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THE TIMES RECORDER, j
(Incorporated.)
Every Morning Except Monday.
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THE AMERICUS RECORDER
Established 1879.
THE AMERICUS TIMES
Established April, 1891.
G. R. ELLIS Publisher
U. u. MELTON Editor
J. W. FURLOW City Editor
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W. L DUPREE.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN:
City of Americus.
Sumter County. •
Webster County.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
LJ. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Amedicus, Gjl, September 15, 1913
In Memory of The Gulls.
Ttj»y hit the pill
Almost at will
And drove good hurlers
From the hill,
And then —they met Atlanta.
»
They piled down swats
On sundry lots
With ne’er a sign
Os yellow spots.
And then—they met Atlanta.
They pilfered sacks
Like maniacs
And froze all rivals
In their tracks,
And then —they met Atlanta.
J
TTyjy would have won
The gonfalon
And been acclaimed
The champions
Had they not met Atlanta.
—Birmingham News.
Pull for Americus, or pull out.
If you are a booster Americus wants
you for a citizen. If you are a knock
ed stay away.
Sumter county farmers are not
d eading the coming of the notorious
t 11 weevil. Why? AVell this county is
the original home of diversified crops.
When Mr. Weevil comes well plant
more corn and grow more alfalfa, raise
more hogs and cattle and take things
easy.
It dees not take a fortune to buy a
Sumter county farm today. It may
require one a few years hence.
Are you looking for a place to locate
that new manufacturing industry of
yours Americus will be glad to bid
tor it Americus capital will help you.
Cold feet never materialize until the
game gets too hot.
If you are going to bury your ham-1
Tier and stop knocking forget where
3 ou planted it and don’t run and dig it |
vp every day to see if it is growing.
Americus wants more citizens. But J
rite wants citizens of the same hig-i
class as she has now.
Sumter, the garden spote of th
v-jrld; Americus, the best town .n;
£ uniter.
Are yon a big enough man to for
get. your imagined grievane-’S and
go to work for Americus?
More varieties of*grains, fruits and
vegetables can be grown successfully
m Sumter county than in any other
section of the country.
COME TO SEE US.
The Times-Recorder takes this method of inviting every delegate
to the State Chamber of Commerce meeting to visit Americus. \V L
HAVE A TOWN THAT WE ARE PROUD OF and we
know that you will fall in love with it if you once visit it.
Americus is an ideal home town. Cur school system is as good
as any in the state. Our health record is unexcelled. We have mile.'
and miles of paved sidewalks traversing every section of our city. We
Lave miles and miles of sanitary sewerage. Cur tax rate is low. "We
have an up-to-date automobile fire department that affords protec
tion from fire. Cur climate is mild at all times. Cur citizens are
hospitable. We have seven churches, all in beautiful buildings. We
have a first class Young Men’s Christian Association. We have a
Carnegie Library. In fact we have EVERYTHING THAT
GOES TC MAKE AN IDEAL HOME TOWN.
Americus is a good business town. The merchants carry a com
plete line of everything. All Sumter as well as a large part ol
Schley Webster, Macon and Lee counties make their purchases in
Americus. AMERICUS MERCHANTS ARE THE, EN
TERPRISING KIND.
Americus is a coming manufacturing city. Already there are DU
or more enterprises that make things in the city. All of these are
the substantial kind. Americus-made goods are shipped to all cor
ners of the globe. Two railroads furnish ample shipping facilities.
There is untold amounts of undeveloped waterpower within reach of
the town.
Americus is a hustling city. A live Chamber of Commerce is
boosting the town. THE CITIZENS ACT AS A COMMIT
TEE OF ONE IN WORKING FOR THE CITY.
Americus is the county seat of the richest farming district in the
state. Cotton, corn, pecans, peaches, in fact, anything that ideal
climatic conditions and rich virgin soil will produce, grow in Sumter
county. THE COUNTY IS FAST BECOMING A FAC
TOR IN THE LIVE STOCK MARKET of the world.
Good roads traversing every part of the county make the entire
section the best part of the state to live in. Americus and Sumter
county extend an invitation to you to visit them and see for yourself
just what a fine place it is. A visitor to the county becomes a Sum
ter and Americus booster. ’
THE TIMES-RECORDER INVITES YOU TO VISIT
US THE LATCH STRING HANGS ON THE OUT
SIDE COME WHENEVER YOU CAN TO THIS HOME
OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. _
A NESTOR OF JOURNALISM
(By 0. Q. MELTON.)
Americus is the home Os the Nestor of journalism of Southwest Georgia.
J. W. Furlow, city editor of The Times-Recorder, has been a member of
the craft since there was such a thing as a newspaper in Americus.
“Walt” Furlow is worth more to an Americus newspaper than any ten
men in the South could be. In fact, he is a whole newspaper in himself.
Generations have come and gone, and still Col. Furlow has been on
the,job.’ He has written a notice o? the birth of many, seen them grow up
-ah(f then after chronicling their mafriage, has been called upon to write
the last sad notice of their death. He is a treveling encyclopoedia of Amer
icus and Americus’ people.
