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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. CORNFORTH, Associate Editor and Assistant Manager. J. W. FURLOW, City Editor. IV. L. DUPREE, Assistant Business Dept., Editorial Room Telephone 99. The Times-Rocnrder is the Official Organ of the iCty of Americus. Official Organ of Sumter County. Official Organ of Webster County. Official Organ of Railroad Commis sion of/Georgia for the 3rd Con pressional District. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, one year $6.00 Daily, one month 50 Weekly, one year SI.OO. Weekly, six months 50 Address all letters and make remit tance payable to TIIE TIM ES-R ECO R DER. Americas, Ga. Americas Ga., June 20th. 1908. After Denver will it be —the de luge? “Let’s don’t despair,’’ says the Sav annah Press. Certainly not, when the watermelon crop is just ahead. Bryan is picking out the Haws in Taft’s platform. Billy ought to wait until the other Billy begins to analyze the Nebraska planks. An independent candidate for Gov ernor of Georgia has made his an nouncement. Rube Arnold denies that he is backing him in any way. “Near beer” was in demand in At lanta while the convention was in session. The prohibitionists wanted to sample it to make sure that it was not a violation of the law. The question of the manager of the Republican campaign is in the air. Hitchcock who sandbagged the Southern Republican officeholders, wants it, but there are others. Teddy thought he knew a thing or two about controlling conventions but when he sees the way the Nebraska sage runs things at Denver he will hide his head in sheer despair. John D. Rockefeller is to publish a series of autobiographical papers in a magazine soon. It is needless to say thal John D. will use the blue pencil very freely on his own history. By the way, what has become of those statements as to how much the gubernatorial candidates expended in the campaign and where it all went. Were we not to have publicitv in X Georgia? Atlanta is getting ready for the cen sus of 1910. Its bounds are to be ex tended to embrace sufficient territory to swell the population by 20,000. You can’t catch Atlanta napping when counting time draws nigh. Future political contests are to be robbed of half of their excitement, if a bill introduced by the Emanuel county representative becomes a law. The bill provides that election bet ting shall be a. misdemeanor. Editor Stovall wants Senator Ba con to be chairman of the Denver convention. By the way, it might have been well to have had the two Georgia senators at Denver as official representatives of the state. But it’s too late now. “It is just as well not to have one faction in control of the party too long’’ says the Savannah Press. As suredly not. More than two years of Smithism would result in an auto cratic rule that Georgia would not be able to shake off in a decade or two. Stanford University has dropped * a large number of athletes because of their poor standing in their studies. The faculty evidently are not aware of the changed status of institutions of learning. They labor under the ancient idea that boys go to them to study. - Max Banner, a well known South Georgia drummer, is reported from Milwaukee to be waging a campaign at the traveling men’s convention to get clean sheets and clean linen at all hotels. He also asks that more attention be paid by the hotel men to fire escapes. In Nashville they have seized bot tles of gin, mainly sold in negro dives the label of which held a suggestive picture of a nude white woman. Yet some liquor men wonder why so many people are bitter against their business. Incidents like this ac count for some of the public disgust and increasing animosity. The Shah of Persia has given the Czar of Russia a good tip as to the best way to get rid of the Douma if it becomes too recalcitrant. When his legislators proved offensively ob sterperous the Shah turned artillery loose and bombarded the parliament buildings. The Shah uses, his big stick vigorously and effectively. It’s a safe assertion that neither this nor the next legislature will touch the prohibition question. It is hard to make some people lielieve it,' but it looks like a foregone con clusion that any efforts to modify it wilt meet with an avalanche of con trary votes. The governor will not have to veto any measures of that sort. AMERICUS AND THE WATER MATTER Considerable uneasiness has been aroused by current rumors that the city is apt to find itself in an embarrassing position at any time with regard to the water supply. The sumors have doubtless been considerably exag gerated. Coupled with them there has been asomewhat persistent demand that something should be done by the city to compel a more rapid prosecution of work under the contract made with the new company that is to handle the lighting, water and transportation questions for the people of Americus hereafter. Everybody knows that the company is considerably behind time in complying with the terms of the contract. Everybody also knows that con ditions that could not be foreseen when the contract was made have arisen and that it was the part of wisdom, of justice, and of expediency on the part of the city to deal leniently with the company under the existing cir cumstances. With a wide spread panic on over the country, bursting un expectedly when things seemed brightest for the consummation of business plans of