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THE TIMES-RECORDER
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.
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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
sional District.
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THE TIMES-RECORDER,
Americus, G?
Americas, Ga., February 23. 15MK
“In God We Trust," but keep your
eyes peeled for the man who runs a
chain of banks for the benefit of his
own schemes.
The President has congratulated the
King of Italy on the arrival of a new
baby in the palace. The King doubt
less regrets that he cannot return the
compliment.
It is said that five reports will be
submitted on the Brownsville shoot
ing. It is safe to say that only one
will please the negroes. It will he
that of Senator Foraker.
“Liquor would be sold quite as
abundantly under a state prohibition
law as under well regulated license,”
says Cardinal Gibbons. The Cardinal
must have been studying the postof
fice money returns in Atlanta and
other Georgia cities.
Some Northern papers profess to
believe that the president is capable
of creating a misunderstanding with
Japan, or some other power, this
summer for the effect on patriotic
voters. This is rubbing it in too
deep. Roosevelt is hardly capable of
such an infamy as that.
The new navy has cost so far one
billion, two hundred million dollars.
The naval committee of the Senate
begins an investigation on Tuesday to
determine whether it is what it ought
to be. If it is not, what are we go
ing to do about it? The money is
gone, that’s certain.
The Baltimore Sun says that Cardi
nal Gibbons exacts a peldge of every
child he confirms that it will refrain
from the use of intoxicating liquors
until it reaches the age of twenty
one. It regards this as a practical
temperance agency w'hose value can
not be overestimated.
Atlanta is talking of issuing bonds
to the extent of one million dollars
for public improvements. When are
the Americus street paving bonds go
ing so be offered? The business sec
tion must be paved with brick, or
some other good material, before we
can be regarded as having an up-to
date city.
If the decision of Judge Ellis, of the
Fulton Superior Court, to the effect
that the State is a preferred creditor
to the extent of its deposits, is sus
tained by the Supreme Court, deposi
tors will feel that there is another
good reason why all deposits should
be insured in some way. Insurance of
deposits w r ill do almost as much to
head off financial panics as the Aid
rich bill, or any other temporary re
lief measure.
DRINK “M V.7.7JTY WHY?
Because it is the Best SOFT DRINK on Earth.
Auburn, Ala., October sth, 1907.
Messrs, Anderson & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen: —
tth In reply to your favor of 4th inst., I
would say that last Spring we analyzed a
number of samples of “Mezzo” for a
house in Talladega, Ala.
The result of these analyses showed this
preparation to be entirely free from alcohol
and therefore it can not be classed as, or
considered, a cider.
Trusting that this furnishes the informa
tion you desire, I am
Yours very truly,
(Signed), B. B. ROSS, __
State Chemist
THE COMPANIONSHIP OF BOOKS j
“Companions who never deceive nor desert us.” So described Wash*
ington Irving the books that had been the acquaintances and intimate
n lends of his long life. Like other men he had known the treachery of
erstwhile comrades; he had felt the sting of human ingratitude; he had
realized the instability of the professions of every day neighbors. But
when he retired to enjoy what LongfeHow has so aptly termed “the sweet
serenity of books,” when he was alone with the master minds of all ages
and touched hands with the departed spirits of the great of all time, be
telt that there, at least, he was with companions who could be relied upon,
companions who would solace him in the hour of trouble and anxiety,
companions who would ever await his coming with the same eagerness to
lesume the old congenial intimacy. And so he looked upon his books with
loving eyes, with eyes that spoke the ; lent affection that burned within
him. They were a staff upon which he could lean, a support on W'hich he
could rely, companions who gave succor willingly and unstintedly and held
a never ceasing fountain of sweet blessings at his command.
The man who enjoys the companionship of good books has a refuge to
which he can flee with unerring certainty when the troubles of life distress
him, w r hen its injustices appall him, w'hen its tribulations weight him down.
In them he can find that “surcease of sori'ow” for which he longs. Between
the four walls of his library lies that “balm of Gilead” for which his weary
soul yearns. Shut in from the world with all its din, with all its cruel
selfishness, with all its petty meanesses, his soul draws in new life, absorbs
new vigor, is refreshed and elevated for the strife of the future. Here he
rises on stepping stones laid by others toward higher things. The dirt of
the world drops from his wings and he soars to purer atmospheres. No
matter what his mood, he finds at his service true friends who meet the
varying conditions of his mind. Does he wish release from brooding cares
in merriment? The humorists of all nations are there to laugh with him
Does he wish to have the fountains of his sympathy touched, to have com
passion enter into his soul anew'? All the pathos that inspired brains,
controlled by deeply moved souls, have ever penned, comes to stir the
depths of sentiment within him. Does he yeafn for patriotic inspiration,
lor new yeast to leaven the soul until it surges with longings for purer
and nobler ideals in public life? The statesmen, the heroes, the orators,
of generations long since passed to dust, step down from the shelves to
mouse and arm him anew for the battle with gieed and corruption in high
place.
