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The Americus Times-Recorder
H «wy.foubth year.
eloquent address was
DELIVERER RY MR. SHIPP
Before the Alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at
Auburn Yesterday—Cordial Reception Given to the
Well Known Americus Orator
• (Special to Times-Recorder.)
Auburn, Ala., June 4.—A most cor
-11.11 welcome " as given this morning
t v the alumni and students of tin
Alabama Polytechnic Institute to Mr.
1 K. 0 Shipp, of Americus, Ga„ when
he de iivered his masterly and thought
,,,l address on "The Ten Thousand
Dollar Man” before a large concourse
of people in the auditorium here.
A large number of Mr. Shipp’s class
mates were present to greet him and
loyalty of the members of the class
0 f 1879 to the orator of the occasion '
was unmistakable. Mr. Shipp was
t reeled most cordially when he ap
pared before the large assembly, one j
of the largest ever known at com-!
mencement exercises here, and he !
held the attention of all present J
throughout the time he spoke. The !
strong applause which he received J
when he concluded, showed the gen-1
nine interest and enthusiasm which
his address had aroused.
The complete text of the address
delivered by Mr. Shipp is as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen:
As a faithful and humble alumnus,
I am anxious that in discharging the j
honorable trust you have assigned me,
that the hour which we pass together
should be exclusively occupied with
reflections which belong to us as af
fectionate children of our common
mother. My embarrassment would
be greater did I not feel that your
thoughts would naturally flow in sym
pathetic unison, as may be presumed
at all times to be habitual and famil
iar with men of liberal attainments.
This solicitude arising from a cons
cious inability to be equal to the
academic custom which draws us to
gether is, I trust, not merely a per-,
sonai feeling. This anniversary is j
not one to be embraced unworthily |
by me to attempt from the selfish de-|
sire of winning your applause, a cold
disquisition, how'ever erudite or in
genious. This is the Yule-tide com
ing to our cherished home, endeared
to us by all the pleasant associations
of collegiate life and intellectual fel
lowship.
The utility of these literary festi
vals is rather to cement the bonds of
brotherly love; to breathe hope and.
inspiration to best endeavors; to keep
alice and foster a love of learning in
ourselves and others. We lay aside
our work and cares, our offices and
studies, we leave the fields and fo
rums and repair in peace to this, our
pleasant Olympia. We renew here
our attachments formed in the bright
morning of life with our long parted
associates, and as we pay our homage
to the venerated fathers, we make the
acquaintance of the enthusiastic:
young, who are to follow after us.
When we leave our college halls the
one question uppermost in our minds,
is how we may make the most of
This only one life we have to live.
How can we make our efforts accom
plish the greatest ends. Duty is not
so clear, nor is our w'ork so well de
i’nod as in the quiet college sur
roundings. Life is larger and harder
10 handle than w r e anticipated. Im
-1 dhed youthful theories fail before
one has had positive experience
’ dough to know where the difficulties
ho. The timid, untrained and inefff
rif>nt fall into the common herd,
*''her because of a want of persistent
purpose or because their well devised
s ;lr e not fought out as hard as
they Were thought out.
hot us contemplate for a moment
vast undeveloped resources of
s young commonwealth. Oh! State
1,1 -Alabama! Land of tomorrow, to
’hrice blessed by the Panama ca-
Here nature has lavished her
;,lirest gifts and distributed her
1.11 gess with so generous a hand that
Wa .
are prone to wonder what
Plentitude of unused wealth, wha*
■' sit mines of iron and coal in close
’ " imity, now almost untouched,
'"' ; ng for the master mind to lead
* 1 'heir handling! What tremendousl
■ ‘power no more utilized by ourl
than when owned by
1 " 1 ,|op taws or Muscogulees! How.
11 ,ol 'y and madness the greater
1 °f our population competing
'" l,y of ily with themselves in the
s ''>Kle Industry of growing cot
-1 ' n such abundance as to be re
n' ,r atlve In price, and with all the
■"ditieg here for erecting manufac
• "' s; how this cotton is shipped
"' l< ' *° be spun and woven and
" brought back to us in the shape
(i 111,1 n 'ifactured goods to be market
at the very spot where it wa3
grown! Now the foreign manufactur
ers of all the state’s crude products,
• | whether of wood, metal or cotton, in
| variably get more money in their
j manufacture than do our people who
I furnish them at first hands. At a
! glance we observe that the one crying
need that calls in thunder tones to
j our colleges and universities, is fo*
j better trained and technically educat
ied men of action with independent
minds to manufacture here at home
all the products of the earth and
j thus diversify the industries of the
| state. To diversify will be to glorify.