many diverse characters, it was not at all surprising that the Americus movement suffered in common with enterprises of a progressive nature throughout the country. The mayor and aldermen and the public generally hav> taken this into account and there has been no tendency to take undue advantage of the company by compelling it to push work during a period of unusual and unexpected depression, or to live up to the letter of its contract under threat of punishment. While this is all true, it is nevertheless equally true that the feeling now is that the company should show a more aggressive spirit and give the city an adequate idea as to what may be expected in the near future. This is not at all unreasonable. The company could well afford to make a statement of its purposes, and show by a spirit of aggressive push hereafter that the delays have been entirely" incidental to the business conditions, as every one believes, and not at all the result of any desire or intention on its part to fail to carry out the contract. We have great faith in the enterprise and believe that all will come out right. The public will be entirely satisfied if it but knows that everything is now to go along smoothly and as quickly as possible toward the desired end, and that there will be no further long delays in the work of giving the city a modern electric lighting system, a day current, and a pumping station adequate to its needs. As for the street car line, while we want it, it can well wait until everything else has been attended to. There is no doubt that the city will protect and promote the public interests in the matter and that the people need not fear that they will be left in the lurch. But the people do insist that something be done. If the representatives of the company now in the city manifest an unmistakable determination to push the various deals to a speedy conclu sion it is more than likely that the city will grant an extension of time, if it be -> not too long a one. Americus wants the new water and light plant and the street railway. A SAFE AND SANE ADMINISTRATION The world o*’ finance and of busmess, the world of progress and of dev elopment, the world of commerce and of industry now knows that after the next year Georgia is assured a safe and sound administration, that the era of passionate denunciation and reckless antagonism to corporations has passed, that cool headed, sagacious, patriotic men will be at the helm, and that investments in this state will have the same protection, the same security of safety, the same assurances of welcome, as in other common wealths that have either not fallen into the maws of political demagogues, or which have speedily repented and returned to the safer and better way. The platform and the candidate presented to the world at Atlanta on Tuesday made a message that needed on explanation. The candidate stands for moderation, for conservatism, for protection of the rights of individual and corporation alike, for just and equitable treatment of all interests, for a policy in which discrimination will play no part, for an administration that will have ihe upbuilding of Georgia as its end. The platfo-m is an endorsement of the public utterances of the candi date, a reiteration of the views on which he fought and won, an expression of the course that will be pursued while he is Governor to the full extent of lu's ability. It left no room for doubt. It was clean cut and to the point, it. was an open invitation to money to flow’ into Georgia for Georgia’s well being, with the knowledge that it will be given the glad right hand of welcome and Know no more political ostracism and attacks based on selfish ambitions and panderings to political necessities. From one end of the country to the other the plank in the Georgia state platform of 1908 will tell the capitalist, the investor, the promoter, the builder of railroads and the leader of industrial life, that this is once more a safe field in which to place money, a state that is eager and willing to have its reso .rces developed, a commonwealth where all capital that is legitimately employed will receive the same protection, the same encour agement, the same approbation that industry honestly applied in any walk of life receives as its due meed. “We pledge not only to citizens of this state, but to citizens of other states, that all capital invested in legitimate enterprises in Georgia, whether foreign or domestic, corporate or private, shall have the equal piotection of the laws and the equal friendly con sideration of those who administer the laws.” This is how the convention of Tuesday spoke. It is Georgia’s reply to the demagogic appeals of the past year or two, it is Georgia’s final answer to those who have tried to rise and thrive on senseless appeals to prejudice, to those who "hought they saw opportunities for self advancement in a ceaseless warfare on capital. It is the well deserved rebuke to the class rt politicians who are eager to seize every passing opportunity to climb, :egardless of the lasting effect on the prosperity and happiness of the people. Shopping i f° r a cou Pl e °f hours—maybe all day. Big crowds V vA/ 7 us h and bustle—bad air—hot outdoors and hotter \d J J/f\ j in doors. Head aches—throat and mouth dry—so thirsty _ *?•/ y through and through. p 1 DrinK M % JHf §F ivi' /P W ’H relieve the fatigue, quench the thirst as nothing else will, quiet your jgj nerves and refresh and invigorate you. Palate pleasing. Delicious—Wholesome—Thirst-Quenching GET THE GENUINE j ( , SC* g CURES' .