Surrounded by his cherished volumes, books that seem to thrill his
uimost being as he lays gentle hands upon them, whose voices seem to
welcome him with one grand acclaim of joyful greeting, he feels, indeed,
that here he is with friends upon w'hom he may implicitly rely, friends who
svmpathize with his aspirations and lend yoeman aid to their realization.
To be pitied, indeed, is that man who knows not the value, the delights,
of the companionship of books. He may have accumulated his fortune, he
may have built h’s grand home, he may seem to many an object of envy,
\et if he has not cultivated the friendship of those souls that live on from
age to age, with unbroken influence, undiminished power, he has missed
one of the great charms of living.
No matter what your w'ork may be, no matter in what sphere of life
you may move, fail not to cultivate an appreciation of that
“Choir invisible of immortal souls,
Who live again in minds made nobler by their presence,
Live in pulses stirred to generosity, in deeds of daring rectitude,
In thoughts sublime that lead men’s souls to higher issues.”
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.
-Anent President Roosevelt’s recent
order to the Inter-State Commerce
Commission to investigate as to the
justice of the proposed reductions in
the wages of railroad employes, the
general opinion seems to be that the
president is anxious to avoid respon
sibility being thrown on the adminis
tration for such reductions. A year
of lowered wages and of great strikes
against reductions would probably in
volve Republican defeat and place a
popular stigma on the Roosevelt ad
ministration that the president is
most anxious to avoid. It is pretty
safe to say that there will be a re
port indicating that the railroads are
only suffering from past bad manage
ment. That will be the only way out
of the presidential difficulty. In the
meantime the revenues of the roads
seem to be considerably below' the
average and a test of strength is not
unlikely if the proposed reductions
are put into effect next month.
The Waycross Journal quotes with
commendation a recent editorial in
the Times-Recorder on the indictment
in Savannah of an embezzler of a
large sum, even though the firm which
suffered the loss did not care to pros
ecute. “A grand juror is sworn to
his duty by rich and poor alike,” says
the Waycross Journal, “and should
not shield one man because he is in
high position, while it indicts another
for a smaller offence that his poverty
and ignorance leave him no protec
tion against.”
Americus Grocery Co., Distributors At Wholesale,
AMERICUS AND ALBANY, GA.
Liquors have not been sold on
Pullman cars in Georgia since Jan.
1. Reports from Chicago are to the
effect that the company will very
soon abandon the sale of liquors on
its cars in the South, and that the
order may be extended to the whole
country. Unless the porters do a
"blind tiger” business, the travelers
will have to go thirsty through the
South at least.
One single sentence w'as used by
the Central of Georgia in its reply
to the answer of the Railroad Com
mission to the suit brought to prevent
the enforcement of the reduction in
passenger fare to 2 1-2 cents per mile.
But what that sentence said was
enough to make the commission’s law
yer sit up and take special notice.
Judge W. C. Charlton, who was
recently appointed to succeed Judge
Cann, of the Chatham county Super
ior Court, has denied an application
for a charter to open another locker
club in Savannah. This judge seems
to see the difference betw'een a liquor
joint and a real club.
Another New York woman is report
ed to be engaged to a titled foreigner,
but the girl’s brother denies the story.
The people are beginning to hold in
contempt the women who buy titles
with their wealth.
The capitalists of the land will be
very glad w’hen Roosevelt retires to
the dead letter office.
SOLD BY MORE THAN 20 OF THE
LEADING MERCHANTS OF
THIS TOWN.
DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.
PROVE IT YOURSELF.
ALL FLAVORS.
SCROFULA INHERITANCE
QF DISEASE AND SUFFERING
No truth is more forcibly manifested in physical life than the old saying
“ like begets like ; ” for just as the offspring of healthy ancestry' are blessed
with pure, rich blood, insuring health and strength, so the children of blood
tainted parentage inherit a polluted circulation to burden their existence
with disease and suffering. Swollen glands about the neck, brittle bones,
weak eyes, pale, waxy complexions, running sores and ulcers and general
poor health, are the usual ways in which Scrofula is manifested. In some
cases the blood is so filled with the scrofulous germs and tubercular matter
that from birth life is made miserable with suffering. Others who inherit
the disease succeed in holding the trouble in check during young, vigorous
life, but when the system has begun to weaken and lose its natural vitality,
and especially after a spell of sickness, the ravages of the disease will com
mence, and in a great many cases terminate in Consumption. S. S. S. is the
very best treatment for Scrofnla. It renovates the entire circulation and
drives out the scrofulous and tubercular
deposits. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood
WaZr* purifiers, and it not only goes to the very
bottom of the trouble and removes the cause
£ and cures the disease, but it supplies the
Qiinri v urrrTADir weak, anaemic blood with the healthful
rUnLLY VLubIADLL properties it is in need of. S. S. S. is made
entirely of healing, cleansing roots, herbs
and barks, and is au absolutely safe remedy for young or old. Book on
the blood and any medical advice about Scrofula given free of charge.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
RAISING THE MAINE
Preliminary steps have been taken
towards raising the ill-fated battle
ship Maine, which was blown up in
Havana harbor on the night of Feb.
