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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
4
A lingering editorial laments widespread voter indifference and corruption in Georgia. It urges a civic reawakening, stressing that electors must resist personal influence and value their franchise, while condemning tainted political influence and urging study of state needs. It laments polluted tastes and compares cultural influences with church music origins.
A concise biblical verse emphasizes reciprocity and moral duty. It urges treating others as one wishes to be treated, reflecting a universal standard of conduct.
Editorials trace internal power struggles in Georgia led by J. J. Brown and allies Neill and Ennis over the governor race. The piece cites Senate and House critiques, calls for investigation into highway and patronage practices, and argues the system relies on a few machine leaders.
Column observes some Hawaiian boosters claim visitors can escape jazz in tourist zones. Honolulu orchestras perform jazz for guests, but locals banish it where commerce thrives. A remembered scene shows a college glee club in Honolulu exposing the unfamiliarity of jazz to a cultivated guest, who calls it not music.
The article traces Polynesian musical roots from primitive four note chants to the wider adoption of the western scale by missionaries. It notes Hawaiian music as the familiar form while Fiji, with mixed Polynesian and negroid heritage, retains a more barbaric sound, and mentions a Fiji singer leading a distinctive melody.
The report covers twelve men over 89 who vow to die via electrocution in a planned capital punishment exhibition in December. Organizer Dudding says venues in Washington include the Washington Auditorium Corporation and local churches amid a legal ruling request to the attorney general.
In the Georgia House, Rep Linder accuses Commissioner Brown of collusion with the fertilizer trust and says his fertilizer bill to protect farmers was killed by Brown’s influence. The controversy centers on fertilizer inspections, alleged underreporting, and the removal of a director’s salary from a key bill.
A humorous meditation on lights going out and the habit of relying on faulty bulbs. The speaker notes how people neglect replacing blown globes and end up wandering to find light, joking that the lamp flickers when most needed and that blame falls on those who remove or forget lights.
J R Green places the first bale of 1915 cotton on the Plains market weighing 515 pounds selling at 10 cents a pound. Clara Ethel Weeks announces engagement to John M. Thayer of Americus, to be celebrated August 12 at their home. Carroll J Clark hosts friends with a four table rook game. A group of Ellaville ladies plan a Myrtle Springs camping trip described as an Adamless Eden.
From The Times Recorder July 31 1895 the Albany Guards plan a two day target tournament August 21 22 inviting twenty companies to send five men each. Also notes Miss Gertrude Hobbs and Miss Lingo attend camp near Chickasawhatchee Terrell County and Miss Sarah Cobb goes to Sanelo Island near Brunswick for weeks with relatives. Carrie Speer and Freda Dodson return from Tybee. Go! We Aadisn and a little daughter Merilee.
A fragmented column by Tom Sims riffs on marriage and modern life with humorous aphorisms. It muddles through thoughts on airplanes, highways, and social habits, ending with a reflection on change from wash day to mother’s scrutiny.
In a House floor exchange, Mr. Linder urged Commissioner Brown to face Georgians before the next primary and justify his administration and the fertilizer laws, challenging any penalties or lack thereof for manufacturers. The remarks reflect partisan tension over state regulatory actions.
The piece argues for unity among warring Democratic factions yet doubts a reunion is feasible. It notes lasting scars from the last convention and suggests rival sections may never harmonize. It warns President Coolidge could not be beaten by a divided party in 1928.
Loss of strength and high blood pressure are linked to kidney trouble with headaches vertigo and insomnia. The ad claims the remedy strengthens life and reports enlarged liver and spleen in some cases. Sold by neighborhood druggists from Hobo Medicine Company in Beaumont Texas.
Reliable figures show that by this time every good fisherman has had one hook stuck in his fingre. The rain falls on the just and the unjust, but especially on the just started picnic. If you choose your words care fully you won't have to take them back.
Physicians cite pure system as foundation of health and urge a cleansing course with Calotabs. Take once or twice weekly for several weeks to purify the body. Family package with directions priced 35 cents, trial 10 cents, available at any drug store.
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