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OFFICIAL OBGAN
City of Americua.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia Far
Third Congressional District..
T). S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
A mericus (ia. Mny 27. 1913
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Le.s be children, just out of school,
.ideing barefooted in yonder pool,
Ja.ighing and leaping and holding up
Our chins to the glow of the butter
cup
T see if its shadows like days of old,
Covers our chins with that delica'e
gold.
Le'.'s be children for just a while,
In the summer sun of the childhood
smile,
1 i' ing that beautiful old life over,
W.th bare knees deep in the nodding
clover,
And blowing dandelions one, two,
three
To see if you're going to marry me.
I eVs be children and run with life
Out of the gates of tumult and strife,
Iflwn to the rainbow's end again.
Far from the murmur of maddening
men,
The whirl of traffic, the dust and
steam.
Children of joy in a world of dream.
I e ’s be children like that of May |
\ ho are crowned with the roses of
love today,
Making believe that the simplest
things
.Are marvelous gods upon magic
wings, I
T*>at Crusoe lived and Aladin, too,
And you washed your face in the I
morning dew,
To stay like children our whole life
through.
—The Bentztown Bard.
THE SACKEDNESB OF MARRIAGE
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At the General Assembly of the.
Northern Presbyterian Church at AM
I, ota a resolution was passed deciar-,
ing marriage to be a sacred institution
„r,!l calling for more strict and uniform
marriage and divorce laws. Every e 1 :-
j resion of this kind is helpful, yet it
would seem that the marriage question
might be made more a matter ->f
church discipline than it is.
Some denominations have no dis
ciplinary machiners, large latitude
being allowed to individual ministeis
and churches. But there are minis
- tcrial associations and various organ
(rations which might so strongly set
their seal of condemnation on the
performance of the marriage ceremonv
I*v a minister, save under proper con
ditions of caution that ft would
amount in force almost to authority.
Those who have made a study of
the divorce evil have learned that
much of it is founded on the marriage
evil. Too easy marriage leads to di
. vorce. Elopements, dares, joy ride
engagements, divorce marriages, toy
youthful marriages, are all fraught
i with the potency of divorce. It would
) seem that the best way for the church
to emphasize the sacredness of mar
riage would be for its ministers to re
fuse to perform the ceremony in ail
such cases.
A safe rule would be for a minister
to refuse to perform the ceremony un
less he knew personally at least one of
the parties and was entirely satisfied
all the conditions were proper and
calculated to make the marriage a
good one. Strict rules in this respect,
recommendations and resolutions in
such denomination as have no super
visoral authority, and discipline in
ethers —as there already is in some
would do much to impress the public
with the sacredness of the marriage
ceremony when performed by a min
ister, and relieve the clergy of much
of the responsibility they now bear for
the light regard the public have as to
its sacredness.
Os course stricter marriage laws are
needed. The clergy can not bring
about the reform alone, so long as the
land throngs with justices of the
prace, mayors and judges who see
nothing in the marriage beyond a le
gal form authorized by a license. Reg
ulations requiring publicity and the
lapse of time between the application
for a license and its issuance are the
first and most obvious legal steps, but
1
there are others of a restrictive na
ture which are likely gradually to be ,
adopted. While this would not affect ;
the sacredness of the ceremony, i: 1
would prevent many hasty marriages
i
The sacredness Pf the marriage cere- (
mony must be preserved and protected (
by the church itself, not by law. i
EUROPE, '('ALIFORM ! AND ASI V ’
i
After much digging and much use
less throwing of dirt, which had to <
come out, but need not have been used |'
for argument, the root of the question! 1
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raised in California begins to appea>\ (
The opinion that the question is eth
nical, and neither commercial nor po-1:
litieal any farther than commerce an:lj (
politics are parts of an ethnic con-|‘
sciousness. j.
Sir Valentine Chirol writes lengthiivU
and of course learnedly, in the Lon-! (
don Times, in saying that: "The ul'.i-|J
irate point in the dispute does not as- ]
j'
feet America alone, but is essentially ( \
a world question. There should be 1 <
plenty of room t'er the surplus millions’ 1
of Japan and China in the undevelofl|l
Asiatic territories for many decades to .
