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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-13
DIT ORlAL

said that during the war, John
Landrum Mitchell, Jr., whom the
colonel dearly beloved, was kill
ed in France flying an army
plane came to pieces in the air.
David Mitchell belives that his
brothers fight was instigated by
his determination that more
American aviators shall not be
sent to their death by "damnable
negligence" to which, by his sill
euce he would be contributory.
Colonel Mitchell has not men
toned his brother in all his fight.
If that is his real motive, it is an
honorable and worthy motive.
The path of a crusader usual
ly is a thorny one, and Mitchell S
is no exception. 1t was Lord
Roberts, who for years spoke
throughout England, warning
his countrymen of the impending
world war. He did not hesitate
to say that Great Britain was un-
prepared and freely predicted
from what quarter she might ex-
pect an attack. His addresses
were scoffed at and he was said
to be in his dotage, but the world
war came and Lord Roberts
predictions were proven to be
correct. England awoke to the
fact that an enemy was at her
gates and she was unprepared.
Mitchell realizes that if Amer
lea is attacked from the air,
America would be well nigh
helpless; that his brother filters
would be sacrificed, paying with
their lives for the shortsighted-
ness and bigotry of their supe-
riors.
The fighting air officer has
aroused America to it's true con-
dition. The army and navy
heads realizing this may attempt
to call off any further investiga-
ton.
In their narrowness they be-
lieved they could control public
opinion, but in this they have
failed. Their persecution of
Mitchell has been a boomerang
and CONGRESSMAN Madden's
fearless statement will almost as
sure drastic investigation by
Congress, followed, we hope by
the establishments of separate
department of the air, as is the
case with the army and the navy.
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EDITORIALS

The postmaster general can not
personally fly an airOlane. Neither
can his first assistant, or anyone
else in final authocity in the Post
office Department.
But that does not mean that the
airmail is neglected, wrongly or
or incompetently managed.
If the lack of actual flying men at
the head of the war or navy admin
istration means anything like that
it means also that there is some
thing radically wrong in the whole
organization of our defense forces.
Probably there is not a ranking
admiral in the navy who could per-
sonally repair a motor driven ship,
either, or break any records point
ing a 20-inch gun.
But admirals understand the
problems of these improvements
and appreciate their Importance,
They are merely bigger ways of do
ing the old things.
tude toward the air service, person
al flying skill is not imperative.
Flying is young mans game.
Planning and organizing, whether
of flying or anything else, is an
older mans game.
If the naval and military heads
are not mentally flexible enough
for this problem, neither are they
for any other new problem.
Unless seniority will work for the
air service, it should be abolished
or modified for the other services
also.
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times-Recorder, Oct.

10, 1879
The ffty-seventh annual session
of the Friendship Baptist Associa-
ton will be held with the Baptist
church of Brentwood, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday Of next
week, Oct. 1921.
Farmers in Americas today from
Sumter and the adjoining counties
declare that the cotton crop is well
nigh gathered. Within two weeks
or by the end of this current month
the fields will be bare of the fieecy
staple.
An "Americus end" to the recent
disastrous fire at Waycross, the de-
struction of the Hotel La Grande,
and entailing property loss a quar-
ter million dollars. develops Mr.. E.
a. Wooten for several years man
ager of the Windsor in Americas
has managed the La Grande since
left here five or six years ago and
was among those who lost by the re-
cent fire, though to what extent is
not definitely known.
The marriage Tuesday evening of
Miss Blanche Hawkins and Mr.. H.
Cobb was an occasion of much So
cial interest in Americas, and one
of the prettiest in every detail. Mrs.
Thomas B. Hooks and Mrs. Eugene
Hill assisted in receiving the many
guests.
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is typical of Mexico's emergence
from feudalism to twentieth century
civilization. The army has 25
planes and 80 planes are now being
constructed.
Education presents a problem.
Many villages are without schools
and teachers are scarce, but the
work of building schools, extending
libraries and teaching the workers
and farmers how to use their new
freedo NIT going on at rapid rate
Hacienda a School
Five national agricultural col
leges are to be established next
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Madden indicates
Mitchell