*3.0. OLD SORES No old sore can heal until the cause which produces it has been removed. External applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc., may reduce the infiam mation and assist in keeping the place clean, but cannot cure the trouble because they do not reach its source. Old sores exist because the blood is infected with impurities and poisons which are constantly being discharged into the place. The nerves, tissues and fibres of the flesh are kept in a state of irritation and disease by being daily fed with the genn-laden matter through the circulation, making it impossible for the sore to heal. S. S. S. cures chronic sores I>\ its purifying action on the blood. It goes down into the circulation, and removes the poison-producing germs, impurities and morbid matters which are responsible for the failure of the place to heal. S. S. S. makes the blood pure, fresh and healthy; then as new, rich blood is carried to the spot the healing process begins, all discharge ceases, the inflammation leaves, new tissue begins to form, the place fills in with firm, healthy flesh, and soon the sore is permanently cured. S. S. S. is purely vegetable, the safest and best blood purifier for young or old. Book on Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. THE PASSING OF A GREAT AMERI. CAN. ’Twas said of a prince struck down, ‘Taller he seems in death.’ As time passes and the proper pers pective comes greater will loom the figure of Grover Cleveland on . the pages of American history. The personal animosities that poli tics engenders, the belittling of vir-| tries that intense partisanship breeds, the hatred that emanates from dis appointed ambitions and foiled plans —these will be laid in the tomb of time and a future generation will study the life of the ex-president, bis character and his deeds, unbiased by vindictive spleen and the gangrene of disappointment, and award to him a place second to few, if any, of our presidents and statesmen. The few years that intervened be tween his retirement from the White House and his death had considerably mollified the bitterness that his sturdy manhood and determined ad herence to duty as he saw it produc ed. But still the sting rankles in many breasts that were filled with hopes of personal preferment at his hands, or the memory of defeated poli cies rankles in the minds of those who conceived and engineered them in legislative halls. Death may stay the flood of carping criticisms, the fact that the vast public had come to appreciate the man for what he was may check the voice of political cal umny, and the bitter minority that has dogged his career, even in re tirement, with something akin to malicious vindictiveness, may be still ed, but their antipathy to the man and to his policies will remain as a tri bute to his undaunted courage, to the clarity of his vision, to the saga city that marked his career from his entrance into the political arena to the dying hour at Princeton. In bis death great men do him honor. But the monument of appre ciation that coming generations will build will far exceed any that his own time will accord him. His place in history is secure and memorable. Ignorance of Biblical Allusion (Macon Telegraph.) Professor W. L. Cross of Yale, in complaining that students of litera ture are greatly hampered in their work because they are grossly ignor ant of the English Bible, merely adds his testimony to that of many another observer in recent years. Though the Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world, it now seems to be one of the least read among the edu cated classes, who show an ignorance to Biblical allusions, whether in lit erature or in speech, that would have U W HFHkT And man y other painful |B JP || H| m p ailments from which most Kir JpL %***&JL <|| mothers suffer, can be avoid ■ TyJII ed by using Mother’s Friend. |l This remedy is a God-send to s&Mfc Wt&t H . / expectant mothers, carrying B Mi# A y JL ihem through the critical ordeal with safety. No woman who uses Mother’s Friend need fear the suffering incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its dread and insures safety to life of mother and child, leaving her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is also strong good sent free by writing to raj 151 g| BfaG fes KB BRA D FIELD REG If LA TOR 00. JL H Hill ffLJF Atlanta, Ga. JP** iSL jHHf AA astonished their fathers and grand-fa thers. The writer who characterizes this disuse of the Bible, all apart from any religious considerations, as “one of the great calamities of the age,” does not go too far. In former per iods even those who questioned the religious authority of the Bible re cognized not only its civilizing in fluence but its great literary strength and beauty. Thus Huxley wrote: “Consider that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar and simple from John-o’- Groat’s house to Band’s End as Dante and Tasso once were to Italians; that it is written in the noblest and purest English and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form, and, finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries and civilizations, and of a great past stretching back back to the farthest limits of the oldest na tions of the world.” The time seems to be near at hand when the professors