Tt is the Ten Thousand Dollar Men
that are wanted!
j There are today more ten thousand
| dollar jobs than there are competent
I men t to fill them. They are, alas,
i too scarce and the positions are seek
ing men to till them. The ranks or
| mediocrity, however, are full. The
one thousand dollar man is never
sure of a job and competition with
him is always present and disquiet
ing. For lack of efficient training and
wholesome discipline, thousands must
spend their lives in violent competi
tion within the crowded ranks of this
I mediocrity. This economic law that
drives the weakest to the wall can
neither be resisted nor questioned. It
is a law that has no mercy or senti
ment, either in nature or society, yet
producing in its operation all that is
most valuable or permanent in civil
ization.
There can be no progress without a
definite and traceable cause. Let the
conditions all exist for a rapid growth
and logical development, let no essen
tial ingredient be lacking and the
country will progress in the very na
ture of things. With all natural con
-1 ditions unsurpassed, with transporta -
1 1acilities ample and markets of the
I world ready to absorb all her man
ufactured products, Alabama cries in
sistently for the Ten Thousand Dol
lar Men to give to her the lead in the
manufacture of iron, cotton and steel.
The supply of such men has never
equalled the demand.
The noblest work of God is man and
mind is the greatest part of man. The
value of education is estimated just
in proportion as this fact becomes ap
! predated. When Sir William Black
stone wrote his famous commentaries
on the laws of England, there were
one hundred and sixty offenses for
which men were executed, including
the stealing of a watch worth five
pounds, the killing of a rabbit, and
the defacing of London bridge. Now
there are only three crimes for which
the death penalty is inflicted. This
is because of the higher value placed
cn men in general as civilization ad
vances.
The great Napoleon in battle, watch
ing with a field glass the decimation
of his own forces by the Austrians,
was approached by a courier, saying:
“Sire, the three regiments sent to
destroy the Austrian batteries have
all been struck down by the dreadful
fire of the enemies’ guns; what or
ders, sire?” "Forward!” said the
great commander, "send the fourth,
fifth and sixth regiments to take their
places.” In half an hour the courier
returned, reporting the destruction of
these three regiments. Then he spied
his old trusted, Ney at the head of a
battalion, rushing to the carnage to
save the day for his chief. Napoleon
for the first time was agitated; dash
ing up to his great marshal, he ex
claimed: “Stop, Ney! go hack! 1
can lose ten regiments of soldiers,
their places can be filled by new lev
ies of men, but you, the bravest of
the brave; my leader of the Old
Guard; I can never afford to give up
—in the whole of La belle France your
place cannot be filled. Men are uoth
■ ing; a man is everything!”
“The reason why,
The cynic, the sad and the fallen
Who had no strength forth“
strife,”
Are with the great majority, at the
foot of the ladder, is because they
lack pluck, persistence or sense
enough to mount it. The ambitious
the eager, the trained, the dogged and
daring continue always to excite the
fickle, the bigoted and lazy. Superior
ity will ever assert itself through all
trying conditions and vicissitudes.
Alexander Stephens was puny, but by
his energy he became'great. William
H. Crawford was poverty stricken in
his youth and had the care of his
deceased father's large family, but by
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1912.
LIFE’S PISAPPOINTMETS
' (MumnoH
(Copyright.) *
CONVICTS
MADE DASH
FOR LIBERTY
AND SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED
Three White Prisoners Gain
ed Liberty 1
J 11
Three white convicts employed up
on the Sumter county chaingang made
a successful dash for liberty yester
day afternoon and landed safely in the
fastnesses of Muckalee swamp despite
the bullets fired at them, and the ef
forts made with dogs to run them
down.
The men got away about 3 o’clock at
the turnpike in the western limits of
Americus, where the gang of four- j
teen white convicts were making road
repairs. The three fugitives, Luther
Glower, Harry Langdon and Dixie
Burge had, it seems, been sent into
the swamp in charge of a guard to
cut poles for building a causeway.
Eluding the guard's watchfulness for
a moment, the convicts made a dash
for liberty, their side shackles inter
fering but little in their flight.
The guard fired upon the fugitives
five times and then hurriedly reported
the escape to Mr. Lee Bradley, in
charge of the camp. The track dogs
were at hand and these were imme
diately put upon the trail of the fu
gitives. The men evidently separated
upon reaching the dense swamp, and
up to a late hour in the afternoon had
not been captured.
The three “escapes” had been in the
Sumter county gang since the camp
of fourteen white convicts was estab
lished here about two years ago. They
had given no trouble previously and
were well treated, the white convicts
being kept to themselves and entirely
separated from the negro convicts.
The three fugitives were sent here
from Fulton county. Harry Langdon
was doing a twenty-year term for bur
glary; Luther Glower was in for four
years for the same crime, while Burge
was doing an eight-year term for bur
glary.
1 Direct From the Diamonds |
Sent hem League.
Atlanta-Montgomery, no game;
rain.
Nashville 3, Mobile 5.