Come." -1
In this note is sounded the alarm o: j
Europe; one which has been often ex-| 1
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pressed in less diplomatic ways. Tha
German kaiser expresseQ it afe • - T I (
i
years ago in away so much more (li-i!
rect and forcible as to result in th i|
coining of the phrase, “the yellovj'
I:
peril." This fear is not military any
more than political or commercial, ft
i ; social in origin and in essence. It
springs out of a realization that to
maintain Christian standards of living'
jin Christian lands, against waves of
immigration of Asiatics with much
lower standards, would be impossible.
Unless Asiatic standards could b->
raised by the contact.
Caucasian standards would of neL-ei
i
sity be lowered. Prices would find the,
new levels made by new labor condi-j
Itions, and a lowering in the level of,
| prices would include lowering of tho|
| standards of living and a falling away
j from and forgetting of the aspirations
lof the West. Such is the fear of As
| iatie invasions, not only in this coun
j try but in Europe. Men wise only m'
their own generation deride it, but
| instinct, w hich is the wisdom of the
ages, can not throw it off.
For this reason it has been easy to
see, from the beginning of the Cali
fornia controversy, that the Japanese
position, however diplomatically stat
ed, is one more of resentment of our
naturalization laws than one of claim
or violated treaty rights. That is th >
j fact which gives the situation its most
sinister appearance. The Japanese
{resent the national statute excluding
Asiatics from citizenship more than
t
they would be called upon to resent a
IHE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
e treaty violation.
Treaty violations have been frequent
e iii history, but such a violation is noi
) an affront, it involves no derogation
t of the dignity of the nation the treaty
J rights of hich are violated, while th i
a exclusion of a proud people from pos
sible citizenship is such a derogation.
- The United States naturalization In v
1 rests upon an ethnic consciousness
which nothing will change. That it is
r ethnical and not national, insular, or
- in any way provincial, the fact that
l the same consciousness is felt in Eu
i rope is evidence.
i Sir Valentine Chirol evidently sees
t its essence in writing, “While Japan
,is fully warranted in standing upon
i her treaty rights, she will do well to
- remember that a claim to enter u
i neighbor's garden is not a claim that
can be pressed with unrestricted in
■ dignation.” Japanese diplomacy cat
. hardly press the point to one of “unre
stricted indignation,” as against a
i treaty which can easily be arbitrated
• as to its meanings. Japanese indigna
> j tion could be more rightly "unrestrict
ed" as to a law’ of the United States.
- which can not be arbitrated anywhere,
but over which a new treaty would,
when adopted, be supreme.
ORIGIN OF LIFE
Science, Says London Professor, Has
Failed to Solve the Great Enigma
(Pall Mall Gazette.)
Prof. Sims Woodhead's lecture a
the Royal Society of Arts will have the
effect of putting an end, for a time at
least, to the wild claims of the young
er generation of scientists who every
year or two announce that at least
they have "made life."
Prof. Woodhead held out little hope
of the secret of the origin of life being
discovered in our time; indeed, he de
clared that even before any advance in
our study of this subject can be made
we must have a "great philosoper
whose outlook is wide and who can
found his philosophy on a broad,
scientific basis.”
He declared that in the production
of antitoxins in the animal body we
! have probably one of the strongest of
our proofs of the existence of some
thing more than any mere chemical or
chemico-physical process. Ehrlich and
Weigert have demonstrated that these
antitoxins are the result of some spe
cific reaction between proteid toxins
I and the tissues of the body. «•
"For my part,*’ said Prof. Woodhead,
I"I am convinced that the study of the
I origin of life must in future be very
| closely connected and concerned with
(these adaptive processes that can only
(be carried cn with any promise of suc
; cess in organisms whose tissues react
!to the various nutritive, fermentative,
1 and toxic proteids, and, in reacting.
1 produce antibodies in great variety,
but of high specificity.”
But though the vast amount of time
and knowledge that have been expend
ed in pursuit of this great secret o.“
! life have resulted in no revelation of
I the object of search, they have at least
i in an indirect way added to the sum
of our knowledge Prof. Woodhead
iclosed his measured and sober lecture!
! bv stating his belief in a personal God. |
{ by “rebelling against Whose laws we
are bound to suffer directly or indi-(
jrectly, but, obeying with the freedom j
of sons, we become more like that 1
from which we have come.”
