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THE TIMES-RECORDER
DAILY AND WEEKLY
The Americus Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
Entered at the postoffice at Ameri
cus as second-class mail matter.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR.,
Editor and Manager.
C. W. CORNFORTK,
Associate Editor and Assistant
Manager.
J. W. FURLOW, City Editor.
W. L. DUPREE,
Assistant Business Dept
Editorial Room Telephone 99.
The Times-Recorder Is the
- Official Organ of the City of Americus
Official Organ of Sumter County.
Official Organ of Webster County.
Affleial Organ of Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia for the 3rd Congres
sional District
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THE TIMES-RECORDER,
Americus, Ga
Americus, Ga., March Bth, 190 S.
Foraker continues to get solar plex
us blows. Joe is a tough one but his
finish looks almost certain. ,
Chatham is in the throes of a poli
tical campaign. This will enable the
people to forget the locker clubs.
Gov. Smith's campaign slogan
should be: “Two years more of the
big stick”—and railroad receiver
ships.
Chiefs of police of even the smaller
cities are receiving Black Hand let
ters. Chief Feagin may get in
the swim.
Five United States Senators have
died since the last spring. Aspir
ants for the jobs will murmur, “Let
the good work go on.”
If Tom Hudson runs for Governor
the wool hat boys who were raised
between the plow handles should give
him a hearty support.
Albany wants that train continued
so its folks will have more opportun
ity to visit Americus this summer and
cool off on the trolley line here.
“Knox is setting a hot pace in
the presidential race, according to
the Philadelphia Record. This will
be genuine news to the rest of the
country.
The bacteria in bankbills is again
worrying the scientists. Maybe this
is the reason Congress is so loath to
increase the circulating paper med
ium.
More building is going on, or in
prospect, in Americus than in any of
the other small cities of Georgia. Am
ericus simply refuses to be held
back.
Sumter enjoys the unusual dis
tinction of having only two citizens
who aspire to the legislature. Where
are all of our embryonic states
men?
If there is any good piece of real
estate in Atlanta that is not going
coca-colaw'ard it will have to be
chained down or protected by an in
junction.
Rockefeller is said to contemplate
making his winter home in Georgia
The genial sunshine of winter in this
section is appreciated by the man of
millions.
Tight trousers are coming back in
to fashion. Fortunately this is leap
year and the men will not have to go
on their knees to propose. The
tight pants are safe.
Hughes delights in work, says Bur
ton J. Hendrick in McClure’s. This
is good. It will the more easily en
able him to forget his chagrin at not
getting the nomination.
Gov. Smith is to campaign the
state again. Ten to one there will
be considerable of the enthusiasm of
two years ago sadly lacking. It's
mighty hard to keep up a fever heat
without killing the patient.
Every school in every Georgia city
should be examined to find whether
the doors open outward or not. If
not they apparently should be made
to do so. We don't want any tragedj
in this state like that at Cleveland.
Evangelical Association of
Eastern Pennsylvania has put the
ban on divorce, dancing, theatres,
cards and liquor. This is a pretty ex
tensive program of reform. Perhaps
a more limited field might bring bet
ter results.
Mrs. Roosevelt and friends are
preparing for a spring outing on the
Mayflower, the “presidential yacht.”
It has only been in recent years that
the nation was supposed to support
a palatial yacht for junkets of this
character.
The Philadelphia Record points
out that nothing ing Taft’s speeches
indicates that he does not agree In
with Roosevelt’s centraliz
ing’tendencies. It fails te see how
a true Democrat can support him, un
der such conditions.
Savannah has not made one third of
the blow' about its great coming auto
races as Atlanta would have done.
Atlanta would have had autos com
ing from every quarter of the known
world—on paper. Savannah should
—4<?t a press agent from the Gate
BB|gr. She has got a good thing but
fjgjhot working it to the limit.
TRUTH . EVER NEW , YET EVER THE SAME.
Truth is ever new yet ever changing its dress. Tennyson says “A
truth looks freshest in the fashion of the day.’ Solomon has told us there
is nothing new' under the sun. The wise man of the long ago and the
poet of modern days had the same thing in mind. E\erj possible tiuth has
doubtless been expressed anew' with every generation that has come upon
the earth, the on'v change that it has been served up in a garb to suit the
prevailing taste. As times change men change with them, and truth, though
immutable, must be presented tc meet the varying needs of living human
ity. It cannot be mummyized.