The position taken by Repre-
sentative Madden. of Illinois,
chairman of the House Appro-
priations committee, in his state
ment that In purposely
meaningless and endless expert
mental orgy" the army and navy
departments have just squander-
ed millions of dollars, vindicates
the position taken by Colonel
Mitchell in his long fight in the
interest of American aviation.
Mitchells charges have cen
tered around endless and pur-
poseless extravaganza" which re-
suited in but little for aviation
Mitchell is sacrificing himself
for the good of his country. The
army and navy heads may sue
coed in knocking him out, but
they will never silence the hell
cat of the AMY ari service
Many reasons for MITCHELL
fight have been given. His enc
mics have accused him of will
fully disappearing facts in an
effort to keep himself in the
limelight.
The reason for his actions.
however, is likely that given in
the following from the Macon
Telegraph:
His own brother. David Mitch
ell, of Jacksonville, assigns an
other reason. In an interview re-
Gently in a New York paper, he
says that he does not agree with
his brothers discretion, that he
believes the Colonel should not
have dropped the bomb at this
time, but he added, you know
we can't help feeling with those
who lose their loved ones"
Pressed for an explanation, he
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could do my homework on the farm
without trouble. l recommended it
to my daughter-in-law after her Sec
ond baby was born and it did her
wonderful lot of good. told her to
try it and if it didn t help her would
pay for it, and before she had taken
one bottle she said to me, You won't
have to pay for it! 1t is helping me
wonderfully And she took three
bottles of it. You can use my testi-
monial if you wish. J" = Mrs. ELSIE
ACKERMAN, Convoy, Ohio.
Consider carefully Mrs. Ackerman's
letter. Her experience ought to help
you. She tells of the trials of middle
age and the wonderful results she OBJ
tanned from Lydia E, Pinkham 5 Veg
etable Compound.
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year. One school is now operating
at Chapingo, a great hacienda that
was the pride of one ofDiza's most
corrupt country squires.
To watch the 500 picked military
students at their daily tasks with
tractors, sprays, etc., is to realize
new day is drawing
There are now 1000 national
rural schools. Plans have been made
for 5000 branch libraries Of which
there are now 1000 in operation.
Politics has interfered with educa-
tional progress, but if one is to
judge by the spirit and measure by
a progressive, enlightened and self
conscious Mexico in its new-found
democratic ideals education.
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Fault of the


Few newspapers would print
crime news if it was not neces-
sary in the interest of the public
to do so, and, for the additional
fact that their readers demand
it.
A daily in the North discon-
tinued crime news and lost SO
per cent of its subscribers. An
other paper placed all crime
news inside the paper, none be-
ing carried on the front page.
This. too, caused a loss of read
ers, fully demonstrating that the
reader demands crime news.
If the newspapers of this
country were to suppress all
crime news, there would be
decided increase in crime. Many
a man hesitates to take a misstep
because he fears the publicity
when caught. That the criminal
is often apprehended because of
the publicity given the crime is
borne out by the following from
the Savannah Press:
A man and woman recently
convicted of murder in Illinois
were sentenced to long terms in
the penitentiary after they had
been found guilty of taking the
life of the woman's former hus-
band Immediately after the sem
tence was passed the man in the
case said newspapers are all to
blame for the case" If they had
not published anything, nothing
then would have been said and
no one would have been arrested.
This in our estimation is a vindi-
cation for the newspapers who
printed the crime news in which
the prisoner was concerned. This
has been the wall of other pris-
oners who have been arrested and
convicted of crime of which they
are to blame, high officials of
state have made the same CON-
plant. Former Secretary Fall
might say that he would not be
under indictment if the newspa-
pers had kept quiet 1t is an old
and worn out alibi. Publicity
performs one of its greatest needs
when it reveals wrongdoings.
Crime shall not be glorified
in its recital. The facts should
be told and the public left to
draw its own conclusions. The
surer the criminal is of convic-
ton, the less crime there will be,
and, the more widespread the
publicity, the quicker and more
certain will be the apprehension
of the criminal.
In the publication of crime
news the newspaper is merely
fulfilling one of the duties it
owes the community it seeks to
serve. AT times the publication
causes loss of friendships and
bitter feelings, but the publisher
worth his salt cannot be intimi-
dated, bluffed or bought.
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MEXICO WAKING
UP TOHER NEEDS
Tractors Fast Replacing Ok
Carts; Transportation and
Education Are Lacking
BY MAX STERN

