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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER.
(Member Associated Press.)
Established 1879.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN for City of Americus, Sumter County, Webster County,
Railroad Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court,
Southern District of Georgia.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1914
CONGRATULATIONS AMERICUS
The city of Americus is to be congratulated. Her wise selection of a
mayor in yesterday’s election marks the dawning of a new era of prosperity
and advancement for Americus. Usually a successful candidate is congrat
ulated on winning his race. But this time it is different. Instead of ex
tending the right hand of fellowship to the successful candidate and con
gratulating Mr. Council, it is fitting that the city be the one to be congrat
ulated.
That Mr. Council will make an admirable mayor in every way has been
foremost in the minds of the voters from the very moment his name was
announced. The large vote that was polled for him yesterday attests the
high esteem his neighbors have for the man. Their vote was an endorse
ment of a life of clean energy.
Mr. Council goes into office in January with the city solid behind him.
The largest vote ever polled in a three,cornered race was given him at
the polls yesterday. Americus has put behind her the strife and struggles
of years gone by and is preparing to march forward ,a united city.
Early in the race for mayor the Young Men’s Democratic League an
nounced their slogan as "A Bigger and Better Americus.” That slogan will
be the keynote of the administration. Mr. Council, with the able assist
ance of the city council and the people of the city, is going to fulfill the
slogan as adopted by the league.
The gentlemen who opposed Mr. Council for mayor were of the highest
ability. They polled a large vote, and would have made good officers if
elected. But Americus wanted Council—and Council was chosen.
Again we say: “Don’t Congratulate Mr. Council. CONGRATULATE
AMERICUS!”
AMERICUS ALWAYS AHEAD
One of the Atlanta papers has adopted for its slogan, “Made in Atlanta;
Sold in Atlanta; Bought in Atlanta.”
This slogan may look very well on paper, and it may sound pleasant
to the ears that are concerned; but our sister city is not inclosed behind an
impentrable, unscalable wall. If every other city in the state were to adopt
this motto, Atlanta ould soon find herself in need of customers.
To the people of Americus, and Sumter, and all south Georgia, the
Times-Recorder, would say: Make everything you can at home, or in your
home town; sell what you have for sale, locally, if possible; buy everything
you need as near home as you can yet it at reasonable rates.
So long as we are an inter-dependent people the “Me and my wife and
my son, John, and his wife” policy will not work out happily for all con-*
cerned. Commerce is built upon a fair exchange of commodities, both at
home and abroad.
Americus is always ahead in the interest of her own people, but she
never forgets her friends all over south Georgia, and Georgia, and the
South.
OUR FORTIFICATIONS
Says the Saturday Evening Post:
“There are no forts on Mason and Dixon’s line. The South is not look
ing back to 1860 and asking herself how many army corps and siege guns
she can muster against the North; nor is the North counting its security
against Southern aggression in military terms.
“For four thousand miles on the north a mere chalk mark separates
us from the British Empire. Nobody on either side of the line is uneasy
about that. Years of fair dealing, mutual respect, courtesy and good will
make infinitely stronger defenses against war between North and South, or
between the United States and Canada, than if we had all the Kaiser’s sol
diers or all the King's ships.”
Good will beats all the stone walls that could be built. The golden rule
will carry further than any explosive that human ingenuity can contrive.
Confidence and a willingness to live and let live will solve more problems
than the sword, the airship, and the sub-marine can ever hope to solve.
Material fortifications, at best, indicate a lack of lasting confidence.
'The miserable old cry, “In time of peace prepare for war,” should be
changed to “In time of war prepare for peace,” "In time of war let the
nations decide that there shall be no more war—except a universal war
against evil, disease, and ignorance.”
A popular young lady has defined marriage as being “the exchange of
the attentions of several young men for the inattentions of one.”
Lord Curzon of Kedleston is saying some pretty harsh things about
Kaiser Wilhelm. He calls him “William the Assassin,” and "William the
Bloodstained.” Come, come, Lord C. Don’t kill the Kaiser so much with
your mouth. •
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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
COTTON FARMERS URGED TO GROW THEIR OWN
FOOD
In a circular out to farmers and business men in the cottto states,
the United States Department of Agriculture offers a series of suggestions
to remedy the situation created by the falling off in the demand for cot
ton. Instead of attempting to obtain through cotton the cash required to
buy other necessities, farmers are urged to raise these necessities them
selves, and by this means feed themselves. Cotton is low and likely to re
main so. Food products are high and also likely to remain so. A man,
therefore, who has all his acreage in cotton finds himself compelled to
exchange a low-priced article for a high-priced one.