CHIVALRY IN MODERN LIFE I
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Its Spirit Itelongs to All Nations and
AH stages of Their Progress.
<E. J. Brailsford in the London Quar
terly Review.)
Although the definition has especial
ly in view the brave deeds of the civ-'
ilized sons of Europe, the spirit of
chivalry has shown itself in all nations
and in all races in all stages of their f
progress. While the Crusaders were
| endeavoring to wrench the holy sep
iulchre out of the hands of the Sar
acen whom they despised, Saladin was
i sending his own physician to heal
Richard Coeur de Lion, his deadly en
emy, of his mysterious sickness.
There is probably no tribe of me •.
on the face of the earth which has not
some tradition of a brave and noble
i action. It may not be regarded as at
I all extraordinary, and yet it will be
cherished and retold, and run like h
thread of gold through the memory o'
successive generations In Hyndman's
Records of an Adeventurous Life," re
cently published, there is the story of
, such a deed which is worth repeating.
1 "The Lebuga. the chief of the Island
of Ovalau was out in a big double
canoe when a sudden storm came on
and it capsized in a part known to be
infested with sharks. Immediately
Tui Levuka and the crew were thrown
into the water, Che natives made a
circle round their chief, joining hands
and keeping themselves afloat with'
their legs while he swam about inside
the ring so formed quite comfortably.
"A shriek and a groan and down
goes one native. The two next to him
i release their hands and join them
| again over the empty space. Another
lis taken in the same way and again
the circle is completed as if none were
missing. A third disappearance, and
once more silently and as it were au
tomatically, the narrowing circle is
reconsituted, with Lui Levuka still
safe in the midst.’ ‘Another for Hec
tor’ was never replied to and acted
j upon more grewsome crcumstances,
for. the men left could hear the swirl
of the water as successive comrades
disappeared below the surface, and
their blood washed up around the cir
cle as they were devoured. Finnally,
after this had been going on for some
considerable time, man after man go
(ing down in turn, other native canoes
! came up and took Tui Levuka and his
I much reduced band of followers on
j board. Only 27 out of the original
number of 45 remained.
With all these facts in view, we are
(necessarily compelled to abandon the
(definition in the dictionaries and to
seek for one which will recognize that
(this noble manifestation of character
belongs to man as man.
in a conventional sense the words of
the American Sumner are strictly true
“The age of chivalry has gone. The
age of humanity has come. The horse
yields the foremost place to man!”
But our contention is that the soul of
chivalry remains to animate “the age
of humanity.” Is* historical and acci
dental limitations have been left be
which inspires us to think noble
hind. We know it now ias the spirit
thoughts and to do brave and self
sacrificing deeds in a magnanimous
and modest way.
GROWTH OF THE SWEATSHOPS
More Than 100 Tenement or Sweatshop
Industries in New York Today.
(Woman’s Home Companion.)
In the last 25 years, since there has
been such a great tide of European
immigration into our large cities, ten
ement districts have grown more and
more crowded, and with the increasing
congestion has come a proportionate
increase in rents. The manufacturer,
casting about for a means of reducing
the cost of production, found all about
his factory women who, unable to go
out to work, were glad to take work in
at home. Sometimes they earned only
pin money and were satisfied with- low
pay, these old women and little chil
dren, widows and invalids, sometimes
they w’ere so poor they were thank
ful to get even the w’retched wages
which the manufacturer, setting his
rates at the least demand of these un
skilled workers, soon learned to pay
throughout these sweated industries.
No law regulated the matter, for, of
course, the factory inspector could not
force his way into the home; no more
could the guardian of the child labor
law’ to be sure, the health departmen.
authorities could take things into thei.‘
own hands in the event of contagious
diseases of a virulent nature, provided
they knew’ of the existence of the
cases. But many forms of contagion
go undetected or unregulated even by
the most vigilant health authorities.
Meanwi ■, the cv eating system
grew apace, arid each changing fash
ion of women's apparel added a new
industry to the list. It is estimated
that in Nek York city today there are
more than 100 tenement or sweatshop
industries.
The finished product is frequently n
combination of handwork done at
home and machine work done in the
shop; thus a manufacturer may have
a tiny factory of his own and employ
half a dozen girls to run power ma
chines and do the stitching during the ■,
day; then if you watch yfctt will see
those six girls going home in the even
ing carrying large packages of un
derwear for ribboning or men’s
coats for felling and buttonholing.