Th» Times-Recorder counts the brilliant ability of “Walt” Furlow
among its chief assets. Without him—well, hell be right here handing
out his same cheery dope after many of us have passed into oblivion. May
he live long and his shadow never grow smaller.
A FEW INDUSTRIES HE AMERICUS
SEABOARD RAILWAY SHOPS.
TWO UP-TO-DATE MACHINE SHOPS.
AUTOMATIC SCALE FACTORY.
TWO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS.
A MODERN GAS PLANT.
TWO ICE FACTORIES OF AMPLE CAPACITY.
A COMPRESS.
TWO LARGE MONUMENTAL WORKS.
THREE FLOURISHING CIGAR FACTORIES
TWO ARTIFICIAL STONE AND TILE PLANTS
TWO COTTON SEED GIL MILLS.
FIVE BOTTLING PLANTS.
FIVE WELL-EQUIPPED PUBLIC GINNERIES.
SEVEN AUTOMOBILE GARAGES.
THREE LAUNDRIES.
THREE LUMBER AND BUILDING COMPA
NIES.
A CANNING FACTORY.
A MODERN SANITARY BAKERY.
A METAL ROOFING PLANT.
A HARNESS FACTORY.
A MATTRESS FACTORY.
AN ACID PLANT
SEVEN FERTILIZER MIXING PLANTS.
A WAGON FACTORY.
A MIXED FEED MILLING PLANT.
A WHOLESALE MEDICINE LABORATORY.,
THREE JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENTS.
ONE DAILY NEWSPAPER.
TWO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS.
FIVE WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANIES.
TWO WHOLESALE HARDWARE CONCERNS.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER.
! THE Os NEB OF THE TIHES-BECORDER
COL. G. R. ELLIS.
BOARD OF TRADE TRAINS
BOYS IN ART OF CITIZENSHIP
How the Winston-Salem, N. C., Board
of Trade is helping the high school to
train boys for citizenship is told in a
bulletin just issued by the United
States bureau of education.
The school authorities established a
course for high school seniors in gov
ernment and economics, and put it un
der* the direction of the secretary cf
the Winston-Salem Board of Trade.
The cohrse is a foundation course in
the principles of economics and gov
ernment, but with special reference to
the industrial, commercial and agri
cultural problems cf the United States,
particularly the Southern states.
Next a “Juvenile Club” was organ
ized among the boys, ia connection
with the Board of Trade, the purpose
being to have the boys check up their
theoretical knowledge gained in schoil
with the practical, everyday problems
of an industrial center, such as Win
ston-Salem is. Boys in the club were
granted all the privileges of regular
Board of Trade members, except vot
ng. They were allowed to take part
in debate and were assigned to com
mittee work. Before entering the club
they took the “Athenian Oath,” where
>y they promised allegiance to the
highest ideals cf civic righteousness
fer the.'r city.
Ore of the first tasks assigned the
[superintendent of americus schools
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HON. J. E. MATHIS.
boys was to assist in the industrial
survey of Winston-Salem, which the
Board of Trade is making. Students
who had been specializing in the eco
nomics and government department of
the high school were chosen for this
work. In this way they are getting •»
first-hand knowledge of organized in
dustrial efforts in its relation to the
welfare of the community.
“The Winston-Salem plan,” says Le-
Roy Hodges, secretary of the Board
of Trade, “trains the boys of the city
directly for citizenship, first in the high
school, where they are taught the
principles of civil government and in
structed in the theories and basic pro
blems governing our economic order;
second, in the juvenile club, wtoef*
have the means of being identified
with the real work of municipal de
velopment, and take part in actual so
cial and industrial investigations. An
opportunity is thus provided for the
boys to study at close range the va
ried industries of the city under co a
petent direction and in an official ca
pacity.
"In brief, the plan contemplates first,
teaching the hoys how to live, and
=econd. equipping them with an educa
tion whereby they can make a living,
which in the end is the real secret ot
practical training for intelligent cif
zenship.”
The Lock Ahead For The Farmer. I
With the passage of the tariff bill
there will be’a beginning of the aban
donment of the system of protective
taxation. In other words the federal
government will hereafter try to play
fair in arranging its tax rates. In so
far possible, there will be no pref
erences, no bounties, no pulling down
of one interest to build up another. To
procure needed revenue will be the sole
object in fixing tax rates.
It is needless to say that this ;
changes of policy will bring on a day'j
of emancipation for nine-tenths of the
people of the United States. As a class
the farmers will >b« the greater gainers
but the whole body of toilers for wages'
will share in the uplift. Whatever I
will prove a welcome benefactor exce./t 1
to the very few who have been enabled
through tariff favoritism to increase
their own profits by plucking the pock
ets of their fellows. Bread, mear,
clothing, utensils, shelter, medicines,
and nearly all other necessaries of or
dinary living will be made steadily
cheaper to the ultimate consumer. Not
less than $500,000,000 —a conservative
estimate—will be annually turned from
unearned channels into the pockets of
wage-earners.
