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mUMn. Americas, G»
| GAMBLE, JR.
-* * Editor and Proprietor.
J. W. FURLOW, City Editor.
Editorial Room Telephone 88.
The Times-Recorder is the
Official Organ of the City of Amerlcus,
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commission of I
Qeprgla for Vne Sd Congressional District e
GA., JULY H 3, 1907,
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A Kentucky poet, fdFmerly resident
in Atlanta, is issuing his poems in j
five volumes. This hot weather is
enough affliction at one-time. ,
, |
Judge Roddenberry is doiiig lots of ,
talking on the prohibition question ,
just now. We presume this is all ,
preliminary to the congressional race ,
in the Second.
This afternoon the General Assem
bly enjoys a barbecue. Duty gives
way at all times to the pleasures of
the appetite when a Georgia legislator
is concerned.
President Castro of Venezuela still
kicks against his country paying its
just debts. Castro is one of the small
est pestiferous nuisances in tile
whole of South America.
The wild automobilist deserves to
be categoried with the man who points
the unloaded gun at his friend, says
the Atlanta Constiuttion. His fate
certainly might with justice be that
of the friend at whom the unloaded
gun is poised.
tTiblic opinion does not seem to
yet be educated up to the point where
lynchers can he convicted. It will
come some day, though. But the
most efficacious remedy is a sheriff
and deputies who are not afraid to
shoot to kill.
Corey and his wife have returned
to New York, it will be interesting
now to watch their efforts to butt
into the four hundred. As the hulk
of the 400 are not much better In
morals and conduct than the Coreys
have been they will doubtless soon
force the magic portals.
After Thursday there will be noth
ing left but. the shouting. And many
of the prohibition leaders are urging
their followers not to shout. This
reminds one of Capt. Phillips at the
888-AyhA.off
ous exclamation: “Don’t hurrah
boys, the poor devils are dying.”
The Georgian maintains that the
New York election expense bill makes
It possible for a man “with a reason
able wad” to run for office. Inas
much as the gubernatorial candidate
can spend as much as SIO,OOO, it is
evident that “a reasonble wad” around
the Georgian office is of very fair pro
portions.
Seventy-five cents a day will be the
dividing line between poverty and
prosperity if the garnishment law
passes. The man earning less than
75 cents per diem cannot he garnish
ed. Above that he will he in the
ranks of the bloated capitalists and
must pay his honest debts.
The New York World says: “There
has been such a revival of race pre
judice in this country of late that
no movement of negro troops takes
place without protests from the peo
ple among whom they are to be quar
tered. When it is considered that we
have*had negro regiments for more
than a generation and that no one
has made serious objection to them
until recently, It wilWmve to he ad-
mitted that no great progress has
been made in settling the problem
which brought these organizations in
to existence.
Every American will or should, en
dorse the Washington Post's declara
tion that “If Japan is to kick up a
row because we take measures to
protect the possessions Mr. Bryan, as
the head of the Democratic party,
forced upon the American people,
then Japan is the jingo, and the one
question is, Shall we submit to he
jingoed by her? We got enough of
that when California was coerced or
cajoled into admitting Japs to her
public schools. We did violence to
the Constitution of the United States
in good humor taen.
we put
01 the Japanese a.dvmir-
Phtion will be for Ft). n good
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Having recovered its equilibrium!
Savannah has about concluded tha'|
it has not been entirely ruined A Ull
'* s At p emoval of the division supe ■
HMEfiICIK ’ ""™ j
are to be improve
ment in the situation is to follow. Let
us have a hill of particulars. No man
should say that he is In favor of such
a disturbance of our Industrial con
ditions, as all concede would inevi
tably flow, in greater or less degree,
from general revision, unless he has
studied .the subject sufficiently to
have an intelligent opinion as to what
be done, and how it should he
done. We should know, at least have
an intelligent opinion, ns to the par
ticular duties he would change, and
the extent to which he would change
them.” ; jjjgg
HURRAH FOR SUMTER! ■ SHE IS
ALL RIGHT! *
The s un shines bright on the red
clay and sandy loams of dear
old Sumter The tassels are thicken- i
ing on the corn, and the cotton bolls
are swelling, the sugar cane is stor
ing up its wealth of saccharine juices,
the yellow yams are bursting their
jackets with concentrated sweetness,
the fig trees are burdened with their
wealtii of delicious fruit, on all sides
are the overflowing evidences of
prosperity and contentment. The
girls are growing brighter and sweet
er and prettier, and the boys more
sturdy and more manly with every
day’s fight. The banker's face is
wreathed in quiet smiles as he studies
the cotton reports and looks upon the
fields whitening for the harvest, while
the merchants are forgetting the
backwardness of the summer t»ud its
havoc with trade as they contemplate
the future aud its prospective expan
sion of business. The agricultural
college is climbing upward and its
walls will resound with the voices of
the farmers of the great future
before many months have pass- t
ed away. Engineers will soon
be laying the lines for the electric I
street railway, while mechanics and 1
laborers push forward the new elec- i
trie light and power plant. <
Down on Church street a little army
is at iork on the handsome Y. M. C. <
A. Jome and at various points
tji rmghont the city the hammer and
the saw keep time with the progres
sive spirit of Amerlcus. Turn Where
one may, in city or In country, there
are the ample evidences of a people
who are going forward, people who
are awake to their opportunities, and
who are developing them steadfast
ly. Year by year old Sumter Is grow
ing richer materially and expanding
In all of the elements of a broad,
generous and upward life.