MEXICO City, OCT. 1.-Two
great needs for Mexico are trans
portation and education. But as in
other things, Mexico is walking up
to her needs.
With one-fourth the area of the
United States, Mexico has ont
twentieth as many miles of rajr-
roads, and each mile of railroad
must serve fourtimes as many peo-
pie as a mile in the states.
And in education, Mexico is Woe
fully weak being still 80 per cent
illiterate.
Taking up the transportation pro,
blem first, great rich valleys are
isolated.
Tabasco is a big hog-raising state,
yet its next door neighbor, Yucatan,
imports most of its meat and lard
from the United States.
Gasoline is about.40 cents a gal
lon in Mexico City, while a few
miles away are the second richest
oil wells in the world. Highways
are unknown and in place of trucks
the patient mule is still the chief
common carrier.
Railroad CANDLES
The Southern Pacific is now gam
bling at least SIS, 100000 on Mexi-
co.'s future by spending that much
to complete its west side system.
By building 103 miles of track
through almost impossible noun
tains between Topic and LaQuem-
ada, near Guadalajara, the railroad
will open up an empire of wealth in
16 river valleys in the west-coast
thermal belt.
Resides every kind of agricultur-
al products from their 81, 100000
arabic acres the west coast states of
Sinaloa, Narayit and Sonora have
bonanza copied and other mines,
waterpower, hardwoods and fish
cries.
1t will add to Imperial Valleys
winter tomato and melon crops the
output of thousands of new acres
while cotton, coffee, sugar, tobacco,
bananas and other tropical products
will begin to pour into the states.
Incidentally there will be three
day Pullman service via Nogales
from San Francisco to Mexico City
through the most interesting and
Ipopulous part of Mexico.
The Gales highway program is
also ambitious. On the east side
there is already under construction
the first auto highway from Mexico
City to the U. S. via Laredo.
A gas tax of three centavos {
liter is being collected from Mex
ico's 27, 900 gas-burning vehicles
The national congress this fall viii
make provision for financing high
way program.
The government will put to worl
on the roads all federal employe:
outsted to make way for economy
From ex-cart and burro to a fleet
of airplanes is sudden jump that
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kFfOm Inc 1lneS-RecOfuef, OCI.
Is, 1880
Mr.. and Mrs. Cullen Horne were
receiving the congratulations of
their friends yesterday upon the
advent of a son into their home cir
Gle. He is indeed splendid ten
FOUNDER.
Capt. W. w. Poole, one of the
best known and most prominent res
idents of the county is very i'll at
his home, four miles south of the
city. His condition is not regarded
as serious, however.
Messrs. Lee Council and John
Sheffield made flyil trip to
Montgomery yesterday and will
spend today there. The attraction
over that way seems irresistible.
Fully five hundred negroes
thronged the Central depot yester-
day enroute to the Camp meeting at
at Sumter City. They were packed
in the cars like sardines, four and
five being jammed into every seat.
There was a slight advance in the
contract market yesterday over, the
quotations of the day before, when
such a slump took place. January
contracts closed at sos yesterday,
an advance of two points. Not a
few of the boys wore long faces
yesterday and will wear old clothes
for awhile yet, as more than one
was squeezed by the slump on
Thursday.
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a. ~ E" StS%, >> e. e.