It is doubtful if a “new' truth" has been expressed w'ithin hundreds of
years. The germ of every truth can doubtless, be found in the earliest
dawn of human history. There have been many changes in form, but in
that alone. As each new age appears its authors meet the needs of their
time with revised versions of cld principles and old truths. Today’s sage
is but yesterday’s seer rejuvenating old axioms.
Reading the ancient classics one is forcibly impressed by the fact
that the ideas so freely ventilated today are, after all, but exemplifications
or modifications of the thoughts of men whose ashes have mingled with the
earth these scores of generations. Mark Twain once said that all jokes
could be traced back to an original few that had furnished the world with
its stock of hjrnior since first mankind began to smile. The same statement
applies to our stock of truth. It would doubtless shock some of our
“original” thinkers, and disconcert our ever-expanding vanity, could we
be brought to realize that all of the vital truths that pass current among us
today are bu. an inheritance for which w'e are indebted to remote
antiquity.
In the ceaseless cycles of time man seems destined to largely play
the same parts over and over again, with new backgrounds and new acces
sories. He is the same creature, with the same passions, the same desires,
(he same motives, needing the same controlling principles. The conditions
under wliiph he operates have changed, but his primal instincts are the
same and his actions are simply modified by extraneous circumstances.
Steam, electricity, general education, these have not changed his innate
nature. He is as of old. and the impulses that have guided his destinies
in the past guide them now' and will guide them in the future. When he
exchanged the skins of wild animals for broadcloth he did not eradicate the
old impulses, but simply chained and tamed them, held them in leash. The
iruth that ha r . accompanied hi m on every step of his progress tow'ard
higher things, is the same truth, dressed in new and more attractive garb,
ii may be, sec foith in forms more pleasing to his highly, cultivated senses,
but still the same in every vital essential as when time was in its infancy.
Many are prone to believe that the world has today many original
thinkers, that the past is of no consequence, that its wise men were puer
ile besides those of modern days. But as a matter of fact the more we in
vestigate the more we become convinced that about everything that could
bo said has been said, that all we can do today is to take the old principles,
the old truths, dug out by the great minds of almost forgotten ages, and
reapply them to existing conditions.
We have progressed in the conquest of nature and in the application
of science to every day comfort and convenience, but no great moral truth
has been unearthed by any ol our philosophers. They and we simply
walk along the well beaten paths, re-dressing the thoughts of antiquity,
much in the same fashion as we re-dress our bodies to suit the varying
caprices of that intangible but most potent power known as fashion.
NONE SO GREAT AS “ME.”
Gov. Johnson has been endorsed as
a Presidential candidate by the Minn
esota state Democratic Committee.
On the "favorite son” theory enun
ciated by Secretary Taft in his cam
paign, such an endorsement was not
unexpected.
Nevertheless, Bryan’s followers
were on hand and stubbornly resisted
such action. One member introduced
a resolution endorsing Bryan, in
which it was declared that "we view
with suspicion many of the Eastern
sources of acclaim (for Johnston,) we
discern in this Eastern movement the
ma’led hand of ‘ba.moay that cost
the party a million votes in 1904 r”
Generosity does not seem to be a
part of the make-up of the Bryan
faction. It is rule or ruin with them.
No bets are being overlooked, not
even to allow a state to vote for a
candidate from its own bailiwick.
According to the Bryan standard,
it is treason to mention any other
candidate. The minions of the money
power are camping on the trail of
the Nebraska Colonel, but his army
is incorruptible. The eagle eye of
their gallant leader is always open
and he can scent plots yet unborn.
The mere suggestion that there are
others throws him into fits.
There is only one, real, Simon-pure
Democrat eligible for the Presiden
tial nomination. All others bear the
earmarks of Wall street.
’Rah for Bryan!
MAY RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, who was
kicked off the Railroad Commission by
Gov. Smith, is said to be preparing
an announcement at an early date
for his entrance into the race for
Governor. Many newspapers over
the state are only waiting for the an
nouncement to accord Mr. Brown
their enthusiastic support.
In case Mr. Brown enters the race,
it will mean that the administration
of Gov. Smith is to be called to the
bar of the people’s forum. The
prosecution will be represented by
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, which is a
sufficient notice that the work will
be well done. He has shown by his
caustic and logical criticism of the
claims of Gov. Smith and his rail
road commission that he has plen
ty of weapons in his arsenal.
With full opportunity to lay be
fore the voters of the state the record
of Gov. Smith, a startling reversal
of sentiment from the last election
is to be expected.
“Weighed in the balances and found
wanting,” is‘already the verdict of a
large element of Georgia citizens.