There Is nothing the matter with
this city and with this county, no
matter how it may be with others.
They face the future with countenan
ces on which shine faith and hope.
It is all brightness ahead and even a
reform legislature caunot check, can
not retard, the onward aud upward
sweep .of a united community, such
as this. Bank balances will Increase
during the next twelve months, old
debts will he cancelled, remunerative
Investments will be made, children
will go off to colleges for higher edu
cation, new homes will be erected,
old homes will be beautified and mod
ernized. And the visitor who comes
to Americus a year from now will
feel and know that he is in a city
that is the heart of Georgia’s finest
and richest section, that he is with a
people who are not only progressive
and prosperous, but whole souled and
generous, a people who are fitted to
make their city and their county the
garden spot of the earth, the gem of
the South's greatest commonwealth.
Sumter is all right aud we want
the whole world to know it.
JUST A FtIV SMILES.
(Philadelphia Record.)
An ounce of scare is often worth a
pound of advice.
Does the boss of a political ma
chine have wheels in his head?
Man is made of clay, but that does
•flirt-jrove that every fellow is a
brick. ’• - •
The only aim iu life some people
seem to have is to look for a larger
target.
When a woman’s head Is turned by
admiration should remember Lotts
wife.
When a man’s methods will bear
looking into we should really look
out for him.
The fellow who is willing to bet
his bottom dollar seldom has to dig
down very far.
Even in the case of the self-made
man a woman can finish up the job
by making a fool of him.
Nell —“Chollie Saphedde had the
most peculiar way of proposing to
Maude. He took her out to the ceme
tery, showed her his family lot and
asked her how she would like to be
buried there. Belle—" What did she
say?” Nell—“ She said she would be
tickled to death.
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TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARES,
(Washington, D. C., Post.)
The question of 2-cent fares is a
business proposition. If It is confis
catory in its operation, a law fixing '
that rate will not stand and should
not stand. Whether it be confiscatory
is a question of fact that is matter of
evidence to be determined in a court
of justice.
The man who invests his money in
the soil and labors in the cultivation
of a crop is no better citi2en than
the man who invests his money in
railroad securities and devotes his
labor to the operation of a railroad
property. The government, State ,or
national, has no more warrant to
confiscate the profits of the one than
it has to confiscate the earnings of
the other. Agricultural products in
this country are chiefly valuable be
cause there are railroads to carry
them to markets. The farmer is as
much interested in the prosperity of
the road as the road is interested ip
the prosperity of the farmer. They
are mutually dependent, and what is
a hardship on either is harmful to
the other.
This 2-cent fare law is matter for 1
the courts. The roads are within t
their rights to appeal to the courts, 1
and it is no outrage upon the State
courts of North Carolina that the ■
roads have invoked the Federal judi- 1
clary. If the roads can show that the
2-cent passenger fare is not remuner
ative, then the law will fail, as it
ought to fail, for In the eyes of the
law, property in railroads is just as
sacred as property in lands or tene
ments or goods and chattels.
It Is a matter of evidence. All this
railroad muddle would adjust itself if
proper steps were taken to show that
the interests of carrier and shipper
are mutual. The more the shipper
produces the more the road hauls, and
the more the shipper consumes the
more the road hauls, every one being
both producer and consumer.
The one problem the roads iiave to
solve is, What will make most pro
duction and most consumption? There
is but one answer to that —the lowest
possible rates.
Then it is to the interest of the
road to give the lowest rate consistent
with reasonable return on the capital
stock after fixed charges are paid.
All the trouble has come from the
action of the roads that killed the
geese that laid the golden eggs.
