and if not, they
are too aristocratic.
If the minister tries to bolster his
salary n any way, he should leave the
pulpit and enter the business world;
if not, he should be glad he is getting
almost half as much as a truck driver
because he wasn't fitted for anything
except the ministry.
If his m are short, he is too
lazy; and if they are long, he is too
old-fashioned.
If his wife is neat, she is stuck up;
if not, she is slovenly.
If the children are well behaved, the
pastor is too strict with them; if not,
the parents are to blame for not TAX
ing care of their own affairs properly.
If they save any money, they are
stingy; and if not, they are spend
thrifts.
l pity the minister.
And his family.
JAMES A. SANAKER.
, 1924-03-12
LOWER SAGE CREEK

Shorty" Blowers spent Monday
night ut the II. +. Bates home.
ehariie Rmnyan Of Warren ate din
lily.
Marjorie Green spent Thursday
night with Alice Bates
Ihelma Black spent the week end
with home folks.
Jess Homer was n Sunday visitor
AZ The o. l.. White home.
Mrs Walt Phelps called on Mrs.
w, q. Siddle Sunday afternoon.
Eioert and Lawrence Siddle and
BOP Longacre entertained the young
,olks To a dance at the Lower Sage
Nreek school house on Friday eve
nlng' At n late hour ice cream and
eake was served.
, 1924-03-12
WhadIamean Slight Buiid7

Tasmanlan Parer-A young woman
typisi took part in the marathon race
from Durham to M~nritZhurg, n fair
haired. hiue-eyed girl of slight build:
she weighs only seven tons.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
, 1924-03-12
About Ready to Graduate.

II was Kenneth's first day In school
When the children were all seated ha
raised his hand and said: Il can spell
cat II count seven and write my
own name, go you won't lave to
bother to teach me ch.'-BostOn
Transcript.
, 1924-03-12
Needle Of a

Cleopatra's Needle. on the bank Of
the Thames, is a Is feet
high, and weighing $50 tons, originally
brought from Heliopolis and presented
to the English government by Mo
hnmined Ali.
, 1924-03-12
Beats the Trolley.

Tousled Lady lin hurry-up wagon.
to cop)-"Well. old sport. there's n
thing about this here limmyseon; yer
gets II comfortable eat and don't have
to do no strap-hangln'."- Boston
Transcript.
, 1924-03-12

Tho Episcopal Guild will hold their
saturday Bake Sale in the Cody Drug
store this week.
, 1924-03-12
NOTICE

Teachers examinations will be held
in Cody April 18th and 18th. All
desiring to take this examination will
dkindly notify me.
MINNIE IDE,
County Superintendent.
, 1924-03-12

Enterprise Want Ads. Bri.x Re.sI.s
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Tree in NetD Jersey
Wears Old Felt Hat

A tree has been discovered that
wears hat. 1t is felt hat and a
good deal remains Of it. considering
that from all Indications the tree has
been wearing 1t for the last twenty
i've years. In swamp near Chatham.
N. j.. stands the 20-foot cedar that
claims the distinction.
The hat circles the trunk of the ce-
dar at height of about five feet from
the ground. The trunk pushes straight
up through the crown Of the hat for
16 feet and pair Of sturdy branches
grown out since the tree impaled the
hat are at distance of about foot
above 1t.
Despite Its age and weather-beaten
green hue. the hat remains in excellent
condition and, according to the opinion
Of a manufacturer, in Its present posi-
ton will last indefinitely. A tree ex
pert. in trying to ascertain the length
Of time the hat had girdled the cedar's
four-inch trunk, made comparisons by
use of a trunk section Of similar d.
mensions. His measurements showed
a growth of about an eighth Of an inch
in the trunk year, from which he es-
tlmated that 1t would take more than
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Gee but They Go Deep

Pat visited the dentist with his Jaw
very much swollen from tooth he
desired to have pulled But when the
suffering man got into the chair and
saw the cleaning pair Of forceps ap-
preaching his face he refused to open
his mouth.
The dentist quietly told his assist
ant to prick the patient with a pin.
and when Pat opened his mouth to yell
the dentist seized the tooth and out
1t came.
"It didn't hurt as much as you ex-
pected, did III" the dentist asked.
smilingly.
"Well no." replied Pat. hesitatingly,
as II donbting the truthfulness of his
admission. But" he added. placing
his hand on the spot where the boy
had pricked him. but little did l think
the roots would reach down like that"
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Cut. Building Cost