One way within the reach of all to cut down expenses is to pay proper
attention to a home-grown garden. Apiece of good land, as near the house
as possible, should be devoted to this; given extra care and well supplied
with manure. In return the farmer will have an abundance of good whole
some food throughout a large portion of the year which will cost him little
or nothing in cash. Vegetables and fruits should be canned for winter use.
In this connection it Is pointed out that summer is not the only time that
work can be advantageously put into a garden. Farmers are advised,
therefore, to get in touch at once, either with the county agents, or with
the state and federal departments of agriculture, if they wish any infor
mation on this matter.
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In addition to garden truck, every farmer should grow his own corn,
hay and forage crop and keep enough chickens and hogs to supply his ta
ble with at least the bulk of its meat. Few farmers, in the cotton states
at least, keep enough chickens. The profits that may or may not be made
out of the poultry business have little to do with the fact that with some
care a sufficiently large flock of chickens can be kept on the farm to sup
ply the family with eggs and much of its meat. Hogs, too, can easily be
raised for home consumption, and beef cattle as well.
Again, farmers can economize in the use of fertilizers. It is the
poorest possible economy to starve the land; but there are other ways of
feeding it than by buying high-priced manures and commercial fertilizers.
Crops of such leguminous plants as crimson clover, vetch or other winter
legumes, or if seed for these can not be obtained at a reasonable price,
oats, rye. peas or beans add greatly to the fertility of the soil when they
are plowed under. A certain amount of commercial fertilizer, of course,
may be necessary, but the farmer should ascertain carefully how much
and what kind his land really requirributed over the land.
It is obvious that if the farmer follows this advice he will plant
less cotton. Much of the acreage that he has in the past devoted to this
cash crop will now be reouired to produce food crops. This is precise
ly the result that is desired. It is probable that some millions of bales
of cotton will have to be carried over from this year’s crop. If there is
no decrease in the cotton acreage and no increase in the quantity of food
products raised, the price of cotton must necessarily continue to be low
and the cost of living high. This condition is at the bottom of the de
mand that some means be found to restrict the cotton acreage in the coming
year. Experience, however, has shown that such movements result not
in a decrease but in an actual increase. Each man believes that his neigh
bors will plant less cotton and that the price will consequently go up. He
determines, therefore, to take advantage of this by plantng all the cotton he
can. On the other hand, specialists in the department of agriculture believe
that if the real value of diversified agriculture be once thoroughly under
stood the cotton acreage will be reduced in a natural and healthy man
ner.
The same general principle can be applied to the tobacco crop. “Di
versification,” says the circular, “and the producton of home supplies is
the only safe plan to follow.” Landlords are urged to see that their ten
ants follow this plan, and bankers and merchants to co-operate by fur
nishing the credit which may be necessary to enable farmers to place
themselves on the sound fiancial basis that diversified farming will ulti
mately bring.
LOOKING FORWARD
Down at Moss Point, Mississippi, there is a paper mill. Recently this
mill proposed to all the papers in that state that it would supply, free of
charge, enough white paper to print an edition, if they would use the home
product About eighty papers accepted the proposition and brought out
papers printed on paper made from the trees that grew in their own state.
Some of the papers carried a big head-line: This paper was made from
Mississippi wood and was made in Mississippi.”'
Right here in south Georgia we are allowing the refuse of our lumber
mills to go to waste, while the spruce trees of Maine and Canada are get
ting scarcer and the price of paper is getting higher. Why not our Georgia
chemists investigate the matter and perfect - process by which we can
print our Georgia papers cn paper made in Georgia from trees that grow in
Georgia? After a while this will be a necessity. Why wait?
THE CENSOR’S WORK
The humorist of the New York Mail says:
“The British censors are so mean
That Germans should equip
A swift, destructive submarine
And sink the censorship.”
Let the funny men joke all they please, the censor is almost as import
ant, or necessary, as soldiers and officers in the field of battle. In the Fran
co-Prussian war the French made the mistake of allowing their movements
and plans published ahead of time. The result was that the Germans
blocked the French at almost every pont. French, Englsh, and German
are beng very careful in this war. It seems that nothing is allowed to pass '
the censor that would give aid, comfort, or information to the other side.