The entire railroad question can
he settled in a twinkling when jus
tice and common sense are given ad
solute dominion of it.
AS OTHERS SEE IT.
The Roosevelt hay-pitching episode
is a plain attempt to take the coun
try delegates away from Farmer Fair
banks.—New York American.
Compared with a Beef Trust or a
Coal Trust, a Tobacco Trust is a
minor evil.—Washington Star.
When Cardinal Gibbons speaks of
"the cancer of divorce” Chicago Bene
dicts understand him as referring to
alimony.—Louisville Courier Journal.
Seattle Spokesman-Review says:
“Secretary Taft will run for the Pres
idency as far as he can and roll for
the rest of the way.” Must think it's
a downhill track:—New Yort Her
ald.
Naturalist John Burroughs took a
walk with President Roosevelt the
other day, and Dr. Long now under
stands what made his ears burn so
t the time.—Washington Post.
The battleship accident has caused
our old and futile friend, “a rigid In
vestigation will be made," to bob up
serenely.—New York American.
Once in a while the voter sget
busy and elect an honest man.—Chi
cago News.
The Nebraska man who jilted the
mother to marry the daughter has a
mother-in-law that most men would
hate to face.
THE TRIE POSTMASTER GEX
EJi.LL.
If the Washington Post is to be
believed and the Post has away of
getting at the facts as well as of pu<-
ting them in a most interesting fash
ion, about the biggest piece of dial
wood the government is carrying at
this time is the gentleman of aristo
cratic patronymic, the Hon. George
Lengerke Meyer, postmaser general of
the United States.
According to the Post another high
official recently declared that the
Hon. von Lengerke Meyer could go
off at any time on an automobile tour
for a month or two and not leave his
address, without anyone at Washing
ton being seriously disturbed or the
affairs of the nation or the postal de
partment suffering any serious- incon
venience. The Hon. von Lengerke
Meyer seems to he a sort of social
appange to the government fitted into
a job that some other fellow runs.
Frank H. Hitchcock is apparently
the mail who really bosses Uncle
Sain's postoffice affairs. Von Len
gerke Myer draws a larger salary and
enjoys the distinction o fbeing a mem-
ber of the cabinet, but the hand on
the wheel is that of the astute poli
tician Hitchcock.
Some time ago Hitchcock came
down South on a tour which was des
cribed in the newspapers as for the I
purpose of feeling out political senti
ment here. Hitchcock strenuously
denied it, and said he only went South
to inspect the post-offices. By a very
strange coincidence he ran into all
the county chairmen and patronage
referees while he was in the South,
aud landed back in Washington de
claring that there is a great deal of
Roosevelt sentiment in the South.
Now he is to make another trip to
Ohio, and go to the Pacific Coast.
Again the newspapers are attaching
political significance to it, and again
Hitchcock is looking hurt and say
ing that it’s a strange thing he can't
go anywhere without the newspapers
exaggerating the purpose of his
mission; and that it's equally strange
that they won't believe him when
he say’s lie's going on postal busi
ness.
It is a strange thing, too, when
you come to think that George von L.
Meyer could come down South, up
North, down East, or out West and
not a solitary newspaper, not the
most sensational newspaper in the
United States, would ever think for
a moment of saying anything of the
kind about him.
It's only when Hitchcock goes away
that the newspapers begin to sit up
and take notice .and speculate about
why he goes. They never attach any
'significance of any kind, to the move
i ments of Meyer.
So the Post is probably not far from
being exactly right when it declares
that Mr. Meyer holds the title and re
ceives the emoluments of Postmaster
. General but is not the Postmaster
, General.
for Sale Cheap.
Two GO Saw Eagle Gin system com
plete consisting of Gins, Battery Con
densor, Flues, Elevator & double box
press in first class condition. Also
one 70 saw AVinship Gin and Press
almost new. Thos. B. Hooks. 10 3w.
SP| H And many other painful and seriov
8 |j m ailments from which most mother,
££[l |y| suffer, can be avoided by the use of
__ __ _ _ | “Mother’s Friend." This great remedy
Ek Us gg is a God-send to women, carrying
3B SSL £ them through their most critical
« ordeal with safety and no pain.
No woman who uses ‘‘Mother’s Friend” need fear the suffering
aud danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror
and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in
a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is
also healthy, strong and _ w wmm agra ggx ■
good natured. Our book ffljlal IB If fUf BL iDp 7dlF
“Motherhood,” is worth BWflflfl £
Its weight in gold to every ™
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pprmupmii
envelope by addressing application to |< Eg SpSl
Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta,Ga. fj Ifli Bite ill n£r
The Shirt AVaist Girl and Her .Swel
tering Brother.