of literature in the colleges will find it necessary to inaugurate a regular course in the systematic study of the Bible as the greatest and most neglected of books. New York Losing Trade (New Orleans States .. The recent abandonment of the port of New York by five ships of the White Star line in favor of Montreal where grain can be loaded two cents and a half cheaper per bushel, has had the effect of opening the eyes of the self-centered New Yorker to the unwelcome proof of the enter prise and success of the Canadians in commercial competition. Although Montreal is a thousand miles from the sea, the Canadian government has for quite a long period been spending millions of dol lars each year making the St. Law rence river available for steamships of heavy draft, and through the adop tion of liberal policies encouraging the development of commerce with the interior, of which Montreal is now the port. The New Yorkers as a result are confronted with the fact that unless their enterprise proves to be more than a match for the activity and competition of the Canadians Mon treal is sure to become the outlet not only of the great British-American northwest, but also of the northern grain fields with the boundary of the United States. Indeed the latter are even sending their products to the Canadian port, and the business has grown so large that the White Star line found it more profitable to withdraw and enter them in the Mon treal trade. The legislators might well appoint a commission to report a new bank ing law for Georgia. Such rotten failures as those at Waycross and Macon point the necessity for such action. And the commission need not be afraid to make the punishment for rascality too severe. “Baldwin” and “CokMial” Refrigerator, Quality From 8 Best. $75.00 A. W. SMITH FURNITURE CO. Corner Jackson Street and Forsyth Street. 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. HEALTH, CLEANLINESS, COMFORT, LUXURY, all are combined in the modern bath room, but without the modern system of sanitary plumbing the modern bath room would be an impossibility. Therefore when you desire to equip your house with plumbing of the right kind, go to the right kind of a plumber. C. P. Payne has a reputation second to none, based on practical experience and scientific in telligence. For specifications and es timates for plumbing, electric wiring,* gas fixtures, roof paints, gutter and tin work, see C P. PAM. FISH TALES are often exaggerations bu* we have no need of stretching the truth in our business as FISH DEALERS. nesß is an absolutely Indispensable quality In unsalted or unsmoked fish and we Handle none about which there may be the slightest doubt. VTe keept very kind In season from the gamely trout to solid mullet. And we don’t try to make a fortune on every p">und of fish we sell either. SHFRLOCK & CO. Phone No 3?. People of this Age realize more and more the need of providing for the future by systemat ically saving and adding each week a feW T dollars to their bank account. Others spend all without giving a thought to their future needs. Don’t be classed among the latter —have a Savings Account at Our Savings Department, increase it oft en—such “smartness” pays! 4 per cent, interest paid on Sav ings. The Planters Bank of Americus ■' A WHL FANCY GROCERIES of all the best varieties are here in 'TBH plenty on our shelves and counters hfiiff l as we *l as the more staple. No mat rS'\ jffjfWjj liacHM I ter what you may want in Groceries —■ w /'"•V'i wn&rl, we have it of the best and at the / lowest prices, compatible with wliat f^TT — ,1 i * s real ly*the best. QggUVj« 4 A | Your orders either personally or * ; or Phone will receive our usual prompt attention. SPARKS GROCERY CO. A. W. Smith, Pres. G. M. Eldridge, Y. P. N. M. Dudley, Cashier Bank of South-Western Ga., Americus Ga. Security, Liberality and Courtesy Accorded Its Patrons. DIRECTORS: C. L. Ansley, G. M. Eldridge, R. J. Peri# W. A. Dodson, Thos. Harrold, A. W. Smith, N. M. Dudley, H. R. Johnson. L. A. LOWREY, President. M. M. (,oWJ’k’i; Cashier. JRAWFORD WHEATLEY, Vice. Pres. R. E. Me M T * Y. Assf. Cashier. AMERICUS NATIONAL BANK The Only National Bank in This Section. CAPITAL $100,000.00. U. S. BONDS $100,000.00. Under the supervision of the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. Accounts of firms, individuals and coporations ißvited. Certificates of deposit issued bearing interest. J. W, SHEFFIELD, President, FLANK SHEFFIELD Vice-! res. 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. G. COUNCIL, Pres. Inc. 1891. C. M. COUNCIL, Cashier. R. J. PERRY, Vice-Pres H. S. COUNCIL, Asst. Cashier. rgp The Planters Bank wSftMf of Americus Jiff •yjly l|! !§§[- 8Z- 8 jfi Lfra Total Resources, -- - $500,000 . I ?fi ” }* i 1 '**• •, With well-established ?•' B !i'o : • « tiolls , our large 'resources. and S M B s&.i a ■ ory attention consistent with M'uml banking, we solicit your patronage ££» f 'ißgs' :'a ! Interest allowed on time cert it r- . ... Depertm/ent for Savings Shoes Repaired. | ~JgL („ jjjj, I pick the stitches and preserve tht / 11 ’ welts. I also repair shoes according to W/i/ll Knv nf CPI I the standard rule. I use nothing but * ▼ 1/11 the ) : ■ t sole leather on the market / . Spec l - attention given to ladies and nnvr aaL 1? f*C ll childrens shoes. All Work Hand aRY /KIOCI OT IV La I stitched or tacked if desired. JOSEPH M. DUDLEY. 312 Jackson Street, IW./L. ENGLISH /