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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1923
Page
8
Published by The Times-Recorder Co Inc editor and publisher CloVeline Eve announces second class matter entry in Ameticus Georgia. It reserves exclusive republication rights for AP dispatched and local news and all special dispatches.
A 1923 Daily Poem narrates Martin B. O Callahan as bright and popular yet perpetually unavailable for success. Old Lady Opportunity rings but he misses her calls, ever busy dining out or playing pools, leaving friends to declare him a failure for not seizing a decent chance.
A compact reflection linking scripture piety and classic verse. The excerpt juxtaposes the Lord’s timeless nature with human striving to master time, invoking endurance and faith as a steadying force against fleeting days.
The Georgia legislature adjourned after 387 days, failing to repeal the tax equalization law, pass an income tax, or provide free school books. The special session was seen as a political move with Walker blamed for indecision and dependence on outside influences. Public sentiment favors fewer laws, less politics, and stronger enforcement amid state debt and costly bureaus.
Johnnie Spencer and Jack Williams list hard to keep items from private stock to gas bills and temper. The paper invites readers ages 9 to 99 to submit their own lists with a prize for the best entry. Contest closes February 31.
The editorial urges salaries reflect achievements at election time and calls for a Georgia leader who is a nonaligned, successful businessman with patriotism and strength to lead. It emphasizes brains and brawn over political debts and cliques, aiming for a decisive, reformist governor.
The Tifton Gazette notes Representative Christopher G Hall revived his 18 year old bill to rotate Georgia Superior Court judges and expects passage at the next regular session. Support for rotating judges grows as sentiment increases.
A digest of items from Dec 15 1903 and earlier notes on Americus life. J. T. Blanchard becomes sole owner of Americus Press. Bank of Southwestern Georgia plans to beautify the unpaved sidewalk. Fire damages Stanfield kitchen. damage expected to be modest. Other items include visits by A W Smith of Maine, Mrs Dodson traveling to Montezuma, and locals J O McArthur and Judge Maynard moving residences.
A column notes how brokerages rely on phones for efficiency while imagining a future dominated by air travel. It reflects on plans, sudden deaths, and pursuits of goals, then shifts to furs from Alaska, a Hungarian seer’s prophecy about Franco-German friendship, and a contrast between advertising power and radio’s youth audience, predicting radio’s evolution from toy to utility.
A local issue in Donalsonville involves a proposed union of Negro women cooks seeking specific weekly wages. The Donalsonville News notes that average housewives are capable of handling their own chores, illustrating the stance with a morning incident where a cook requested standard pay and was told to work or leave.
Cordele dispatch notes a poor cotton yield with 939 percent of stalks remaining and widespread delays in field work. The county shows the poorest gran acreage in years, reflecting stalled plowing and a long grain season.
The Dalton Citizen notes strong opposition to a state income tax amid dissatisfaction with federal tax administration. It questions Senate prospects and predicts Georgians may reject such legislation at the polls. The paper argues existing laws could raise revenue if properly enforced after noting costs of the recent extraordinary session.
Aunt Susan jokes that the judge’s baby is already mimicking his father by pronouncing his first sentence yesterday. Uncle Ben notes the remark as a playful family quip in Life.
In a brisk exchange a judge notes that not all businessmen fall for their stenographers, and a sharp retort from a stenographer follows, revealing playful office banter and a hint of workplace romance.
A brief medical exchange records a doctor asking Mrs. Jinks about lucid intervals since the last visit. Mrs Jinks responds that her husband has had nothing except what you ordered.
Inside the Watchman Examiner note in New York a duo jokes about why the Palms is named so. They say a pleasant surprise awaits guests on their last day, kept by the waiters.
A Cordele minister denounces the Ku Klux Klan in strong terms, calling it anti Christian, anti Negro, anti Catholic, anti law, and un American. He warns against undercover leadership and urges residents to stand with lawful authority and religious liberty. He cites Macon, Oklahoma tensions and appeals to unity among diverse faiths.
A mishmash of short items spans Orange New Jersey arrests, Terre Haute horse bans, a Chicago printing fall, a Cincinnati dentist cat, an old maid’s marriage, and beauty claims. Notable quips include Dempsey taxes, Europe radio remarks, a New York robbers union, a Los Angeles woman with seven husbands, beavers near Augusta, Maine, and a Pomona electrician’s fall awaiting next lift. Minor notes cover Congress, vaudeville, Dayton bank robbery age, a dog and cat friendship, and 4,000,000 autos crafted this year.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine will relieve catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh. It describes an ointment for local inflammation and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal functions, naming F B. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
The store advertises a wide range of Christmas presents with deep discounts. Items include baby blankets, buntings, Afminster and Congoleum floor coverings, towels, handkerchiefs, stockings, coats, crepe, patterns, and silk ties. Prices span from 25c to $7.50, with many 35c to 95c items and bulk box offers. Forsyth Street, Americus, Ga.
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