Bound by the chain of custom
And nurtured in her school,
Man looks about him and observes
His sister free aud cool:
For in a shirt waist costume
She glides about the place,
While he must swelter in a vest .
Or else be in disgrace.
She wears the gauzy garment
The livelong summer through,
With holes for ventilation
Where men may peekaboo.
Os course I won't imagine
That she needs such things, fear;
The men are all too bashful
Or too polite, l hear.
Built on the lines of beauty
And sense and highest art.
The shirt waist can to woman
An added grace impart;
And man looks so impatient
And wishes all the while
He had the nerve to wear it
Regardless of the style
Man boasts that he has conquered
The beasts of lesser wit.
And made the elements sit up
And notice him a hit;
But when it comes to dressing
For comfort and for ease,
He has to yield the honor
To the woman, if you please.
Chattanooga News.
There is no other temper
. A .a.A .ance beverage that is so
healthful, wholesome, nour
ishing and satisfying —so
twWHB strengthening, invigorating
vitalizing—as
>
Pabst
Blueßibbon
The Beer of Quality
i
The 3J#> of alcohol in IKL
the beer is simply a mild
stimulant that helps
1 stomach do its work with raraHPj
out producing any harmfulj^FMj^^t^
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e Solomon Lee Sills,
r 307 Lamar St., Americus.
Phone 165.
; jffolly
Springs,
Tj/ig place to Swim,
Camp, Picnic and keep
Cool. Come out ana
try it. .
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Jfansford Pros.
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| Jfmericus, Sa.
■ Our ‘'Baldwin” and “Au
matic” Refrigerators are
are the best. '
They are guaranteed to
I** maintain as low a temper
g! | ature and as dry an atmos
chamber as
any Refrigerators made. 9|sEs»aj£F j
Owing to scientific circulation as H*' L--- S
well as thorough insulation they B PS
are great savers of ice, therefore, the h ill
most economical Refrigerators to
operate, We invite comparison.
A.W. Smith Furniture Co.
Cor. Jackson and Forsyth Sts, Americus, oa.
‘ THE
Exposition Route
TO;NORFOLK
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY
Shorteit Line Between Americni and
Savannah.
Passenger Schedules Effective Aug. 12th, 1906
. Lt . 90th Meridian Time. , Ar .
Americus /m.’tlrus
, for All trains dally. from
Cordele, Rochelle, Abbe-i
12;32p, m- vllie,Helena, Lyons,Cob 9:4 a. n
2:20 a. in; 11ns, Savannah, Coluni- 12:5ft a in.
5:10 p. m.l bla, Richmond, Ports-I 3:03 p. m
I mouth and points ejetJ
" Richland. Columbus. At
«!« a. m. lanta, B1 r mlngbant.i IFt«2p. n
12:55 a.m. Burtsboro, Montgoi.,-, 2; .0 a. in
8:08p, m. ery, and polls west 5:10 p. m
and northwest __l
Close connection at Cordele for all points
north and south. At Columbus for al'
points west, and at Montgomery sot
New Orleans,Mobile,all Texas points and the
I soutnwest and northwest.
Night trains have through Pullman bvfffet
sleepers and coaches between Savannah and
’ Montgomery.
For futrher Information apply to
') H. P. Everett, Agt., Americus, Ga.
W. P. Scruggs, T. P. A,,.Savannah.
C ias.F. SiiwAitT, A.G.P, A Savannah
If Every Parent Would
tattoo the above golden motto on
his child,s mind, what luck lor
the child! Print it on the first
page of his every book; burn it
into china of his porridge bowl;
paint it on his chamber wall where
his first waking and last sleeping
glance wo ild read it, go that the
red meaning of lho words is ab
sorbed and does its work. Go'don
advice offered by
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Bank of Southwestern Georgia.
_ N ;A _iji
Is Helping Many People
in and about Amerieue because it
accepts Deposits from SI.OO up
wards and pays 4 per cent interest,
thus affording everybody a safe
and profitable place for depositing
their savings to any amount.
Is it helping YOU —if not, it
wants to do so today.
The Planters Bank of Americus
BUY YOUR HARNESS
from W. U. Barnett -
and relieve that un-'
easy feeling you have
o&i 4? Your horse is
\ms'
Central® (jeobgia
“ RAILWAY
Schedule, effective, June 9, 1907.
Arrival and departure of trains at Americus, Ga -Central of Georgia Railway Pas
senger Station. 90th Meridian Time.