It has been proposed by a Con
gressman to replace the desks in the
House of Representatives by benches,
like the English House of Commons.
The plea is that the room is crowded
by the desks. Congressman Edwards
can be depended on to object to any
curtailment of his ancient privileges.
Representative Hitchcock says the
paper trust was allowed to write in
to the Dingley bill the paper sched
ule. Perhaps before that time the
paper trust was allowed to write a
liberal check into the Republican
campaign treasury. Cause and ef
fect.
New York Episcopalians are
wrought over the discussion as to
whether a clergyman should kiss the
women of his flock. Bishop Olmstead
is defending a clergyman charged with
the offense. Other ministers of the
faith denounce it as liable to provoke
scandal.
CHANGING PENSION LAW
The prospect of repealing the law
adopted at the last session of the
Legislature for quarterly payments
of pensions to Confederate Veterans,
instead of yearly in advance, as here
tofore, seems good. A number of
candidates from Fulton county have
been interviewed and w’ere unani
mously in favor of the change, provi
ded the Veterans desired it.
On that point there can be little
doubt, as the complaints all over the
state are loud. Gov. Smith thought
he had accomplished a financial feat
which entitled him to credit, but he
will likely find the experiment a dis
astrous one.
The money is theirs and they stand
in need of it. Many instances have
been published as to the hardships
worked by these quarterly payments.
In some sections the veterans are
already preparing to throw their in
fluences for candidates who express
themselves as favorable to the old
system. This will touch the candi
dates at a vulnerable spot. The vet
erans will no doubt be able to secure
the change demanded.
The Savannah Morning News wants
clouds of smoke shot through the
school buildings while the fire drill
is on, so as to accustom the child
ren to it. Bright idea! Why not
also burn red fire on each floor and
call out the fire department, so as
to make the thing absolutely realis
tic.
Another rich man’s wife, this time
in Chicago,' has run off with a coach
man. Moral: Don’t keep a coach-
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wL than one-halt ot one per cent of alcohol. It is as pure as a peerless plant and R
Ai master brewing can make it, therefore it comes within the requirements of both R
wk the Prohibition and Pure food Laws, and transcends the demands of even iffy
• the most testy” drinkers of beer. It is everything that is beneficial
and satisfactory, which could possibly be served in liquid form.
Acme-Brew is sold at all hotels, clubs, bars, cases, etc., and by all beverage dealers.
If yours doesn’t carry it, write us for prices and full information.
SQ Q CURES
• 9*9* BLOOD POISON
A SAFE HOME TREATMENT
In S. S. S. nature has provided a certain, safe, home cure for Contagious
Blood Poison. It is a medicine made entirely of roots and herbs of recog
nized blood-purifying value, and is the one medicine which is able to get
down to the root of the trouble and remove every particle of the virus, and
at the same time benefit and build up the system and general health. No
harmful effects ever follow its use, as is so often the case when strong min
eral medicines are used. As soon as the system gets under the influence of
S. S. S the disease begins to improve, and when the remedy has thoroughly
purified the blood and driven out every trace of the poison, no signs of the
trouble are ever seen again. The general manifestations of Contagious
Blood Poison such as falling hair, copper-colored spots, ulcerated month and
throat, sores and ulcers, etc., are merely symptoms of the poisoned condi
tion of the blood, and in most cases respond quickly to local treatment,
while S. S. S. is doing the necessary work of cleansing the blood. Our
“Home Treatment” book is of great assistance along this line. It is a
complete guide for treating the trouble, containing instructions for the
different stages of the disease, and also valuable suggestions about the local
treatment, that will be most helpful in effecting a cure. We will be glad
to send a copy of this book, free of charge, to any who desire it, and if
special medical advice is wanted our physicians will take pleasure in sup
plying it without cost to the patient. If you are suffering with Conta
gious Blood Poison you can cure yourself in the privacy of vour.own home
by the use of S. S. S., an absolutely safe remedy.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA,^GA*’
NEW POSSESSIONS
AND A PRESIDENT
(Boston Heralti.)
Some Washington politicians of
the leisure class are speculating whe
ther Hawaii, or the Philippines, or
Porto Rico, or all of them together,
will make the next President of the
United States. As these insular ac
cessions to the flag have nary a vote
at the November elections, the pros
pect, at first blush, might seem ill
founded. However, there is another
way to look at the proposition, which
is the angle the leisure politicians
are taking.
With a legion of contesting delega
tions from the South, the nearly ev
enly matched Taft and anti-Taft fac
tions of the Republican National Com
mittee would come very close to de
ciding whether the Secretary of War
or some other shall be nominated.
