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THE TIIYIES-RECORDERj
DAILY AND WEEKLY
The Americus Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTH,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. W. FURLOW, City Editor.
W. L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept.
Editorial Room Telephone 99
The Times-Reeorder is the
Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Official Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres-
District.
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In the end the public pays heavily
for the demagogue in office and the
demagogue seeking office.
Everywhere he goes, Bryan says,
he finds Democrats ready and willing
to fight for a positive and aggressive
democracy.
Greed, not science, or justice, will
ultimately determine the tariff sched
ules. That is the fear of the Balti
more Sun.
An optimist these days might be
described as a fellow who believes
that a rich man's panic is a good
thing for the poor man.
Bryan says he is now respectable
in the East since Roosevelt took up
his policies. The East has apparent
ly ceased to be “the enemy's coun
try.”
When Morse thinks of some of
those who are now in tiie pentiten
tiary he may change his mind about
taking next week's steamer for
home.
With the night riders continuing to
burn tobacco Sumter county farm
ers might profitably turn their atten
tion to the raising of cabbages the
coming spring.
Hereafter Henry Clews & Co., will
buy and sell only “on credit.” But
customers will put up the -usual ten
per cent, margins. “A rose by any
other name would smell as sweet.
It is amusing to read that Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock did not
think that he could, “with propriety
conduct a political campaign for
Taft from the Post Office Department.”
It would be interesting to know from
whence he has been conducting it
up to date.
A year ago there was a reported
shortage of 150,000 freights cars in
the United States. Today it is de
clared that there are 350,000 idle
cars, "Teddy Bears” as they are face
tiously termed. Yet the state rail
road commissions continue their war
fare on the railroads, seeking to
diminish their revenues and to in
crease their taxes and other expenses.
HAS SAVANNAH ESTABLISHED A NEW PRECEDENT?
Another change seems to have come over the spirit of old Savannah.
Perhaps it can be traced to prohibition. The shutting off of the rnoi ning
nip and the late nightcap, with a bottle or two in between, may have
so chilled the cockles of the heart as to have stayed the flow of the “milk
of human kindness.” In any event a decided new departure has been taken
by one of its grand juries, and a precedent established that may have an
'mportant bearing on the conduct of some estimable citizens of that com
munity hereafter.
In the past it has never been the custom in Savannah to punish
chose guilty of “glorious” larceny. The petit thief has been quickly rail
roaded to the chain gang, the man guilty of grand larceny has frequently
found his way to the coal mines or the lumber camp where the whipping
toss stood ready to check any demonstrations against hard and effective
labor. But those of the higher class, those merely guilty of “glorious lar
ceny,” the mea who forged orders on banks for large securities, who robbed
estates heavily, who-used pink tickets in away that the laws of business
do not contemplate, and put the banks to the bad as a result, all of those
masters of high finance have never been disturbed. Several of these gen
rlemen, it is true, left the city for the city’s good, as well as for their own,
but none of them has ever had to face a jury and risk the common plebeian
punishment of stripes and hard labor for a term of years. Social prestige
in some instances, business friendships in others, and perhaps unknown
’•easons where these were not sufficient, have usually prevailed, until the
idea had somewhat got firmly fixed that only certain classes of those who
overlooked the difference between “mine and thine” were fit subjects for
The law’s iron hand in Chatham.
But a change seems to have copie. Perhaps it is but a temporary
spasm, a passing desire for more exact justice than has been dealt out in
the past, the feeling that if the poor negro who steals a banana is entitled
to twelve months in stripes and shackles, and the white man who robs a
•ailroad of a bag of corn, or a pound of brass, should be turned over to
(he tender mercies of the penitentiary system of Georgia, the man in high
place who betrays trusts, who forges, or embezzles, o rmisuses the methods
of business, should also be made to take his place in the prisoner’s dock
and not merely retire to Paris or New York.
In the instance under consideration a manager of a large house
embezzled, or otherwise appropriated to himself, some $20,000 of the funds
of the house. The firm had no desire to prosecute. The matter became one
of general discussion although not of newspaper publicity. The grand
jury thereupon took it upon itself to investigate and in due season return
ed an indictment.
Never before had this been done. In some cases there have even been
publications of extensive wrong doing without the grand jury taking cog
nizance of them. In others it has been merely the subject of talk on the
exchanges and in business circles generally. And so Savannah is now ask
ing itself whether a new leaf has been turned over and grand juries are
hereafter to hold that it is their duty to consider such cases regardless as
to whether the injured parties desire prosecution or not.
One thing is certain. If grand juries in Chatham and in all other coun
ties acted as this grand jury has done there would undoubtedly be far less
tendency among business men in high position to abuse the trust imposed
in them. And anything that tends to the maintenance of a higher de
gree of commercial honesty and honor should certainly be welcomed. j
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The New York World has a spirited
cartoon showing Charles W. Morse
tearing down a toboggan sdile into
“oblivion.” If it was only “oblivion”
perhaps Morse would not have gone
to Europe.
Public opinion has been prompt
and efficient in the correction of com
mercial evils when these evils are
stated specificially. That is the
view expressed by Commissioner of
Corporations Smith in his annual
report.
The world has grown so accustom
ed to courage unselfishness on the part
of the masses, says aßltimore Sun,
that it takes them for granted. And
it is these qualities that give strength
and soundness to our civilization and
exalt humanity.
The New' York World continues to
run editorial sketches of Democratic
Presidential possibilities. A pleasant
enough pastime, but a sheer waste of
space. There are no possibilities.
There is only one sure thing and he
spells his name Bryan.
Bryan has to keep humping to keep
ahead of Roosevelt these days. It’s
a message from the president one day
and a speech from Bryan the next,
and if each was not labeled one
would not know whether Bryan or
Roosevelt was the author.