Arrival*,
From SaianLah, Algesia. Atliii;,
Macon -li 40 p n
From Lockhart. Dothan. Allan),
Trov A Montgrno- -t' . . ... *lO 40 p m
Lo Kharl, Dothan Albany,
Trot 'niii Montgomery *lf6pm
11 Atlanta and Macon *2 o? p m
11 Augusta, Savannah, Atlanta
and Macon *5 82 a m
From Columbus, Birmingham and
Intermediate points .til 19 a m
From Columbus. Newnan and In
tel mediate points tti 10 p m
From Birmingham, Columbus, via
Fort Valley *5 32 a m
Frcm Birmingham, Columbus, via
Fori Valley *lO 40 p m
From Albany and Intermediate
points '4 4(1 a m I
* Dally. t Except Sunday. It Sunday Only.
Sleeping cers between Americus ann ailanta on tii id leaving Americus 10-40 r> m
and arriving Americus 5.32 a. m. Connect! at Fort Valley with sleepers to and from
baxannah. furtfcer Information, apply to
J. E. HIGIIT JWEH, AffeLt, u iLi.
7 OHN W. BLOUNT. Traveling Passenver
Arrnt. Macon, Ga.
SPARKS-MASHBURN COMPANY.
SWB HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT
'vM; • —*—With the-
MERMSJRUSLandSAVIN6S BANK
u Anyone can make money, but it takes
'tfy. a wise one to save it. Begin with $1
i'jSS and get a Home Bank free. Call and
jyHfe ask about our plan. 4 per cent in
mpi terestoaid on Savings Deposits Com
p;pounded. Office in Americus National
- Bank Building. Cotton Avenue.
L, A. Lowrey.’President, M. M. Lowrey, Cashier,
Crawford Wheatley, Vice-Prest, R. E. McNulty, Asst. Cashier
Americus National Bank
THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN THIS SECTION.
CAPITAL $100,000.00. U. S. BO''DS sl< 0.000,00:
Under the supervision of the
UNITED STATES G-OVERNMENT.
Accounts of firms, individuals and corporations invited. Certi
ficates of deposit issued bearing interest.
1,. U. Council, Prest. .K. J. Pkuhy, Vice-Prest. C. M. Council, Cftshr.
m lll6 Planters Bank
of Americus
Total Resources, - $500,000
With well-established connections, our
large resources, and every attention con- I
slstent w,th sound banking, we solicit
your patronage. Interest allowed on .
time certificates and in our j
I “Department for
A. W. Smith, Prea. G. M. Eldridge, V. P. N. M. Dudley, CaahieTT”
Bank of South-Western
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
SECURITY, LIBERALITY AND COURTESY ACCORDED ITS PATRONS.
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Ansley, G. M. Eldrldfie, r jj, p, rry —
W. A. Dodson, Thos. Harrold, a, W. Smith *"*
N. M. Dudisy, H R, Johnson.
J. W. SHEFFIELD, President, FRANK SHEFFIELD' Vice-Pres
E. D. SHEFFIELD. Cashier.
Bank of Commerce,
AMERICUS. GEORGIA l
A. general banking baeinees transacted and all consistent <«irt©Biee
extended to patrons. nf 1 r«aringriA ireßt>
Departures.;
ForMacon. Atlanta, Angnsta and
Sivcrnah *4 40 a in
Fr» Ait rev, Dothan ana Lockhart *5 ?2 a m
A :i: Iy, Dothan atd Lockhart ‘2 17 p n_
V a,, i ?nd Atlanta '2 01 p m
s'ac 1 1 . A Urrta, Sst ni rah and
Augpeir 40 p nt
Ft t Coti ml *2 30 i m
For Cell i: 1 is, Neman .nd ln
termidute jc'r.if ... tt3 00 p m
For Coll I bus, I■l ■ i ii .j ; m, via
Fori Vali.y . ... ... . *lO 40 p m
For All a, j: nd Inin ir elate pts *lO 40 p m
" Ftfsc » Montgomery and
_ T ’' ' - *6 32 a m
F< * Fflir'a. Montg, nerv. Tn% *2 07 p m
Prompt Delivery.
o( y*>! r uni cv i nii r is a very Im
-1 oitiin' in i-1 • iinns. In this
pi i n i y i t n l*njs rely on
u . e wi.i ■ <1 your older
promptly and it will 1». tilled with
the best groceries obtainable.
Our pricts are as usua' lower
than you can buy flie same (jualiiy
of groceri* s else win re
PROMPT DELIVERY.