15, 1898, a New York congressman
having introduced a resolution call
ing for the rights of the Government
in the matter.
The sinking of the Maine, as every
body knows, was the direct cause of
the Spanish-American war. The
Spaniards have insisted that the ex
plosion was from within, and assert
ed that the delay in raising the hulk
w r as due to the knowledge of this
Government that the destruction of
the battleship and a large part of its
crew w'as planned from Washington.
Such a base trick w r as easily possible
for them to conceive of, as they know
little of a Government’s regard for
human life w'hen political questions
w'ere concerned.
The object in having the battleship
raised is to provide proper burial for
the bodies of the men now' lying im
prisoned in the hulk. The raising of
the ship will also be interesting in
that it w'ill be possible to prove from
the nature of the rent in the ship's
armor whether the damage was caus
ed by an explosion from without or
w'ithin.
There is no doubt of the result, and
w'hen it is showm unmistakably that
the explosion came from a floating
torpedo planted by the Spaniards, it
will revive temporarily that feeling
which swept over the country when
the news of the disaster flashed over
the wires. "Remember the Maine”
will be again the popular cry.
GOOD ADVICE TO COTTON GROW
ERS.
•
Whatever else may be thought of
the arguments put forward by the
president of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange in support of the Exchan
ges as a factor beneficial to the cot
ton producers of the South, it cannot
be gainsaid that he made a bull’s eye
when he laid stress on the absolute
necessity of the cotton growers living
more at home in order to be in posi
tion to hold their crop and market it
Baa 9 Is the joy of the household, for without
* \\ it no happiness can be complete. How
fhjtfA yiiy || Hyyy sweet the picture of mother and babe !
Angels smile at and commend the
Vj. « pwg thoughts and aspirations of the mother
P?| | ft bending over the cradle. The ordeal through
■ Hsy U which the expectant mother must pass, how
n fe&a ever, is so full of danger and suffering that she
looks forward to the hour when she shall feel
the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear.
Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child*
birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother’s Friend, a scientific
liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders pliable all
the parts, and assists nature in
its sublime work. I >y its aid Bpijßj |jj P|] jfljl |
passed this great crisis in per- 1 Hll mH 3t§
feet safety and without pain.
Sold at SI .OO per bottle by err rgists. Our book II IBy KB
of priceless value to all vo-nt 1 sent free. Address If* j2Pg| S Saeß fg ||
f. WdOFIELO REQULAiI.i CO., Atlanta, Gm ■ ■■ ■■■
slowly and to the advantage of
prices.
The great menace to remunerative
values for the crop, as he pointed
uot, has always been the necessity
planters are under of marketing with
in three or four months the supply
for a year’s consumption, putting them
largely at the mercy of the mill men
and speculative elements. To be in
position to do otherwise ,to hold their
crop and move it slowly over a much
longer period, requires capital. This
capital has never been forthcoming
in adequate supply. It probably never
will be unless the farmers themselves
become more independent. And as
President Thompson pointed out, the
best way by which they can put them
selves in this position is to buy less
food products, less supplies of any
character, from the North and West,
to raise their own supplies. With well
filled cribs and barns and smokehouses
the cotton grower will not be under
compulsion to force his crop on the
buyers precipitately and without re
gard to the effect on prices.
President Thompson’s views on this
line are well worth repeating in full.
They might be read and re-read by
every cotton grower and acted upon
to his personal advantage. Said he:
"The farmer's power lies in his
ability to hold. He should therefore,
entrench his position as strongly as
possible by adopting such rules of
living as would enlarge his indepen
dence. He should, first of all, and
immedately, abandon the ruinous prac
tice of buying for cash the provisions
that he could make at home. The
combined profits of the original pro
ducer of such provisions, the profits
of three or four middlemen and the
freight charges of several transporta
tion companies are all paid by the
cotton farmer. By living at home the
saving is hardly to be calculated, and
not only would be save in expense,
but he would of necessity plant less
cotton, which would, as a general
proposition pay him as much or more
than a larger crop made under the
present faulty principles. Therebv
be would place himself in the most
favorable position for holding his*
cotton. But he would still need some
assistance. The co-operation of capi
tal is, therfore, necessary to a proper
and advantageous distribution of
supply. In this crusade all the
bankers of the South should earnestly
join. Their own profits and prosper
ity are largely dependent upon the
outturn of the cotton crop. Not
only should they accummulate reser-
It Matters About
the
Nothing adds so much to
the attractiveness of a pretty
home as does pretty matting,
and the season approaches
when the sitting room, the
parlor and sleeping rooms as
well should be given their
new spring dressing. From
the standpoint of attractive
ness and sanitation, nothing
equals matting as a floor cov
ering.