On top of the achievement of fair
play in the making of tax rates there
is every reason to expect another tri
umph for the farmer in proposed cur
rency legislation and the future estab
lishment of a system of rural credits
| that will put him on a level of equality
-with others in thg use of his assets to
the best advantage in carrying him
safely along from crop to crop.
The man who digs the corn and cot
ton out of the soil is the mainstay of
the nation. It is he who has pulled
us through in all past seasons of emer
gency. It is aobut time he should come
by his own. —Washington Post.
Where the Minister Scored
The young lawyer didn’t like the
minister, and so he thought to corner
him.
“Now, doctor,” he asked, ‘‘suppose
the parsons and the devil should have
a lawsuit, which party do you think
would win?”
“The devil unquestionably,” replied
the minister.
“Ah!” chuckled the young lawyer.
“And will you tell us why?”
“Because he would have all the law
yers on his side.”—Ladies’ Home
Journal.
THE GTE4TEST KIDNEY
REMEDY ON EARTH” SAYS
A GRATEfIiI WOMAN
I want t teil you hew much good
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| years ago. I suffered from what the
J doctors called fistula and for two year,-:
of that time I endured what no tongue
j can tell. I also had inflammation it
the bladder ana tried doctors’ medi
!
cmes w.thout receiving any help.
Someone told me about Dr. Kilmer’*
.Swamp Root.
After giving it a thorough trial, 1 re
ceived relief, so kept on us.i.g it ami
today I am a strong and* well woman
lr I ever feel badly or out of sorts, T
take Swamp-Root and it alwav.s
straightens me qut. I honestly be
lieve this medicine would cure ah
troubles you recommend it for and ’*
is a pleasure for me to send my testi
mony and photograph to you. I
think Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is one
of the greatest medicines on earth.
Respectfully yours,
MRS. JOHN BAILEY,
West Main St. Portland, Ind.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this ’2th day of July, ’909.
C. A. BENNETT,
Notary Public.
Letter to
Dr. kilnier & Co
Binghamton, Y,
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do.
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
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tion, telling all rbout the kidneys an l
bladder. When writing be sure and
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Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale a* all drug stores.—
edvt.
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MARKET STEAD! ~
AT THEME
liood Demand For Better
Grades of Staple
New York, Sept. 15.—Reports that
heavy rains and high winds were hurt
ing open cotton in the southwest and
parts of the eastern belt, strengthened
bullish confidence this morning.
Prices opened firm at 6 to 15 points
up and active months sold 15 to IS
net higher during the first few hours.
Later there was a good deal of realiz
ing and the market soon became irreg
ular, with prices 6 or 7 points from
the best. Offerings were readily tak
en on the setback, or 6 or 7 points
from the early high 'evel, and the mar
ket firmed up again, with prices selling
15 to 16 points net higher late in
the forenoon.
The market was quiet during the
early afternoon, but held steady, and
about 9 to 12 points higher. Estimat
ed receipts, 35,000 bales.
New York Futures.
New York, Sept. 15.—Cotton
closed steady.
Open High Low Close
Sept. 13.04 13.11 13.11 13.01
Oct 13.10 33.22 13.08 12.0 S
Nov. 13.00
Dec 3.08 13.17 13.02 13.02
Jan 13.01 13.05 13.00 13.00>
Feb 12.92
March 13.12 13.13 13.00 13.09-
May 13.18 13.20 13.05 13.05
June ... , v .. 13.05
July 13.20 13.20 13.05 13.95
New York Spots.
New York, Sepf. 15. —Spot cottJ.i
tesr’v; middlin uplands 13.25; I
steady; middling uplands 13 23; mid
dling gulf 13.50; no sales.
.1 merit ns Cotton Marl, "t,
Americus, Ga., Sept. 15. —The ma’-
.'tet today was steady at the advance oe
twenty points during the morning ses
sion, w v en good middlings sold for
12 5-8 c:-n‘s. At the close 12 1-2 cents
was offered.
The market is quoted as follows:
Good middling 12 1-2 12 3-8 c
Middling .12 1-8 to 12 Me
Receipts at Americus.
Bales
Received today 16 '
Received previously
Total receipts to date B,ll*
♦ WHAT AN INSURANCE
♦ MAN THINKS OF AMERICAS. *
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*
Americus is a good town because
it is in the center of one of the b est
sections in the entire south, whose na f
ural resources will make it grow ' n
spite of temporary drawbacks wh ' cl *
may come. Because her citizen? a - e
wide-awake business men wild are
building her many enterprises on a
solid and permanent basis, and best of
all, her citizens and the people ot ho
surrounding country are becoming
more united each year in a
intelligent progress.
With all these things to help he ‘’
Americus is not only a good town. blt
is bound to be a better one.
LEE M. HANSFORD- |