For if the anti-Taft members con
trol the committee the contesting
Taft delegates from the South will
have treatment hardly less soothing
than a swift kick and vice versa. Haw
aii has a national committee, with
just as much voting power as has New
York or Massachusetts. Ditto the
Philippines and Porto Rico. No
three votes are to be despised when
a coterie of very eminent Govern
ment officials and likewise a coterie
of eminent anti-Tasters are gum-shoe
ing around strengthening their posi
tions with that committee. It could
easily happen that the insular com
mitteemen would turn the balance of
power one way or the other, which
might mean Taft or some other, or
which might result in the nomination
of a Republican, whether it be Taft
or a rival, who could not be elected.
The Democracy was subjected to a
somewhat similar predicament at
Kansas City in 1900, when Prince
David, of the royal Hawaiian, line of
dusky kings and queens held the
balance in the resolutions committee
and committed the party to a reitera
tion of the Bryanite silver plank.
SEED CRUSHERS TO
MEET IN N. 0.
*
ATLANTA, GA., March 7.—(Spe
cial) —President L. A. Ransom of the
Inter-state Cotton Seed Crushers as
sociation, with headquarters in At
lanta has issued a call for the exe
cutive committee of this organization
to meet with the*rules committee in
New Orleans on March 24. Vice-
President H. J. Parrish of Memphis,
Tenn., chairman of the rules com
mittee has issued a call for his com
mittee to meet in New Orleans on
that date, also.
These two committees will pass
upon, all rules which are to go be
fore tit* annual meeting of the As
sociation at Louisville in May.
MM J MTin& MHM * S *° *° Ve c kdd re n, and no home
WW Ii mi ifil Mrji °ut them, yet the ordeal through
which the expectant mother
mU3t P ass usually is so full of suffering,
rayggl 8 jj| danger and fear that she looks forward
I llil f||gii to the critical hour with apprehension
and dread. Mother’s Friend, by its pene
trating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, and
all unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the
ordeal that she passes through
the event safely and with but Ekßjjl ifk If
little suffering, as numbers have |BfB
testified and said, “it is worth
its weight in gold.” SI.OO per
bottle of druggists. Book containing
valuable information mailed free. K la
THE BRADFIU.D REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. M 8
GOV’T CHEMIST
DENIES SAYING IT
States Position on Use of
Alcohol.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.
(Special)—Dr. Wiley, the govern
ment’s chemist, denies that he said
drink was a good thing. It was pass
ed around and published that he did
say so. Neither did Dr. Wiley say
he is for prohibition. Again, some
one said that Dr. Wiley said that any
man who never takes a drink is a
“mollycoddle.” Dr. Wiley says that
he did not say that either. The cele
brated analyst was further credited
with commenting on the excellence of
whiskey as a stomach tonic and a
nerve maker for young men.
Any or* all of these sayings were
supposed to have been parts •of a
speech made by Dr. Wiley at the
University Club banquet on Saturday
night, February 29.
Now this is what Dr. Wiley did
say, according to a signed statement
which he issued yesterday:
“I said I believed the general ef
fect of alcohol on mankind was
wholly bad? that it was bad even in
small quantities: that if distilled
beverages, such as whiskey, brandy,
and rum, had any good effects they
were due to the fact that the aroma
tic and fragrant substance therein
stimulated the digestive secretions
and thus overcame, to a certain ex
tent, the bad effect of the alcohol
which they contained. I further said
that I was in theory a prohibitionist,
but that there were practical difficul
ties in the way of prohibition, and.
that the better plan would be to
abolish the saloons, and that if peo
ple wanted to drink distilled beverages
they should do so quietly, at their
homes and with their foods, and not
in saloons. I did not suggest, nor
advise young man to drink liquor of
any kind, but said that it was always
bad.”
Gag at “Reform.”
(Cordele Rambler)
We understand that a large number
of Cordele business men have written
to Little Joe Brown requesting him
to run for governor. Our people turn
pale and sick at the stomach when
any one man mentions reform to them
now.
Lack of credit prevents some people
from living beyond their means.—
Chicago News.
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 exactingland 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 purchasihg 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 CO.
Next to having money, the most
important thing is how to take care
of it—how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution of this kind
cannot only care for your financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way-giving you abundant banking
facilities in every department of fin
ance—but can also give you valuable
aid and advice about investments and
securities. Open an account with
the Bank of South Western Georgia’s
Savings Department and enjoy the
advantages that accrue.
ony cures
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cure private diseases quickly and permanently
when Capsules, Copaiba, and other remedies fail.