Let the logs crackle and let the flames Images
the blaze Give hrepace spot the floor and let
drift off in a doze.
Spirit of loang is holding tight Would that my mind
rest find comfort flames farng bright All by
myself, if you please.
Warmth of the fireplace soothing kind letting
really relax Dreamy gazing and resting my mind That's how
such restlessness acts
Worry wait while seek for the that lets you
again. Amy old fireplace easily lure worn out
tired type of men.
Problems and trouble waiting for turn but surely
I'll face them somehow only they'll let my old dream fireplace
burn, and simply not bother me now.
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CAN'T SETTLE
WE POSTPONE

What you can't settle, post
pone," is the rule of diplomacy. It
is all that the French debt commits
sion has accomplished.
For the present we get the
twenty millions we were already
getting as interest on the post war
debts for goods actually purchased
and delivered, and enough more to
be an acknowledgment of the rest
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY

A very enjoyable occasion indeed
was that arranged last evening by
members of Calvary Episcopal
church at the handsome home of Mr..
U. B. Harold on College street. 1t
combined farewell to the depart
ing rector Rev. L. G. H. Williams,
who goes Saturday to his new
charge at New Berne, N. C. and at
the same time a reception to the
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OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS

visiting clergy who are attending
the ANIMAL convention of the Albany
deaconry.
Americas admitted Jack Frost to
her gates yesterday though evil
dences of his presence were eX-
tremely slight and no damage what
ever resulted. The top cotton was
not touched and is going on toward
maturity.
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WOMEN BORN
1873 TO 1881
Now Is the Critical Time.
Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegeta.
BILE Compound will Help
You Safely Through
Convoy, Ohio. -"During the Change
of Life was weak and rundown and

could hardly do my
work. By reading
your advertise
ments l found out
about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
audit has straight-
ened me right out
and made me feel
like anew woman.
By the time l had
taken eight bot
Ties | was we'll and
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National Advertising Representative. FROST
Lands KoHN, 225 Fifth Avenue. New York
Peoples Gas Bldg, Chicago Walton Binding,
Atlanta.
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Of all the plaques the greatest
in untold, the book-learned wife in
Greek and Latin bold.-Shake-
speare.
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A THOUGHT

Houses and riches are the inherit
ance of fathers; and a prudent wife
Is from the Lord-Prov. 1914.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-13

Toxic, Japan, is building 40 miles
of subway at a cost of 1913, 500, 600
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THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY

(From The Times-Recorder, Oct.
Ii 1898
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THE TANGLE

other people 10 be taken into con.
sideration.
| know. as you intimated, that
your leaving the management of the
s'"'l mill at this time would make
ms mother very unhappy. She
would feel 1t her duty to come home
IL she were told about this sorry
mix.up, and besides, / shall have to
confess, John. myself am most
sensitive to the speech of people. /
would not care to go out among my
friends IL / knew that after 1 left
the room they were wondering just
what | was going to do.
can not bear. John, to let the
world know that my matrimonial
ship has gone on the rocks. We
have, it is true, steered away from
many Of them-some of them which
thought would surely be our de-
struction, but now it seems to De
almost a case OF either Scylla or
Charybdis. l wonder il the matri-
monial bark of all other married
people sails In such troubled waters.
Perhaps 1t is because we are both
filled with vain pride for, after all,
Jack, il is the hurt of ones pride
rather than the wrecking Of ones
love or the breaking of ones heart
hat plays havoc with marriage.
told this to Ruth End she smiled.
You haven't reached the depths
ye. Leslie" she said 1T is only
after one has thoroughly realized
that one must bury all pride, that
one knows that love is dead"
Ruth thinks that we can, out
wardly at least. come to some kind
OF compromise. She insists that
marriage itself, with or without love.
with or without trust. is nothing but
series of compromises. She quoted
to me that old stanza of Cowper.
The kindest and the happiest pair
WIN find occasion to forbear.
And something every day they live
To pity and perhaps forgive.
She seems to think that I should
rin that verse above my mirror,
whore / could read Il every day.
Just at this moment, John, however,
can not bring myself to share
with all the poor little women who
may remind you of bedraggled kit.
tens my unquestionable rights of a
wife.
l do think, perhaps. that II you
care to live with me, purely on a
conventionally friendly basis-if YOU
have the courage to keep from the
world the fact that we are no
longer husband and wife in the
strict acceptance of the term. we
might try to reconstruct our lives
on different basis.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Incl
ToMORRoW--This letter con.
tinued.
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Gun just "went on"

william, Walker, 23, colored. Sis
Indiana Ave. is held today under
5000 bone on charges OF carrying
concealed weapons. shooting In city
limits and vagrancy Walker was
arrersted Thursday after Mrs. Cleve.
land Smith, IT'S w. North ST., said
Walker shot through the partition
separating 71s w. North st. and her
home. Walker said he was lust
playing with revolver when II
was discharged.
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CHARGES ARE CHANGED
Two Are Reslated for Alleged Bond
Theft