Birmingham 5, Chattanooga 1.
Memphis-New Orleans not schedul
ed.
South Atlantic League.
Columbus 9, Albany 5.
Savannah 1, Columbia 2.
Macon 6, Jacksonville 0.
American League.
Cleveland 5, Boston 1.
Detroit 14, New York 1.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0.
St. Louis B, Washington 3.
National League.
New York 14, St. Louis 9.
Brooklyn 1, Chicago 2.
Philadelphia 17, Pittsburg 4.
Probably Local Showers Today.
THE WEATHER. Local Showers Today.
COLLEGE GIRLS COME
HOME FOR VACATION
Large Party Returned Home
Yesterday
A bevy of pretty school girls, fair
graduates and others, from the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial School at
Milledgeville, returned yesterday to
their homes in Americus and vicinity.
In the party were Miss Florence
Walters, of Americus; Misses Flor
ence Stapleton and LaVerne Souter,
of Preston; Misses Georgia Lee Bar
ker, Nell Bacon and Martha Kendrick,
of Plains; Misses May Sherman, Car
rie Ward, Blanche Johnson and Clara
Marshall, of Lumpkin.
SUMMER ACTIVITY IN
BUILDING IS MARKED
Numerous Homes are Being Built, While Repairs are in
Progress on Many Others
i'* T • '
The building of more residences which he will occupy until he builc.s
and the improvements made in oth-his own home on Taylor street,
ers already occupied, continue to Three dwellings, it is said, will go
mark the progress of Americus in aup soon on Lee street, at the corner
substantial way. Such improvements of Burke’ and near the Gatewood
are not confined to any particular home. Messrs. A. B. Boyd and Ew
section but general in their scope, as ing Kiker intend to build a residence
new dwellings are either being built each on vacant property there, while
or planned, in several localities. Mr. J. L. Sparks may build this surn-
Mr. W. M. Humber who has given mer upon a desirable lot adjacent,
to Americus several attractive dwelt- Mr. E. C. Parker will modernize
ings of the bungalow type, will begin and greatly improve his attractive res
today the erection of another on idence on Taylor street, next to the
Horne street, a two-story structure residence of Judge Z. A. Littlejohn.
IMPLEMENT EXHIBIT AT
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Everything is in Readiness For the Exhibit of Modern
Farm Machinery to Be Given Throughout Today
at the College Grounds
All the experts who are to partici
pate in the meeting that is to be
held at the Third District Agricultural
and Mechanical college grounds today
arrived yesterday and are in readiness
for their work in explaining the use
of the modern farm machinery that
will be pisplayed there during the
exhibit.
A most interesting program of ad
dresses on vital farm topics has bee.i
arranged in addition to the many
interesting and helpful demonstra
tions that will be made in a manner
that will prove them of the greatest
benefit to the farmer in a practical
way. The day will be filled with most
helpful suggestions for every farmer
who attends.
Through the agency of Mr. Davil
Wicker, farm superintendent at the
college, personal cards have been sent
NIP AND TUCK
' IN THE SECOND
DOTHAN GAME
II INNING TIE GAME RESULT
Gilt Edge Ball in Alabama
City
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Dothan, Ala., June 4. —Dothan and
Americus played the second game of
the series today, resulting in a tie af
ter eleven innings of as great amateur
ball as has been seen in this city, be
ing a great improvement over yester
day’s exhibition. It is the opinion of
out to a large number of the farmers
of the county, who have been in this
way made acquainted w r ith the fact
that the exhibit will be held and with
some of the many helpful topics ihdt
will be discussed. A large attendance
is, therefore, expected to be present
during the day.
The display of agricultural imple
ments and modern farm machinery
will be especially helpful and educa
tional. Every opportunity will be af
forded for the practical demonstra
| tion of the uses of this machinery, so
that every one who attends will be
aided by the meeting. There will be
present representatives from several
of the large manufacturing firms who
make agricultural implements and
farming machinery, as well as the
government experts who will deliver
addresses and otherwise assist in
making the occasion most profitable.
MERCER TRUSTEES WANT
THE COLLEGE IN MACON
Their Recent Action Seems to Be of Unmistakally Deci
sive Nature—Trustees Voted On Resolution
Macon, Ga., June 4.—The trustees
of Mercer university are unanimous
ly apposed to the removal of the in
stitution from Macon.
A strong and convincing resolution
to this effect was adopted by the
board this morning. The resolution
was introduced by Judge F. M. Long
ley, of LaGrange, and it was adopted
without a dissenting vote. This set
tles for once and for all the position
of the trustees on the Mercer re
moval question. The trustees are from
qll parts of the state and their ac
tion is taken to reflect the general
sentiment.
It is believed that this action of the
trustees will be one of the chief fac
tor© in the settlement of the agitation
began several years ago for the re
moval of Mercer university.