All victories are announced but the defeats are kept secret. Possibly we
get a falsehood now and then.
We are sorry for lots of people these times. We are sorry for the gal
lant King and the gentle Queen of Belgium. We are sorry for all the home
less Belgians. We are sorry for the moujiks— the poor ignorant soldiers of
Russia. We are sorry for the widows and orphans of all the warring na
tions. We are sorry for the splendid young manhood that is being sacri
ficed on all the fields of blood. We are sorry for all our own people who
are made to mourn, or suffer, on account of the war, or for any other
reason. In the midst of it all let us take the advice of Mrs. Wiggs and not
get sorry for ourselves. As long as we can keep up our own courage we
can be of some help to a suffering and sorrowful world.
The Good Book says: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Somebody has
wrongly interpreted the thing as being: “Shove thy neighbor as thyself.”
There are three essentials to success in every business: honesty, en
ergy, and imagination. i
Smithville
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
SMITHVILLE, Oct. 22.—C01. and
Mrs. Geo. E. Simpson, of Valdosta, are
guests for a few days of their father,
Dr. W. T. Simpson.
Mr. Emmett Evans, of Augusta,
spent the week-end here with his sis
ters, Misses lizzie and Elma Evans,
Among the visitors in Plains this
week during the Association, were
Messrs. J. L. Wells, W. H. Lunsford, J.
A. Hill, Rev. V. T. Johnson, Mesdames
T. S. Burton, C. Y. Goneke, Lydia Ans
ley. B. E. Flowers, Misses Agnes Wells,
Nell and Edith McKinney and Mr. B. F.
Christie.
Miss Mary Littleton spent the week
end with her parents in Dawson.
Mrs. Nan Carroll, of Enterprise, Ala.,
is the guest for several weeks of Mrs.
J. B. Fite.
Miss Effie Cobb was hostess to the
Embroidery club Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Will Hackney and little daugh
ter, Lucille, of Macon, are guests for
a few days of Mrs. O. L. Thompson.
Mr. Preston McKinney spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
McKinney, in Walden.
Dr. and Mrs. S. F. Scales and little
daughter Linda are visiting relatives in
Villa Rica this week.
Mr. Albert Long has returned to his
home in Atlanta after a few days’ visit
to his sister, Mrs. Mattie Rhodes.
Messrs. Bill Godby and Clay, of Eu
faula, were among other Sunday visit
ors in Smithville.
Mr. Terrell Simpson, who is a stu
dent at Gordon Institute this year,
came down Tuesday morning to spend
a few days with his father, Dr. W. T.
Simpson, who is quite ill.
Mrs. A. L. Anderson, of Adams, is the
guest for a week of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Cobb.
LESS COTTON--MORE GRAIN
MORE MONEY!
Tools Necessary to Raise More Grain:
Stalk fnttpr The stalks from a I,ale of cotton
uiam viiuci. broken up with a stalk cutter and
plowed under are worth toyoursoilasmuch as 750
pounds commercial fertilizer. The stalks from fifty
bushels of corn cut up with a stalk cutter and plow
ed under the ground is equal to 450 pounds com
mercial fertilizer to your soil.
Disc* HaPFOIAT'* best toc>l that ?oes on your farm. It pul
r 7, 77. .* verizes your Soil, prepares your seed bed in
first class condition, leaving a dust mulch which conseive tne moisture and
helps to carry the plant through drow r ghts.
Grain Drill* Pla .? ts your seed in a uniform depth which means
11 uniform growth and ripening; saves every seed.
i . To. c ffer t 2 the farmers , th e above tools, payment Sept.
Ist, 1915, with cotton warehouse receipts as collateral.
r-D J.x? salva,ion of this couniry, we believe is MORE
GRAIN, because of the fact that this country has trot to
supply the countries that are at war, with food stuff, and
the prices will be high for the next twelve months.
SHEFFIELD COMPANY
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ine of Chandelieres. Remember, if its an> thing in the
electrical line you aret sure to find it here. We carrj
only one quality—that’s THE BEST—the only kind ii
pays o buy. 30 per cent reduction during this month
for cash—VOTES GIVEN.
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