These they distribute among the
neighbors, who work on them far into
the night; in the morning the finished
product is ready to go back to the
factory.
Examination For Teachers.
The general examination will be
held June 13 and 14. Examinations for!
whites will be held at my office in the!
county courthouse in Americus;
colored applicants at colored public
school building (McKay hill.)
The books on teaching to be used as
basis for this examination, Hodge t
"Nature Study ond Life,” and Col
grave's "The Teacher and School."
Examination will open Friday morn
ing. June 13 at 8:30 o’clock. All ap
plicants should be on hand promptly,
\V. S. MOORE, C. S. C.
25-dlbw-till June 12
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Her Health and Strength Back
Again by The Use of Cardui.
. Tampa, Fla.—ln a letter from this
city, Mrs. E. C. Corum writes: ‘‘l was
all weakened and worn out with wo
manly troubles. My husband brought
me some Cardui as a tonic, and, from
the first day, it seemed to help.
I had almost lost my reason, but,
thanks to Cardui, I did not. Soon, I
felt and looked like a new woman. I
think the remedy is wonderful. I
recommend it to my friends, for I have
received great benefit from it.”
Cardui acts specifically on the weak
ened womanly organs, strengthening
the muscles and nerves, and building
them up to health.
It helps to refresh the worn-out ner
vous system and relieves the effects of
overwork, both mental and physical.
Fifty years’ successful use fully
prove the merit of this purely vege
table. tonic remedy for women.
In every community, there live some
Who have been benefited by Cardui.
The beneficial effects of this time
tested woman’s remedy, soon show
themselves in many different ways.
Try it.
N. B.—Write to: Ladles* Advisory Dept, Chatta
nooga Medicine Co., Chattaiu-oga, T -nn, for Special
Instructions, and 64-page book "Home Treatmaol
W Women," **»t in olaio wrapper on reoutst.
"Hon. W. O. Russell
in Americus”
On June 4th, which is
Wednesday, nekt week,
lion. W. O. Russell,a farm
er from’the lone star state,
will delivei an address in
Americus upon a subject
that is of vital interest to
every business man in the
South. The farmers, bank -
ers and business men of
Americus and this section
are especially invited to
hear him.
Mr. Russell will tell of a
plan to market your crop
that will mean millions
more a year to the farmers
and business men of the |
South. No Southerner can |
afford to misS hearing this
man. Remember the date,
Wednesday. next week,
June 4th. His talk will
mean money to you
WILL TRY FOR PLAGE
AT NAVAL ACADEMY
Appointment Git cn l.eunord Parker .!<•,
of Americus.
Having graduated with honor from
the Georgia Military Institute three
days ago, Mr. Leonard Parker, Jr., is
at home again and is being congratu
lated by his many friends upon his suc
cessful career at that institution. Mr.
Parker, as announced quite recently,
has been tendered by Congressman
Charles R. Crisp the appointment of a I
! cadetship at the United States Naval
j Academy, Annapolis, in the event he
passes successfully the required ex
amination. N
This Mr. Parker will try for befoie
an examining board at Macon on June
sth, and his many friends feel quite
assured that he will make a satisfac
tory record there. Mr. Therou Jen
nings, of Plains, has been named as
alternate for the vacancy in the Naval
Academy by Congressman Crisp,
should Mr. Parker, for any reason, de
cline the place.
"Why do you call that cat Plu
tarch?”
i "On account of his numerous lives." 1
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
L. G. COUNCIL, I’res’t Inc. 1891. C. M. COUNCIL, Vice Pres
H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
Planters Bank ot Americus
Capital, Surplus and Profits
$200,000
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MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK
A Business Man’s
Proposition
- Do you look to the people of Americus
for your patronage? If so, do you patronize
a home industry.
Last year a representative body of our
citizens, (purely for the benefit of Americus
people) built an electric plant, so that you
might secure electnciiy at a reasonable rate.
You are now drawing a dividend on their
investment. Do you appreciate this fact? If
so, then you should show your appreciation
by using our current.
Call us up and let us convince you.
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Estimates furnished cheerfully aud promptly
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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913