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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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily,, one. year Iti.OO Daily, one month .. . . ... 50c Weekly, one year .. $ 1.00 Weekly, six months 50c Address all letters and make remit tance payable to THE TIMES-RECORDER, Americus, Gr Americas, Gu.. Feb. 11. 19os. 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 vjft *vtes to* rjL % J- fc\SG U ' \ 1 o» eed ® ®* 9t • \ \ \ \ 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. ’ — —— Till' iH STANDARD OF SUPERLATIVE SATISFACTION^ || sfi . . ».« T~" " i *« €| As good as butter, —yes, better than butter, be cause it’s vegetable and more digestible. For cake, pastry, and bread, and other things, you use butter in the making, just add a little salt to the batter when using Snowdrift. <JDon't forget that Snowdrift costs a great deal less than butter and less than hog lard; — ' and there’s no comparison between Snowdrift qual ity and purity and that of hog lard. IJSnoNvdrift’s the most economical fyying and cooking fat, not only be cause it is better than hog lard, but because it costs less per pound and less ol it needs to be used. , SS® I THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.RjaK gffigßXM NEW YORK-SAVANNAH NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA CHICAGO 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. For Your Sunday Dinner try the following delightful desert: 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. WHAT TO DO WITH THE HOLIDAY BOOKS! Just now this is a leading question in many thousand American homes. .. $ How can all the new books, with their attractive bindings be displayed to the best advantage, arranged and classified so as to always be accessible. 0 - . N(m) is the most propitious moment of the entire year to settle this question for all time to come, by procuring SlobcAVinyieke “Elastic” Book Cases which are graded as to height to fit the books of any library, and in lengths to fit most any room. ' Made in dull and polish finish, quartered oak and mahogany —with plain, leaded and plate glass doors —controlled by the only patent equalizer that absolutely prevents binding. 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