It has been conclusively pro\edthat
Roosevelt was not, as has been claim
ed, the light weight champion of Har
vard. Time has brought its solace,
though. He is now the undoubted
heavy weight champion of shillalah
twirlers. as no end of broken heads
can testify.
“It’s a do nothing Congress, a loaf
ing Congress,” says President Duck
worth of the Farmers Union. Hold
on there, Col. Duckworth. Evidently
you have overlooked Congressman
Charley Edwards and his daily output
of new bills for the goods of the
people.
IS ABLE TO DELIVER THE GOODS.
A more brazen effort to utilize the office holding class of the South to
secure the nomination for the presidency of-a man favored by the adminis
tration has nevei been seen than that now' in progress looking to the de
livery of the Southern delegates at the approaching Republican national
convention to Taft
From one end of the South to the other the active politicians in Federal
offices are endeavoring to corral the delegates to the State conventions to
i lsure the election of delegations favorable to the Secretary of War. That
their efforts will be successful is decidedly in doubt. Judging from indica
tions up to this time the office holders will be unable to deliver the goods.
Florida led off the fight foi control of the Southern delegations at Chi
cago, and in that state the Talt, or office holding leaders, seem to have been
considerably discomfited. The average negro politician outside a federal
job is not very much inclineed to let those already in possession of plums
dominate the state conventions and elect themselves to the national con
ventions. Not having a slice of the pie they are more than ever anxious to
get in the limelight at a convention that has the selection of national can
didates in hand. There they stand a chance of making dickers, of getting
on the side of thewinning candidate, of putting themselves in position when
the future division of the party spoils comes about under a new adminis
tration. There was a time when the outs sought to represent their party
-at the national conventions in order to sell their votes. The Sherman bar
rel is said to have been freely turned loose for the benefit of the negro del
egates from the South at one or more conventions. But this coarse and
crude method of influencing votes has now given way to the equally effective
cue of promises of good jobs in the hereafter.
Contesting delegations will be on hand at Chicago from probably every
Southern state. The brother in black will be very much in evidence. In
tne Taft ranks will be found delegations made up almost entirely of federal
office holders, if the Florida case is a fair sample of what is to come. It
will be up to th<> national committee to pass upon the merits of the respect
ive delegations. The prospects for a lively row seem remarkably brilliant
It is Democracy's opportunity, but can Democracy take advantage of-it? Ot
will it do, what it has so often done in the past, fail to get together on a
platform that appeals to the people, under a candidate whom the people car
follow?
In any event Taft and anti-Taft forces are going to make things hot ir
the South for the next few weeks, and precipitate a struggle at Chicagc
such as probably has seldom been seen seen in the Republican convention.
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Roosevelt rreaehina: vs. Practice
(Savannah Morning News)
In his speech on the floor of the
house on Tuesday John Sharp Wil
liams, the minority leader of the
House, in commenting upon the re
cent special message of the President,
called attention to the fact that the
President is more remarkable for
preaching against wrongdoing than in
punishing the wrongdoers. In sup
port of this statement he pointed to
the former cabinet officer who was
accused of granting rebates when he
was a railroad official, and who did
not deny the accusation. The Presi
dent didn't insist upon his being pun
ished. On the contrary, he gave him
an indorsement of which any man
might be proud when he resigned
from the cabinet to accept a place to
which a salary is attached that is
ten times as great as that of a cabi
net officer.
That act was directly contrary to
the' President's preaching. If he had
insisted that his cabinet officer should
be treated just as ordinary law
breaker he would have accomplished
a hundred times more in the direction
of compelling respect for the anti
trust laws that he has accomplished
by all his preaching and all of the
suits that he has authorized to he
brought against corporations for anti
trust violations. And his course in
that one case has done more to en
courage violations of the anti-trust
law than any one thing.
Business Grows Better
(Washington Post)
The iron and steel interests have
decided that the manufacturers, the
consumers, employes, and business
interests generally will benefit by a
maintenance of prices. The question
was considered in New York on
Thursday, when seventy-five manu
facturers and purchasers of steel
met to discuss the proposed reduction
in prices. The opinion was unani
mous, among purchasers as well as
makers, that steel prices are about
right and should not be lowered, on
account of the disturbance that would
result, including the possible reduc
tion of wages. The steel men agreed
that there was an improvement in
business conditions, and that the fu
ture outlook was favorable. They
believe it will not be long before the
increased demand for material will
start the mills to their full capacity.
The optimistic report from the steel
industry is in line with the reports
from al! other kinds of business.
Deport Aliens Who Take to Crime
(Philadelphia Record*
We take great care to keep out of
the country undesirable persons who
have no means of self-support, or who
have criminal records, or who have
bodily ailments likely to contribute
to the spread of disease; but there
are many mischievous aliens who get
into the country and who ultimately
find their way into our jails as a re
sult of minor offenses who are sources
of continuous trouble. They some
times are the advance agents of new
methods of depredation learned in
foreign schools of crime to which
we are strangers. This class of
criminals, once jailed and released,
should not be allowed to keep up an
intermittent living inside and out
side our jails. A second appearance
in the Courts and a second conviction
should he punished by deportation.
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1-2 cup English Walnut meats.
1-2 doz. figs, cut up fine.
110 c. package JELL-O, any flavor.
Dissolve the JELL-0 in a pint of
boiling water. When cool and just
commencing to thicken stir in The
figs and nuts. Serve with Whipped
Cream. Delicious. The walnuts, figs
and JELL-0 can be bought at any
good grocery store. This makes
enough dessert for a large family and
is very economical.
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