Claude Rousch. IS. of 3os E. South
ST., and Clarence Schafer, 25. OF 100
w. st. Clair St., were reslated at the
city prison today charged with grand
larceny They We're arrested sew
eral days ago on vagrancy charges,
when Detectives Houlighan and
Englebright, we're told by two men
found in possession of a $500 liberty
bond that they rad received the
bond from Rorsch and Schafer
Officers say the bond was taken
from a. parked auto owned by Wood
ford Sombes, Charlottesville, Ind,
parked at Capitol Ave-, and Market
Sts
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About Rouge

My Dear Miss Lee: I am girl 10
years, old ! 90 not go on wild parties or
smoke. but I do use makeup. Although
don't use much l am criticised by some
people. / am pale and unattractive with
out it, and look like a different person
with 1t. Why is II considered so bad TO
use It.? I know lots worse girls that do
not,
No ore has told me am goodlooking
without 1t. Most Of the fellows / have
been with like 1t. Please advise me. /
would also like to hear from the boys on
this subject. B. d.
There is nothing wrong" about
using cosmetics, in my opinion. But
l think usually girls Of is look bet
ter without rouge, by contrast with
the many who use too much. OF
course. a girl needs plenty of sleep
and plenty of exercise, to give her
skin the life which no cosmetic can
replace.
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BIGGER ACREAGE IN 1925
State Statistician Predicts Increase
This Year.

Increase in acreage of practically
all Indiana crops is predicted for
1925 by Miner M. Juston, State az.
ricultural statistician. Hoosier farm.
ers are slowly regaining their finan.
clal equilibrium, .Juston said. and
this years crops will bring back
something near the 1923 acreage.
A slump Of ] per cent is indi.
Gated in the hay crop this year In.
crease OF 70 per cent in acreage
of spring wheat, per cent for corn.
per cent for oats and so per cent
for barley is regarded likely.
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THREE MEN ARE ;iELo
Police Say They Are Wanted I'm
Other Cities.

Paul Man, %, of New Albany,
Ind; Joe Gerreston, %. OF Fox Lake,
Ill, and Roy Buenting, 20, of Chi
cago, Ill, are held today as fugitives
from justice.
Man, police say. is wanted in
Louisville. Ky, for vehicle taking
and Gerretson and Buenting, will
be returned to Elgin, ILL.,. where
they are said to be charged with
the same offense. Gerretson and
Buentng. were arrested Monday
as they were attempting to sell an
auto.
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she has no alternative.

At 16 the young miss dresses to
please herself. She likes the feel OF
soft silks and crisp summer mate
rails. She likes to parade before the
mirror, conscious OF her prettiness.
At 20, the girl dresses for the man
she loves. His likes and dislikes are
as law to her. She lengthens or
shortens her dresses according to his
preferences. She chooses her colors
by the same standard.
At 25. she dresses for her hus-
bands relatives and friends. She
wants to impress them.
At 35. she dresses for her own
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FRIENDS SEEK RELEASE
Say Suspected Auto Killer Has
Alibi-HeId Under High Bond.
By United Prsss

By United Press
SEYMOUR. Ind, March 27.--
Effort is being made to have the
$4,000 bond Of ]. c. Vance of this
city reduced So friends can secure
his release from the Harrison
County Jail at Corydon. where he is
held on liqour violation charges
pending further investigation Of the
killing of Mrs. Harrison voyles on
the Diy;e highway near Palmyra
last Sunday.
Friends assert that Vance was not
out OF Jackson County on that date,
but was autoing with his wife and
five children here at the time of the
killing.