The A. W. Smith Furniture Co.
Makes a Speciality of the Finest Imported Mattings and can please
the most exacting and fastidious buyer.
Beautiful lines of JAPANESE and CHINA MATTINGS, imported
for this house have recently been opened and now await your inspection
If you contemplate purchasing matting do not fail to inspect this superb
stock and get prices.
DURABILITY AND QUALITY ARE ESSENTIAL FEATURES IN
OUR GOODS.
A. W. SMITH FURNITURE ffl
ves against the time of the movement
of the crop, 'out they should encour
age the assistance of foreign capital.
It is short-sighted policy for our
banking interests to endeavor to
ker » out competing capital . The
more money there is in a country of
rich but undeveloped resources, the
more business there is and the more
need for money. Foreign capital re
gards cotton security as the best se
curity and is waiting for an opportun
ity to come to us when it can do
business without being taxed to the
point of^loss.
U TTER TO R. B. ENGLISH,
Americus, Georgia
Dear Sir: —Two cans of paint look
alike; two paints look alike, when
opened; two jobs look alike, so long
as they’re new—unless one is scant.
They are far from alike; one is paint
and the other is trash.
The gallon price is not far from
alike. They don’t cost alike. One
takes 10 gallons to paint a house;
the other takes 20. The cost of one
job is SSO; the other $lO0 —it may be
S9O. —the job that cost least is the
good one; wears twice as long as
the other.
There are two ways of telling good
paint; by the name; by the number
of gallons it takes for a job—least
gallons, best paint. By the name De
voe; by least gallons.
Yours truly,
53 F. W. DEVOE & CO.
P. S. Americus Construction Co.,
sells our paint.
d-23-w-28. *
A round steak is good for a square
meal. —Chicago News.
FISH TALES arc often exaggerations.but
we have no need ot stretching the tru'h in
ourbusimss as FISH DEALERS. Fre h
ness is an absolutely Indispensable quality
in unsalted or unsrtoked fish and we handle
none about which iher* mav be the slightest
doubt. We kee every kind in season from
the game y trout to solid mullet. And we
don’t trv to make a fortune on every p und
of fish we sell either. SHf RLOCK & CO.
Phone No. 32.
|L. O. Council Brest. K. J. Pr.EBV, Yite-Pit h. t . bi <ti mu , Cashier
IhC anters Bank
°* Americus
ToUlßammiveß, -
A. W. Smith, Pres. 0. AT. Eld riij.'c. V. p. V. '!. Iludlcj, tH.lihr
Bank of South-Western Ga.,
Americus Ga.
Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded its Patrons.
DIRECTORS:
C. L. Ansley, G. AT. Kid ridge, R. J. Perry
W. A. Dodson, Tbos. llarrold, A. W. Smith,
IV. M. Dudley, H. R. Johnson.
L. A. LOYVREY, President. AT. M. LOYYKEY, Cashier.
CRAYYFORD WHEATLEY, Yice. Pres. R. E. McNPLTY, Asst, (ashler.
AMERICUS NATIONAL BANK
The Only National Bank in This Section.
CAPITAL (5100,000.00. V. S. BONDS $100,000.00.
Under the supervision of the
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Accounts of firms, individuals and coporations invited. Certificates of
deposit issued bearing interest.
J. W. SHEFFIELD, President, FPANK SHEFFIF.ID Vic Ties.
E. D. SHEFFIELD, Cashier.
BANK OF COMMERCE,
Americus, Ga.
A general banking business transacted and all consistent
courtesies extended patrons. Certificates of deposit issued
earning interest.
Raleigh, Aug. 21st, 1907.
Mr. B. C. Beckwith, Attorney,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir: —
Your letter of the 20th inst., in regard
to soft drink, “Mezzo”, manufactured by An
derson & Co., Atlanta, Ga., has been re
ceived.
A sample of “Mezzo”, No. 4860 F. R., of"
sered for sale in bulk, was analyzed by this
Department, July Bth, 1907, and no alcohol
or adulteration, according to the State Food
Law, was found. I, therefore, consider that
it complies with the requirements of the
North Carolina Food Law, and that its sale
is legal. Yours very truly,
(Signed), W. M. ALLEN,
Food Chemist.