Ernest Flagg, designer of the Sing
er building in New York in recent
years has built more than FIVE hum
dred dwellings with saving of one
third Of the ordinary cost. He has
studied the construction of dwellings
with an eye to beauty and comfort,
and many of his innovations are
astonishing. He tells of his work in
Golfers Weekly.
He believes that stone houses
should be built because they are
cheaper than frame houses in the long
run. Recently he put up a stone
wall for cents a cubic foot, the
average cost of that sort of con-
struction being seven times as much.
He eliminates the high priced stone
mason by placing his rubble stone in
n form as If he were going to make
concrete. The stones are fitted to-
gether dry and concrete is shoveled
into the form behind the s,onv After
the form Is taken down mortar is
squeezed between the stones.
Much Of the cost is saved by doing
away with attics and cellars. A full
sized attic for a medium sized house
would cost about $1,8OO. One-fifth of
the total cost of the house goes into
building cellar.
He looks upon the attic as a waste.
His living rooms and bedrooms often
run to the peak of the roof and are
ventilated by the little dormer win
dows at the ridge Of the roof. He
eliminates ordinary partitions with a
kind Of construction which seems i'm
practical at first. Instead Of being six
inches through, a. in the ordinary
partition, his are only one aud three
quarters inches thick and are hrs and
vermin proof.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Lights Beautify City

The theory that beauty and prac-
ticability run counter to each other
has SO long existed that until a short
time ago the ordinary places Of busi-
ness-the retail stores even In the
greatest cities Of the country were
noted for their frugality IN the en-
ployment Of those things Indicative
Of artistic nature or real effort to har-
monize the commercial equipment with
IN esthetic atmosphere. Nowhere has
this been 80 noticeable as In the utili-
xation Of proper lighting in show win
dows, which has proved the most valu-
able Of merchandising agents and
which has given countless stores an
appeal to both men and women. Good
store window illumination not only
helps to stimulate business but Is a
real credit to the community. It gives
II wide-awake atmosphere that few
other things can accomplish.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Young American Woman
Wear Longer Necklaces

A peculiar change has been made
In the length Of necklaces. When Priu.
cess Mary was married the British
royal family was economizing, and
short neck strings became the fashion.
They are trying to any but the young
and slender. and recently American
women. especially those that are mel.
ther young nor slender, have been
breaking away and taking to longer
and longer strings, dangling and droop-
Ing effects. stunning against gowns of
long and simple lines In one color.
They seem to lend height and grace,
and they suggest an abandonment to
luxury, and hence are alluring. Col
ored stones are appearing in this
prodigal form. Browns and grays are
being pressed into service, in add.
ton to the blue whites. And then there
are the pale green jades, and white
jades and green shot with white, very
precious. These come from China
where real art and honest work are
stfn lavished on the carving and
mounting of gems China is also the
most important producer Of rock crys-
tai, and her adopts at carving 1t get
wonderful results And crystal is be-
Ing sought more and more for bead
strings.
We have not yet, however, cultivated
to any great extent two points Of in
terest In Jade that appeal to the cul-
tured Chinaman. One Is its sound
when struck. A large piece Of good
Jade has peculiar ring, which is
music to the cultivated Chinese ear
and attests the quality Of the pos
session. And in addition the real Jade
fancier has a curiously cultivated tac-
tile sense through which he derives
pleasure from running his fingers over
Jade ornament. A dealer with a
shop will have few friends who
enjoy his jades in this manner, sit
ting for a spare hour and lingering the
precious substance. The dealer is
willing. for his pieces are thus given
a polish the carver cannot impart. It
seems a queer sort Of sport, hardly
more exciting than Nah Jongg-and
yet In this exercise the Chinaman 10
esthetic In the Greek sense.
The Glenwood post., 1924-05-01
Love and Life at viso

Love at a distance until you are en-
gagged 10 the rule In Spain. Az a re-
suit Of that somewhat inconvenient
custom lovers are driven to strange
expedients to communicate with each
other. Consider the gentleman Of
vigo whom Mr.. Ralph Stock tells
about In the "Cruise Of the Dream
Ship"
Picture. II you ean. says Mr.. Stock,
well-dressed Spanish gentleman
standing In the middle of one Of the
main thoroughfares and gazing toward
one Of the housetops; he II apparently
engaged In practicing the deaf-and-
dumb alphabet No one Of the stream
Of pedestrians passing along the side
walks takes the slightest notice Of him ;
neither does the wheeled trafic, ex-
cept to swerve obligingly out Of his
path. It 10 his affair. and love af.
fair At that. He IL converting with
his inamorata at the third-noor bal
cony window yonder. II needed three
vulgar sightseers such a. the crew OF
the Dream Ship to nnd anything un-
usual in the proceeding. I am ashamed
to say that the lady caught sight Of
~ and pointed In alarm; whereupor
the gentleman turned with an excus-
able frown Of annoyance. and We hur.
risd on our way.-Youth's Companion.