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Rembert’s Drug Store, Americas, Ga.
Shoes Repaired.
I pick the stitches and preserve tin
welts. I also repair slices according tc
the standard rule. 1 use nothing bui
the best of sole leather on the market.
Special attention given to ladies an<L
childrens shoes. All Work Hand
stitched or tacked if desired.
JOSEPH m\ DUDLEY.
,312 Jackson Street,
JOHNSON & HARROLD. '
Cotton Warehouse
and Commission Merchants
AND DEALERS IN
Iloavy Groceries ard Fertilizers
Plantation Supplies Furnished
on Reasonable Terms.
IT’S PERFECTLY CLEAR
to our patrons wh y they entrust theijr
plumbing work to us. It will be as’
clear to you just as soon as we have
completed a single job for you. The
materials we supply, to begin with,
are the very highest grade you are
willing to pay for, and our work just
the same for a small job as for a large
one. Ask for estimates.
C. P. PAYNE.
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FISH TALES are often exaggerations,but
we have no need ot stretching the truth In
our business as FISH DEALERS. Fresh
ness is an absolutely indispensable quality
in unsatted or unsmoked lish and we Handle
nor* 1 about wbich there mav be the slightest
doubt. We keep every kind in season from
the gamely trout to solid mullet. And we
don’t try to make a fortune cn every pound
of fish!we sell either. SHF RLOCK & CO.
PhoneJNo. 32
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L. G. Council Prest. R. J. Funny, Vice-Piest. (. M. Cornon , Cashier.
i he Pl anters Bank
of Americus
fy [- git i |S|l [|| | Total Resources, - $500,000
fgflßHl! Bn OlPfiN-"ftNilfp qPlj pg'J With well-established connections, our
large resources. ar.<l ever,
A. W. Smith, Pres. 0. M. Eld ridge, V. P. 5. M. Dudley, Cashier
Bank of South-Western Ga.,
Americus Ga.
Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded Its Patrons.
DIRECTORS:
€. L. Ansley, G. HT. Eldridge, R. J. Perry
TV. A. Dodson, Tlios. llarrold, A. W. Smith,
X. M. Dudley, ' H. R. Johnson.
J. W. SHEFFIELD, President, FLANK SHEFFIELD Vice-!ifF,
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.
L. A. LOWREY, President. M. M. LOWREY, Cashier.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Vice. Pres. R. E. McMLTY, Asst. Cashier.
AMERICUS NATIONAL BANK
The Only National Bank in This Section.
CAPITAL $100,000.00. U. S. DOYDS $100,000.00.
Under the supervision of the
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Accounts of firms, individuals and coporntions invited. Certificates of
deposit issued bearing Interest.
iJU.Iv I fLi’MA.* \1 lalw® II li^l-
RAILWAY
Current Schedules Corrected to date.
Arrival und departure of trains at Americus Ga. —Central of Georgia Hall
wav Passenger Sta; ion. 90th Meridian Time:
Arrivals. Departures.
From Savannah. Augusta. For Macon, Atlanta, Augusta
Atlanta and Maeon, Bir- I Savannah 4:40 am
miugham, Columbus and j For Albany, Dothan. Lockhart,
Fort Valley *lO 40 p m Troy and Montgomery o:3i a m
From Lockhart. Dothan, At- “ Albany, Dothan, Lockhart,*
bany, Troy and Mont’ery. *lO 40 p m Troy and Montgomery.... J:O7 p m
From Lockhart, Dothan, Ai- “ Macon and Atlanta 1:57 pm
bany, Troy and Mont’ery. *1 57 pm “ Macon, Atlanta, Savannah^
From Atlanta and Macon *2 07 p m and Augusta
From Avgusta,Savannah,At- For Columbus 3:0" p
lanta and Macon, Birming- For Columbus and Birming
ham and Columbus and ham tt ‘
Fort Valley *5 32 a m For Columbus Birmingham,
From Columbus and interme- via Fort Valley ••••
diate points 1700 p m For Albany and Inter, points 10:40 p
From Columbus, and
intermediate points *ll 30 am
From Albany and intermediate
points *4 40 a m
*Daily. tExcept Sunday. ttSunday Only.
Sleeping ears between Americus and Atlanta on train leaving America*
10 40 pm,, and arriving at Americus 5 32 a. m. Connects at Macon vr.ta
uleeperß to and from Savannah. For further information, apply to
J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent, Americus, Ga.
gJOHN W. BLOUNT, District Passenger Agent, Macon Ga.