Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-10-31
Editorial Observations

Americas should have a live
and energetic Parent 7 eachers'
association. A woman's influence
in the schools is always desirable,
not that it is any more needful
here than elsewhere, but our
women, as an organization, should
be more actively cooperating
with the board of education, the
principals, superintendent and the
teachers.
The teachers would welcome
such an organization. Prof. Ma
this, superintendent, has repeated
ly urged it, and has arranged for
q woman speaker to meet with the
women here in the early future.
Our school system is our great
est asset; it is the biggest business
in the city, We appropriate more
money to it than to any other sim
gle department of the city.
When the call goes forth tor
the women to meet and organize,
every woman, whether she now
has children in school or not,
should answer the call answer
in the name of the children who
will be leaders of the future, on
whom we must rely to carry on
The women owe this much to
their community as citizens.
Sailors have changed. The day
of wooden ships and men of
IRON is gone. In place of the
famous old clippers. with their
hard-drinking, blasphemous. fear
less seamen, we have the palatial
steel steamers with crews made
softer and less brutal by culture.
Is it an improvement? Did you
read recently of the fire on ship
off the Florida cost, where pas
sengers declared several of the
crew fought in a frenzy for the
lifeboats, threw women and chill
dren back and scrambled in a
mad fear to save themselves.
Sailors were rough customers in
the days of the California and
China clippers. But at least they
were two-hsted, courageous sea-
men-not men who forget every
tradition of the sea when danger
ONES.
Circus days are here again
,oon the big top will be spread.
very boy big enough to sneak
over the back fence will line the
tracks, awaiting the arrival of the
long string of cars bearing men
and animals, tents and all the
mysteries of the sawdust ring.
We feel that the South-par-
ticularly Georgia--owes some
thing more to Sparks circus than
it does to others. Its owner has
maintained winter quarters in
Georgia for years and he is the
the only big circus now wintering
in the South. He purchases ev-
erything possible in Georgia, leav-
ing a part of the profits he reaps
during the year with Georgians.
Sparks will spend one day in
Americus soon. IF you've plan
ned to see one circus this year,
make it Sparks. You recall the
old saying about scratching the
back of the fellow who scratches
your back. Probably if Georgia
gave Sparks all that Georgia car
in the way of patronage, he vii
always winter in Georgia and 9th
ers may follow his example.
In Atlanta few days ago ;
large manufacturer, who ships ;
great deal of his product intc
Florida gave the writer a copy o
a letter written by Florida bust
ness man to one of higher official
of the Florida East Coast Railway
With the exception of the names
the letter in full follows:
Orlando, Oct. IS, 1925.
Dear Friend:
l verify believe.
That embargoes and serious
troubles will soon COME TO AN
END.
The reason this "HUNCh" has
come over me.
Is explained as follows:
This morning l was coming to
my office and got into jam q
Clematis and Poinsettia streets,
which are our most important
thoroughfares.
An ignorant Georgia Cracker in
a miserable Ford was making
"U" turn when hard-boiled po-
liceman yelled at him.
"Hey, what in the hell are you
trying to do?"
Without being perturbed in the
least our Georgia friend replied:
"Trying to git back to Gawga,
by Gawd."
NH l..