The trustees met this morning, and
were in session only an hour, adjourn
ing to attend the annual exercises of
the Alumni association. They were
guests at the barbecue dinner. This
afternoon at 3 o’clock they met again,
with several very Important matters
scheduled to be acted upon.
The Alumni association held its an
nual reunion this morning. Many of
the older graduates of the college
were present and as they strolled
TO ORGANIZE
A BRANCH OF
ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTATIVE NOW HERE
For the Standard Musical
Association
Mr. Michael Dempsey, who is at
present visiting Americus in the in
terests of the Standard Musical asso
ciation, of which organization he is
general manager for this state, hopes
to form a branch of the association
here.
Mr. Dempsey, who is staying it
the Windsor, is himself a musician of
considerable merit. He graduated
with high honors at the Paris conser
vatory when only eighteen years of
age, and for over seven years he held
the much prized and coveted position
of secretary to Sir Arthur Sullivan,
one of the world’s most famous com
posers.
After Sir Arthur’s death Mr. Demp
sey accepted a position at the King’s
Royal College of Music, London,
England, where he was engaged until
three years ago, when he resigned to
take up his present position with the
Standard Musical association.
the Americus players tonight, a3 well
as of a number of Dothan fans, that
the visitors were not given a “square
deal” in today’s decisions and the be
lief is generally expressed that should
the game tomorrow prove a close one,
Americus has no chance whatever to
win.
Today's score by innings was as fol
lows: R- H. E.
Dothan 100 000 001 00—2 8 •)
Americus 010 010 000 00 —2 4 1
Batteries—Dothan, Kidd, Hitcher
and Barrow; Americus, Baker and
Hooks.
SEABOARD EXCURSION
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Was First One Made to Tybee
This Year
The Seaboard's flrse excursion of
the season to Savannah and Tybee
■. esterday was quite successful, al
though not so many made the trip as
ir*ght have gone had the weather
been more conducive to a sea bath.
Twenty-five tickets were sold from
this station, while other towns in the
Americus territory were also well re
presented. It was expected that a
’ much larger crowd would go by the
train leaving at 1:30 this morning and
ample sleeper accommodations were
provided.
■ around the campus and about the
college they recalled the incidents of
their younger days. Mr. M A. Clark,
of Macon, is president of the associa
tion. The address this morning wa-i
delivered by Hon. John B. Guerry, of
Montezuma.
Last night the Phi Deltas won the
annual debate with the Ciceronians on
the question of the desirability of an
income tax. They had the affirmative
side.
This afternoon the faculty will ten
day the students a reception, and to
night the annual literary address will
be delivered in the chapel by Rev, A.
J. Mcncrief, of Barnesville.
THOUGHT CRACKLING
OF FIRE IN ROOF WAS
DOG AND CAT BATTLE
Rome, Ga., June 4.—Rushing up
stairs to stop what he thought was a
dog and cat fight, a member of the
family of Mrs. Fletcher Smith discov
ered the whole roof of the home on
Summerville pike on fire. The house
and furnishings were totally destroy
ed. with a loss ofs 7,500. Several
members of the household had narrow
escapes from the burning building.
'FISH FOR
; THE LOCAL
WATERWAYS
WERE RECEIVED LAST NIGHT
Game and Fish Warden In
Charge of Them
A supply of valuable fish sent di
rect to Americus from the United
States acquarium at Warm Springs,
Ga., was received here last night at
7:45 o’clock by Game Warden Mc-
Math, who immediately took charge of
the minnows and proceeded to get
them readv for their new' homes in
Muckalee creek and the other water
ways of the county.
The shipment included a number of
different species of fish, which were
received here in good shape. They
Xere taken in charge bv Fish and
Game Warden McMath, w'ho had been
notified in advance of their arrival,
and so everything had been made
ready for their reception. On ac
count of the difference in temperature
and other qualities of the water la
which they have been living and that
in which they are expected to live, it
is necessary to acclimatize the young
fish before they are put into the wa
ter courses here. This will be done,
and the fish w r ill be carefully looked
after by the warden.
PREPARING
FOR PICNIC
FOR A. L. I.
AT WILDWOOD PARK JUNE 13
Special Train Will Go From
the City
The Americus Light Infantry is
making extensive preparations for it*
annual picnic next Thursday, 13th,
and expects to have a large number
of friends in this city and along
line join the soldier boys in the trip
to Columbus and the outing at Wild*
wood Park.
A special train on the Seaboard will
convey the military there, and a day or
enjoyment is fully assured all. In ad
il dition to the usual pleasures and di
; versions, there will be good music and
•! dancing, boating on the lake and a
l ball game in the afternoon.
> 1 The rate of one dollar for the round
I trip will be open to tbe public, and
i many will go from Americus with th*.
military. j
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